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of their amusement; they did not wish to lose their
holiday. They fait themselves, I suppose, somewhat
in the aituatkn of English bays, who would become dis-
pleased if they were prevented from burning Guy
Fawkes. But, according to the peculiar degree
Of civiliz'aion in the two countries, the English
boys would only vent their spleen by setting
up a shout, whereas these people, in the broad light
Ot day (while the Christians of Athens are at
eharch)—these Greeks, headed by certain young no-
blemen, one of whom was the eldest son of the Minister
of War, attack the house of an English subject, frighten
and beat his family, destroy his whole property, throw
everything they can out of the windows, and, in the
effervescence of their spite and malice, pour out oil upon
all the rich furniture that remained.—(Hear.) Now the
letters of M. Pacifico detailing these outrages are all
Published in the volume before me. I.have read them,
and I must say that these letters, if written by M. Pa-
cifico, prove him to be a man of education, and I should
lay of honourable feelings. Ido not know him—l only
interpret him to be, from these letters which he has
Written, a man of education.—(Hear, hear.) But I care
not what he is.—(Hear, hear.) If he were poor and
degraded as the poorest Jew that walks and buys and
sells old clothes in London, he was born a British sub-
ject, and he had a right to demtind protection from the
English power.—(Cheers.) He was assailed in that which
was his home, as dear to him as that of the richest and
the noblest man is the land, his family dreadfully
alarmed, his children frightened almoht to a state of
Madness, his married daughter made seriously ill, she
having but a short time before lain in. After hearing
all these facts, am I then to he told, " Oh, they are
Jews?" Why, Sir, I think that such en expression is
disgrece to this country,—(Cheers,) M. Pacifico asked
the Greek Government for reparation of the injury, and
no ansiver was returned. He is attacked a second time,
and then with piteous wailing he implores the ptiwer of
England to protect him. *And who is this M. Pacifico?
Re is a man who has been trained up after 'the manner
taught him by his father, and. he. is as much and as
honest'', a Jew as we are•Chriatians.--7(Hear; hear,) I
ask you, iS there not something in the positionof thin
man that dignifies. the appeal which' he made Upon, us?
--...-(Hear, hear.) If the powerful M. Rothschild were so
assailed, you not think that Europe would have arisen.
in his defence? Do you not think that the indebted
despots Of Europe would exclaim, " Good God! M.
Rothschild to be so treated ? "—(Laughter.) Yen
'would then, indeed, 'have had well-rounded periods
and fine granimatical phrases written by- the Am-
bassadors of all the great • powers of Europe.
litut because this man happens to be a poor Jew, who
has no money to lead, then, fiirsoetb, he is to be treated
With insult; and all his demands for simple justice to be
turned aside. " Oh," btit it is said, " he,has asked too
'Mich." Now, thenbjection to his claim, you must re-
Member, knot Made as to its amount, but as to its prin
eiple.--=(Heare'hear.) And do not let us run off with
objections as to its amount either. We have had bad
jokes, ill French words, uttered in respect to one portion
of his claim. It has, been called le lit conjugal, Now,
,for the life of me, I cenhot understand, where the excel-
lence of this joke lies. .In my opinion, the joke is as
Pointless in its form, as it is vulgar in its sentiment.—
ilt.iear, hear.) But,in. respect to the charges made in
Pacifico's demand, I deny that there is any exagge-
htian in them. I took the pains of inquiring' at an up-
holsterer's in London upon the subject, and I asked him
"'"Unt as to the value of the property destroyed, because
it was'iinpossible•he could tell—butl asked him whether ;
there was anything in the. prices charged that appeared
to him to be extraregatt -or extraordinary; and if any
person were to say, turning round to a number of Noble
.4ords, "Have any of you anything so valuable as the
furniture here described?" did he think that it would be,
answered in the negative? The tradesman to whom I ad-
dressed myself immediately counted upon his fingers seve-
re' Noble Lords who had purchased property at his own
shop far more expensive; and he added, "If you
*mild like to go with me to see a certain drawing-room
You will see furniture of the description set down in thin
account quadruple that demanded." The House should
also recollect, that this furniture that was thus destroyed
was not for M. Pacifico's own use. The fact-is, that
this gentleman had bought the property for sale, and he
rxpected to sell, it to that very Minister who afterwards
denied him redress. He, bought the property; it was
destroyed by Greek assailants. I care not-what the ex-
aggeration in the demands might be. The.principal ob-
jection urged against his claim was, that he ought to go
to the courts—be had no right to come to this country
Lai redress. Now, what was the. fact ? The 'very day
upon which the outrage took place a complaint was
Made to the Greek Government. In Greece they have
,r public prosecutor. It was, therefore, their business to
tevestigate the whole matter; and though the occurrence
took place in the broad day, upon. an Easter Sunday,
end that those who were concerned in it were well
Itoown to the the authorities by nameethey declared that
theeecould not find out the criminal. Now what is that
hat a denialof justice ? And was not this man, there-
fore, fully justified in appealing, though even he was. a
new, to his natural. protectors, the Government
of England ?—(flear, hear.) I hope, Sir, that the
Qovernmeat of England will lee supported in rendering
that protection which every English subject is entitled
to demand. But lam told that there is a rule of inter-
liational law which forbids such an appeal, inssmuch_as
110 one can expect to be placed in a better situation. than
the subjects of the country in which he happens to be
:eliding. Sir, I deny this assertion altogether if it is
Stepped here, but it was guarded by this strung condi-
tion, " under a constitutional Government." Now what
II a constitutional Government? Russia Would call its
Grovernment a most constitutional Government ; and
*bat would be the consequences if. an Englishman went
to Russia? The Emperor of Rus,le's rule of lair is that
Which pleases him. He may take one of his subjects;
kid without giving any. account or explanation of his ac-
lions, he might put him in a sledge, tie him neck and heels,
Lllul send him at once to Siberia. Now, I appeal to Hon.
4KLembers on both sides of the House, if an Englishman
were treated thus, would you permit it?—(Hear, hear.)
well, if you would not, where is your rule of law ?
'Lt is good for nething. The truth is, the law is really,
'O the . proper sense of the word, not law. Each
Particular ease'. must be governed by its eircum-
%ince* and exigencies, and by the discretion• of the
Particular "authorities of the country_ in which it
!irises. This is 'the rule of law that is adopted by Amee
Kea as well as England. T know of no American citizen
.e'rho.wriuld consider himielf to be unprptected, even in
Attssia; though he were taken 'as I have described by the
bee_ k And heels and 'sent;to Siberia. What, then, is the
211 e of law?. . Why, according to that which has been
Pad .the other day in total ignorance of the subject, the
ttile is supposed to be thhee--that the persons situated
a M. Pacifico must, of necessity, go through the courts
elq,•Pursuit of justice.. Now,. I say that that is not' t all
reessary: If you have reason to believe that what you
deem justicebannot be obtained by, folloling the rules
of whittle called :international law, you have a perfect
right to make an appeal to the Government .of that
country of which you are a subject. And in the cases
*e_hich I have read to the House there are many instances,
wothteeregard France and the -United States, in which
bleb 1 appeals have been made directly contrary to the
loteewnation of the courts of the country. Therefore,
that the rule laid down in another place upon this
;7▪ I;deet- is not the rule of international law. As re-
Mile,. then, Pacifico's claim, justice has been
together denied him by the, Greek Government., NoW
what is the next argument urged in respect to this
utter ? They. say, . " Why, this is but one isolated
'•
se.' Are not all the eases ,referred to isolated
'plea? Was there notan accumulation of them one over
other, including that of the poor Jew at Athens, and
,".11€1 canay Scot. Then as to the case of the Fantome; a
young gentleman twelve years of age, son of a general
124,1Zeer, was 6n 'board this English vessel. Ho went on
tgore accompanied by the coxswain; when they were im=
"Ridiately, set upon by a gang of Greeks, who were
:fused, and 'who we/ended severely the coxswain, while
_young gentleinia escaped. "Oh!" but it' has been
ris"tisis allegation false, from the well-known gal-
-111147 of British leameii." Now what had occurred?
upon an investigation being demanded, they said
tiiett this young gentleman was an officer belonging to
SPitare and not to the Fantome, thereby denying the
°nOuraiSle word of 'an-honourable, young man, and de-
ax
fake altogether their right to Ore any explanitien or
any, apology in the matter. They further said
that these were two English vessels that had entered
v I'La Grecian harbour 'with the intent to create an insur-
2ction, and to, overturn 'the Government, 'and that
'rarer persons had been putt on board these vessels
t
tbe were running sway from one of the neighboaring
71111E1;1. ,They -said that the English 'party had in-
cated for the purpose of hiding the
Why, if an English gentleman, representing the
English nation, did not, nuclei such circumstances, in-
• "it upon an immediate apology, he would be wholly
/pWortby to represent this country again.—(Hear, hear.)
tell this House and the Government, that if we once
relax the rules lay, which our people are guarded in their
grits and, privileges there would be. no safety for Eng-
cointherce.—(ilear, hear.) But I um told that me-
paler, was Offered, and now I suppose I shall be met by
oura&phiasea'bOrrowed from the Peace SO-diety; but
'u anybody hopes to preserve peace by making alt the
th°rld believe that nothing shall induce ns to go to War,
ere facts' whiche I 'think;. will induce theta to
liter shell oP iniob I shall' never forget the leeion read
'
a' b y the Hon Member for the, West Riding' of YOrk-
-111 far,4 r, Cobden) on a very particular occasio6—
e
enaely. r.a r,Ltcc, meeting, when he allowed his feel-
;tugs' to get serniuch' the better of him that he begged
krrdon of thapeople he was addressing, and said to them,
wish--yott- to become members of the Peace
I wish to say a few words in favour of the war
nuligary,"—.(Laugliter.) ' I well understood the ge-
e4al traprestibeio lion.'
f the. on. Member. He became a
LLitt advocate, in spite of the Peace Society, and if 126
p 7 'd
been • i'HUngatrieff he 'would assuredly have been
VIA amongst the band of rebels.—(Renewed laughter.)
1, are told what the mediation was that was offered.
.'eb_c'we I have aleady quoted an instance in which France
eZ4 offered our mediation in 1831, and -declined it. And
thvery properly. sent directly' to. make our demands
rough our Weigel' and to get redress. Being urged
Otdast by the necessity of the case we adopt strong
~essores. The Minister who had done so was acting
a"qor instruceione, and fie bad no power to accept of any
ffeiation ; bites's,' Noble Lord at the head of foreign
dl ,ra isavingilaelooWer in' his hands did adopt the me-
that wasi offered. Ho accepted of what was un-
thie!"o,.., 4 in diplomatic affairs to be the good offices of
trt•Rreneli'Miniister: • Now what did that mean ? And
'A did Baron Gros understand by them when he
*at
kende %epted e office bf mediator ? It was perfectly
tee iat thiebe 'understood he was to endeavour to make
14;1. Greek -GOvernment 'yield to our demands. The
*lO or inee mice -asregarde the principle of the claim
hi' 'Pot the,lesestion. Of that we alone should be the
leer-. And hero occurred the circumstance that is
the faundation -of all those charges against
eopiesi'Vhle Lord.. There were many things we
rl
thiehed of at this . The leen was one
k and the queitibri-iii"referenee-Ito the islands
gm* and Gorii was another. Ono of thoso