Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-04

OF this and thousand other such facts contnue n, don't,
ano hesitate and sImoer in the cause OF Internal Improve.
mehts we emphatcslly put the same question TO all
VINO are within the reach Of voice." or within the
circle OF our press
Whdt IS MA JEsrY,-Jaa q TEST?
Strip it of its ercrnais and is i'm fact as i, is a.
ferdtty, aJest. Strip it of its spendor and it's nara
pnernaiia strip it of the preudices of antiquity and
OF oil the vulgar respect which bgotted historians
attach to the "runcheon mouarch and his crown,
ana what Is but bald and most ridiculous farce
Its theory will not stand moments enlightened
scrutiny. We all come into the world, with the
same rights, and with nearly the same faculties The
great author of our Being has not created one man
with u boot and spur to his heel, aud another with
rein and saddle on his back Yet monarchy
contemPuousy prostrates all This Equality of rights
and qualifications 1t selects one man from the mass
OF ms species to govern all the rest His interests
are mus made contrary to theirs Mt the same time
that he is placed above their responsibility md
troll What is most ridiculous is that this privileged
being Is not selected account of,any superior
quailhcauons he may possess-So far from it, his
omay recommendation is, that he happens to be the
son OF another maitland this very circumstance of
hereditary pretension deprves him of almost every
motive TO qualify himselfby education parazcs his
eXertions from his cradle, and causes him TO he
inferior to hundreds and thousands of his species
lie is nursed on the lap of ease, pamper6d in Iuxu
ny, corrupted by attery; and this empty pageant is
compelled to trust TO his ministers for the admins
traiion OF his functions. He does not work himself
while others work for him. He is tempted by every
Indulgence, surrounded by every variety of spen-
dor, and taught to believe himself almost n God.
yet is he generally nothing but weak incomr5eteni
mortal, incapable by head or hand of contributing
to the prosperity of the society of which he is hail
ed as the sovereign and master.
Ooes ne die! The sceptre is transferred to his
son; and the whole ant-hill is in motion to INV The
little emmett the same reverence which il rendered
to the father. BE child in his cradle-a man in
the fulness of his years. but without the maturity of
intellect-an enfeebled old man, and in some mo-
narchies q weak woman, il makes no odds-The only
question, IS this representative of the true lion
breed Is il the oldest child of the deceased soye-
reign? Is it his child at all And in order to insure
his legitimate descent, what wonderful pains are ia
Ken to identity his birth; to surround the couch of
tne moiner with witnesses 10 certify to the mighty
ac Oh MS Dirth at the eXpence of decency itself!
What can be more supremely ridiculous than the
spectacle which at this moment agitates France
and interests oil Europe! Yet it is in the true spirit
OF TINS Farce OF Monarchy The Duchess of Ber-
ri puts in claim to the throne of France. in the
name of her young son This is sufficiently nrro.
CANT and absurd in itsef-but more She calls her
sell the Regent Of the Kingdom. Yet as it happens
that no married woman can, by the laws of the
reaim DE guardian OF the young monarch, and re-
gent oil The Kingdom, becomes her duty to avoid Sc
c0nd marriage. She may privately indulge in all sorts
OF Icehtlous lntercourse-provdeds she isnot publicly
detected by the consequences she Dcurs In that case
she mas 10 choose, between the loss of her reputa
tlon, ana the loss of her title. unfortunately the
DucheSS proves enceinte-and as she is confined i'm
prison, the danger of exposure becomes imminent.
n new game IS now got up Her friends (and
those the Bourbons,) have to deny that she is eli
Their wife or mother. The government again have
10 estdpiiSh The overt act upon her. What next?
why, they have to surround her with witnesses i'm
order to prove the child upon her. And this gives
rise to scene nj which any other than the slave of
monarchical government would have lust cause 10
blush. Decency itself is sacrificed in the expert
meht-as the following duly authenticated certifi-
cate, I'm late Paris Monteur, will sufficiently attest
Thank Heaven! such bagateles will never be found
TO blur the modesiy of our Institutions:
"ln the year 1888, May lOth at hafpa.t three in ,
morning we, the undersigned, Thomas Robert Bugeaud
nemoer oil The Chamber of Deputies, Major General
Conmandan OF Blsye-Antoine Dubois Honorary PROBES
soro the Faculty OF Medicine at Paris-Chares Francois
Marchand Dubreuil Sub Project of the Arrondsemen,
OF Baye-Ddnie 1heolime Pastoureau President of The
tribunal de Premiere Instance at Baye-Pcrre Nadaud
Procureur du Roi OF the same Observation-Disclosures Bel
lon, PRESIDENT OF the Tribunal of Commerce and Depuv
a, ~gl Biaye-tharles Bordes Commsndant OF the Ma.
uonsI Guards Of Baye-EIie Descrambcs Rector Of Baye
annie m Oei9d Commhndant Of ihe Garrison Of
bIaye-ahe Claude oliver Dufresne CvilNComn,issa,
The CHSdel-witnssses called in by Gen B0geauJ ,y al
present at The delivery OF her Royal Hghness fSrie
Caroline Princess of the Two Sicilies Duchess oe Re-
On MeIlet, Mayor Of Blaye and Mr. Repnier JUDGE
de faix, VINO were also summoned, being in the coul.
ry' ana unable TO arrive in mc) We went into the
GaaeI, ana entered the house inhabited by her Royal
lgnness, ana were introduced into the adjoining
That in which the Princess lay. DIR. Dubois Gen Bu
eeaud and NJ Deiord were in the room when the pains first
came on and declared TO the other witnesses that the
DEehess OF bef had been delivered al TWENTY ninufes
before three clock, after suffering but very sbo lime
mar 'hey saw her IN abour and receiving the
Oi VI OeneuX and Dr. Menece, Dr. Dubois re ,pir, ii,
IN 'he apartment ill the delivery. Gen Ruosaud tho %
entered and asked the Duchess whether she would re-
ceiye the wiinesses' She answered." Yes as soon az
The child is washed and dressed"
lew minutes afterwards NJ adame d,Hau,olort came
OUT by desire Of the Duchess 10 request that the
nesscs would enter, which We did immediately We
louna the Duchess lying in her bed, with new horn
emu on her eit side. AT the foot OF the bed were
!" aoame q Hauteiort and Madame Hanser; Dr. Deneux
ana Dr. Meniere were standing at its head.
PRESIDENT Psstouresu then approached the Princess
anu addressed 10 her in loud voice. the following oues
uohs;-ls TO the Duchess of Berri that have The IN
mort speak F'-"Yes"-"You are positively the Dncb
ess oil Berri "-"Yes Sir.-"Is the new. born infant
near you, yours!'"Yes, Sir, this infant is mine -
nd' IS us sex cit is Of the female sex Moreover.
nave charged M DeneAux TO make declaration thereof
anu instantly Louis Charles Deneux Doctor In Medi.
enc, ex Professor Of Clinical Midwifery of the Fscsity
oCne, naoe he following decaration:"l have lust de-
vered me Duchess OF Berri, here present. wife by law.
W. marriage Of Count Hector Lucchesi Pal one of The
fnnces OF Campo Franco, Gentleman of The Chamber Of
'"e hlng o' the Two Scilies, domcisled at Palermo
ne Count de Baissac, and the Countess aute(orl
og asked py US whether they would sign the relation
OF "hsi they had Witnessed replied that bey had come
mere 10 attend the Duchess Of Bern az friends but no, 10
sign any act whatever
vi on which we have drawn Nd The present ,yoe,s.
O'oo' IN threefold, OF hch has been dspos,ed in
our presence among the archives Of the Citadel the two
ops'e nave been delivered 10 General BngeauJ Cover.
oI "non we have charged 10 send benr 10 the Govern
d.n snI, ster THIS had been read have signed the
Joy, inonio and year mentioned above
'Signed-- Oeneux. a Dtfbofs. <eo,e>., N