The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-02 00:00:00

TIIF", DUG DE RICHELIEU,

AND fl IS
SPEECH UPON THE TREATY.

We Lan been accustomed to look on Francs
as a nation, incapable of truth, and unworthy of
confidence. We have habitually accused her, 14
false, hollow, and insincere.

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HenCeforth, the accusation is at an en i !"'''
France, ;peaking through the organ of her Go 7
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verntnent; h'fis sliewn that [null and .confitlenc°
are at length within her capacity and I.er merit )
she no longer poise Stet falsehnOtt oi• hollowness,
or insincerity. _

Whence arisetb this marvellous alteration
Prom the' presence of the. Allies ?—from the in'
fluence of the BoußßOt\iS —from an 1-,.mcntirneac
Of principle 1
We will not stop to enquire we are so rejoiceti
in the Treaty, now happily signed, sealed, 0.1
delivered with our new friend', "tlii;i We 1104 Tia,
leisure except for rejoicing--sitleast until the
wax has cooled on its parchment, and the ink be'

Come dry.
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The Due tle RICHELIEU, in communicating the
Treaty to the French Peers, ascribes it to " th°,
late fatality of events," and not to the origin"'
revolution, nor the usurpation of NAPoLEON.,"Pr.
even the " twenty-five years of troubles and dis-
orderly efforts," with which France had "
organized all States."

He then proceeds, that "almost an entire aloY
had by recalling NAPOLEON, " provoke`' the
struggle," and brought upon France '' all its di"
asters kind- calamities."

But, says the Duke, " the King as Sovereigilii„
and France s a State" opposed this armY;
then, with .a certain portion of verbiage, be dea'
scribes the " combina,tion," or rather escapes!tis:.
description, of this " faction," Whic4'
was, he tells us, deaf voice, and false

to the nation's opinion.
Thns etntiStly lie-pourirays the events
‘; withdrew the destiny of the State fram the
action of the Government," which comPelleCEs
° °let
Government to " compound with pretensio'3
alarms," and disabled it from '' balancing incon.
test ible superiority.''
Of all this, an:l a vast deal mote, not 0:
Article of the Treaty obliges us to find nit• c-P
'platyAtion.. Possibly the Duke does not 1,6° 11 co
.
ho explained. Its curtness and its
scent a mutual cause and effect. Bred' Ott 5e
bow, otscnins jio, is an old rhetorical adaCe, tv;),,..,a •
inversion perhalis.;:.oeacztrus esse tat um, brags?'
wilt hp.t illustrate tlie•elotro..n, of the
Well, the Allied Sovereigns, of course
the slightest retrospection, had fcliciPle" d
themselves on the " conformity of principiel itn
reciproi_ity of views" between Fiance and the
Allied Nations. of
Conformity of principles, and recireel''' h
views with France.! ! ! But we will not st°P if
Noble Duke, he )
saa.l travel to the end 01 i- 'IIs
()tether. ;60
We arc next presented with a tolerably cur- 11
picture of the French Revolution. France, )
seems, had cherished through half a century
very " legitimate" desire of a " 11.F.F00
but unluckily, as ic the
desire of good caullet
ways be tempered by prudence," this llef°,
which was easy enough for the Governmeut)
" impossible for numerous assemblies, where a
't tbe
tempts, ventured upon at random, outsteP
4)rogiess of opinion."
,rfice
It is the first, and perhaps the best
„Id be
of this Treaty,. that so salutary a lesson 5110—
or r3tber
derived from it to ..our Jaebbins,
the. State which has the misfortune Of tbeir
deuce. Their " legitimate" desitei maY
ebt con t ,
p;
stand in ''the oblivion of teiiiireini
social ties,
of the laws, and the dissolutiOn tll4l
which overwhelmed revolutionary eir
France,
fortable conseque may fol'" t 1;
comfortable
numerous assemblies"nces that
Guildhall and Palace
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Yard. tool
Our Government may understand then) •
and keep a due watch upOn them. •'1”.
But to revert to France—good, loyal, and flut c
in! France. It is a manifold pity, that the
de -B.lcuELtett has not deigned to explain !tis 1115'
"'hen
between the army and the nation,
the whole nation was an army, Since, as he strs'.
cf a common interest of preservation instanta"e"
tchp
ously concentrated" the alarms of Europe,.
did not " a common interest" excite in France the
same " instantaneous concentration" against LIL°
U:slirper ?-1-low did he manage to march, as
iii a
triumphal procession, frOm Frejus to Paris, in de:,
spite of the national will," and without one,
national sword raised, or one national shot fired.
against him ?, —his force, accumulating in its pre"
gress, gathering into itself the King's soldierf,.
the ling 's Officers, the King's servants, and tbe.
King's Ministers ?
Oh ! But this was the doing of the Army, .
11n°,
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of the PeopielLin the time of revolt, the pco,l