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that wherein he considered the 

 famous question of the Crusades. 

 He contended with force, that 

 these wars were conformable to 

 the interests of rehgion, poUcy, 

 humanity, and France. He ter- 

 minated his apology for the 

 Crusades by a very elaborate 

 imitation of the exclamation of 

 Demosthenes in his speech " on 

 the Crown :" — " No, great King, 

 you were not wrong ; I swear it 



by ." In the close the Abbe 



attributed to St. Louis, and to 

 the protection he never ceased to 

 bestow on France, the miracles 

 lately performed, and the resto- 

 ration of his august Family to the 

 Throne. 



After grand mass, which the 

 King, and Princes and Princesses 

 of the Royal Family, attended in 

 the Royal chapel, their Excel- 

 lencies the Ambassadors and 

 Ministers of foreign Powers, 

 among whom was the Duke of 

 Wellington, went in grand state 

 to the Tuileries to present their 

 congratulations. His Majesty 

 also received the homages of the 

 Marshals, Generals, and numer- 

 ous officers of all ranks. 



At noon his Majesty entered 

 an open chariot, accompanied by 

 their Royal Highnesses Madame 

 and the Duchess of Berri. The 

 Dukes of Angouleme and Orleans 

 were on horseback on the right 

 side of his Majesty's carriage 

 (which was preceded by the 

 Herald at Arras), and the Dukes 

 of Berri and Bourbon on the left. 

 Each of the Princes appeared in 

 the uniform of their respective 

 regiments. Troops of the cavalry 

 of the guard were drawn up on 

 each side of the passage to the 

 Place Vendome. Discharges of 



artillery announced his Majesty's 

 departure from the Tuileries. At 

 the moment of his Majesty's 

 arrival at the platform where the 

 statue has recently been erected 

 to the memory of Henry IV. the 

 air resounded with the general 

 exclamations of " Long live the 

 King !" " Long live the Bour- 

 bons !" The King seated himself 

 on a throne in front of the 

 statue. The diplomatic corps, 

 composed of their Excellencies 

 the Ambassadors of England, 

 Russia, Spain, Austria, Prussia, 

 and Portugal were on the right 

 of the throne. Lord Wellington 

 was remarked with the English 

 Legation. There were present 

 also the civil and military autho- 

 rities, the members of different 

 public institutions, andmultitudes 

 of all classes, who were eager to 

 manifest their love for their bene- 

 volent Monarch. The spectacle 

 was most imposing and brilliant, 

 and the greatest order and har- 

 mony prevailed. On a signal 

 given, the statue was uncovered ; 

 at the same instant a spontaneous 

 burst of applause was heard from 

 all parts to the memory of the 

 Great Henry. 



The Marquis Barbe de Mar- 

 bois. President of the Committee 

 of Subscribers to the Statue, 

 addressed his Majesty in an 

 eloquent speech. He extolled 

 the virtues of the great Sovereign 

 whose fame they were assembled 

 to commemorate, and dwelt with 

 the most feeling energy upon 

 the presence of his illustrious 

 descendant, who had given his 

 people a charter worthy of the 

 Bourbon name, and which had 

 the effect of confirming their 

 happiness. 



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