The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-07 00:00:00

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that no one ehtettiel be allowed to fill public offices
who had shown marks of attachment to the Go-
vernineot which had legally existed under that
Charter, which had not been annulled, but only im-
proved. As long as they continued faithful to their
several duties, not only should they be retained in
their appointments, but their past actions and their
past opinions should be forgotten.
General Lamarque said—Every day justifies our
fears and anticipations for the future. The danger
approaches, and every moment of delay but renders
it more imminent. I shall not discuss the question
of finances—(Murmurs)—but shall limit my obser-
vations to the question of foreign affairs; and, in-
stead of uncertain documents, I shall take for my
text those that are official. I shall first allude to the
protocol of the 28th of February, a document
worthy of the best days of the Holy Alliance.
That document leaves Belgium at the disposal of
Holland. Belgium is snerifieed—she is punished
for having imitated our example. It is sought to
drive her to despair—to ruin her by intestine di-
vision—in order that, when a prey to anarchy, she
may more easily be placed at the disposal of Eng-
land. The Hon. Deputy then drew a picture of
the present state of Europe. Spain has no longer
colonies—Holland possesses only a nominal power—
Austria has 13,000,000 of subjects—and England
has attained the highest point of prosperity, reckon-
ing 100,000,000 of inhabitants. Prussia is at our
gates, and her sentinels are in front of ours. All is
aggrandized around us, arid we have no longer the
France of Louis the Fourteenth ; all is united around
us, and we do not possess ent ally. If France
should at length become the victim, it will not
have been our fault in not admonishing the Go-
vernment. A Ministry equilibriste was desirous of
conciliating the revolution with the doctrines of the
restoration ; and anointing the rights of the nation
with the oil of the holy ampulla, has sent to
England an Ambassador who hat: assisted at the
downfall of ten Governments, and was the living re-
presentative of the Holy Alliance; while it has
despatched to Russia a former Ambassador of Charles
X., who, after complimenting the Conqueror of the
Balkans, may shortly perhaps do as much for the
conqueror of Warsaw.---(Murmurs.) At this moment
we have neither frigate nor vessel of Avar, sloop nor
brig, in the Tagus. Is a fear then entertained that
the view of the tri-coloured flag would occasion
sickness to the good Don Miguel?—(Murmurs.)
No ; France will never yield. Let the signal be
given, and from Dunkirk to Bayonne will resound
those words which, in rushing to combat, the Polish
soldier repeats :—" Oh my country, you shall never
be without defenders I" I shall vote for the grants
asked when the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall
have replied to the following questions :—Does the
French Government consent that Luxembourg shall
be detached from Belgium, and that it shall pass
under the domination of the Confederation of the
Rhine, that is to say, under that of Prussia and
Austria ? Will it suffer that Belgium should, in
fact, return to the Dutch yoke, in permitting the
Prince of Orange to occupy a throne that France
thought proper to refuse ? In submitting ourselves
to the shameful conditions imposed on us by the
Congress of Vienna, will it at least exact that the
4th Article of the Treaty of the 3d of May, 1815,
which assures to heroic Poland national institutions,
be executed ? Are we to permit, in contradiction to
our policy at all times, that Austria should in reality
become the ruler of all Italy ?
M. Mauguin said—The Government entertains
hopes of peace, and yet demands extraordinary
grants. Now, I believe in war, and therefore shall
support the demand. Most assuredly war is not my
desire, for I conceive it to be the greatest disaster
that can befall a free people, for thereby sometimes
its independence is lost, and not unfrequently its
liberties, but there are instances in history when na-
tions, from having adopted &certain line,have ceased
to be masters of their own policy. The question is
not within our own decision—we have not the com-
mand of peace or war. War is brought upon us ;
you see, Gentlemen (continued M. Magnin), these
Powers were preparing for war, while they were
giving assurances of peace. But they reckoned
without the Poles, and the defeat of the Russians
disconcerted all their plans. From that moment
their protestations of peace were redoubled. The Hon.
Member then went into an examination of the di-
plomacy of France and her neighbours. " In the
face of all these events, France opened conferences
and signed protocols, while in her internal policy,
fault succeeded fault. Loans made inopportunely
threw the finances into disorder.—(Hear.) The
organisation of the army was delayed too long, and
the dissolution of the Chambte will arrive too late.
The lilies were kept up too long; they ought to
have fallen in July, instead of being torn hastily and
ingloriously down in February, in the midst of riot
and confusion. The Republic would have been con-
quered if it bad waited the enemy, but it was vic-
torious, because it bore its standard to the frontiers.
—(Hear.—lnterruption.) It is an equal truth for
the people as for Kings, that war alone can firmly
establish a new Crown and a rising dynasty.—
(Murmurs, mingled with cheers ) Let the Powers
be called upon to explain, and let us know posi-
tively whether we are to reckon upon peace or war."
The Minister for Foreign Affairs said—" Gentle-
men, if the several members who 'have successively
addressed the Chamber are to be believed, France
is surrounded by enemies, ready to unite all their
efforts, and attack her in concert ; and of Allies she
is totally destitute. All Governments whose prin-
ciples are different from those which tom the basis
of our social state are waiting only for an opportu-
nity—a signal—to launch all their conjoint forces
against us. The secret has been revealed by an
Ukase, commanding an extraordinary levy of
150,000 men, in which war is proclaimed aloud.
This Ukase is no secret; it may be read by all the
world in the German journals. But, gentlemen,
this Ukase, so confidently invoked, is apocryphal,
and I possess the genuine document, which I shall
have the honour to lay before the Chamber to-mor-
row, and which does not contain one single word
of war, but, cn the contrary, gives fresh assurances
of peace. Let us appeal to facts. What has the
protocol of the 20th January established ? It pro-
claims Belgium independent, and prescribes to Hol-
land to return within the limits she possessed in
1790, when she was called the Republic of the
United Provinces. All that composed the k'ngdom
of the Netherlands will form part of Belgium, ex-
c.2pt Luxembourg. But Luxembourg is spoken of.
The negotiations engaged in on that subject yet
impose on me some reserve. However, let us
examine it.---(Expressions of curiosity and inte-
rest.)—A great part of the province of Luxem-
bourg took part in the Belgian insurrection ; the
city of Luxembourg took none ; it is occupied
by a federal garrison of 3,000 Prussians, and
2,200 Belgian subjects of the King of Hol-
land. The question of property is resolved by
positive titles. You ought, were it necessary,
to declare war against all the Powers. War against
ell—such is the conclusion of the Hon. Members
whom I oppose. Even when peace is mentioned,
we are asked for war, and it is war that we refuse.
—(Clieers.)—Nly Hon. Adversaries will, doubtless,
acknowledge with me that the real bond of nations
is now in the community of the principle that go-
verns them.
-""1 your eyes around. By what
Governments are we surrounded ? - Is not Switzer-
land free and independent P Look at Baden, Wir-
temberg, Electoral Hesse, and Saxony. All those
Powers, which compose the Germanic Confedera-
tion, excepting Prussia and Austria, are now go-
verned by Constitutions, the principles of which ac-
cord with those of our political organisation. These
are the nations that we ought to hail as our natural
Allies. Count them, and you will see that we have
now more real Allies than we ever before possessed.
The two Honourable Deputies to whom I am 00,
replying have talked of negociations which, before
the insurrection of Warsaw, were opened between
Russia, and Poland, the object of which was to
induce the Polish army to march against France. I
confess I cannot comprehend how negociatiohs are
conducted between a Sovereign who commands and