Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-10-21
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ne 'u' CT Peerass, go long talked OF, had at the
By NJ. CA'm,r p rer-in dsls,ence TO tba nnb j.; ~. T.
pg' tbs pftjss' OF ,be law {, omitted q for aboshng
re nsfeo"afy descent OF tue Pserigeior con,inury
me diso, during life onIy-and Tor paspg ,he no mi
naneh o! Peers, wholly al '6o disposal Of H. n.y. On
This su'jsc', the President OF hs Council made Tor
speech, an aos cement OF which fad 10 l. N.
doc paper? We have not space TO xys he sp,ech en-
ire nor IS az mporan, that 7e should The iollowicg
10 10 mDst IMPORTANT part otit.
,, CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES -(PARIs, Aua Ply
PRESENTATION ef the project on Lao an the Peeroee
80 ExPosIrIoNo MOTIVES
tR.maEks o. Nj. Psni,f, psssdon, Of ibe Couneii.1
ne 20 @hcs ci he Charter is conceived 10 tese
The nCmGa'ion OF II 9 Peers OF Fl nee bs,or 20 10
n, Kipg. 81 ="
lie has 'he power 'ovaFy III. dignities--,o confer
'hen Tor he, or 20 rsLjer tnem Hereditary
"Ihe six y-eghih ar icle esd las TIA, he 22I a,,i
OF 1881. ''''"
This exanlr alton suggest, 'hres topics OF iaveslirs
ton
electoral body -
Shall ,hslr nun,b,r be liri e4 or unlimited,
"Shall ihs Pesfag- be hereditary or fo, HE only,
me session OF 1881 ought, IN refore Goo ono will
dispute 20 hhue II. examination 20 hess ,hre point,
the mode 10 wbish PserI a: to be nominated III,
rum er, and the hereditary succession Of tho Peer.
age"
The Presiden, hen ,ks,ch.J, at some lpr,h. his
u Nue CONSTITUTION aud policy oil thS Government
OF Frane'. Tia, the Monarchy was hereditary wa,
no stii, unti'putsd, as the law and common consent
had made II indisPuiabie This Monarchy, however,
was ten peTed by participation in the ,ovr, i'm Nv.
sr he two Chambers. The respective fun.,lons
'!he eondi i5ns OF the exisencs Of Tho hires eats
oceans Tao next ques'ion'. Constitutional Monareby
he Pr dec, eSIrIes within IL prinxp!e Of durabl
ny and prneiEls OF advansemso'; aud each of The
t"o Legislative estates receives Of tese pig cipe
IN tru.t :gom ihe Consiiu,ion.
10 ensure uratiiiiy il tse cnaya.teresuz duty n.
as hrs'; advancement (niobOlitt) bicngs 10 the &c.
Ind, tence 'hs essen is dis,n Ia their orig and
competition
VII De conormabie 70 hsir missos far fron, reason.
ing WIN regard TO them upon principles Of analogy
we sustt 70 reason poo principe efcP9o,on. Thus,
oya' creation 10 he proper rul, CT in. uon for ID.
o,he-. " "
The President then souba.ted at scme length n.
hes'y oil en- elscve pe,rise, witch wou In fact be
sso' be ne'tEer more nor les, than second c. amber
Deputies xed Chamber, part eIsc'ed par, creaed
pc proved 10 o. AZ Hne kelly TO &C, bene fisliy He
n-x' difesi;d be objection ba, IN gh BE- r6i.ed upon
Us snppos''ion OF an abus OF hi poser by ihe crown
fuohc opiA;o', re said. would be always sufficient
sud'sn'ee against sash abus nd wi h reference 10
eX"AVsgaht exercise OF This power In The year 1927
aGd awards, ,he dat resIli of .uch p;aetice
wa', he said, III beet sur az aDs ID, repetition
ne eVoiu.ion had Dot merely elfseed all ;ha, vas
just ad rendered impOs bis whatever was vi lust"
a Yer fe ", fcs more, wNLiCg tie Chsmb. shat
there diilicul les boil sidss hui that theee IN
'he tiie Of an elective climber seem,d greatly TO pre-
! Hd y.
propose, genlsm that the nom nsiion Of ihs oe, r.
oil tTaLcs shall b,l-os 10 h. kuc'
II COMMIT ncoj III second head Of iIqnisy by Gauk-
~ STANG thai but for ihe prodiga u OF the cover
ceains peer, IN ID dufiUg ID, later years inee she
restoration, there would lie qre,iou Of limiting that
power which cug s.! TO warn tie Chamber, that pdsr
toe quss ign Of principles there usksd aso question
Of peFSons Questions which ougb by no mt ans 10 be
con'ounded by ieSisa,oT.
"Uabeianssd power he said, "wss deepo in; and
such uobslanced power Chamber OF Peers inasess-
tiie to thsnge or ilha5nee by sn Increase of s m
btr', must sl7ays eoUsi iuts." The power OF mole
"a log The Chanb'r OF Pstrs by creations he held
70 be equivalent TO The power OF dissoyng the other
CHAMBER; add she Climber OF Deputies the Kings
power IL cfed lag new peers, must give a vast aces.
aion oil Influence Alter exp,ia,ipg souis time upon
no topics oil argument in favor Of his prooo sr he
PrssteDt so'ed Isis head by The f.rnsl mo,,ot
limited " "
There remains" he continued, "ihe ors,.in If ,Le
hs'edidry tncce'ol OF the peersge Tais is h.
question TO which applfsIy The gislatura bas more
especially directed the AteHton Of The Ssson of 1891
This 10 the question Yhish has so kny o,.u,i,d an
piius ~ u a. 'his poi0i tina, would veil ourselves
me considerations adyered TO al the tommeueeue nt
Of IBIS exPofo here IL il that constitutional tba
oy ;, shpwfesksd upon :ireumsiansss; here legi'.
non ~ engaged with policy and the ia urs Wei
iare OF 'ho etuntiy, perhaps with its present opin.
ions' Beyond doubt, II The question Of the here.
Jn;y succession Of 'he peerage were 10 be dsei.
oed o.dy ~ the logical consequences Of the IN cry OF
limited monarchy, by the authority Of experiepeS,
series OF inconrovernble reasoning would conduct your
DipS' 70 reeosozs-wib the most dstipgu he'd wsi.
eis on GoysrDmeD', with those whose memory his
room slI rsigoU'ly pfessryes-ihal an hereditary
'utee"on contains o II the principle Of enpser.
V s, 'ns, ~ " the most solid support Of The
,brohe, ebd That II Involves a principle Of iudepep.
Jebcs' Wbish IS tho best guarantee for liberty The.
DRY is In favor Of hereditary succession; experience
IS for hereditary succcsson foreign examples and our
own, in contrary sense during forty years render their
testimony But beside that theoretic poIicv which
from the of its cabinet contemplates what ,ni,
TIC society that ought 10 be in every free state is 10 be
,oInd practical policy, which regards carefully that
which suits the society that is. government does moi
march across the country like blind abstraction which
nothing IN its passage. IL Is thus, indeed pro.
ceeas me obsouin Of revolution without Justice and
o. oespos without lights wise Government observes
we Iacs which confront tit consults them il recon
cues lsen 70 Them and IN place Of immolsing realities
oPrncRes'o OF principles 10 realities II exers itself 10
inIDgIe mem together by approximation One realty
them ~ manifest TO us all at present that lie the unyer
sal rePugnaDcc TO the hereditary succession of The peer
'ge Just or UNJUST rational irraiionalit exists IL
presses spoD us, II will be satisfied An onioion bss
'een pronounceean opinion by far too widely spread 70