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.France Is Restored Again To Enrope. The...
to the French court . This may appear to many a great charge upon France ; but it is to be recollected , that she cannot but retain the memory of this extraordinary man in the titles and institutions , and laws which be originated , and which
form a part of their present constitution . And , besides , however great may be the complaints of Europe against this domineering hero , it is certaiu , that he never lost sight of the interests of France . He did
what he could for the interiorof that country , and the English travellers are surprised at the great proficiency it has made in arts and agriculture during his reign , in many
manufactures" they excel , and in many they rival us : and , if the Bourbons give equal eucouragement to their country , it will in a very little time recover from its difficulworl
ties , France : ba ^ pre ^ nt ^ d to the d another constitution , and the king has under it opened his sessions of parliament . It resembles in many points that of this country : the executive power being iodged in
the king } the legislative , in the king , tlie seiiate , and the commons ; Smd the judicial in judges appointed By the ' king , but holding Jheir seats Ibrlife ; " A greater weight is however thrown into the regal scale than with us . Witlj him originate felF ' fatf si ; though on the
recommendation of five of the commons , a petition } nay be presented to him to originate a law : and here they will liaVe ^ ait advantage , which we do not possess . All laws will be duly digested before they are passed ; and & s the cohcertion of them wUl be in the hands of * a few , there will not be
that £ onfusioft which top often appears in ou * acts of parliament . We intist wait till experience points out the inconvenience of their mod ® , which it must be confessed , has a tendency to make their parliament little better than what their fo rmer i > ar ! iamerittf Were , rnereJy courts far the registering of the King ' s edicts . But stiJJ , as there is a power of de-
.France Is Restored Again To Enrope. The...
liberating i « thes < i bodies , wfrtefe was not in theirantient oo ^ , ^(^ posed indeed merely of r ^ y ^ te ^ and as the commons house is ejected from the departments , thefre is a
probability that the regal powjer will be kept within those bounds which may render it less inimical to virtue , liberty and religion ,. than was that of their former , grand
monarques . * Their commons house is elected in an extraordinary manner : the payment of taxes beirjt ^ mad e—the basis of the qualifications of both electors and elected ; which brings
us to this . solecism in politics , that , if there were no taxes , and taxes are by no means essentially necessary , there is no provision for a house of commons . The qualifications are such , that the number of
electors will be much smaller than in this country j and as the ^ rown names the senators , its influence in that body will be very great , and probably so much so in the commons , that they will never present to the world that freedom of
debate which prevails with us . The king has formed his -new senate from the old and the new nobflit J '; but as yet has given mo one an hereditary seat In such a riov ^ i state of his affairs this precaution does nqt seem by any means unnecessarv . !
In some respects they have advanced before us All Frerrehnieti are equal in the eyes of the constitution y and the sovereign is radt restrained , as with Us , from calling
into hiSiservice any of his subject ^ . Freejd & m of religion and liberty of the press make standing articles of thejaeiatf constitution ; whether th ^ fe latter will be merely ati empty name * time will dia ^ vover . Thoaiern
freedom of religion is granted td afi , yet popery retnains the relfgion 6 f the state s andy as-the ' mfci & rity ' of the people are pat & stv this prSference is natuml . It is siafflcieiyt
ft > r the other seats , thsip &} qy ca » a « senrble to' peHrfortn" tH ^ iV religious duties without restraint , and no mark is yet upon any one
State Of Public Affairs. 3&\
State of Public Affairs . 3 &\
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 381, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/61/
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