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London, England, 1815-04-29 00:00:00

article. These right: there were persons who still
confidently talked of ; and there were mighty persons
(the No l?le Lord was one of them) who still called
themselves.tbe-Liberators of Europe : and yet they
were ready to renew war, and again make the whole
Continent a scene of blood, to effect the death of one
man. They still talked of their happy arrangements
for the deliverance of Europe, when, in consequence
of not keeping their own engagements, all Italy was
up in areas, and iheir whole arrangement was likely
to be broken to pieces before the war begins. The
Treaty referred to the Decleratien, and that de-
clired the life of Bonaparte to lie at the mercy
of every man, betetice he had no longer a legal title
to ite-there could be neither peace nor war with him;
and yet wb were some to wit with a man well
whom we could nether make truce nor treaty ; nei-
ther, if the French supported hint, could we with
them. 'Supposing Napoleon were to fall in the very
first battle, the object of the war, according to the
Treaty, would be at an end. The Bourbons had no
hold of the French people who would not choose
them to be restored ; but there were dotibtless.other
persons against whom we might direct the same per
sonal hatred, and who, if they were in the same situ-
ation to call forth their talents as this man, who had
terrified us all out of our senses,. would, eeiluips, be
as obnoxious ; and one of these might, perhaps, be
selected to succeed Benapatte. There was Marshal
Ney, whom the Drclaration of Louis XVIII. very
improvidently called the second object of hate to Bo-
naparte. Supposing Bonaparte to fail, and his dy-
nasty to become extinct : did it follow that die French
would choose the Bourbons ? Of all the Houses in
Europe, they had the least chance of again succeed-
ing to the throne of France ; and if all the intelligent
part of mankind were polled, there would be more
votes against the policy of their succeeding than in
favour of it.—(Ne, ne ! from the Ministers.) —Those
who say no, would pelleips vote the other way ; and
they were so used to majorities, that they could not
suppose themselves in the minority; but there were
many who chi:e.t.a felinisrers in the House who main-
tained a very chtferetit opinion out of its walls ; and
there was nothin) so different ns the language of
Members on the steps of the lobbies, and their Lin-
guage when on the Mill Aerial Benches : but he would
not be shaken in his assertion. The restoration of the
Bourbons would not be the necessary consequence of
even successful weir we might fight France again into
that bloody Repuolie which we declared incapable
of being treated with then, and whom we proscribed,
as we have done Bonaparte, as one with whom no lie-
gociation could be entered into. That farce was
acted formerly, till at length we entered into two ne-
gociations with tl-e Republic, both of which failed of
success. He entreated the House to pause before;
they plunged into a war of mere speculation, in order
to afford us time to decide whether it was nut better
to wait for the chance of peace. True, we heti a
right to consider oursalree in a state of war by the
Treaty of Paris ; but there was a difference between
having and exerciria7 a tight, and there was nobody
mad enough to say, that because we hid a right we
should exercise it by way el establishing it. the
preamble of the Treaty of Park, we learnt that the
restoration of the Bourbens enabled us to give better
terms to France than if she were still governed by
Bonaparte s- but we haat never been told what terms
would have been imposed on Bonaperti which had
net on Louis. HI: had been told, indeed;that larger
terms had been before rejected by Bonaparte ; tha:
he once propoied to us peace with terms of larger ter-
ritory and circumstances of more glory .to France
than Louis received ; and this. proposal being accep-
tally Lord Castlereagh on behalf of the British na-
tion, Bonaparte changed Pis mind,, and would not
abide by them. There was still another material do-
cnment signed at Vienna, but which, not having been
ratified, was not yet laid before the House : he al-
laded to the Treaty of Congress. •He maintained
that the right of going to war with France rested
solely on the declaration centeincd in the Treaty of
Paris, that better terms vere given her when accept-
ing of the Bourbon family, than it she had eianinised
under the doniinion of Bonaparte. The Allies had
only to say, the: efore, let France place herself in that
s. ate of restricted limittestoterritory which we thous-ht
necessary to our safety while France was unifier her
present chief, and we will suffer the peace to continve.
No such proposal was made by them. GO the con-
trary, it had been acknowledged, that Mtni.teis had
received an eveiture from the French Govarnment,
though no answer had been returned, and it was
merely communicated to cur Allies. Whethcr the
Allies ha.: taken it irtte consideration, or whether
they had thrown it aside into tree of their waste-paper
trunks, he knew not ; btit,eertain it Wal, the overture
had rece ved no answer troth Ministers. He would
ask whether, 15 months ago, when this man was in
much greater power (fie n• w lie lcwkfd upon him as
inferior it power), there was any body who would
not have jumped at a treaty which whuld have given
France her present limits ? • Waitaki it not have been'
universally said, that any lelmieter was insane who,
would not have advised the acceptaute of such 'a
peace ? Since thi, man was at the-head!Of the Go-
vernment, had there been any act of aggression by
France? Was she firing nut easy armament that
threatened the secure), of this country ? -Had she'
made Any irruption into the territory of her neigh-
bours ? You would have made peace with Bonaparte
wben his power was greater than now, when he was
much mot • forrxedahle; and Wouhl you now refuse.
to remain at peace with him, when his acts hid at
least been lietLer ? Of motives he would not speak ;;
it would best bee 'nit' every man tri look into his•own
good act might have a good motivteor it might
have a mixed reative ; but when he saw a bad act he
swab sale it could have but one. The principle, then,
-on which the justice el going to war rested being so
extremely narrow, he would beg leave to suggest the
considcratiqn wlicother the Lifesshtil of time Were nor
deserving of being mniuminedi (MOTO ilk- fatal
.blow
was struck, and rt was.icrol* to recede. Pee '
lieved that whhtcver might gabs been the feeling'
whea Bonaparte first lauded 'at Frei* die feiton:
for ear had vere iiniett abated- Vibe* ,t3uriarttte
tryst landed, he Verts‘ talked of by fee earititiers ahem
thb t ourbon family as x ntenster and k-Villaito who
would not fail to be Banged ; tut in the Wherte cf
bit march to Paris, and for the purpose of his'resto.'',
ration, not, one cfrot of blobel hid been 'stied; and
no* when be dppleatecliort served, ',we* we tai
AOa be bad-gnat of .1) diughtertiled say
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