Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-20

retrogrude may be considered as the 9th OF
August OF the younger branch of the Bourbons 1t
will bring 'pcacc, at whatever price" national IN,
initiation, the prescription of the patriots civil war
perhaps, couvulsion and then .
the empire, or the republic.
From the Ncr York Journal of Commerce. Man IA
FRENCH POLITICS.
a friend has offered for Insertion in our columns
The following translation of spirited article i'm the
Gazette dc France, in opposition to the Revelutior
of july ana tie order ut things which has eince beer
established It shows al least, that the Gber,v al
The press unshackled in that country and that the
Wrler, 'noueh he condemns the Revolution, is yer,
wiiI'nS TO share IN it's beneGls. The
the Editors ,C-s " '"1
From rte Gazette dc France.
once the recent public occurrences, we Otter
fecor 10 former times; and tho caamitous epochs o
our history naturally present themselves to our re-
cohection because it is only those events that car
be placed In the line f comparison with these which
we no" witness. Above all the rest, the history o
the "Sue and the Fronde attracts our attention We
ask ourselves what causes produced those factions
ana WhU the ultimate end of their Career we en-
deavor to discover what analogy those events had tc
times, has been afflicted.
Ibis lecture is not without instructive lessons
although unhappiy, owing TO the lerity of our ma
tiona Character, 1t is for of small utility. We
are instructed indeed, but are viii, the WISER
1t would seem that the person who said History is
the school of life," never acquainted with the
French character.
II Is common for US to lament the faults and the
foilIes OF progentors, whilst we are continually
ready to initiate them! We investigate the past,
but its salu,ary lessons all lost upon u! Were
1t not so, there would never again be revolutions
amongst us a vivid picture of the calanties they
inevitably entail, would cause To rccu with dread
and-horror: and the pub c would be rrecanc,leably
dlsgusted forever! That very people whom they are
prone to delude with Elusive promises: that people
who incur The expense, who encounter the rsks;
would learn that Revolutions only beneficial TO
the ambitious, of whom they are the puppets, aud
the designing men who opera.c upon the simple GRE
dulty aud gross ignorance of the multitude Even
the last experiment which they have made and
winch has ready cost them dearly has not been
sufficient to them of the iptatuation! See the
insensatc people! at this very moment willing to con-
tnue at their own risk and peril, Revolution which
is the sole cause OF their disiresses, and Intentionally
renewing the alarming disorders whose tendency is
to increase tie poverty which crushes them 20
such as have incina ion to draw COMPARISONS
there are many points OF striking resemblance be
tween the Incidents at the time ofthe League Lgual
and those OF our first Revolution. In both couiunc.
tures, royalty was the object Of attack-tte T6ronc
raS Their ann, and in both, actions were sworn 10
overturn it The Ligue and our first Revolution.
SUCH at least, as it exhibited itself IN 93) both pre-
sent to the view the most exrcrable crimes; crimes
Of such henous dye that would gladly efface
,hem from the national records. At the time
'f tile LRsve, religious fanaticism produced the
massacre of st. Bartholomew; IN 93, fanaticism
liberty, slaughtered without resistance and without
offence, the unhappy victims oil September and then
covered all France with bloody sCaffods and yet at
this moment, people only lament that the mmoaton
OF that period was not sufficiently cXtcnsivcI This
we believe, is their only regret.
notwithstanding these Impressions, we are far
from wishing to make liberty responsible for the
atrocities transacted i'll her name. We are willing
to separate her from that of her cruel Apostles
We say with Mad Roland and NJ. de Keratry, ooh
Liberty! what atroc:ons crimes are committed in
thy name" Our adverSarics, however, are nn equal
just on their side they do exhibit the same good
faith. They are always ready to impute to Religion
eXcesses contrary TO her principles, IN express oppo-
sirion to her precep, and such she has invariably
mathematician Possibly the design is, not to rest
satisfied with merely prosecuting Religion their
object IS to disgrace It, III order to facilitate the ex
ecut!on OF plan long since meditated, and which
recent enterprises sufficiently reveal.
VINO, at its commencement, desired the revolution
IN July! Snow certain perSonagcs, IN order to
share the loaves and fishes, ceuse not to ma ln,an
with a sort of depraved hypocrisy, that thew were
always In conspiracy against the old government
VI pretenders we make account. Let US raise
our eyes to that formidable oppo iIun in the second
Chamber. Had any person said TO the famous p :,
your intention is TO abolish Legitimacy, to declare Ire
throne vacant, to call another dynasty; YOU wish
to drive out Charles X. and his family the whole
OF them not even excepting infant whose nge and
innocence ought TO shield him from sweeping
prescription; would not each one for himself have
repealed the charge with Indignation? Would they
not have promptly exclaimed, ''calurnny?" We say
az woild have denied such intention; not excepting
NJ. l,aftte, who at the moment he was so warmly
attacking the Ministers OF a King by the Grace OF
Tod could hardly have drcnmed in so short a time
AFTER, TO become the Grst Minister of n King BY the
grace OF the people. What at that time did the
22i want! The removal Of the Ministers whom thew
h since lmpcachcd. NJ de Poliguac was to them
what Cardinal Mazarin to the Frondeu7s Had
the HIng, IN violation of lis dignity and his rphts
dismissed them: had he in their stead called in
Messrs. Casslmr Perrier, Dumas, and Roger Col
lard, tins formidable opposition would have been dis
armed. At that time nothing more was asked
Circumstances it is obvious hufrI ed them On faster
than they intended. The July revolution itself must
behold It's own Success iih as much establishment as
we do Could 1t have asked on the 9th that which
it eTdcted on the 90 h? Every thing shows that
has exceeded the OBJ it first proposed to itself
Whether for good or evil, it had no expectation Of
going so far.
Rarely does a scdition occur without q leader not
withstanding which, the FroRdc had none. 1t never
had one, properly speaking. Cardinal de Retz could
not bc considered the head of party who numbered
amongst its members princes of the blood and even an
uncle of the King The rank of the Duke of Orleans
and his office of Lieut.. General Of the KINGDOM d1
ring the minority natur ally called him take the lead
but all historians agreed III saying nc was but
weak prince, irresouc and timd excess and withal
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