Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-14


have r.Hniioned.
The ordinances appear to have been con,batct in
Inc Council by NJ nj. de Peyronnet, Guernon do
iIanvilie and de Montbel; how could YOU in con-
uantc'lon with those Members of the C,ounc,l with
the opinion OF the nation, and merely NOT To Weld
TO the wishes of the people who were bost;ls 70
your Nnisry-how could you excite the King tn
such terrible eXtremes? How could yor or,S,no
yourself IN such pcriinus career?-he ordinances
Were approved by all the members oftbe (,ounc
d,d not even draw them up, but gave in nv an
probation as well as the other members of the
Council. VI 'ie
Thc ordinances may have mo, with rho Jf;,;.
aPprooation OF the Council, und vet have been pre
viously coubated in the Course of discussions. on, You
euJ Nv "hom they We're eombated,-The ordinances
as We'll as many Other projects which were p,esen,ed
at That moment, were certainly discussed IN Nc
paratory deliberation, but they were ultimately an
proved by all the members of the council; and can
nos enter INTO any detail concerning the share that
each member had in the discussion, or even in the
act OF drawing them up.
Uu yo" nor communicate the defnitive form of the
oiunances To any person. before they were discussed
to the Ministry. O o'o NV oeo'S
Dio not III. Guernon de Ranve address to Won IA
carry US the month of December, memorial in
whch ne opposed beforehand the ordinances and the
hnnt. s, an" maintained that it was impossible to
iaVe recourse to extra legal measures without in
curing great danger?-I remember he sent me
zoe which l answered by saying that was per
tectiy OF his opinion.
However, some intention Of VIOLATING III, ,t,,,,
must nave heen manifested TO induce NJ Guernon de
Hanvllle to think note of this kiad NECESSARY
Nothng OF the kind had ever been thought Of and
interrogated on that point
Did not III. de Pcyronnet carry to the council The
or@inai copy OF the ordinanccs?-I am bound to bc
slet on all that passed in The Council and especial
~ IN what concern the names of persons
tad The project been concerted bcforeha nd be yren
yourself and the King? mo
on must have foreseen that the ordinances would
genera Indignation; they expelled from he cleo
tora' coieg's almost 1.-THE commercial clnsses e. mn,
an END to direct election: a legitimate and ,v, ros
tancS must therefore have been expected What Mn, |
nau you ald down order triumph over tina, ross
tahcp:-We hoped. on the contrary Int all nersnns |
attacned to order and tranquility would ackuowl.dae |
the oo1ect which we endcavuIred to attain &, which
was 10 put an end to hn.agtaton of the public mind
we therefore had concerted no PLAN because we did
not foresee any kind of resistance
However, you could not expect any thino from, Tho
,ipuhas whose strict fidelity to their duty was walI
Known Before what kind or jurisdiction IA o |
.Hteha 10 oring those who should oppose the execu
Ion oi the ordlnances?-Bcure no other hi, tho ar
ninarv Jurisdictions 'o' '''e Ut
-" you understand by ordinary Jurisdictions conn
CHS OF war and prevotal courts?-So bv M n,oon"
e. sast you must have expected that on the ard
ol september the electoral ordinances wouId r,oat
Win some resistance, and especially tn tbo+ 49,
m 'n'horizes the seizure and the destruction of
TUE pruning presses without any form of Judgme,,
in rar's and the other large towns of rho I,isI en
What measures had you taken TO enfnrc 81, n'',oo'n
non OF those ordinances, so contrary to tba l,,s3
NC measures proper to enforce the eyecutor orl
."ose noes did not concern my department and
law s" au' horiZed by
out 10 suovert the fundamental laws Of a country
~ .,a .y u eHect revolution in the government
e th county ana Old you not look upon the chnnoe
Oh the electoral law by an ordinance as y rool -
OF fundamental law?- shall sneak If ,b;s ~; n
neIence, ana there hope to prove that in virtue ~
lne ,1th article OF the Charter when crcumstancos
II hnna .lIz.-
hcations IT the electoral laws nv or,l;p,n ,,'u'
erecting what is called revolution "''"ou'
ne laws on the press were enacted with ,L
~ ,L; VI '''e 'nree powers of the state; how Could
u ''hh IL possible to change those laws bv an orT
nance, without violating the Fundamental i
fealm:-Fhe answer made relative to The oo,;
question. 1Ppi''ao4e 10 THIS
men measures Of such periIous nature arc orc
ADOPTED, 1t sesms but natural ia male e, me
'"'u vi strong military force espec91Iv ,ybo, ~
support can be expected from the tribunals HI "J
cnefs'-No N ''oopS ana their
Did Won inform the Project of Pol,ce of Mo d..
RUE steps you were about to take? Did Won
any plan with hirn?-No. 10u 0o''oeTt
1t you advised the KING tn nuhI;sh A.
without taking at least some Of the
nave enumerated, would it not be lust IN % s o
ence that you yielded to the impulse of sorn
sisti-No. '1'' you could not re-
Nhen Charles X. ordered you to draw II, tbe o,,,:
l:ances' or when he adopted them, did Won No.
,''' any representations to prevent him from rmni
ieaa,ong INTO an abyss which his most faithful sen,
hn@nzeo to him with horror3-As the Mn;st an.S
,,L aie ordipanees to the King, and az we I;I :,
*Nn view to public interest," we could mt de; "au
IN, rom the adoption of measures which we Jseno
ne ordinances were signed on the 25tb 1,I,, H.,
ne aIsunion relative to them continue TN IN tb, l
Iney were already agreed upon thew mrbt nay lay
ave oeen discussed on the day of the Is;o,p e
So 1T was very briefly h"A"'e' oH e
In o,r. a.
IN signing them, did the King eyince a,,, sr,
anxetyf-i shall always be silent on nI tiot
o the King personally. =" d" '"a' relates c
D you inform the King of the first distnrho,o. Il
y arlS on the 26th'-I had but an irnnercc, L ii
Ige OF thern myself and did not inform hin >'o"-
we're you aware the 9th of the ; 1917, i d
S journalists particularly the Tempsl and ,b o'
S, sEhea ny "a of them-I read the procs, e pro
~ appears however, that you had mana ;,.. n
OF Ut, since the Procureur din Re-;
"ur notei to confer on the subject Did M, eu' 10 h
i MN 10 arrest the ID who had signed The OF
lot speak 10 him. - my MOTEL but did
lIhe examinant then denies that Tire arras. o
nSseu IN the Council of Ministers held at HE
p L,oCH on the evening of the 27th but q. q
T oI"nance declaring PARISH state of s;ec @ VIA o
Dau not me project declaring Paris in . 800
go uepFying the capital Of its Napistr,to o VI
or uith,, Ia