Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-14


There were many prrsem. who had been hoI
orcd and enriched hy Louis Philippe. hut
was reserved for Mcntal,lnbcrt to avail Of tn
iir>! public occasion to denouncc the inilu
touS >poliation. After ,cvera! interruptions h
the president he proceeded thus:
~ rejected The bulge: because ii includes al
explicit sanction Of the ScnatIlS-con,ultun
which dcpriyc> II, Of all real control Of III
finances OF ti.e counirt, and approves the dc
crccS tha, have diSpossc:Scd the house of Or
leans Of lis ancient ard legitimate Vatrimony
or the scnatuS-cnn-ulLIm am not allowed Il
speak. Bat the question Of honor and con
science inspires me with far deeper scruplcs
which in IN assembly Of Frenchmen and hon
est men will find an ,cho. or at least cncoun
ter the silence of respect. Last year. lproycd
without contradictitn, that the budget con
tanned n" direct o. Indirect sanction of the de-
cree
M. Bi!laut, presiding. intcrruptlns: IBIS
cu>S0n Gi laws i ln,biddcnl
"ir. President appeal To your dclicacy, Il
not yor cannot interrupt me again; and this i
why: when King Louis Philippe sat OF tn,
throne, when you ard livcI under that char
ter he Sworc and 50 faithfully obserrcd, 20,
We're the advocate Of his son. the Duc d Aumalc
How can you then silence me, the disintcrcStct
advocate nj the dead king and Of the cXilct
prince:
II continue then. acd say that this year W,
are formally required 70 l.Scrihc amnng tht
receipts o! tic state tie s:,:rs arising from tho
estates Of that royal race. ihat many of yo,
have served. and winch. notwithstanding the
wron-s ,lia; Tiay he imputed TO the origin and
close Of is reign. Scrrrd France nohly. iou
are asked to approve What tlic council of stat,
sanctioned only hy a majority OF one. 1t i.
sought 10 involve yoI in the responsibility o
an act Which is the grave>t assault on the
principle of private property the nineteenth
century has witnessed: and which has none OF
those prrteytS which the passions Of the mob
and revolutionary hate nay invoke. You arc
asked "a ron>ocrac h, yoIr vote the rcsump.
ton Of con!i>ration. ct conIiScation nndcr itS
most oliou, form exercised. not in the .uisc
Of pcrgl enactment. ou, iy a simple icsp0tiC
act
"Do $40, forget IN, preamble Of tic decree,
where the principle i, laid down that after the
Orleans family is deprived Of all that is though,
lit. ~ mill s'jW j.~...t, ta0UGh I" mJinir;h Il,
stnf "b,'~'L. which -cproiuccS literally the so.
cialSt inc,r;ac o;rcn hcail in our fields. which
ars,l"s that when Il rlc Montacmbert or any
other proprietor :la; been relieved of half or
iwn-ihirdS of hi> property. he will yet have
more than a crowd 0i brave fellows twice as
good IL ne Remember. too. the clause which
attempts 10 ,.ain. hy the mputation nf fraud,
the lncinnrv Of ;iue whose rlemcncy and
generosity towards himself Napoleon III has
publicly proclaimed in :. letter 10 VI. OIillon
Barroi: Il king win more than once made policy
give way u iusiicc and who. according to the
unqucstiorahc arcria.S Of MS ntcndant Mon
t,lirc'. donated to the state - millions from
the civil list Nc "niaycl 'lnrins MS reign. Fl
nallv. remember tic o';gir oi these attacks oI,
the Orleans ,airitomr: Won nil recall with hor.
ror that Nar,lal iordc, that ircrnd.ry mob
which rillagc and burned thc chateau ci
Ncliliy. in February. 1873, and initiated that
So.calicd rc.'jirf,1r Ia III. |o;C ,hr present
huIget is 10 consImmatc.
80 vote for puigct containing sunrs !ror
-llch source. is. in my opinion. 70 accept Tho
responsibility oi tlic sVoliat"n. Fo: myself, .
lar from, accepting il. Tcpudia,r il before ';oi
before the country, and before the future
] -
consider l!ia; II; these iew words my duty j,
fulfilled. and my presence here justified.
place them. moreover, under the protection a
i,ic ;hr,c l.,at authorities thr three most il
lus.riors names perhaps. in our modern histo
~ Listen to Napoleon. speaking TO the coun
I'll Of state. in 'oYcmhcr. 1909: The essence
CT property is il;inyio.ahi;ty. myself
with the nrmcpus armies 1T my command
could m, take pca-c>>ion of 4 single field fu,
10 violate the light of property in one. is ID
violate it in all Thus spoke the conq'lcror q
the world. hcfrc hi> faults and ln;lic- ha6
plunged him in:o ;h- abyss. iicar nrNt l:cs
nuct. writing under the absolute monarch" y
Louis NV: 'T,erc are laws in empires again>
which whntsoc'cr j. done il dc jWr, void an,
iustlfcs rrsi>tarrc Revolt against violence
and iniuuty is immortal Listen, lastly, II
Fcnclon. writing to Louis NV. as follows: 'D'
mol say that these measures were necessary
the goods Of another can never be necessary
what i truly necessary j, the observance o
exact Justice.
"Gcntrman. trust that these grand truths
c.ernallr true. may arouse and i!lrminr y"nl
cnnscicnre.. a. thcY have i!luinned and iorii
lied nine
We have chosen Ia quote nearly the whole
Of this ORATOR, because, apar, from its rlo
oucncc, il must he admitted to imply in It's alI
thor. when the circumstances attending its tic
livery are cnn.i''e!cd, the most exalted courage
and lsticr and b,cause il was the real basis
of the late prosecution The emperor imncdi
atcly arra;snc,l the orator before the tribunals
bnt desistcd w;.en his advisers urgcdupOn hin
the impolity rf direct prosecution Of mem
her of the only elective branch Of the govern
rncnt. A. soon as Nnntacmhcrt cease! to bt
i deputy, he was condemned on t wrctchcC
charge OF constructive treason" in that he
had disparagcd tic imperial government by
contrasting i; unfsyorably with the English par
liamcntary regime. The imperial organs hav,
endcayorcl 10 create the impression abroad
that Mon,alembGt is factions politician, emu
louS Of the no.oricty of political martyrdom.--
lIow widely he differs from such character
the reader can .indg". Every action Of his po
lItical life has been consistent with that w
have narrated. and with the motto his csrut
cheon bears M EsrniR. III PErE.
a vEHY INTERESTING WORK.
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