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THE FEDERAL UNION.
JOHN G.
polhill,
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bditoh.
MILLCDG£TILL£, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1831.
YOLUMR 1, NUMBER 48.
in- THE FEDERAL UNION i. p«W»b«l
* an.* i THAGC o« LARS p«.r annum, in ad-
erj no( before the end of the year.
* * ooootiu McCann’s Ta-
«, fFmytu Street, opposite
ajMdvrrywcm**** published at the usual rate*.
tr7» Fach Citation by the Clerks of the Courts of Or
dinary ilnt application b« been made for Letter* of Ad
ministration, must ** publishedI Thirty dots at least.
Notice by E*ecutors and Administrators for Debtors
and Creditors to render in their accounts must be publish
ed ■'IX tvtlll-
Sale# of negroes by Executors ana Administrators must
be advertised Sixty dat» before the day of sale.
Sales of personal property (except negroes) of testate
and intcsUte estates by Exrcn’ors and A^pinistratiors,
must be advertised Forty days. No sale from day to
day is valid, unless so expressed in tbe advertisement.
Applications by Executors Administrators, and Guar*
dims, to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land
must be published four months.
Applications for Foreclosure of Mortgages on Real Es
tate must be advertised unce a month for six months.
Sales of Real Estate by Executors, Administrators and
Guardians must be published sixty days before the day
of sale. These salrs must be made at the Court House
door between the hours of 10 in the morning and 4 in the
afternoon.
Orders >f Conrtof Ordinary, (accompanied with & co
py «f Jic bond, or. agreement) to make tsites to Land,
U ist he advertisdR^tiRRE months at least.
S i iritf's sales under executions regularly granted by
the court?, must be advertised Thirty days.
Sheriff's sale* under mortgage executions must be ad
vertised Sixty dats before theday of sale.
Sheriff’s sales of perishable property under orderof
Court must be advertised generally Ten days.
\l| 1 Irders fur Ad. ertisements will be punctually at
tended to.
*** AH Letters directed totheoffice, or the Editor,
XU ist be nos! paid to entitle them to attention.
W t are request -d to amo mce toe name ot V\ ILL
I \ W i>. SCOGGIN, E?q as a candidate for
Sheriff of Baldwin county at the next election for county
officers November 6
~ FB.ENEZ GAUDS!
P ERSONS h» v ing business in tne o r uoration of
Milledgeville, are notified that Dr Lewis J. W.
Kraatz, is fully empowered to represent the undersign
ed, during his absence from tbe county.
N B JUHAN,
April 14 40 Secretary and Treasurer,
*MILI.ED8FmLE MASONIC HALL ’
luOTTISHir.
30,000~Dollars
OF CAPITAL PRIZES YET IN THE WHEEL, ui:
1 of 15,000 Dollars,
1 of 10,000 Dollars,
1 of 5,000 Dollars,
BESIDES PRIZES OF
#1000 -$900 $800 $700- $500 $600
—$400 -$300-$200—$100, «c. &c. &c.
On aATUKDAY, the 30th of April next, the 4th
D-».y’s Drawing will be continued, when there -viil be
eliaivn from the wheel
1,000 PHIZES!
The increasing demand for Tickets makes it necessary
Ah it those who expect to select their numbers from a great
vaiiely, to send their orders soon.
Those who bold Tickets which may hot be drawn previ
ous to the commencement of the Fifth and last day’s
-drawing mu*t remember lh;*t such Tickc will have to
Xisk the -PLEND1D PRIZE of
39,000 DOLLARS
psides other handsome prizes then to be d<posited
ickets still sold st, Wholes §10— Shares in proportion.
Address orders (post-paid) to
KHODOM A. GREENE,
j irch 24 Sec’ry to Commissioners.
LLW IKKhMMM*
HE subscriber has obtained from some of the Judges,
and others, a number of DECISIONS made in
important law casts. He expects to enlarge bis collec
tion; a»d so soon as the subscription will authorize, to
jjjbiish them in a plain, chfSp style, in pamphlet lurtn.
TTlie object of this undertaking is to awaken <*mong the
dteoplo a sense of the importance of a COURT FOR
frilE CORRECTION OF ERRORS.
I The fudges, Solicitors, and Members of the Bar
throughout the State are respectfully r< quested to furnish
authentic reports. To those who may do so, a reasonable
allowance in the price of the work will be made.
Utility alone, and not profit is the object of the under
taking. And with this view he solieiu warmly the co-op
eration of the Bar and Bench. Hi* situation as an editti
will enable him to print the work mere cheaply than oth
er persons. JOHN G. POLHILL.
j». s.—A prospectus will soon be out.
Milledgeville, April 21, 1831 41
Town Dots.
On Friday, the 20th day of May next,
W ILL be sola m Franklin H • - < uunty, .. num
ber of FRONT & BACK LOTS in
«aid town—it being tire cite lor the public buildings of
Heard count). -
This village is situated on tbe Eastern bank of the Lnat-
aheochie river, on a place that possesses flattering pro-
peels for health and many other advantages which few vil
lages io the up-country affords. Terms made known on
the day of sale.
JOHN JEAN. J. I e.
CHRISTOPHER B. BROWN, J* «. c.
JOHN M. WAttE, l i c.
April 81 41 4t
CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH
SEMINARY.
For the Instruction of Young Ladies.
iR. BRO'VN respectfully informs Parentsand Guar*
’ dians, that in consequence of tbe many applica
tions to enlarge his sphere of operations, and disseminate
more widely his system of Education, by admitting a grea-
L r number of pupils into his Seminary, he has been in-
uced to eBgage the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Adams, r
-lersym&n of amiability, piety and attainments.
*Tis presumed that Dr. Brown’s undivided attention and
Experience, with the assistance of Mr. Adams, Miss
Grige, Miss Clarke, and Mrs. Brown, will eosure more
than common advantages, and guarantee an improvement
to the pupils not to be calculated on under ordinary cir
cumstances.
Board may be obtained in the family of the Principal,
ind in many other respectable families in the Borough.
Pupils may be entered in this term to the close of tbe
•ear, and charged from the time uf their entrance, butaf-
thia term none can be admitted for less lime than a
r.
That Scottsborough is remarkably healthful is an estab-
ed and well attested fact, and therefore a favorable re
st for children living in sickly regions.
March 24 **
IQ* The Macon Telegraph, Messenger, and Columbus
nquirer will please give the above S insertions and for-
ard their aoeounU to this office for payment.
J3- JUST PRINTED, and for sale at
■*i Ofice, an assortment of BLANKS—embracing all
general use in this State. Orders attended to with
mptness. I April 7
oomikwioatxov.
D
[published by request J r
From the Augusta Courier of December 33.
Tho following is the substance of a late de
rision in the Supreme Conrl of-the United
States, which may be found in PETERS’ late
REPORTS, from page 425 to 437:—
It was a case, originally, of the State of
Missouri, vs Craig and others, on a note of
hand given to tbe authorized Agents in behalf
of the State, for certain bills of credit or paper
circulated upon the funds ef the State, con
trary h tbe Constitution of the United States.
The words of the Const it utioorof the United
Stales are. "no State shall enter into any
treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters
of marque and reprisal: coin money; emit bills
ol credit: make any thing but go’d and silver
coin a tender in payment of debts: pass any
bill of attainder, ex-post facto law, or law im
pairing the obligation of contracts : or grant
any title of nobility.”
The State of Missouri issued, or ‘‘emitted”
certificates of various dimensions, from fifty
cents to ten dollars, amounting to upwards of
two hundred thousand dollars, (based exclu
sively upon the credit of her Treasury,) to fill
up, and intended as a circulating medium a-
mong the people ; for which Craig, and others
bocamo indebted, and gave their notes. They
afterwards refused to pay their note. The State
sued, and the Court of Missouri decreed in fa
vor of the State,—The defendants appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United States ;
and that Court has recently decided, "that as
the consideration for which the note had been
originally given, was for bills of credit emitted
by the State, the very act which costitutes
the consideration, is the emissions of hills of
credit, which act is prohibited by the Consti>
tution ol thi* United States, and the Court,
therefore, feels constrained to say. that the
consideration lor which the note was given is a-
gamst the highest law of the land: and the note
therefore is utterly V'.ud. 5 * This decision was
delivered by Judge Marshall himself, upon the
Bench.
With this high precedent established, and
1 ack d by the Const itut on of the Unwed States,
more is not a single man who has given his
110:e, or notes, drafts or acceptances to the
State of Georgia, (or the Central Bank, which
is the same thing) for "Central Bank” bills
that can be compelled to pay such notes, drafts
or acceptances
If the State has commitfed an unconstitu
tional act in ‘ emitting bdl9 of c r edit,” through
me Agency ol her officers of the Central Bank,
whom he pays liberally lor emitting her bills
of credit, based exclusively upon her Treasury,
she must abide the consequences, as all her
public money, Bank stock, and specialities of
debts due on bonds, notes, mortgages, &.c. to
gether with her public credit, now lies entirely
at the mercy and discretion of those numerous
persons who have received ‘‘Central Jtauk
bills,” [notes} (or their consideration,) in ex
change for their own notes, drafts or acceptan
ces.
This is very liberal and wise Legislation, for
the benefit oft he borrowers, note-shavers, spe
cuiators and hand jobbers.
What are the Central Bank Notes, but "bills
f credit?,’ The very act of the Legislature of
1828, establishing the Bank, and creating the
Agents of the State to emit those bills, will
shew that the Central Bank bills are, not only.
in reality, bills ol credit, but that tbe very ma
ieriaisol consideration and purport value, on
which they were "emitted,” consist of stock
.md "credits” due to the State: some in the
snape of Bank stock scrip, (some of which is
below par) and of the Savannah, Ogeechy, and
Aitumaha canal stock—$42,000, and a bond ©n
the same for $50,000 more, loaned Jencks: to
gether with other bonds, cotes, and judgments,
&c. And who knows what portion of the nu>
tnerous individuals who gave those notes,
bonds ai.d other specialties of debts due the
State, and against whom she holds judgments,
are dead, bankrupts, or run away?—And upon
which credtTs due to the Sl;it and unpaid,
the Central Bank m part is established and
emitting tills of credit.” upon old nominal pa
pers of credit! some of which are not worth
the paper iu its original slate from the Factory. 1
The following extracts from the act ol 1828,
will shew how and on what basis, the Central
Bsiuk is established:—
Sect 1st—Be it enacted 4‘C. That a Bank
-hall be established in behalt ot the State of
Georgia, to be known and called by the name
and styh ul the Central Bank &c
Sec 2d—Be it further enacted &rc That the
money m the Treasury oi thi» S ate (Bank
Bills) not otherwise* appropriated—the shares
owned by the State in the Bank of Augusta,
in the Planters’ Bank of the State of Georgia,
m the Bank of the State of Georgia, and in the
Bank of Darien ; and all bonds, notes, special
ities, judgments due to tbe State, and all mo
nies arising from the sales ot fractions, and
town lots heretofore made, hereafter to he
made, and all other debts aod monies at any
time due the State, shall constitute and
form the capital Stock of the said Central
Bank.
See 3d.—That all the taxes hereafter to be
collected on account of the State, and all its
dividends arising from stock in other Banks,
shall be deposited in the said Central Bank to
aid and facilitate its operations.
Sec 16th—And be it further enacted—That
the President and Directors of said Bank shall
have power to issue notes, signed by the Pres
ident, and countersigned by the Cashier, on be
half of tbe said corporation.”
Tbe State is not bound for tbe ultimate re
demption of the bills, or notes of the Central
Bank, any farther than what may be made and
collected ont of the mas9 of notes, bonds,
judgements, &c. due the State from individu
als ; and other specialities transferred from the
Treasury to the said Bank, to form its capital
FOREIGN.
Can tbe people of Georgia pay their taxes j
freely, and with a cheerful heart, when such i l „
•dMpmd°af a "*JT , T < I'mJB$&jFoFTHe‘bELGU.V
hour? 01 P** 110 ® ,®f-*bcir la .CROWN RY FRANCSL
Is it justice to the people to make such a
disposal of their public money, for the ngran-
dizement of a select few of the population,
when the great mass or majority who pay tbeir
taxes also, are suffering for the want of good
roads and bridges to market, which they are
entitled to, and the public prosperity of the
State, at the 9ame time, in the back ground,
lor the want of such internal improvements,
and a more efficient system of education /
There are now but two alternatives, and
the Legislature can take its choice;—Either to
break up tbe Central Bank and appoint com
missioners to collect the public money back
into the treasury, as fast as tbe different cir
cumstaoces and honor of thetlebtors will admit;
or let it go on till it breaks the State.
The lute report exhibits $720,632 of notes
and bills now on hand in the Bank, discounted
with the public money, for the private benefit
of individuals— which amount « now outstand
mg that much, of tbe publ’< funds or labor of
the mass of the people, either discounted with
Central Bank bills or bills of other Banks, taken
in by way of exchange, from the original pop
ular confidence of circulation, created in com
munity by the first emission of $744,000; be
sides other notes, mortgages, judgments and
specialities against individuals, which only go
to swell the amount, on paper, of the capital
stock of the Bank; —Out of all which the late
report exhibits only $66,789 11 of solid capi
tal, or specie, to meet the redemption of$720,-
532 of the public money afloat, in excuange
for that much individual paper on hand, for
discounts, or loans, since the Bank w.is es
tablished and in operation in June 1829;
—And yet the Central Bank exhibits a pur
port Capital, consisting of old morally dead
and musty papers, bonds, notes, mortgages,
judgments in the main, of two million four
honored and seventy-one thousand four him
dred and twenty dollars and 10 cents;—How
much of this amount consits offictitious, or un
available capital, which only goes te swell the
delusion ol public confidence; and how much of
the $720532. loaned out to individuals, since
the Bank went into operation, and now also
due the State, will .-vet be collected, are the
grand questions 111
ONE OF THE PEOPLE
D c 1st 1830.
SKETCH.
stock.
A MOTHER’S KISS
BOYHOOD OF BENJAMIN WEST.
The fir'i display of talent in the infant miod
of Mr. Wot, was curious and still more so
from its occurring where ttierc was nothing to
excite it America contained scarcely a spe
cimen of fine arts; and bemg tha son of a
Quaker, he bad never seen a picture or a print
fits pencil was of his own invention ; his col
ors were given to him by an ludian; his whole
progress was a series of invention ; and paint
ing to him was not tbe result of a le-son, but
an intuitive passion.
When only seven years of age he was left in
the charge of an infant niece in the cradle, and
had a fan to flap away the flies from th‘- child
The motion of the fan made tbe child smile,
and its beauty attracted bis attention. He
looked at it with a plesure he had never before
experienced; and observing some paper on the
table, together with pens and red and black
ink, he seized them with agitation and endeav
ored to deleniate a portrait; although at that
period he had never seen an engraving or a
picture. Hearing the approach of bis mother
and sister, he endeavored to conceal what he
had been doing; but the old j^dy observing his
confusion, asked what he Ladtbeen about and
insisted bn seeing the pap^f. He obeyed en
treating her not to be angry ; Mrs West, after
looking some time at the drawing with evident
pUusu r e, said to her daughter, ‘1 declare he
;>*s m.tde a likeness of httla Bally;” and kiss
d him with much fondness and satisfaction.—
This encouraged him to say, that if it would
give her any pleasure he would make a draw
ing of flowers which she had in her hand; for
his genius was awakened, and he belt that he
could imitate any thing which pleased his sight.
In afier life he used to say, ‘My mother's kiss
made me a painter."
Young West used pen and ink for his draw
ings, uutii hair pencils were described to him
when he found a substitute in the tapering fur
of cats tail. In the following year, a cousin
sem him a book of colors and pencils, with
several pieces of canvass prepared for the ea-
sal with six engravings. The box wa9 re
ceived with delight, and West now found all
his wants supplied. lie rose at the da wo of
the following day, and carried the box to the
garrat, where he spread tbe canvass, prepared
his pallet and began to imitate the fingers of
of the engraving. Enchanted with his art, he
forgot the school hours, and joined the fami
ly at dinner without mentioning the employ*
ment in which he had been engaged. In the
af ternoon he again retired to the garrat; and
for several days successively he withdrew in
the same manner, and devoted himself to paint
ing. Mrs. West, suspecting that the box oc
casioned his neglect of school, wont into the
garret and found him employed on a picture.—
Her anger was soon appeased by a sight of
his performance. She saw not merely a copy,
but a composition from two of Iho pictures.—
She kissed him with transports of affection,
and promised that she would intercede with
his father to pardon his abscence from school
This piece, finished in his eighth year, was ex
hibited sixty-seven years afterwards, iu the
same room with his sublime picture of ‘Christ
Rejected;” and the artist declared that there
were inventive touches in his juvenile essay,
which all his subsequent experience had not
enabled him to surpass.—Irishman-
k CRQWN BY FRANCE.
Paris, Feb. 17.
To day, at noon, the deputation of tbe Na
tiooal Congress of Belgium repaired to the
Palais Royal. Two of bis Majesty's Aids de
Camps received it at the-top of the grand
staircase, to conduct it into the first saloon,
where it was received by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who conducted it into l he Pre
sence Chamber, and bis majesty received it
sitting on thegthrone, having on his right tbe
Duke of Orleans, and on his left tbe Duke of
Nemours. Her majesty the Queen was pre
sent. as well as the Prince* and Princesses, and
the Princess Adelaide, the King’s sister. The
Ministers and Aids-de Camp of the King sur
rounded the throne. The President of th«
Congross delivered the following speech:
” Sire.—The legal organ of the Belgian
people, the Sovereign Congress, in its sitting of
the 3d of February, elected ami proclaimed
King his Royal Highness Louis Charles Philip
d’Orleaus, Duke of Nemours, your Majesty’s
younger son, and has trusted to os the mission
to offer the crown to his Royal Highness, in
the person of your Majesty, as his Guardian 1
and King.
"This election, which was claimed by the
acclamations of a free people, is a homage ren
dered to the proper royality of France and to
the virtue of your family. It cements the na>
tural Union of the two rations without Con
founding them. It reconciles their wishes and
their natural interests with the interests and
the peace of Europe; aud by giving to the
independence of Belgium a new support, that
of the French honor, it insures to other states
a new element of force and tranquility.
“The Constitutional compact on which the
Crown of Belgium rests is finished The na
tion whose independence is recognized expects
with impatience both tbe sovereign of its choice,
and the benefits of the Constitution, to which
he will take the oath. The answer of your M<>
jestv will fulfil its well founded expectations,
and our just hopes. Your accession has prov
ed that you know all the power of a truly na
tional wish, and the sympathy of France is a
pledge to us of its ready assent to the suffra
ges of Belgium
"We deliver into your hands. Sire, the official
decree of the election of His Royal Highness
the Duke of Nemours, and a copy of the Con
stitution decreed by the Congress."
The President of the Congress then read the
act of the Congress in the following terms:
“In the name of the Belgic nation the Na
tional Congress decrees—
"Art 1 His Royal Highness Louis Charles
Philip d’Orleans, Duke of Nemours, is pro
claimed King of the Belgiitns, on condition of
accepting tbe Constitution such as it shall be
decreed by the National Congress.
" 2, He is out to take possession of the
tlirone nil after having solemnly taken in the
preseace of the Belgian Congress, tbe follow
ing oalb.—
“I swear to observe the Constitution and
the laws of the Belgian people, to maintain the
national independence, and the integrity of the
territory.
“ Brussels, Palace of the Nation, Feb. 3
1831
" The Secretaries Members of the Nati
on
“H. de Brouck-
"Viscount Vilnia XI1II
ERE
" LeIDTZ " Not’HOKB.
" The President of the Congress.
u E. Surlet Chokier.”
The King answered to the Deputation.
" Gentlemen:—The wish which your are
commissioned to lay before me in the name of
the Belgic people, on presenting me with the
act ef the election which the National Congress
has just made to my second son the Duke of
Nemours for King of the Belgians, fills me with
entiments which I request you to express to
your generous nation I am profoundly affec
ted that my constant devotedness to my coun
try has inspired you with this witn, and I ahull
always be proud that one ol my sons has been
the object of your choice.
"If I listened only to (he inclination of my
very sincere desire to field to the wish of a
people whose peace and prosperity is equally
dear and important to France, I should readily
accede to it. But whatever may be my regr-t,
whatever may be the affliction which I feel, in
refusing you my son, the strictness of the du
ties which I have to fulfil imposes upon me
this painful obligation, and I must declare that
I do not expect for him tbe Crown which you
are commissioned to offer me.
" My first duty is to consult above all things
the interest of France, and, consequently, not
to endanger that peace which I hope to pre
serve for its happiness, for that of Belgium, and
for that of all the states Europe, to which it is
«o invaluable and so necessary. Exempt my
self from all ambition, my personal wishes
agree with my duties. It wiil never be the
thirst of conquest, or the honor of seeing
a Crown placed on the head of my son, that
will lead me to expose my country to tbe
renewal of the evils which war brings in its
train, and for which the advanges which we
might derive from it, however great they might
otherwise be, cannot compensate. Tbe exam
pies of Louis XIV. & Napoleon would suffice
to preserve me from the fatal temptation of e-
recting thrones for in)’ 9ens. and to make me
prefer the happiness of having maintained
peace to aH the splendor of the victories in
which case of war French valor would not foil
again to secure to our glorious standards
"May Belgium be free and happy; let it ne
ver forget that it is to the concert of France
with the other great powers of Europe that il
owes the speedy acknowledgment of its nation
al independence, and let il always rely with con
fidence on my support to preserve it from eve
ry externa! attack, or from all foreign iaterveo-
tioo. But let Belgium also enenre itself again*
tbe scourge of internal agitations, and let it
preserve itaefef from them by the organization ef
Const tint jolted Government winch may maitv
tain a good understanding with its neighbors,
and protect the rights of aM hr ensuring the
faithful and impart ial execution of the laws —
May the sovereign whom wo shall elect con
solidate your, internal security, and may tho
choice of him be at the same time a pledge to
ell the powers of the continuance of peace
and general tranquility I May he be fully sen
sible of all tbe duties that he will have to per
form, and may he never forget that public lib-
berty, will be the best foundation of his throne,
as respect for your laws, the maintenance of
your instilutions, and fidelity in observing his
engagements, will tie tbe best means to preserve
it against every attack, and to save you ftone
the danger of new convulsions.
Tell your counrym n that such are the
wishes which I form for them. & that they may
depend upon the ontiro affection which 1 bear
to them. They wiH find me always anxiou* te
manifest it to them, and to maintain with them
those relations of friendship and good neigh
borhood which are so necessary lo the prospe
rity of the two states."
Paris, Feb. 19:
The Prefect of Police published an ordi
nance prohibiting mobs nnd tamultuous assem
blies in the streets and public places, on pain
of being dealt with according to the utmost ri
gor of the law
The image of our Saviour has been remov
ed from ail the apartments of the Palace de
Justice At six o’clock in the morning three
blacksmiths were employed removing the fleur-
de-lis from the iron gates of the Palais de Jus
tice. They have likewise been removed from
all the other places inside of the Palais where
they had hitherto been "Offered to remain.
"Tbe Cure of St. Germain I’Auxerrois has
already undergone some interrogatories. Thin
ecclesiastic endeavors to excuse himself by
alleging that persons of importance came lo
him to persuade him to celebrate the service
in honour of ihe Duke of Bern; that he de
clared he could not comply with their de-ire
till he should have received orders from tiift
superiors, and that on the same day these
orders were given him by the Archbishop of
Pans.
THE BUDGET
The French minister ba • submitted ihe Bud
get lo the Chamber oi Deputies It amomite
in English money, to 44 000,000/ being one
tilth more than is called for in ordinary years,
and yielding a surplus of 56,000.000 franks*
‘ From the ordinary Budget,” n,od M. Lafi ie,
"we shall have 15,000 000of francs, and from
tbe extraordinary budget 41000.000 We
have besides, a sinking turn! ot 81.000 000
francs; and yet Our direct taxes will remain
without any increase. We havo also tv an
nounce to you that the indirect taxes have im
proved during the month of January, and pro
duced an increase of 200,000,000. francs, not
withstanding the reduction ot duties. What
strength and power for war, if war should be
come indispensible ! What resources for ren
dering peace prolific, if we have the happiness
to preserve it, of being able to employ the im>
mense capital we possess! Our armamente
are sufficiently imposing to ensure peace, or to
repel gloriously any aggression. We have a
well founded hope that Europe will soon re
duce her forces to their ordinary establishment,
and that we maay also be at liberty to reduce
ours to the scale which our safety aud dignity
may require in a stale of peace.”
The late news from Paris would seem, at
the first blush, to evince that the leaven of re
volution is still at work. But the ordinance
of the Constitutional King, a man of consum
mate sense and shrewdness, offer a better so
lution. Tbe French attach great importance
to signs and rallying p ints, they are a na-i ,n
of peculiar fancy ; with .them the emblamatic
has an influence as powerful as the manifest has
with races less quick and imaginative. Ever
since the revolution of July, ihe presence of
the fleur-de-lis has been an-eye sore of serious
and potent sous character; the crimes and exe
cution in England of the pour, misguided, ig
norant peasants, who have been firing hay
stacks, have not prodaeed in the pabiic paper*/
there, one tbonsandth part of the xpression
of horror and digust, that tbe preservation of
the flowers-de-liice on the state arms, has oc
casioned in the journals of France. The lily,
lois, lis, the namesake of the long fine of Loui
ses, seemed a mock of all the citizen blood-
that had bought a revocation of that dy
nasty; the lily retained in the armorial bearing
of Loois Philip, said loudly to that susceptible
nation, (hat tbe throne held o Bourbon, rather
than a King of the people's choice. II was pre
dicted that the popular dislike only wanted a
a chance for insulting the odious sign, which
has never been national, any more than the
bees of Napoleon
Chamber or DcruTrEs, Sitting of thetOth of
February
A tumultuous agitation prevails daring and
afier the reading of tbe Process Verbal. It
was observed that M Bart he, instead of tak
ing his place on the Ministerial Bench, walked
long the centre, wbern he conversed with se
veral deputies. Tbe Ministerial Bench re<
mained empty. The most contradictory re
ports circulated. M- Barthe at length took his
place on the Ministerial Bench, where be was
soon joined by the President and Council M.
de Montalivet, and all the other Ministers —
The sitting opened at two o’clock The Pre
sident of the Conasils desires to spenk [pro- *
found silence.] We make the following ex
tracts from the address
Gentlemen—I told you yesterday that the
last speaker heard at this sitting was the only
one who had touched:oo the question. I did
not say that he had solved it. The questit n is
the situation of our country, (hat in which wc
have placed it by nor actions; the question i>
to probe the degree of the evil, to know whei >-
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