Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-14

at oil TO the ordinances, o: which had neither
spoken nor written to any one, "a declare again
that never thought of them before the moment
have mentioned.
The ordinances appear 10 have been canibatcd in
the Courcil by NJ NJ. dc Pcyronnst, Guernon dc
Ranvillc, and do Monbs!; how could YOU. in con
tradciiun with those Members OF the Council. with
the opinion of the nation, and merely not TO yield
to the wishes of the people who were hostile u
your Minis. ry--how could you excite tho King to
such terrible eXtrcm.ies? How could you engage
J yourself in such pcrlous carccI?-The ordinances
were approved by all the members OF the Council.
| did not even draw them up, but gave in my ap-
probation as well the other members of the
Council.
| The ordinances may have met with the detinitive
APPRECIATION Of Council, ond yet have been pre-
vious'y combuted IN tho OF discussions can YOU
say 5v whom they wer" eombated,-The ordn ,nces
az well as many o'her pre- vcts which presented
at That mnErnt, were ccrtninly discussed in n pre-
paratory delibcrstiou, but they were Ultimately an
proved by all the members of the council; and can.
not enter into any detail concerning the share that
cach member had in the discussion, or even in the
act ut drawing them up.
DID you no. communicate the dp6nitivc form nf the
ordinances tn any person. before they discussed
IN the Counci!' No; to no one who did not belong
To the Ministry
early as the month nf December, a memorial III
which he opposed beforehand the ordinances and the
coups de'dt, and main' aimed that il impossible
nave recourse to extra legal measures without in
= Il
n''r, Which answered by saying that was per-
isct'v OF his opinion.
However some intention ofvioIating the charter
must have heen manifested to induce NJ Gu.rnon dc
hanVliie 70 think note of this kind necessary
Nothing Of the kind had over been thought of, and
bog that NJ Guernon de Ranville may be particularly
ntcrrogatcd on that point
DID not NJ. d. Pcyrnnue' carry to the council the
o-iGina! copy of the ordinances? i am Sound 10 h"
silent on all that passed III Tho Council. nj especial
" IN what Concern the names Of persons.
Lad tho project been concerted bc(oreha 6ntwcou
yourscifnn the kjus?-No.
lnu must have forcsee: that the ordinances woulj
excit" general Indignation; they PEELED from h roc
toral colleges almost 1.-THE commercial classes. 6 pu,
an end to direct election: lrgtimatr and rva rcss-
tance must therefore have been expected WHAT plan
had youiad down IN order 10 triumph that ress-
tarce!-Vc nOped. OF tho contrary, that ali persons
attached to order and tranquility wnnhi ackrovled,rc
the object which endcavuurcd ~ attain s, which
to put end 10 III rtitur 1T the pub, mind
We therefore had concerted no plan because we did
not oresee any kind OF resistance.
However. you could not expect any thing from the
tribunals whose strict fidelity 10 their duty was well
known. Before wha, kind OF rrisiicrion did Won
intend to bring those who should oppose the cxccu-
ton of the ordinanccs?-Be0rc 40 other but the or
ninary Jurisdictions.
10 you understand by ordinary Jurisdictions coun-
CHS of war AMI prevo'al cour,s?-So By no means
! At least you must have expected that on the 3rd
Of September the electoral ordinances would meet
with some resistance, and especially to that one
which authorizes the seizure and the destruction of
the printing presses without any form of Judrrnent
10 Paris and tho other large towns Of the kinrdom
What measures had you taken to enforce the eyacu-
tion of those ordinances CON- arv TO the laws3-
The measures proper 10 enforce the execution Of
those ordnaDccs did not concern my department md
no others were proposed than those authorized bv
lazy
| But II su5vcrtthe fundamental laws of a country
was certainly to etirct revolution in the government
of country, ard did you not look ID IN tn, chance
| n 10 NV hI.
of a fundamental law shall spcnk of this in me
defence. aud there hone prove that in virtue of
the lIth article of the Charter whom circumstances
| required it, it became allowable to effect some modi
iications in the electoral laws by ordinance, wbou,
eitPcting what is called revolution.
The laws on the press were enacted with The
s'nctoa OF the three powers Of tic sfate how could
you think it possible change those laws nv an orj
nance, without violating the fundamental Ia ~ Of he
realm'-Fhe answer made relative to the question
on the electoral law Is equally applicable 10 this
Question WESTON
adopted, 1t seems but natural TO make sure before
hand of s;rang military force. especially when no
support can be- expected from the tribunals Had
you sounded the disposition of the troops and their
cliefs'-No.
Did yon inform the P'efect of Police OF the despe
rate steps you were about to take: Did you concert
any plan with him?-No.
If you advised the King to publish the ordinances,
without taking at least some of the precautions which
we have enumerated, would it not be lust to infer from
thence that you yielded the impulse of some hidden
power some secret authority, which you could not re
sisti-No.
When Charles X. ordered you to draw III the ord
nances, when he adopted them, did YOU make TO
him any representations to prevent him from running
headong into abyss which his most faithful servants
signalized to him with horror AS the Ministry nro
posed the ordinances to the King, and az we did !,
with view TO public interest we could not dssuatlc
him from the adoption of which we deemed
indis pensable.
The ordinances were signed the 25th July; did
the disunion atve to them continue up 10 that da
They were already agreed upon; they might indeed
have been discussed the day of the signature bu,
il so, it very briefly
In signing them, did the King evince any sym,oms
ut anxiety'-I shall always he silent on all tba, rrIa,eq
to the King personally
Did you inform the King Of the first disturbances
in Paris on the 26tbl-T had but an imperfect know
ledge OF them myself and did no, inform him.
We're you aware on the 9th Of the resistance ofl
the journalists (particuarly the Temps and the pro
test signed by IL Of themiI read the protest in the
journal
II appears, however, that you had more intimate
knowledge Of u, since the Procureur du Tlo went IN
your hotel TO confer the subject Did mo, YOU or
der him to arrest the IL who had signed the protes,