Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-24
K L { III NJ OND w HIG.
THE FAMILY OF ORLEANS.
Fro" the London 7Tses, July 4th.


et1n. on ITSELF aud carry Us back to pop Gr IN tho
h" oi those ~e had attained IT, however there il one
s e'eif 1t that the world aud especially the French
people has advanced beyond the age Of mere
V!'y- The trick Vt rrignng is accomplishment which
must "e studied by modern Sovereigns other principles
INA" were thought necessary by their predecessors In
Old times no o'v could withstand and INGENIOUS Young
fncr AMI ~s' iaken iUr granite. all Young Princes
we're Ingenious. From tue time When tie Kent.h Com
noueis ioo"ed King Richad ia Smiihdeld to the day. of
modern Georges and Fredericks been held by mas.
ers o statec'a that few plimcntiry words from n
youthful scion OF Royalty enough dispe any clouds
oi di,content in nation and to Join all ranks in
h"n snhus'asnI But the age OF such chivary l. indeed
pat cannot expect any or the letter o th,
Count OF Paris. ~tteu evidently tor publication and a
dressed 10 Roger du Dord. Tue grautison of In,,s
Philippe makes his into political lie nj a finn. -,
the fortunes oil his iamiy their lowest point Tho
eaory OF the late Sovereign OF France certainly ese
'ing OF no little respect He governed for eight., y,,
great nation, and during that time preserved the peace
oi hHrope as ~ei as the honor Oi his county What h
completed and what he founded will be told by The t
historian ot his time He gave a hn,h 10 vhst rho -Id
Napoleon had begun and in her la~ her army her civil
administration her public works, France will ever bear
haces OF his rule he built palaces and churches
I'd ancient monuments aud periuuncd With magnificent,
III th"se functions OF national eddie which belong TO
ho"aieh OF France The won't that could bc .aid OF
nn Sas that he a father Of a finiy-a per.nn,,.
"ho, according to Teleyrand is capable OF ANYTHING H.
"ished to place his sons and daughters throughout E
iatir
| aud comparative poverty. '
Now though the world general nor the Prencb
petple have any hostility to the OF louis Pbnn
We do not think that his family hope any active
sympathy IRON the nation which their chief once govern.
ed ln the minds OF Partisan bourgeois and French nc
ant they represent nothing The French have forgotten
'ne sentiment OF respect for hereditary families and even
'he rise OF the present ruler be taken as nm .r
meat IN favour Uf the existence o, this kind NJ
What they felt for against Louis Phipp. was nnr,v
PERSONAL and his family Eeher gain lose Ly the est
Il tllHt "a firm fslff f-.I,..
The French have little faith in defendant, of ra ,
On the contrary the maxim "Heronia '.Tfii ror,"
enters largely into their conception OF the hereditary
Fm Ihereote when the Count OF Paris Is advised 70
Nite about the tricolour fag the PRINCIPLES Of I-sa
anu the tradition OF constitutional monarchy he is not ike
TO persuade anybody The House OF Orleans is to the
French people Royal House. ike any other and will he
judged 10y them according to tue ideas hereditary mon
achy which they have received from the education of
three generations "
The letter appears TO have been written a an an
nouncement that the Fusion at an end The Conn,
d FaIs once more proclaims the principle of elective
nonarch and vndicates the conduct services of b
grandfather But i known that this liberalism NOT
creed uusHrrvingy adhered by the family and i o
owing TO the ilsuccess Of negotiations conducted on
quite al opposite principle In TACT the Orleans family
las oeen waNerihg between two posiuOn--s own tgbs
md TIE night OF the French people When Ionis Tb;l
ppe vas on the throne the argument course was
was nghul Sovereign because the public voice had
called MIN To the throne, and the family based its claims
IN what We should call its Parliamentary ute But wbsr
'e Old King fell and another occupied his place the DO
anon OF the Orleans race difficult Both the claim
oy dVne right and the claim through popular election
acre monOpOized by rivals II Legitimacy be time min
Hpe, they never had right the throne II national
' be the real basis CT monarchy their right had been
uperseded by the election OF the present ruler Hence
th"y we're "eliged to elahoraio ihoory wAeh Iogicu
quite untenAUe- Hereditary right and popular election
nave been both put forward y the confusion OF t
NO Kind OF inditnet clan mas been urged As far as
'e eau understand it, the French people are said TO have
right TO dismiss Monarch, but TO be bound to cboo.
ms successor among the members of the Ro,sl race :
cfalO by
!utonists but is totally inappcabe country which
mas been republic and empire and connects its most
glorious traditions with period during which both the L
ter and younger Bourbohs in exile
This theory failing the eIpedient of fusion was adopt
d II ma! he urged now that the Count OF Paris was
child, and had nothing DO with such treaty; and the
poogy Is necessary, for the dynastc suicide
FOR an Orleans TO postpone his claim that of the Count
e Chamoord 70 deny everything that has haup-ped
n France for nearly 20 years We cannot but wonder
the imprudence of the Orleans Princes when We thus
1nd them branding the OF the French people and the
memory OF their father in order gain the good will of
the AutOcratS OF Central and Northern Europe The b
transaction wss based the of all high prnc
pie The night OF the French choose Sovereign the gh
' ther ather TO accept cownthe right of themselves 70
e called the sons ola King all abandoned simply
peeause the count de ChAmbord had no children
and by owning his priority for q time they might
ouy the support OF the potentates of legitimacy
such motives and such hopes have heen sut5,g.,.,
utterly TO aenate the French people 1t felt TO be
repetition OF the speculaous which Influenced the
spanish marriages. The OF Louis Phippe's sons ae
o kind
elective Sovereignty OF 1880 they rrpudAted the egiti
Ttr SOVEREIGNTY thev declared belong 10 the Conn., d.
ChAmbord Hence the Count Of Paris found him. elf likely
20 attain manhood with political position AZ all aud
IN tact. mere private person.
Whether the astue Monarch who lately reigned in Rus
ia laid trap for the Orleans Princes into which tbey too
ny t or whether he really thought that the fusion the
ahes would fuse all the Disconnected Of France into Cd.
position TO the Emperor cannot saw but the a.t bs
been runous tue family OF Louis Philippe and has ten
led TO strengthen the present ruler. Ii j. therefore ey
nv he prana.a NH.Fs 81.
their position Tn, protest OF Louis Phppes sons in
the question OF the grant TO their sisters families audes
:" the fte Kings share IN the Republican victories and
- understood a. an nnaton thar the Fusion no more
The Court OF Paris is explicit After stating
tat reconciliation has taken place among the meub,s
i The two branches OF his fimy snd that polite al sub
ect nave been discussed he adds II think IL right 10 in
iorn you that my mother, nv brother and myse have
remained strangers al that his been done" b,v.
been informed o. what has passed in our family only by
''niy uncle, the Duke OF Nrmours" Il have remaipeJ
absolutely OF the matter" Such are the stronr ,
prcssons with which the Fusion il repudiAted by the
youthful head Of the Orleans house Il known that the
Dutchcss Of Orlesns has aways been opposed to the
course taken 10y her brothersnlaw, aud u may be that
her speaks only the sentiments Of those closest IN
m. But We cannot avoid suspicion that this plain and
almost bitter reputation IL the work of the whole family
aud that the unccs have found t not inconsistent yit
their dignity to be the seipegoats expate the tempor
~ 1posfacy
For the Cont Of Paris there no reason that We sboud
have any other feelings than gOJl will and sympathy
But We trust that those who bis natural adviser. vii
inform him truly Of the state Of French feeling and c.
rsin from noushng hopes which will in all probability
never be realized What France may do hereafter no one
can presume % say but t rcasonibe to believe that
,e Ni NOT sg n ren-ate either OF the fallen dynastcs
The dislike OF Paris % the Boubon u ike that OF Rome
% the namc Of King. and whether the Government be
constitutional. despotic republican ~il hardly be
administered by the representative Of the Sovereigns who
have been driven from the capital Let not the Young
head o the House o Orleans b. educated for the nsera
bic part Of prctcnier IL hs letter occur such exores
SONS a' thrse,t 10 not know Whist the future has in
store for mc =, 'it is for France 20 chobse :" wtt
ready % devote myself ths day France thinks she has
need ui me let him act strictly tho principle here
enuuc'ted. II biz couury call him. no one viii contest
biz right % answer, but until then let him seek 10 be-
content With Che dignity and tranquility Of private life
Dr.rH % JrvN JoHvsoS Ham Cmrr oF ruf Tow.
w'Np'%The death vt the head chief and warrior ofthe
Ionawauda occurred last week Jimmy johnson was the
successor Of Red Jacket the famous orator had reached
a advanced age, aud the best known and most e..
teemcd OF his trioc. Tie n true sud thorough
lndi'n n his appearance and habits aud Of some.
Nhat striking form and presence OF tall straight aud
commanding hgurc he looked the venerable aud'dgn6ed
cmelisin thst he Was literally Of the lsnd-marks
IN the pioneer history Of he State His successor IL
Jsoez Grounds, ore much beloved by his tribe