Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-16

makes them travel by railway. The inhabitants
have. then, on this occasion, acted in accor-
dance with the maxim which has become popu-
lar honor to unfortunate courage! The Aus
TRAN prisoners on crossing the Rhine, received
from the French authorities, 10 francs each,
and were conveyed home at the expense Of their
own government
The general amnesty has much occupied
the English and French contemporaries
The London Examiner says: why,
| perhaps it will be said that the
object of the amnesty is to reconcile all
parties and factions in France, and unite them
preparatory to the grand attack upon Eng
land. 1t is to prevent any diversion either Of
| the Republicans on the one hand or the Lc-
ritimists on the Other; such may be the anna.
, Die interpretations. For our part, We think it
| fiirer and better to look upon the amnesty
! Us the act Of man who has the wisdom To
seize an excellent occasion. TO escape from 4
| gricvouS error. and showing himself strong
enough to he element
The following passage, from the London
Spectator" fully palliateS for the abuses which
have been layiShcd upon the cXllcS. and VIC re-
produce it, rs weare sure it will have the merit
of being something new To many oil our readers:
The bloodshed after the copp a et0t the
subsequent Measures Of severity, the long
years during which the bold republican mi
nority has been kept down with an iron hand,
have never been the wanton work of man
proud Of power. They have been the Ina,urcd
deeds of the slow, phlcgnatic statesman. who
thought Enormously, in our opnionJ that
there was no other way Of securing order in
France Now, when his victories have made
the army his own, and when the glory of the
conqucror stands him in the stead Of dynaStic
prestige. he thinks he can do without deporta
lions and prc>S-warnings. 1t is pleasure to
contemplate the personal effects OF the inca
snre-to think of the weary hearts. sore with
exile which will leap for joy at the prospect OF
returning TO their beloved Franco. Many Of
these noble exicS-rncn who have borne pO-
vcrly without L murmur, without Staln--
leave orr shores to become again French citl-
zciIS Known; what events always preccde their
exile, we almost say 10 them, As Louis NV
said to the old Prelcnder, Oh bidding him iare-
WELL May We never see you agrn' May
France he free and happy enough to retain
them.
In Paris the amnesty Is rcniarkcdon by near
II all the dailics, and in every case with strong
expressions OF appreciation. And ihat Is GER
talnly complimentary, not only 10 the Emperor,
but to those who are benefited by the decree;
for who would rejoice at an event which would
bring back more food for the gai!ow$, were the
political prisoners, transports and eNiles OF
France those scapcgraccS and blooi hounds
which politicoromance writers have depicted
us. We will dispense with the language of
| "l.c Steele" whose friends are most lcnetcd
by the Empcrcr's decision. 1t might be disn-
tcrcStcd. but the following lines are from The
sen-o!iical Constitutional"
AT last the day has arrived on which,
thanks TO a high initiative, all the mdnbcTs
of the great family will he able anew to unite !.
The time of error and OF painful trial has once
again been accomplished. Let them return
then amongst us AL those men who were for
mcrly punished in order to save the country;
let them return without offended PRICE and
without soreness of heart; we will receive them
without rcproach, or rather with the respect
due to faults expiatcd by misfortune" The
"DcbatS, an organ Of the most conservative
men, expresses itself in these terms :"Public
! opinion. We have no doubt, will hail this act Of
clcncncy with equal satisfaction and gratitude.
! 1t was a happy idea TO associate this measure,
eii:icing the last consequences Of our civil dis
cords. with the souvenir of the campai On which
| IldS Just WHsth So iHh'i liSliC w thS hiss WI
| France" This is evidently - HIT to hope of
reconciliation between the army and the instr'
gents. The valor oi' the former on
the streets Of Paris, caused the defeat and
| condemnation of the latter, but now that
same vaor on the plains Of l.onlbardy
brings about the amnesty; so the hand
that cut the wound cures it, and the lnllSkct of
the French trooper is very near possessing the
healing virtue Of the lance 81 Achilles. rs
the fact of the amnesty has been dwclt upon
by the European press much more intensely
than We supposed it would be, we will add 4
few more extracts from the papers The re-
marks Of IA Patric' are conceived in these
terms:
"rhis is the last and not the least affecting
episode Of the Italian campaign. Happy tl!c
land which no longer counts Il proscript among
its children"
The language Of tie Press" is not less en-
phatc
This time it is general amnesty without
reserve or condition. Who would not rejoice
at the thought Of so many suileringS ternina-
ted. so many positions recovered, of prisoners
released. OF cXilcs rcturned:'
The PAYS" and the Courier dc Paris re-
inice in much the same manner. They arc
both Of them governmental organs. and it is
but natural that they should support this act
of the Government aS they 10 all others
What we had to consider, therefore, was not
50 much the support in itself rs the way in
which 1t was readily furnished, and the una
ninity of all the Paris journals but one, the
"Univcrs" However, neither the English nor
Tie French press have yet been able to point
out ~ lat would be the future effects Of mca-
sure which they all agree to be politically i'm
portant, and one that will weigh in the fate of
the French Empire, although nobody knows
how its influence, either for good or bad, may
be efficiently cxcrtcd.
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