Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-12
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ARMY BILL.
From TIE NJ Y. Com. .9dv1issr, Aug. 8.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

a grave aspect is undoubtedly given to the DO
lucal condition Of France, and necessarily there.
fore Of continental Europe by the deplorabo death
of the Duke al Orleans; but we must confess that
wo Gee no great reason TO anticipate such evils in
cOnstquence OF that event, as nre dscoUrsed Of by
many OF our contemporaries on both sides { the
Atlantic. Ii is true that On infant sovereign and q
regency not desirable for that king donor per
haps should rather say, do not appear TO be dc.
sirable; for the Of national events is often If
not always, so widely influenced by unexpected
causes, md 50 differently influenced from what
expectation suggests that IL s impossible 10 predict
with uny kind Of certSinty the results that may fol-
low any conceivable event-nnd equally true that
the advanced age Of Louis Philippe iorbids the
hope Of his living long enough TO sec the majority
Of his present heir apparent, the Count Of Paris.
But assuming that there must be an hfan, sove-
reign and regency, we do not perceive that there
Is any great cause Tor apprehension as to the sta
bility Of the Orleans dynasty.
The grounds Of apprehension, as expressed, are
two fold. Some appear 10 think that the Duke dc
NsmOurs, on whom The regency will probably de.
volve, may bo stirred up by ambition TO seize, or
attempt 10 seize, the crown for himself 10 the pre-
JUDGE Of his nepheW-while others expect difficult
~ from the efforts Of the Bonsparists, the ropub
Ilcons and the pariizans, Of the elder Bourbon
branch, respectively, TO turn the misfortune Of the
King and Of the kingdom 10 their own advantage.
We will consider these probabilities IN their order.
First OF the Duke de Nemours. II is not ceiain
that he will be the regent preference for the
WinONtu DucntHH OF OfltuUa ~ pftiY HlruUnlV m
dicated by some Of the Paris journals, conveying,
We suppose, the opinions and sediments Of some
body besides their editors. But assuming that the
regency Is conferred upon the Duke, wo do not
hesitate to express the strongest belief ard assurance
ihat he will neither DO, nor attempt, nor wish my
thing 20 the prejudice Of his deod brothers son
The excellence Of his character HE education, his
affection for his famiy, and his respect for the Use
and prudent King his father, oil fHJd the idea
nd even were there not these guarantees for his
fidelity TO the trust, one still stronger perhaps d,
gwen la the consciousness that he must fec Of
failure ~ any reasonable Jesgn against the slcces
sion Of his nephew
The world has greatly changed since the tim,
when crowns were played for by ambitious kns-
men Of a King Royalty " now Justly considered
m enlightened nations more as state ceremony thar
~ m appanage Of families or ndividu'ls In Franc,
especially there has been great departure ffom Nh,
notion Of "rgh, divine" and from all the other no.
tons which Il generated. The sentiment is olmo
universal that ths creation and maintenance Of q
throne are for tho benefit Of the counlfy-of IN,
people not Of him who OCCUPIES the throne; and bl
consequence The right and power Of the country I
select that oceupan: are strongly asserted on tn
one hand and taeitly acknowledged on the oihei
Transmission Of the crown by hereditary descen
y established aud enforced. not bcsuie The son b
supposed 10 have right 70 II, as 10 his Others 20
tate bot because the people think there ore sdvsn
pges N hereditary descent sufieienl 10 counter