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to have pat his oame, he saw nothing but what
proved the con6demze to be merited. He had often
desired that the experiment might be tried fairly of
making a peace with Bonaparte. The Nbble Lbrd
tried ity and found Bonaparte mad and untraetable ;
and when Bonaparte by his own madness had undone
himself% the Noble Lord. undaunted by what might
be said of the course he meant to pursue, acquiesced
its the policy of restoring the ancient Family of
France. There was then no other or better way left.
But amongst all these triumphant events, he could
not see what the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Can-
fling) fancied he saw very clearly, that our Constitu-
tion had become the model for the rescued States.—
The Right Hon. Gentleman had failed to say where
he saw any such thing. for surely he could not allude
to France nor to Spain, and still less to Sicily, where
we had endeavoured to force our Constitution at the
point of the bayonet.
Lord CASTLEREAGH entered into a general
history of the negotiations and statement of the
'grounds on which the principal provisions of the
Treaty had been framed. After expressing his sense
of the personal kindness which he had experienced in
his absence, no less than on his return, from political
adversaries as well as political friends, and which, he
trusted would never be effaced from his remembranceg
he yet felt, notwithstanding the turn which the de-
bate had taken, some points of explanation still re-
mained to be entered into. He was sincerely
,con-
cerned to have incurred the displeasure or suspicion
of any part of the House on the subject of the Slave
Trade ; but he was firmly convinced in his own
mind, that the cause of abolition stood at present
under more favourable circumstances than it would
have stood, had it been prematurely pressed pre-
vious to the Meeting of the General Congress.—
He was far from attributing the ultimate success of
the war to the connsels of miry man or set of men It
proceeded from the truth and justice of those princi-
ciples upon which the war had been conducted, and
to the virtuous and manly character so constantly
displayed by this country. These principles had been
propagated among our Allies, and had gradually
prepared their nerves and means for a concurrence
and perseverance with us in the conflict in which we
were engaged. He trusted, indAeZl, that Ministers
had not been dimmed by adversity, that they had
never deserted, from feat. a cause which they knew
to be strong in principle and in the general feelings
of the world. That the Peace, however, which hid
been concluded would have been imperfect, if made
with any other Power than the ancient Government
of France, he was decidedly convinced. The public
mind had been so wounded by the aggressions of the
late Ruler, his character and conduct had produced
Such an impression in Europe, that nut even a total
change of policy on his part could have restored a
general confidence in any' Treaty of Peace con-
cluded with France under his government. This wa,
a principle, however, that was not acted on tit' the
rupture of tile negotiations at Chatillon unequivo-
ceilly proved that a few' transient successes hat'
again awakened in his mind all those sentiments of
dominion which were directly repugnant to tip•
basis of the confederacy. Previous to this event,
and even up to the occupation of the capital by the
Allied Forces, it vras-cosuidered the most politic and
most conformable to awse.principles of moderation
by 'which the eonlbatettimt Poseers had been uni-
formly guided, to be prepared arelLalipme to treat
with the Government &lido, auliilleeMM to-France
herself the option of abiding by that Goriantrisent.
' It was important not to place in the hands Of Bsma-
parte the power of inducing the French to believe
that we hasl other objects in. view than those which
we profeised. it WAS important ta thew to the whole
world, that the war which se were waging was not
a war for sordid or interested purposes—that it was
not a war of choice or speculation, but of just appre-
hensions and of inevitable necessity.—(Hear I frogs all
pan: of the Howe.) By the Treaty of Chaumont, in
an instrument pelisaps the most solemn recorded in
she annals of diplomacy, the Allies pledged them-
selves to prosecute one main object only—that of ge-
neral sect', ity, and to sacrifice every other that should
at all militate against or interfere with its accom-
plishment. • By at the four great contracting Powers
stipulated not to lay down their arms until this deiign
should be effected, and to keep up, in the mean time,
a force of six hundred thousand men—(Hear.)--
It was not till the temper of the French people had
been fully ascertained, that however desirable it m gut,
have before been to restore the ancient dynasty is,
France, and to confer oft its pipulation the blessings
of a paternal Government. that the Allies refused any
longer to negotiate with the infatuated Raler of that
,ci untry. 13y a movement of the allied armies, which
reflected immortal honour on Prince Schwartzenberg,
!wares enabled to approach Paris full five marches
befFre Bonaparte, and by thus preventing him from
falling back upon his capital, had been enabled to
enter ii, not as a scene of warfare, but as a theatre
of triumph. It was then dot a spirit immediately
appe 'red in France, which under any circumstances
would have eventually worked out its own di lever.
Ante, and which unanimously and ardently expressed
itself in favour of a change of dynasty: No corres•
pondence, vin plan of co-operation whatever had
, k.en held with the capital, till the negotiations at
Clmtillon had- finally broken off, and yet the re-
cederpetidonit a thewhisacltcredd
•Aultlyies- met with was such as ren-
to regard Paris as embarked
in the same common cause, not as compelled by
conquest to :Omit to an enemy when she would, net
only because she could, no longer resist—(Hear.)—
...it was under these circumstances, that Great Bri-
tain was now to treat with Ofriendly Government,
and it was considered that the best means of bringing
the future settlement of Europe to a successful con-
clusion was to suffer France to act in her own natu-
ral sphere, and to appear at the Congress as a great
Independent State. The conduct of Great Britain
had made a lasting impression upon the world, she '
was ready to surrender her colonies whenever the
great and common interest of all should have been se-
cured ; she was ready to support the other powers of
Europe as long as they would prosecute that interest,
coluni4l conquests, openntiludzafiorrihf
and never to retire to the mere maintenance of her
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