Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-09-08

FRANCE.-During the canvass Of the recent
election TO the House Of Deputies in France, the
voters Of one Of the ACCOMPLISHMENTS or DISTRICTS
about six hundred, gave public dinner 10 Mr..
Guizot, the present PRIME Minister, or Minister
for Foreign Affairs, equivalent 10 our Secretary
OF State. Mr. Guizot here made an electioncer-
ing speech, in which ne talked much about The
progress in freedom made by the French Govern
ment, since the Revolution Of 1880, and in which
he said that peace and progress were the present
policy OF France. Leaving all this stump speech
Tor what such things are worth, when made du-
ring elections, we would call The attention OF our
readers TO a particular portion OF his speech, in
which he alludes 10 recent visit oil The King OF
Inc French 10 the Notifications around Paris, and
10 the congratulations which he received from the
people of The adjacent country. He says 1.-THE
King of peace, The King who has mainai ned
peace in France and in Europe, coming 10 visit
The Notifications OF Paris! The same King who
wiled and founded peace, coming 10 see that
other great work OF his own conception, and
which will be infallibly The bulwark Of France!
There il was that all he had done for the secuIi-
" OF France and the stability of peace spoke 10
The hearts of men who had worked upon il, and
the simple, but intelligent people; and they crowd
ed round their King, uttering congratulations and
applause. Upon those ramparls, the King, sur
rounded by The people, seemed 10 address Europe,
as Leonidas replied 10 Xerxes, Come and take
them"
All this was very pretty for the occasion, and
doubtless produced the desired effect. But tells
something very plainly and intelligibly, not very
creditably 10 the French nation. II says that
Paris is France, and that whoever commands
Paris, The king or a foreign army, has the nation
in his power. Napoleon said that Paris was
France; and by his system Of central despoism,
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who are despo:s through love Of power he COM
mled a srievous error Tor having made Paris
France, he lost his throne SO soon as the allied
armies entered the capital. He had no other
France upon which he could fall back on the de-
fensive and gather strenghto e1pel his enemies.
Madrid is not Spain, as all SPANS invaders have
severely proved. And il England should ever be
invaded. she will prove that London is not Eng
land. Ii The capital should fall, The people in all
the resi- OF The island would fight The more despe-
raley. In the war of The Revolution, the British
were successfully in possession of Boston, New
York and Philadelphia Yet these cities, the last
the Federal capital were not The Thirteen States
So, in the war Of 1912, the British got nothing
but speedy expulsion from the country, by the
capture of Washington.
But Paris is France, and will continue 10 be-
till France obtains what she now wants. local
Institutions, provincial seli-govenment, the sub
division of that internal administration now con-
centra,cd at Paris. The king ioresaw that his
Notifications would afford ample security against
revolutions, and secure the throne to his dynasty
as much as they would secure Paris against To-
reign armies. Bntlhe French people did not see
this, and, therefore, fortified Paris, instead OF the
frontiers These Notifications are good defence
for The city, exposed as France is 10 invasion from
Germany. But in vain may the French people
hope for much political freedom, till Paris ceases
10 be France, and political rights exercised il
local scfsovernment, are dffused through the
interior.-[ Philadelphia Ledger