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NEW FRENGH CONSTITUTION
CONSERVATIVE SENATE.
Extract from the Register of the Conserva
tive Senate, Wednesday 6th cf April.
1 he Conservative Senate delib ra
ting upon the plan of the Constitu
tion presented to it by the Provision
al Government, in execution of the
Act of the Senate of the Ist inst.-
After having heard the report o*
a special Commission ot seven mem
bers ; decrees as follow :
Art. 1. The French governmen
is monarchial, and hereditary from
male to male* in order of primogen
iture. * .
2. The French people call free l j
to the throne of France, Louis Stan
islaus Xavier de France, brother oi
the last Ring, and after him the ot .-
e‘* members of the house ot Bom
bon in the ancient order.
• 3. The ancient nobility resum *
their titles.—Tie new preserve
theirs hereditary. The .Legion o
honour is maintained with its pr -
rogatives 1 The King sit all fix ,th s
decoration*
> 4. the executive power belongs t<<
the King.
5. The King the Senate N and the
Legislative Body concur in the mak
dig of Laws; plans of laiys may be
equally proposed in the Legislative
Body.—Those relating *o contribu
tionb can only be proposed in the
legislative body The King cah in
vite equalh the two bodies to occu
py themselves upon objects whicn
he deems proper. The sanction Ol
ihe King is necessary for the com
pletion of a law.
6. J here are 150 Senators at least,
and 200 at most. Their dignity ik
im-rovedble, ‘and hereditary Irom
male to male in the ©rder/>f primo
geniture. . They are named by the
the king. The present Senators
with the exception of those who
should renounce the quality of
French citizen, are maintained and
;ioi m part of this number. The ac
tual endowments of the senate and
the senatorships belong to them.
The ‘'revenues are divided equal
ly between them. In case oi the
death of a Senator without direct
male posterity, his portion returns
to the public treasure.-—The sena
tors who shall be named in future
cannot partake of this endowment.
7. The Princes of the Royal Fam
ily, and the Princes of the blood are
by right the Members of the senate
—the functions of a senator cannot’
be exercised until the person has
attained the, age of 21.
8 The senate decides the cases
in which the discussion of objects
before them shall be public or se
cret.
9. Each Department shall send to
the Legislative body the same num-,
her of deputies it sent thither. The
deputies who sat in -the Legislative
bouy ht the period of the last ad
journment shad continue to sit until
they v are replaced. All preserve
theii pay. In future they shall be
chosen immediately by the electoral
bodies which are preserved, with
the exception of the changes which
may be madt by a law in their or
ganization. The duration of the
functions of the deputies to the legis
lative body is fixed at five years
—the new election shall take place
for the session of IS 15
10. The Legitimate body shall as
semble of right e£ch ye dr on the Ist
of October. The King may. convoke
..it extraordinarily ; he may adjourn
it ; tie may dissolve it; but in the
latter ea*e another legislative body
must be lormed in three ‘ months at
least by the electoral colleges.
11. ihe legislative body has the
rig at of discussion. The sittings are
public, unless in cases where it choos
es to iorm itself into a general com
mittee.
12. The senate, legislative body,
% elector 4 *qoheges, and assemblies of
■ Cantons elect tueir President Lorn u*
ATHENS ; THURSDAY JULT 7, 1814.
IK *
mong themselves.
*3.,N0 members of the senate, dr
1 ±g slative bod/- can o i irresud vfitii
*it a previous authority from the
tody #> Wuich he belimg^. 1 The
rial of a uti liber of the” senate or
■egilative body belongs exclusively
to the senate. .
14- The Ministers may be mem
bers either of the senate or legisla*
live body.
Id. Equality of proportion in the
tuxes is of right; no tax can be im
posed or received unless it has* been
r freely consented to by the legislative
oody and the senate. The land tax
can only be established for a year.
Hie budget of the following year,
and the accounts of the preceding
year, are presented annually to the
legislative body and the senate, at
me opening of the sitting of the leg
islative body.
16 »’he law slwll fix the mode and
>mount of the recruiting of the ar
ny.
17. The independence of the ju
dicial power is guaranteed. No one
can be removed from his natural
judges. The institution of juries is
preserved, as well as the publicity of
trial in criminal matters. The pen
alty of confiscation of goods is abol
ished. The king has the right of
pardoning.
18. The courts and ordinary tribu
nals existing jit present arc preserv
ed ; their number cannot he dimin
ished or increased but in virme of a
iaw. The judges are for like, and
»rremoveable, except the justice of
the peace and the judges of com
merce. The commissioners and ex
traordinary tribunals are suppressed
and cannot* be re-established.
19. Th 6 court of cessat ion, t lie cou rt
of appeal, and the tribunals of the
first instance propose to tne king
tn/ee candidates for eacn puce of
judges, vacant in their body. The
xing names the first presidents and
tne public ministry of the courts and
the tribunals. ‘
20. Tne military on, service, the
>dicers and soldiers on half pay, the
Widows'and pensioned officers, ; pre
serve their ranks, honours and pen
sions*
21. Ihe person of the King is sa
cred and inviolable* All tile acts ot
the government are signed by a
minister— the Ministers are respon
sible for all which those acts contain
violatory of the laws, public and pri
vate liberty, and tne rights of the
citizens.
22. * freedom of worship and
conscience is guaranteed—the minis
ters of worship are treated and pro
tected alike. , n
23. The liberty of the press is en
’ tire, with the exception of the legal
repression of otiences which may
result Irom the abuse ol that liberty
—the Senatorial Commissions of the
liberty of the press and individual
liberty are preserveed.
The public dept is guaranteed!
—the sales of the national domains
are irrevocably maintained*
25 No frenchman can be prose-*
cuted tor opinions or votes which he
has given, v
26. Every person has the right to
address individual, peutons to levery
constituted authority.
27 AU Frencnmen are equally ad
missible to all civil and military em
ploy me wts*’^ ;
28. All the laws existing at pre
sent remain m vigor, uutd tney snail
be legally-/epcaieh—tne code ot c|r
vit laws shall be entitled the Civil
Code of tne f renuh.
29. I'he present constitution shall
be submitted to tne acceptance of
the French people, m tne foi in wmen
shall be regulated. Louis Stanislaus
Xavier shall be pruclamed King of
the french, as soon as he snail nave
sign and sworn by an act stating,
1 accept the Constitution + 1 swear to
observe it , and cause it to be uOserved.
ihis oath snail oe repeated in so
lemnity when he shad'receive the
Oath ot tidenty oi the French.
From LonujH Fapers*
’ .London, April 15.
Among the reports oi the day
there is one which we trust wni be
conhrmeu* It is said that transput is
are ordered immediately to be col
lected at Bordeaux, to convey 20-
000 troops across tne Atlantic to
Atuenca. We tepeat tnat we sin
cerely hope this report is weniound
ieu, mi nolhiug is wauUug to set seal
to the pacification ot toe world, but
f # the severe cuasUsemcnt in tae trail s
f atiauuc uest ot atheists alia lelonsj
I ‘• * .
who have usurped the government
of the United States, and plunged
the inhabitants into a most unjust,
unnecessary and unnatural war.
Now that high priest ot jacobinism
has been kicked out of Europe, it is
time that the literary expounder of
the ».iw of nations to the \mericans,
Mr. James Madison, should be at
tacked with the same weapons which
consigned his fellovp jurist to ever
lasting infamy. Let Great Britain
and her allies now declare them
selves boldly—-why temporize with
such reptiles as those who crawl a
round the feet of Madison ? The
great Majority of the population of
the United States detest the abomi
nable faction which has seated itself
in the chair of Washington.
Those who advocated the wapwith
a view to plunder, have shot their
bolts long ago, and tnost of.tneir
armed vessels have found their way
*to British ports. Those who vo
ted for the war from a conviction
that the cause was just, [and their
numbers were very few] must now
see that they overrated the means
which the government possessed of
enforcing their claims ; they have
seen army after army, annihilated
[to use Bonaparte's expression] in
panada, and they have seen the
*• bitof striped bunting” almosi swept
from the ocean. There is in fact,
no war faction in America, with the
exception of a handful of unprinci
pled illiterate and ferocious adven
turers, who surround the person of
Madison in America*
Against these wretches, therefore,
all the thundtrs of war, and all the
.vehemence of diplomacy ought to
be levelled * the eyes of the Amer
ican people ought to be opened by
a manifesto from the other power
qf Europe—they ought t© be furs
Dished with a powerful army t q
separate the clean Jrom the un
clean—the Eastern and Northern
states will most gladly avail them
selves of an opportunity to declare
against the permanency of any con
stitution which can admit such men
as Madison into the ohice of chief
magistrate, and most triumphantly
will they open their ports once more
to our commerce.
All our readers may not be aware,
but it is nevertheless an incontest
able fact, that the number of votes !
for president in each sta:e, is regu
lated by the population and not by i
property. Thus in the state of Vir
ginia, Where slavery still prevails
with ali us horrors 1 the electors are
slave .mongers, men at all times of
no education, of irregular habits, and
most abandoned principles.. The
smaller, or eastern states, where re
ligion, morality, and good order pre
vail, to an extent not excelled in any
country in Europe, have little or no
influence in the election of the pre
sident. As Christians we do not
wish .to see them make a direct ap
: peal to arms against their fellow ci
tizens to get rid of their common
tyrant, but most assuredly thev have
a right to invite the assistance of a
power, with whom they are de jure
at War, to assist them in shaking of
their fetters. The Burke of Amer
ica Fisher Ames, thus feelingly dis
| cribes the thraldom in vvhict* the
’ enlightened part ol America is held.
“ The smaller states are in vassal
age ; tliey obey the nod of Virginia.
The constitution sleeps with W'asa
ington, naving no mourners out tae
virtuous, and no monument out his
tory. Our vote and lntiucnce [those
ot the eastern states] avail no more
than that of the isle ot Man m the
politics of Great B> itain.*’
us therefore / emancipate A
menca—it can on.) be done by rais
ing once mote tile war cry Teace
with America.—down with Madi
son, and ALL UIS ADttLIUiNTS.
ihe emoat nation of troops from
the Garonne to America, is aiwHUer
novelty in mis extraordinary age.
troops emoarxuig trom a
French port to cany on war against
President Madison, tub friend, and
ally of Bonaparte , who to use a
common, but not, inexpressive say
ing, “ /ioa made a Jine nettle of jiiti of
it.”—vv nat wiU lit do now ms dear
ally is uethroned aud transported i
in common cuailty lie ougnl to go
aud share his laic aud his exile.
W tit he, now iaik ot ccruacalcs ol
citizenship, and m tree bottoms »na
mg nee goons i Poor man 1 W c are
ai.xious to see Uic thecia vviiicu tue
tail ol ins tuoi- win produce upon
* him.— VVft A wilt be tue cuccl of
ins measure upon ms own count.y
i u he peiaUiS id yieseut pou*
l i, £" ” ■
NO. XXL
cy, we have no • difficulty in pre
dicting. He will either achirvr his
own ruin or produce a c vtl war.—•
And this will he one of the bleWmgsr
of 3n alliance with Bonaparte.
Now that Bonaparte has been con
signed to infamy, there is no public’
feelings in this country stronger than
that of indignation agatnst the Amer*
icans. That a republic boasting of its
freedom i should have stooptd to be
come the idol of that man's ambition
—that it should chosen the pre
cise moment when it fancied that H na
si a was overwhelmed* to attempt to
consummate the ruin of Britain all
this is conduct so black so loathsome
so hateful, that it naturally stirs up
our indignation ; and as we fiimly
urged the principle of no peace with
Bonaparte , so we must in like man
ner, maintain the doctrine of no peace
with Janies Madison. A vtry little
reflection will render our reasons
manifest.
April >6.
Orders are said to have bee v given
to provide transports for 25,000 men
which are to cross the Atlantic iron
the v Garonne. I’he Unsheathed
transports in consequence oft its new
order of things are to* be dismised
the public service.
April 19.
Orders we understand hive oeert
given bv government for the ship
men of 30,0.00 stem! of arms from
the tower lor America. Ihe per
fidy and injustice of Madison and
his F enchijied we therefore
trust are about to.receive a vigorous
and exemplary chastisement. •
It is said to be in the contemplation’
of governaient to urnish bpuih with
from 20 to 25.000 troops, to assist
in the recovery of Louisiana, .vhich
the Spaniards were tricked oat of
between the French and American
governments—Tne people of Louis
iana, it is well known have long been
anxious to throw off the American
yoke : letters to this purport have
been received ,'i.i town which
L>ates that a very few British troops
would suffice for the deliverance of
the country, as the people were near-r
lily sick of blockades and embargoes.
Some American regulars had been
sent to draft from theiVlissiSjippi mi- !
litia twelve hundred m~n to serve in
Floridas. I ney submiUed at first,
but that moment arms were placed
in tneir lianas ihey used them against
th« regulars, and eventually succeed*
ed in their resistance.
WAR IN VIRGINIA.
A gentleman who passed through
town on the 3a instant, ( says tne
Easton Eastern bhore Repunlu.an
Star ) politely furnished the Editor
of the Star with the following parti
culars,of the rencontre between me
British and their new allies ami tne
militia of Accomac, drawn up by a
gentleman of the first respectabili
ty-
-1 he following statement of a re
cent skirmish between tile British
and Accomac militia, may be relied
on as substantially correct:
On Sunday the 29th ot May, about
sunrise, the eiiem'y weie observed to
be in motion off Ocracock creek.
From their movements an attack was
calculated upon the guard stationed
there. Alarm guns were frequent
ly fired i out a‘Short lapse of time
disclosed their real object. „ i\bout
six oi seven o'clock, suddenly leav
ing Ocracock creek,they made their
appearance off the mouth of Pongo
teaguc creek, and enttred it with a
force const ting of nine barges and
two large launches, carry ing about
600 men. Oh the south side of the
creek was fixed a guard of about 30
men, wtth no other means of deience
than niusquetry—on the noitn side
there were was no guard. ‘ The roar
ot the tnemy a caimon, and one or
two fires Horn a piece, of our artille
ry ,con»murficuied tut appiuacn of
the enemy. 1 hey were fiist inoft
gallantly met by 2d *.kui. Underhill
of the artillery, and 6 or 7 men, tt ho
stood the tne ot tneir 18 poun .cis,
■grape, musquetFy ana con b eve
lockets, unui wiimn sixty y.u-ds ;
when Gicuu Underhill finding all
further resistance utterly usem**,
and riot having a sufficient loice to
remove the artillery, nc cause u »i to
fie spikedj and retreated—tne piece
fell mtu the li-nas oi enemy wad
also destroy ed some timing buiiutr.ga
> mat iiad bc.cn occupied as
Finding no resistance troui i. ;e point
wbidh Eieut* Unuuniu had
*ed, mey soon coniine..ceu their 444-1
d»ng, and to arew unuutea Uau Uvml
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