Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-27

20 restrain the people ot Pars, and put dawn By
design OF ihese ataI Ordonnances bagsn to rec,i,,
its execution even before NJ de Polignac had obtain
cd ths adoption of them by his colleagues.
Tn's ex-President Of he Council pretended O,
ms examination. that the confidential order Of TIT
Marshal presented nothing surprising, and that TIT
Major Generals Of the Guards frequently gave eimi
lar orders. We hsve, then, to deplore the kind o
hta!iy which attached itselfto the OF this Mar
shat, and which caused them TO coincide rxactl,
with the plans of the head Of the cabinet. But it
evident. that it was by military means that is shy
oy force OF arms that the President ofthe Council in
tended to enforce the execution of the Ordonnancss
Tor on tho very day they were signed July %, anoth
or Ordonnance. countersigned by the Prince dc Pc
iignac only, confers upon the Duke de Raguse tn,
superior command of the troops Of the first militar,
divisions the other ministers had not yet any krowl
edge of this important in the occurrence
both byts aim and The unpopular name Of him ap
pointed to this command. nj. de Pulignsc assure
u.s. IN one of his in'errogatories, that the project o
Investing the Duke with this power, Of old date
and occasioned by General Coutards departure to
the elections, and watering place, where he was e
spend n few months. But the Colleges having beer
convoked for June %, and July ), and General Cou
tard having been obliged to leave Paris before tina
period; how comes it that they waited till the 25th
and that that was precisely the day chosen to inves
the Marshal with the supreme command.
II was because it had been resolved to iutimdats
the Parisians by terror; for on the following day
26ih. the Prince de Polgnac wrote to the Marshal
-"f our Exceilcrcy Is acquainted with the eXtraor
binary measures which the KIM in his wisdom nnt
his love for his people, has deemed necessary to take
ior the maintenance of the rights Of his Crown, ant
public order Under these mpor, ant circums' anccs
his Majesty counts upon your zeal insure order ant
tranquility in all the extent of your command"
The e6th was passed in the most lively agta,ions
on the part of the people of Paris and in active mea
sures on the part of the authority.
From that time the Project of the Police and
ah OTHER authorities, correspondent directly with the
President ofthe Cnunci Since the seth. the author
Ivy OF the other Ministers entirely disappears
On the 27th several Journals cont inued Il appear
and published an energetic protpststcn; tie armed
force proceeded To The printing houses.
repnTt from the Project Of Police is worded thus:
Liberal Presses They are being seized upon,
and whatever obstacles ,hcre may b. will be mas
ter OF them; the gendarmes and the troops of the
limo will enforce the seizure"
few hours after. he informed him, as Of victory
at ne had IN his possession the presses of the Figaro
journal du Commerce, and Natona the presses of IA
Times, were likewise pot under seal. The seizure of
the presses, however, is made without oprosi,inn
tne resistance to the Ordinances destructive to the
Charter becomes duty the people assembled the tu
mutt increased whilst all the troops are under arms
but on the side of the people shout was heard but
tnat OF Vive la Charte! The Place du Paisis RnyaL
the rue ST. Honore, and the adjacent streets are those
where the crowds became most numerous n aIso
appears that they became the first theatre of the
bloody scenes which this day has to dep!ore The
armed force on that point was and without
any real aggression, without p-ovocaton on the part
OF the people, the troops made use of their arms.
charge from the Gcndarmes took place, saberinp all
before thsm. and several platoon discharges from the
Infantry ct the Guard were directed against an un,rm
ed multitude. These facts result from the examipa
ton there also results from it that The civil authority
instead OF protecting the citizens appeared to animate
the soldiers against them. A Cnmrnissary of Police
aas seen constantly in The front Of the detachmen,s
appearing Ia give orders TO the troops
II moreover results from, the examination that the
commanding officers were bearers of a written order
to fire upon the people without sparins them, wit.
ness affirmed fact which would prove it. and which
passed under his windows he heard chief of squad
ron ron OF the gendarmes order young officer Of the
line TO command his men to fire; this WORTHY officer
answered that he had not instructions A paner wa.
then shown to him. but the officer returned neo.,;y.
sign, o. inciinng the point of his sword towards the
ground At the same time officers and sub rs
were seen distributing money the soldiers to en-
courage them and support their ardour II is not i'm
proper TO state here, that the which were distri
outed to the troops during the days of mourning |
amount. according tn the made by the Xnister
nf Finances to the sum Of e74,3S1 fr So CT of which
1921 fir. 80 supplied by the Civil List. and
'2i 100 fr. by the Treasury (Hear, hear)
The Minister of War, Marshal Gerard in q mite
transmitted by him to the committee has .lve,.sJ ~ |
the rreguarity of the form employed by the Tx.
Minister OF Finances, for the delivery of the latter
sum- he has declared that he could neither
it, put it down to the account of the war Adm;n
lstration, and he has thrown back upon 81 de Montbel
the responsibility of this illegal expenditure.
From the part Of the investigation which we are
analysing. 1t is cult not to infer that the mi,arv
orders were precise, that they tended 10 the mnssa
ere OF the people. and that TO intimdate them it was
resolved 10 put them down previous to any provoca-
lion
Il was thor fore, sys EN- ofassassna alton. concer-
ted between the civil and military au,horty prepnr
ed on the Goth July by The confidential orIer of the
day OF the Duke de R"guse; the 25th, BY the up-
poin,ment Of his Duke 10 the chief Command. coun
tersigned Pognac: the 26th, by the letter which
The President Of the Council wrote to him. and on tho
9Th, by 'sterriblc practical flu 6lment
Your committee, gentlemen. was not to carry its
invest CATION on the scenes Of carnage which took
place IN other parts OF Paris on that and the follow
ing days, or in the other communes and towns in
France 1t was sufficient for it to stoc which was the
aggressor. the people the authority.
But whilst unarmcd citizens were falIipo ano,ber
kind of crime was preparing The judicial authority
hitherto uppcrceved was about to act and is pain.
FIJI to be forced to say that it not in tho interest
OF the law. but in support oftyranny; II seconded mr.
bitrary power violated individual liberty ond nrrinr.
ed every right requsiion was drawn up; an ey
aiming magistrate obeyeJ 1t; fory-ive warrants
were issued. The magistrate pretended that he was
only to arraign The Jou nalists who signed the Pro.
testa'on published IN several journals Of the eth, and
that IT was intended TO rcpress simple oesncc of
Tho =, al.