PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FEN NO, No. 41, BROAD-STREET, N,EAR THE EXCHANGE, NEW-YORK [No. 33, cf Vol. ll.} DISCOURSES ON DAVILA. No. XVI. (CONC tCDED.) r ~*pposant, fans rc!£-:hc, avec trop de prudence l.cs Guises anv Condeu et la France a U France. Toujours pict" i s'imir avcc fc* rnnrnn* it ciumgcrfin d'intetrr. He rivnux, ct cTan.i's. Y OUIS, Princc of Condc, brother to the King 3~A of Navarre, full of ambition anil inquietude, •j<l not reft raided % -si • few with n-ief the mediocrity of his Fortune, anfwerfa ill j the splendor ofhis birth. Without offices,go 'erninenis, or employments to support him, he :ould not bear, bvt with a difcoritent which he ookno pains to Conceal, the exceilive grandeur ■f the Guises, who monopolized for themselves he firft dignities and fairelt employments of the kingdom. To his personal mortification he join ed the disgrace of the Constable, wliofe niece Le | lad espoused. He was lo ltriftly connctted with j »im, and with the Marchal of Montmorency his "on, that he saw in the humiliation of their houie, he completion of his own misfortunes. TheAd niral of fhatillon, and D'Andelot, his brother, nitated him itill more by their advice. The fir It a'as an ambitious, but an able politician, who took i lecret advantage of all occasions, to profit of to raise himfelf to high power. The ither, fiery, natfionatc, continually occupied in intrigues ana plots, ceased not, by his diicourfe snd example to nonrifh in the heart ol Louis, the hat.ed already too deeply inkindled. This Prince, transported with rage, and almolt reduced to des pair, law no resource for him, but by canfing a revolution In the State. Such was the function of affairs—fucli the jca loufies ntul animolites of the Grandees, ready, on the flightelt occasion, to break out, in an open f'Kiirf, when, in the month of July ISJ9»* ,a l 1 ' ,1 eel the nncxpe&eddeath ot Henry lid billed b accident in a tournament by Gabriel Count of i ' iitmo' ~ncy, one of the Captains of hi 1 ? guard •„Vanci«lfJ_ UitfldtH m h a weak undec^ ending, anil a delicate cotilcitiuioTr; rucceeiled ' 11. l'hofe evils, which even under his father had been expected, hatlened to make tbemfeNes i-lc, under his feeble reign. Secret enmities v jreeaiily changed into declared hatreds—and v-courfe was soon had to arms. The youth and it lbecility of the King rendered him incapable ot "(jvernin™,. It »as necellary tint lie should Jtive not a guardian, bccaufe h~ had palled the are of fourteen yean, the term fired for the ma- Wity of the Ki-ngs of France ■, but Miuiflers,pi w '.ieiic aud laborious, who should govern under his ■authority',' until time should have lortilied his THiderlka'iiding, and invigorated his Conltitution. 'he ancient u(age of the kingdom, called (lie IVincesof the blood to th > place—and indicated j ne King of Navarre, and the Prince de Coude, ".ho united to the proximity of blood, an ejlab ' filed reputation The Duke of Guise and the ardinal of Lorrain, uncles of the King, by his • -art wiih the Queen of Scots, pretended that -his honor belonged to them, in confederation ol leir lon-r labors and services to the crown, but [pccially because they had in faift enjoyed it, tfrVn* the life of the late King. Catherine ot iedicis, mother of the King, expected to govern lone: She depended on the filial tenderness of , ei - son fever a I examples authorised herpreten- but !lte founded her itrongeft hopes on the iivifionsof the Grandees—and theterror of each ac r tion, Ica'ft the other should carry the point, facilitated herdeiign. ■ The Guises were fenfiMe that they wan red the advantage «f being of the blood, to which tiie laws and c-uftoms of thertation had ufuallyconn -ledthe'go c mnent of the kingdom. They fore "iw moreover, the empi e which the ceroncijs ol mother would have over the mind of her son, 'till yonng and without experience. 1 hey re !blved therefore, by joining and acting in Concert vith her, to 'divide h power which they cielpa.r ----d of obtaining entire. The Queen, a Pr.nceft of rtfinM renins and mnfcriline courage, knew ♦hat the Pvinres of the blood, fuflcrc<. with im > uienre t ire r.uthoritv and grandeur of Queens. Jilie nhopght also, thai a-- a ftrat.ger and an Italian jhe had occalirn t<> for: Tv hevlelf, with the fup •port of fonte tafiion. She con '-nteci there.ore cheerful!v to combine-with the Guises, whomfhe f.w dilpofed to accept of part of t.iac authority, which the bourbons would have pretended to ap onriar eto rhemfclvcs « : bout partition. ' hei e wajb.it one oWlaclc so the Primary ot tfc.s Un.c - , «. K i •• -V*.; tbe ontnefc- connexion of theG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 4, 179°« Fes -with the Dutchefs of Valentincis, who had pofiefled the heart of the late Kinj;, to the time of his death. The occasion was piefling, and the importance of the bulinefs would not admit ot delay. On one hand the Queen, to whom dif fiin ulation was not difficult, agreei.l to appear, to forget the past, with the fame moderation which (lie had (hewn, in bearing with J;e» rival during the life of her hulband : On the.jUther, the Gui tar p««n[jictt -wlrcrHy -cricU their prffistt interest, easily betrayed their friend, by -mfenting that the Outchefs fliould be disgraced and difmitled from the Court—They only required that she flioujd not be totally ltripped of those immense riches, which mult one day revert to the Duke ofAuinale, their brother. The King of Navarre, was then al>fent, and very discontented witli the King and the Court, who, in the treaty concluded with Spain, had given no attention to his interelts, nor to the rcf citution of his States. The new coalition at Court had, with great address, diflembarrafled them (elves of the Conltable, by deputing him to do the honors of the obsequies of Hciirv the fecoml. The personage who has that commilfion, mult not absent hirofelf from the placewhere the bo dy isdepofited, during the three and thirty days that the funeral pomp continues. Artifice and accident, having thus removed the two great ob ltacles, it was not difficult to obtain, of t rancis the second, seduced by the careiles and the charms of his Scottish Queen, an arrangement by which heplaced the reins of government, in the hands of his nearcft relations. JLvery thing which con cerned the war, was committed to the Duke ot Guile. The Cardinal had tlis departments of Julticeand Finance —ami the Queen mother the luperintendance of all parts of the government. To eltablilli their fneafures, which had so well succeeded, and thatthe com plaints and intrigues of the difafFetted might not (hfike the resolution ohheli*»-«iAJilirxaiin;e theirjjlan.thete was "rio dtrnrrrbut the tim. inrnur-rr-rticir fall upon the Conltable, whole prudence and cre dit were dreaded by theGuifts, and againlt whom the Oueen had for some time entertained a secret aveiiion. The Guifts feared him, on account ot the jealousy, which for a long time had openly divided their houfes—bccaufe, notwithltanding the fall of his favour at court, the reputation of his wisdom, preserved him a great influence throughout the whole kingdom. In 'heirieciet interviews with the King, they artfully drew the conversation to this fubjec't, i.nd exaggerated to him the reputation which the Conltable enjoyed. TRANSLATKI) [OR THE GA'/.ITTI OF THE NIT ED STATES. PARIS. INSTRUCTIONS KOR THE COLONIES, Prefer,ted to the National AJJemil), in the name of the Committee appointed Jor that purficfe, the 2 Mart/>, 1790. Kv Mr. Bar nave, Deputy !rom Dauplrny. CONCLUDED. ARTICLE TWE 1 KTH. 1 2 tli TV at the time when the parochial Aflcm -1 bly is formed, there ihould exist in the colony, a colonial Aflembly antecedently elected, and if this Aflembly has not declared that it judges it advantageous to the colony to replace it bv a new one, the parochial Aflembly (hall be oin by examining the question themselves ; It (hall weigh all the reasons which can decide or authorize the existing colonial Aflembly, to fnl fil the functions pointed out l<; the decree 01 rhe National Aflembly, or to fui-.lirurein its place a new Aflembly, eletfied agreeably to theprelent inltrinJlion. ~ . „, , , 1 »tb. The parochial Aflembly fliall be bound to make up its opinion within fifteen days, reck oning from that when the proclamation ftiali have been"made, and to give immediate knowledge t'iereof to the governor of the colony, and to the colonial Afl'embly. Its opinion (hall be reckoned for so many votes as it ought ro lend deputies to the coloni.il Aflembly, in conformity with this in ftrinftion. . ~ , ... 14 h. Whenever the term in wnich all the pariihes Ihould have explained themselves, lias elapsed, ihe Governor of ihs colony lhall verity the number of the parifi.es which have given c eir opinion in favor of a new Aflembly ; he nnll make the rei'ult thereof known by publica with the names of all the pariihes which c deliberated,the choke which each has made^ 545 and the number of votes which it ought to have, in proportion to the number of its atftive citizens he ihall notify likewise this fame result to all the parishes of the colony. ijtli. If the desire far forming a new Mont hly has not been expreffcd by the majority oi i the votes ofthe several parishes, the colonial Ai , fembly already elected, Hial 1 continue to cxiit, and shall be chargcd with all the functions indi cated in the dccree of the National Aflembly,and consequently tbey iliall not proceed in the parifli es to new elections ; if on the contrary, the de sire for forming a new Alfembly is exprefl'ed by the majority of the votes of the parishes, all the powers of the existing colonial Atfembly shall cease, and they (hall proceed without delay in all the pariflies, to new elections, in the fame nianneras if no colonial Aflenibly had existed at the arrival of the decree ; oWerving that the | members, either of the colonial Aflenibly or of the exilting provincial Afleniblies, may he elect ed upon the lame conditions as the other citizens, to the new Aflenibly. 16th. The colonial Aflenibly formed or not formed in the manner abovementioned, fha'l or ganize itfelf and proceed as appears suitable to it, and (hall fulfil the functions set forth in the de cree of the National Aflbmbly, of the Bth infh observing to conform themselves in their labors on the constitution, to the maxims announced in the following articles. 17th. In organizing the legiflativc power,they will recollett, tliat the laws designed for the re gulation of the colonies, meditated and prepared in their bosom, shall not have an entire and defi nitive exigence, before they have been decreed by the National Aflenibly, and functioned by the King ; that if the laws purely internal, can, in cases of pressing neceflity, he provisionally exe cuted with the fandtion of a governor, and re lerving the definitive approbation of the King, and oi the legillitnre of trance, the Jaws that and which can in no wife change or modify the connections between the colonies and the metro polis, can receive not even a provisional executi on, before it has been confccrated by the national will ; it being understood however, that the mo mentary exceptions, are not comprehended un der the denomination of laws, which refpecl the importation of prdvifions, which may take place, in cafe of prelfing necessity, and with the fandlion of the governor. iSth. In organizing the executive power,they shall obfeive that the King of the people of France, is, as well in the colony, as throughout the empire, thq only chief and supreme head of this part of the public power. The tribunals,the administration, the military forces, shall ac. knowledge him for their chief ; he/hall be re presented in the «olony by a governor, whom he shall have appointed, and who, in cases of pressing necellity, shall exercise his authority provisional. ly ; but always ebferving the express refervatioH of his definitive approbation. ■DRAFT OF A DECREE, Propofcd by the Com?nittce. The National Aflembly, after having heard read the injlruftions digested by the committee of the colonies, iii execution of its decrees of the Bih inft. for the colonies of St. Domingo, to which are annexed the small Islands of la Tortue, ]a Gonave, and Me a Vaches, for the colonies of Martinico, Guadaloupe, to which are an.-.exec! the small Island of Defirada, Maria Salante, les Sain:s ; the i'rencli part of the Island of St. Mar tins, Cayenne and Guiana, St. Lucia, Tobago, the Island of France and Bourbon, has declared its approbation and adoption of the said induc tions in their fulleft extent ; consequently it de crees that they fliall be tranferibed 011 tlieprocefs verbal of the feflion, and that its President {hall wait upon the King, to pray him to give them his approbation. It moreover decrees that the King fliall be sup plicated immediately to dispatch the said instruc tions, as well as the present decree and that of the Bth inft. refpetfliiig the colonies, to the gover nors established by his Majesty in each ot the said colonies, who shall observe and execute, the said inftrucftions decrees, as far as concerns them, under penalty of being responsible for theeonfe quences, and without the necellity of their being regfltered or published by any tribunals. Moreover the National Allembly declares, that it does not mean to e)iu<st any thing for the pre- [Whole No. 137-1
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