The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

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ftlle rew i - ----
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* reNlve ere] i ' ' t'year 1815 on the suhject of
rae,,,,, a • n ries la tie .
least to
re .s el conteedent 'hat it was the u.y of this country at
bue
6. aierete
rate against these Vlattlon.. They might not
t,aen As
std in Pleven jag it, but it was their duly to have
was come step i mtter. Tne quest inns he wanted to know
essll'she`heor' any remonstrance had been mede on t! e part of this
tee& nlr• Recent transectinins in that country showed the Jae-
e,„ Ttof some interference, and he believed that if a Rritish
Issit'lel:tnnaitnat:lebleen appointed to Cracow much of these arrocitese
i. ' ,t nave heela recno-ef, the cletaiis of which were so revolt-
credited. It would be some
doles
sketiOn tO those who took an inter. st in the tanfortunate
11°,1.0t0 kno:"ld'"ar'c'elY the
that steps had been taken by this. (iovernraent.
dace Ped he Vaoul I. lice to see the day when, 'Poland should
tar Inrlre a's ert in•r digri'y and free herself from the despotic
k-ee sasiordlY,;°f tb nee nations .w. 11-'6 had oppresse a her. It might
that Nci;aia.t he was indulging a forlorn hiepe, but 'he thought
%live the ItPes, if kept up, would tend 'to preserve and keep
Air, . reeling of liberty in the b sous of that gesierous people.
tub A. AIILNES felt that in that 'douse individuals might
ISlatieh rerserks upon the conduct., of foreign Governments
zaentesnlsitalikrtge.ee:ebers of this Government might not think it prudent
He i
tcho,hsidered that 'the principle o: non-interference
~.ulUnstrance 'butbh7 did
''..,elieved, however, that the present
ree,:°,l Was one of neat, and might afford some grounds for
-aroonstrane not know to what good purpose
l°lbe u/s• e "In% tend unless they were prepared to resort
stied a 'ma rat
reaium• If they did that, he could under-
- '4'l they otherwise it elrould-comp.lain of the violation of treaties, but
Cracow was P ponds to him to be utterly useless, and
_worts.ee.
treat AS pendent a town as Hambro, and
might
h
MtheYdcift:AVs'r -,nn a this was distinctly secured. There might be
treaty, bper -thy in reconciling the 6:11 and 9th article. of. that
3iollby, A he could not conceive a case so unjust as the inve-
consoije el armed force of the territory of Cracow. If bands of **at': ators were plotting against the peace of that republic.
letette'ras not a just reason for the armed occupation of the
Pow -17 cf Cracow. It was the duty of the protective
itof poor to investigate the subject, and to assist threaruethwornistineos
tioi4eo,ta to suppress those conspiracies, but there _
..,tt. a
atla cetion whatever for the occupation of Cracow by Aus i a
tb`' their retention of it to this moment. The accoonts of
tslyet it which took place there were very contused,A could not be doubted that some of the most
16'7°Itine scenes which occurred in Galicia were
tsParalleled in the hist ry of the world. The Hon. Gentle-
-alit after r the relatienshiexisted between the
peo, seen too .
~
'tants of Galicia and the prow.,
.et'Ors ,f the land there, pro-
titeeded to s that 1.478 lender'. proprietors were massacred by
t-:e peasants,aiv d lee Li ht t.-. the Austrian Government in com-
ancevsithtaheeir Oe'deges. 60 or 70 of them were priests; and
ea% f etely there viere no less than 16 individuals destroyed. ..-4 would now 'ask, were the authors of these cruelties, ttiese
4heard-of a*,roc. ties, punished ? No ; they were not, Nor
there Ole least inquiry into the matter. Now, theese were
hi . • storica) facts and could not be denied. If they oe'curred in a
dine * 'a . utocountry—in any place—he thought the! 'were bound in
,1 Reuse to call upon their own Gove!ntrent- to remonstrate
zp. ut hem, With regard, however. to Cracow, this country
has bound by solemn treaty to ineteire why they were perpe-
jo,f,edu , to investieate the whele circumstance's, and to guard
iron"'
el their occurrettee. He would not enter into the ques-
Was reallyc'nskirse-f, as alleged against the proprietors ; but if. it
bY the Ord IQ' why, h 3 would ask, were they not dealt with
trim, Goy,-rsry pelitical and military Governments. The
.Aus-
alleeed onment had no reason to apprehend any fear, if the
80,000 tel'onTirLsies reall• ex;sted, for they had an army of
rev°l's *bed", aet "and. on reiceiving the filet intimation that a
Vard thi- `a.en ace. He trust that he had b osught for-
hthe An,ts spina!l
et he -nan Goatentnerit would be able to justify their acts;
~,,eiti., nlntitt. at t same time, express his conviction, that they
itoiseuse not be able in
the r, that if they did not do tardy
to do se.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure,
justice in this instance.
o
Xuroeo end., When they needed assistance, the provinces
it
thin, might so construe the treaty as tit refuse to give i
ditt4r4 PALMERSTON aaid, howeveo 'much they might be
the t:er cl by their feelin2s to go back i'',o,,, events connected with
tutpetthteneniieer,thtsiswtohriyeho f
hPsodla(7erel .nthey aengh t to confine themselves
since the ratifica'ion of the
,Itleeiher` I,v V, had
The mit'. en which his Hon. Friend the
oeo,es" er
'it:tact b' .ct made he could not bring himself to
, Irienetsiitittile' oe;;;liVne-Friend moved for the production of a
took place between the British Govern-
•laarall4 the Got '''' of Austria,Russia, and Prussia ten
t.el
.. ego, tune serninents . . .
..a log to .., sing mien a state of things then existing,. an.d
''',,d wbiai '"Atters which hail long been settled and determined.
sa,„"salinu could in no way serve either to instruct or enlighten
• e7Stlr -st 'Von the immediate occurrence which the lion.
'7r,,01',2 had brought under their consideration.—( Hear,
air a.,;0,
oliae correspondence was simply an expression of
°s
)zl.o"ciattentlinvoion:fupnonn certain rights and claims; an i
good results to rip up those matterst
elk° tiph,' Inng been buried and settled, and which did n.l
e
..-'st atta°- `,1,, eee tion now at issue.--( Hear, hear. ) He de
ol" soreecht,--- nauch to the appointment of a consulet at C!•asow
,alt',Oa ", °n• Gentlemen did, because had such a functionary ?lily intrulted when the subject was agitated in 1836, he could
have o:esiienunicated information which must have reached
*.'“, 114-,‘"-k, and just as authentic, through another channel.
'on. F. t toar. ) Moo,
ttl
%h. tiend those he should be quite ready to gve his
--ose papers and that correspondence with t
ie.garn
'rtb o,resent state of things which had been moved for in the
no
Rai!i "e of Parliament.—(Cries of ts Hear, hear.") It
viro nePossibi e that of Vienna had been
be toed b..
..e to deny the treaty
Pr t"terstereeo recent proceedings in
Austria,
and it must
tilrillSisParti that not only were Russia, and
• -eat ale ,es to the conditions of that treaty, but there were
it, There date.
, France and other powers, who were parties to
ititstilled tfeciold be no doubt that those who drew up the treaty
isi eed e -lat it should protect the small state of Cracow ; and,
';'et,thl:,,*e'sotte twrearty itself provided that it should be placed under
beads placed e of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. But while
so far under the control of those powers it must
"xttiorra,epurei:tin.noradllhabyainnd.gs that the treaty gave to Cracow'
the
:::::Liselsle'ro:siand responsibilities of an independent
. state.
entered into the details of the recent
tic opt sun 's In
Cracow'Cra which have already been given fully in
'for it sa ade .d sat,' , a
dtee, th t the entrance of the Austrian
*t e treate s' ed violation of the treaty of Cracow,
,ceilharern;acoaagri.eismouef:-ethoiTt.:abttrPhere:vriedroed., that under no. pretence should the
powers
ii:icieriwas,
neadverthesn,tespsrers enter into Cracew.---t Hear,
firmly of opinion that the three
t ' t intention of departing from their
tr no do nts of the tr,
ata 'test
Vienna, and he entertained little
the,e4thYree powers would place the republic of
listr. Upon tile. footing oriwhich it formerly stood.—('Near,
three At all events he hoped it was the intention of the
bOl4 t "wrens 4.. c. do so. He had la, knowledge to the contrary,
_
e 'he thou.ght the House would find from the paperawttet
ipteihnald produce some intimation orerass assurance
htiaestion. to restore Cracow to its form position—(Hear,
of
(Hear,
Pk, l He entertained too high an . opinion of the. sense of
et, fee and of right which must animate the Government
-LSstria, Prussia, and Russia. to:' believe that they cold,
.74,8 any disposition to treat Cracow otherwise than.. Crac_o4,
It, entitled to be treated by the treaty of 'sienna. H
C..latte sure thate those Governments must be sufficientli
1-1-:!_elinis to have seen the force of that reasoning.
. to which his
th;tounti.ttiFeritetnedattyhe Member fur Pontefract had referred namely.
namely.
vlid not cif Vienna must be taken as a whole, and it
be Pormitteil for any power to depart from one article
44ettellsle,(lidonst. please them, and at the samt time to act upoit
their e-,..,' ssai'cla might happen to serve a particular purposeho
Ssateit-alsa---( Hear, hear.) It could not have escaped t i:
IS respect ihoee powers, that the treaty of Vienna, it violathee
stereal. of cne state, might be violated in respect of. all
l :,
Nat at; ,c7mbraced ; for instance, if this principle of vio aioh.. site,: led to a state on the banks of the Vistula, it tonight
be %
,d to the German States on the banks of or adjacent ti
'Was, the 113 e, or those on the banks of the Po.—( Hear, bear.) He
.ILi,tefore, convinced that a tense of policy, a sense
to.
lay 4'4lre%t ori the part of those powers would induce them .
xtl. lb at tv.
r;4le.—,,:"e treaty f Vienna must be respected as
asteeo-Veheers.) -It t be for their interest Atha
see 4,-, - should be restored to its former position, and it was
thete.,eelle°4vietitn, that Austria, Prussia, and Russia !mul,
One ts treaty of Vienna, and restore Cracow accordingly.
tZit„ at'
~,,",) He should have wished to avoid adverting a
Irl,-,_unrAroetireght'l_bs, the. o'thuer. topic which the Hon. Gentleman
We t ilteurr.nuer his notice, but as it related to events of I
tree e e
"‘
e en"' he could not allow the observations of the
Le t'ti'llltt •' unnoticed. Now, it was perfect.l.
his 40 al Gabei.- e.? pass by
of
Austria, but he differed witt
treaty
onf• Frien.d':
itnornhi.edkipnart
that there was anything in.thhs,
hlo.st eves
Violeri,lla whchteu gave the British Government the rig
tiettoweetreet.e:;4"rfdltle_ the Clisp'eate in question.—(Hear,) Wtn.le he.
Fitly ready to admit the!
tein:
Gel'llln n4"uch', he
was
Per
House as they did as tie
eiithe‘seratalive!
.1. standing in
tti,:` to oisoLor a
expressdthatr ceuntry, had a erfec
isotef, h2r, ',las and p their opinions upon the event
I deed, it conli
-tee, •b. e reee -
slily taken place in Galicia.
144,ste ' "Peeted that an independent Nlembernfif .the Britisi
lature should have any restraint put upon him, to prevent
stteraen„eis',ing his views anil opinions with regard to such ma;
isseiverpment,
the;
Gr, "'"t was widely different with respect to. a member ,
who cou!d not always be at liberty to a.vai
ale o. t" so much lstitude for comment and observatiot.n
tilmt as afraid that his Pon. Friend had understated h 'ad an Hear, hear)—but he (Leril Palmerston) had no-
epeaV oPporlunity of referring to official information; he wa•
laid kl_g from information which had just been published aim
that '-.7fere Use other House of Parliament. And he believeo
litoli:11, the facts which had taken place
. at Cracow were fully
41/. 'zed, they would be found to be without example. he might
~._lost say in any age—( Hear, hear)—but certainlyiiear withoutear.)
147, 411:4 in any modern history
e could not believe that these perfocEeeedrifges..we_reesaLtioned
Crka.4 known by the Government.—( Hear,hear. ). it was not in
soudition to deny, he would not say disbelieve, that those
tiaeeedings were regulated or
gtovoerned by .he local authorities.
a was afraid that there was o m
Hon.licli
reason
of the statement which his
Friend to believehad the
Correctnessmade,
hat he was convinced that those offences most have cause,-1,,
Cat grief and affiiction to the Gevernment o ienna. e wa.
traid that a Government like Au trial N which H
prided
eaself upon the maintenance of order, and upon . a
-nsero nt that was called paternal and kind
l''lt Ii conservative of the honour of subjects which were under
ltless',aa—he never could believe that that Government could
thee learned, without the greatest pain, affliction, and distress,
.
ilett.deplorabie proceedings which
. had taken place at Gahm.
lane"orsh it was not convenient for the Government of Eng-
ler to interfere in a matter so exclusively confined to the Go-
)11-Vntent of the county in which these transactions had taken
be-ee' Yet, as ane individual Member of that House, he might
man Permitted to express his conviction that the enlightecect
it toot the Government of the empire of Austria would feel
t i not only their duty, but would also feel it their pleasure
Poot,',7eir satisfaction to take such steps as might be tin their
lta he' sot to redress, for that was impossible,. but toh mitigate,
hitigaree.,
tecitl as in them lay, the miseries and calamities twanntadelsay
tberi,otsken place in Galicia.—( Hear,
.hear.) H
if he- ale, that he trusted his Hon. Friend wouldeexcuse him'
tistielid tot feel himself at liberty to accede to the par.
I)sper. "I,otlon which he had made ; but he thought that the
"Iv' ssnieh he (Lord Palmerston) was pr.epared ttohegive him
subject
of th' qto•il him more practical information
11 h ese transactions than were, in Trent of
_feaatcetn,
d, asked for
that so
far 'its tuition. He could assure his Hon. k
AeetLreeommendations from this Governmerntintiotigtahtaetat,ief
svils-' went, he would do all in his power to
bre.ornylained of—( Cheers.)
.._llle i„,,i/U, WRING said that the Members of t.hatbliteoduseto, atrhde
4•Nehi- Pen
of the country must feel greatly indebted
, e
,Lurd for the speech which he had made on this occa-
teßrettHe,srt }lsar ) The Noble Lord had referred
andwhiotho
trziee:kiwtc.,eo,,ni_einreau:esiyta,nces which had taken
this to the* "rY important aniknoele,lgament to
.i place,
Coltntr 37w, arts
iel)
and he Try w4s a partyth,ahtadthih•eerneabt
rYo ko fe
n V—l e(
ni
in
e world that the
Allsiria "a2Ped that it might ge forth to theaa'r bear)
tbet treat 4 ""Verntnent, who had been the first parties to make
..e
cat
Y, were the first to break it.—( Hear, hear.) II
teeatar but feel that this question, which hail been
smallit
shte " Y but
forward les his Hon. Friend was bu., a -
hers e‘
°I a great diseae ald though it might suit the Mi ni , by, :r 'hat House to 'refer to the; state of things long gone
*he-ail:lr that would never retorn, and to hold those Poles
,ei
at ti I,_ !'ghed to see their nationality recognised, and grie
.es
et the7uished for the restoration of the rights and iiberti,n
lationr eQuntry, as entertaining wild hopes, he WOW.
Cabinet
to remind that House that though
of Psolebad sanctioned the destruction of the rights
stld that 7, that the crime had not yet been expiated,
to treat; the Popular opinion which alone could give a sanction
loh,a.t tell'iett%--i 'thaeat-e popular opinion had never recogoisee
""tal s' ( Cheers. ) Poland must be subject to dis-
the I,ret.:wile the present state of things remained. Whilst
t° he th rs.t.evi - existed irs that country there. would continue.
try
1,1, e triendsof freedom and of the redemption of that coup.
lidlttliwz----117"d.emand the restoration of Poulits:.rmightits.;banalund their
f
uom would bon a nor 1