Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-02

position in our social institutions Whatever may he my
respect for the wisdom and conscenouSness Of those who
have ccinbatcd opinion this question, yet persist
in thinking that, by its deheraon of yesterday the Cham
Der has mainly fulfilled the mission confided il by the
Revolution OF July IL IL requisite obtain Cham
Der composed embrace the rights Of nationality the
first in the OF every citizen and at the time
cure the dignity and stability OF tho throne.
The President of the Council has kindly testified great
smS s"b.% ,na' eoou
any idea. l have prctcnion Of the kind, gen.
uemep; but will observe that adversares this
OCCASION when DESTROYS OF discovering preventative
against the approaches of democracy in the way that
such remedy is sought against the progress of every
evil. have been able 10 find nothing utter, save
Maintain the heredaryshp of the Pecrage" 1t is
therefore, duty at present. TO examine which of the
proposed amendments approSimates most to my political
opinion, and do not hesitate 10 acknowledge, that the
amendment OF Nj. NJ. de Biigodc and dc Ludre without
es,een'ng IT perfect possesses that merit In my eyes
more than any other will not say like one Of my no.
noabc friends that this amendment is the least favorable
TO the royal prcrogave; my belief is quite the reverse for
the greatest and po saluary exercise Of that prerogatvc,
as TO the interest oil the trone il the right of dissolution
But II YOU have not temporary election YOU can never
avail yourself of that right think, therefore that ha,
il proposed you at The time for the
royal prerogatve and calculated the first ntcn-
ton OF representative government which is the popular
choice.
Indeed, il you admit only the appointments made lay the
King YOU know that they will be multiplied 10 niinity.
You have just been told Of persons who thrust themselves
into the foreground in order 10 be eccicd but govern
cn do not go in quest OF those who hide themselves
and consequently, will behold a crowd OF
You VIII behold each ministry surrounded by its creatures
perhaps, cycn some himself TO be named
minister for the sole purpose of obging his friends You
will behold new claims at each change of ministry; YOU
aware those changes often enough in France
laugh and know not To what number your royal nomna
tons may extend. We will fix an additional number, it
has been said but when the number is filled up what will
you do! II you adopt for iic you will still involve
yourself in great embarrassment, for YOU wibc loss
how TO get rid of the fixed opinion which would prevade
that Chamber You will have, ii is true the of
new patches, but that will be sad resource.
1t seems TO me, on the contrary, that the method now
bily, than that which first offered by my friend NJ
dc Brgodc, OF an integral renewal every years The
renewal OF the third every five years would tend much
more to confirm the Chamber of Peers There besides,
in the Senate of the United States former examples this
system, which consider a real Improvement the
| amendment of NJ dc Brigode.
We have been spoken concerning democracy. will
repeat here the observation OF my respectable friend NJ.
Daunon;a the old diarbes against democracy are re-
duced TO nothing since the invention of the representative
system Many objections may still be made, but the same
things can no longer be said We should free ourselves
from this habit Of implicit belief in the dica of the
clients.
will cite Montcsquicu, amongst Others great as he IT,
has been long known that il not the climate which de-
cidcs upon the degree oil liberty that people should enjoy
and that there is need of meteorological observations
asceraning the constitution which suited country.
think, then, that by rendering Chamber elective by
thirds every five years it would be invested with consist
ency and stability though the right of dissolution might
be accorded to the King. We should thus have Cham
Der, not indeed the best possible but the least imperfect
would wish TO make it more arstocra,ic but in truth
when there il in the democratic portion of legislature
oc eiecr ou' vi 'hiry ciiZcfs OIL an age 10 VOTE II
deuit 10 niuSe greater share OF arsocracy into the
r second CHARACTERISTICS said the other day. uf
iicient to establish difference between them, for
Will not be stopped by the remark of the first speaker,
when the Pecragc is not hereditary, il i.
the Charter TO say that the Peers will be eligible for -four
years: the spirit of the Charter the contrary should
nit it, In word, If you have Chambers, different in
respects with the faculty conceded the King
dssol'ng them, you will fulfil intention respec
the principle of representation, and you will give
tcncy TO the Chamber at the time Chat you will
renderit the guardian ourselves arc of the cons,u
tional prcrogatiyes Of the crown"
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