Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-11

going sIa emenls are rue IL The best OF his know
4 ledge and belief
Given under my hand and seal, This l4lh da
OF April, l8i9
C. w. PURCELL AID fsEAL l
. THE SALUTE ~ OLD VIRGINIA :
One hundred guns were fired On The Battery, &C
cordinS 10 announcement, al 70 o'clock, IN no
nor ot the glorious Victory OF the Democracy o
e Virginia. NotwthsIa nding The dismal state o
inc weather, large party attended
, ~ Tho Sun, Nav
IMPORTANT NEWS OLD WnrrEY o,
HIS WAY TO THE CAPITOL We learn (says th,
new iork Mirror, aHW'original' Taylor or
gam mat General Taylor's iavorite horse. Ole
"hhey, VINO was so celebrated in The Mex
can campaign is now on his way 10 Washing
{ ton, and will arrive there in few DAYS.
THE MANIFESTO OF M GUIZOT.
The following address from NJ. Guizot 10 ,ht
electors Of Calvados is published in the Paris
I papers, under the title Of
N. GufzoT TO HIS FRIENDS
BRoMPToN, Apul 6, lS49.
My friends express TO me their intention =
bringing me forward as a candidate at the next
election and ask my own opinion on The sub.
Ject. | consider i; an honor TO have such a
question addressed to me have only one way
OF replying thereto. will say, without reserve,
what, IN my opinion, ought 10 be done now by
sensible and honest men, and what are my per
sonal sentiments. When we'll instructed as 10
what think, my friends will do what may seem
to them good for our country
only one thing IS now important TO France
that the party Of order sh III be organized Or
sanized II will have an immense deal 10 do; no
one can say all that il may have 10 do; but what
II has to do now is 10 organize itself. Every
BODY says that, but fear that many among those
who say il are far from seeing what the words
mean and command. Order is much more Sc.
fously attacked than is thought, and much less
defended than it ought 10 be; attacked to lis
foundations, necessarily, everywhere, in the gov
eminent, 10 society, al The family hearth, in The
secret Of the heart Of man by revolutonists,
passionate, uhbridled, indefatgable, Unsuitable;
| defended only on the surface at The last moment
| on the point on which the evil breaks oul, BY
honest men full of doubt who know how 10
die That society itself may not die, but who
close the eyes and go to sleep the moment il be-
comes not absolutely impossible TO believe that
society may live. That is great deal too lit.
tie; against such perils order should have other
than such victories.
nc Paolic, Inc true puDiic, me whole people
with their great instinct knew this, and ACT &C.
cordingly. Why did they moi elect General
Cavagnac PRESIDENT General Cavaignac had
gained the most decisive bsIte for the ADVANTAGE
OF order; General Cavaienac is an honorable
man; ne was the feprese NATIVE aud chief OF force
-ot foice legiIimaiely victorious Bv the ACTS |
either OF his friends or Of himself, General Ca |
vaisnac was MOI, in The eyes OF The people, Inc |
representative OF der the chiei OF he parry o. |
order. MOI ungraeful, but clear seeing, Inc
people turned away from him, and ranged them
selves on Mase around name which had le.
manned 10 their memOry as the symbol Of ,lder
and strong government ailer revolutions. MAY
the same instinct that guided The people 10 The
cleo lou Of the President, animate aud guide hem
In the election OF The Assembly They have
raised the flag Of order. ini 'he,n send around il
an army 49, - - say, great political marry
ca pable oil obtaining f-6.: 80 80.
- s~'.s,"'"r..o",y, -~'"a....n al sncie-
" is al mat price. | should offend Providence
II thought That society is destinsdtn perish
rhc clemens u the parry OF urder exist in
France. The serious governments which lasted
the Consulate, which soon became the Empire;
the Restoration aud The Monarchy Of l830-lell
them 10 the country. Either from tn 1aDl OF
prudence or force, or duration, the republic thus
lar, does not count among the serious govern
ments of france OF The las sixty years. France
mas been convulsed or oppressed, never regularly
and eificaciousy governed b. the republic. II is
a form OF government, which pu' 10 The proof has
not vet shown its excellence Oaa ses preurers)
among US.
Under very different conditions the consulate
and the empire, the restoration and the monar-
chy Of 1890, were governments essentially de
voted 10 order, hound to re establish it or defend
it against ardent enemies BY The principles
they profess, by The habits they lave contracted
by the struggles they have supported, The parli-
Fans of those governments, the men formed ~
the cause ard under their influence, are ma
turaly men Of order, engaged 10 the service Of
The great social interests which order protects,
and which in their turn protect II When order
is IN peril, The alliance Of the,e men is natural.
At present il is necessary, absolutely necessary.
DIVIDED and reduced each t. its own forces, nei-
Their Of the different parties which ale Of the ns-
,ural elements Of The party OF ORDER Is able 10
conquer alone the enemies OF order, ami To
found its government. Put 10 The trial they
nave all SUCCESSFULLY failed. or The great le,-
sons which e,perIencc has given US during the
last sixty Yeas, that is, perhaps, the greslesl
and the clearest. The lesson IS a butter one,
and parties have great pain in accepting II. :
When one has hoped for hl, Gag, or ior himself
The honor of saving his country rom peril, ani
of founding It's government il IS profound
modification not TO sutfi.e for the task TIE
noble and selfish desires Of the human heart
suffer equally from the Disappointment. bni
what do the Ieyulls OF wuunJe, pride serve, eS-
cent To dig deeper ;he ao,ss m when IL iaii'f
marty mr. an nd yldual must see what exists, ana
measure what can be done. Prolonged iusioil,
ap,rayate at tue sane timo tie evil, am The
want of power TO remove IT.
II must be continually repeated that all the
elements OF the party OF order. BonsPsrlists.
Leg,timists, Orleanists, conservatives ot all
dates and all shades sail have need, absolute
need OF each other Unlted, they will lave
good deal TO do TO conquer; di>united, they vii
inc yltaoy be conquered. And is not appear
ances words of union which can suffice IL l,
no, sufficient 10 eve TO the necessity OF Tie con-
cert between all The men OF order crrlain ex.
terror salisfa ton, aud then TO continue, under
cov,r of this great peace, all dissensions and all
wars, great or little. That The UNION oil par
ties, and Of the men of order, may bear us
fruits, i, must be complete. Restricted or mu-
tilaled il would be stricken with weakness or
disrepule
But is this union which is SO necessary, AM
whirn can only be iii .aclous u u be serious ahu
sincere, po,sibiel Yes certainly, PROVIDED maj
II only be required 10 DO al pfesen' WA nc ~
sent requires. No false appearance no 'ece'''"'
reliceuce. There IS no sadder spectacle. no worse
uol,cy Than parties embarrassed by themselves,
and accepting, or seeming 10 ac.rP', names
which are moi herr names, and Il ~ winch Is
no, their flag. Liule mauers itthal no one IS oe
ceived, and that Iasehood is only conventional
veil which covers .ne ruth without hli'ns IL
The great public is there, when Goes no' en,ei
INN ,uch conventions, and which desPises lhr
t,is.hoot The more the ialsehuUd IS VAIN. Whr-
lher lhey come trom The empire, or Inc fes'ofa-
lion. or The monarchy OF 1880, let the men OF or
der, ia craving together, not impose on each
o,her such a falsily; let them mu ually give and
IA lie themselves Tor what they really QUE Their
uniou will be so mucn the more sure, The more u
is evidently The result OF Their decided deer m,na-
lion without weakness or diss:mula'iun. And
Lon not The different elements oil he parry Of orief
a,remp 10 ne each other Town 10 advance aud
from The present on the great questions OF The iu-