The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-23 00:00:00

TH:E WIIIGS AND;ili4;

As to the Whigs., we plaiiily, andin the face of the People of
England, deny that the Cou'fitry looks to them in any treat
emergency. The experience of- nearly fifty years has proved,
to the people of England, the real character of this party;
haughty and pusilanimous, rash and short-sighted%neiV demo,
crats when out of place, insolent aristocrats, ,when In—lgnorant
of the noble qualities of their own countilittrr,'und-eleprdciat.
ors of their glory, while they are ever vehement and ready to
applaud the efforts, and magnify the successes of foreigners.
Such are the men whom, we are told, England is to regard with
veneration and affection! If we know anything. of the nature
of our countrymen, we say, that there ciiiinot.b-e any sympathy
between them and these un-English .self-olected champions
of England's cause.—LONDON TIMES, AUG. 21, 1830. ,

( From the London Press.)

With a view to the General Election, no doubt, the ad-
herents of the ministers are putting forth- their claims to
public confidence in various ways. We formerly alluded
to the querulous article in the last Edinburgh Review:,
A pamphlet has just appeared, entitled " Whig Govern-
ment, ,or 'Two Years' Retrospect ;" in which the services
of ministers' are somewhat. pompously blazoned. The
pr4luctiOn has a very demi-official tone, and speaks; with
great-confidence, riot only of.what Government has done,
but of what, it intends to do. The pamphlet tells us, for
instance, that "arrangenientsareeven now in progress
for a further rethiction in the estimates, of the ensuing
year, to the amount of one million and a' half." We
heartily pray that this may be true; though it hardly
chimes in with Lord Althorp's late desponding declara-
tion, that he did not see how any further reductions were
to be effected.

The, writer refers to the three pledges of the'whigs on
acciepting,office,—Peace, ;Parliamentary Reform, and Re-i
trenehnient ; and cOntends, that all these have been fully

redeemed.

On the subject of Peace, the writer takes credit to the
Ministers for having preserved it. This boast sounds ra-1
ther awkwardly at a moment .when a combined Renell
and English fleet have actually assembled for the purpose
of making a descent on Holland; at it moment, too, when
three of the greatest, powers of Europe; our co-mediators
between _Holland and:Belgium,lhavedeclared their dis-ap,'
probation of enforcing their proposals by. bombs and ba)H
onets!—Spectator.

THE first step to war has been ta.leni and, although we
hold a war with Bottaid to be a very unimportant affair
in rise J, yet the consequences
.tbat may. arise.from:# are
far from being without deep and serious interest. An
embargo has been laid on all Dutch vessels within, or
coming into our ports, and a prohibition has been put •on
British vessels clearing oat for the Netherlands. Our
fleet will soon be on the waters, with its virgin flag float-
ing within view of William the Obstinate. The coast is
exceedingly difficult, and all our vessels have to fear are
the dangers of a shore upon which the 'oldest pilot cannot
ensure security. As to a battle with the flat-bottomed
boats of the Dutch, the notion is preposterous. We go
to war with Holland, as children do with card soldiers—:
blowing up and blowing down at pleasure.; and lingering;
over the, victory which we can 'consummate when .we
choose. Atlas.

We have fairly embarked in a war against Holland.
The question now to be asked is,—how, being fairly in,
• are we to get out again ? The other question which will'
also be asked—namely, why did we get in ?—is subordi
nate to this. We can easily imagine the French troops
in motion, and the citadel •of Antwerp surrendered toy
their batteries, backed by the cannon of the combined
fleet. We can conceive Venluo occupied by Prussia,
come of Antwerp what may. So far the course is plain.
But will the Dutch King, when driven out of Antwerp,
be more disposed to treat with his late subjects than be-
lore ? and, if he then refuse, as he may, what forther
steps are to be taken ? If we do not follow up our blow,
;it has been dealt to no purpose; if we do, we shall no:
longer be contending, even in name, for Belgium, but
against Holland.
The difficulty in which we are placed is enhanced by
the secession of the other three powers. We cannot see
the force of their argument. They withdraw because,
,leaving commenced as Mediators, they will not end as
'belligerents. But if the mediation was to' be effectual, it
was necessary for. the mediators to enforce their award.
There is no superior court to enforce it. From the' be-
ginning the powers Must have seen, that their interfer-
ence in the disputes between ;Belgium and: nonand could,
come to a peaceful issue only by the unlimited submis-
sion of those two powers ;• and that unlimited submission
could only be expected-from a thorough' conviction in the
.parties, that, if mt. 'voluntarily -rendered, it would be
compelled. Would it have been better to leave' the two
parties to fight it out? It has been said, that a general
war has been prevented by the interfeienee ,the five
powers. This is assuming, that the forces of Belgium;
and Holland were so nearly balanced that the contest
must have been lengthened: and doubtful. But what if;
A general war have been delayed 'only ? Are the pro-'
spects of peace more or lesstremote were such a war now {1
to break forth, than, in that event, they would have been
two v ears ago ? These are questions which are not easily
solVed.

After all, we suppose we must leave the case to the
chapter of aociclents !--Speetator.-

This is not the time to discuss-the question of inferrerlence or non-interference. No matter 'from ,what cause,
Great Britain:is entangled in the settlement of the Ba-
' tavii-Belgi-O question. -.-We will not now -e-Ven on
the propriety of the present step of coercion by a naval
blockade. All other considerations are, for the present,
sunk in the paramount necessity of Vindicating ,the
premacy of the power of Great. Britain. This country,:
-before-now, has-engaged with greater odds than thecor-
:tinent can
.now array against her. And we, are'ready to
do so again. In spite of the tyrannic might of Nativileon,.
weildiug the force of:a nation of soldiers; with' Russia,
Austria, and yrussia:as his obsequious allies,-;---With 'Hol-
.land in. his possession, the resources of Spain and Portu-
gal-at his disposal; and with every port of the continent,,
ft tan Cadiz to the Baltic, at his command, Great Britain
maintained her pre-eminence,—nor must she hesitate to
,n.aiiitain it now. The general complaint, and the corn-.
:thiin jeer, has been, that .Ministers have not adopted a de-
cided. tone ; that their mediation has been no more than.a,
eAreceting of never-ending,: still beginning, Protocols.,
Eat such complaints are really their best comniendaticn.i
They'lliti,.e made every effort,- adcpted. every plan.; 'they.
Inive extausted diplomatic inventions to avoid a war.
'That theylitiVe nut been able to a‘ old it is to. bglamented,,
but not censured. The•eutleavGUi was laudable;, for the
result they. are nut -a4onutable. Ministeia' hare been;
draggetl•on by e%.entw, 'Was. it 'IN ithin the.scope of fore-
nithingie,elaculanonutist•tAtaiyilitie, Ma; Hol:
tzf:ti WC uld defy the In er.Of Goe!ris-143ititairt.!'- 'and (,1' Great,
Frune,r? • Eveu t.z.w Its if ,ft.ilt
4.
wine po.ttura E.t it s,tms

- -• -",..,5, k......k4-, „,.-•„7 ~,,..... ; ~..,,i
that liolland,hits thrown down he gage : she att24ll--,
, , ,„. -
ournienaies ; despises our demonstratio,ns ; 'reje t ' ,
L,endeairourS tc• Orevilit the necessityof waging war akii-hii
an old ally. And Holland mnitibe made to learn, that,
though applauded by Austria, encouraged' by Russia, and
assisted iv Prussia,.no nation on the habitable globe may.,
defy the might of Great Britain with impunity.--Courier.,

When we are told, that " Holland must be made to
learn, that, tl~qug applauded by Ai*ria, encouraged' by
Russia, and assisted by Prussia, no nation on the habit-
able globe may defy the might of Great Britain with im-
punity," we ask, how long ago is it since the power of
England. was .defied .by,pie Emperor of Russia, who,
4houglrhe-poCketed:Onr- gold, tore' he- treaty of Vienna
to pieces, trampled on the. nationality of Poland, which
we were bound by that treaty 1.0 uphold, and forbade Lord
Durham to trouble him on the subject ? Now, Russia is
a great power and Sillind is a sma F ane. Rnssia. gave
us cause of quarrel---Holland gave us none ; yet the
inagnanhnity" of -England is'displayeci in attacking Hol-1
land with fire and sworkandisubinitting to the insulti• oi"
Russia! Nay, our foreign minister dared not inter-i
fere to prevent the systematic Violation of the princi-
ple of neutrality* practised by Prussia durihg 'the strugi
gle of the Roles, and Which mainly assisted the sub 4
jugation of that, brave people; and yet there are those
who can talk of " no nation on the'habitOle globe darino
to defy the might of -Great 'Britain with Opunity !" Don
Miguel knows better" than that, "whoSe,hrigand troops
have wantonly fired more than once on the British flag„
and shed British blood -under its protection, and have clone
so with impunity. But Holland, instead of being an asj,
sailant of ours, only did us the mischief of purchasing „our,
iron, cotton and woollen goods, cOal,‘ &c. ; and we pre-:.
pare to blockade her coasts, to cut off one of the best out.-
lets for the productions of our struggling manufacturers;
and all this because we will not allow four millions of Bel.;
glans to settle their own dispute with two millions of
Dutchmen !--I,forning Herald.

The ministerial journals of the morning and of the
evening chaunt aduet, responsive to thefinale of the Con-,
ference. Their harmony is marvellous. The Confer;
epee is at an end, they say, because the Conference has
accomplished its labours. Accompliehed its labours !
What did it undertake to accomplish? The peaceful ad;
justment of the separation of Holland and Belgium. For
this was Protocol on' Protocol succesSively piled; for
this, ostensibly; was the sage PahnerSton called into the
secret councils of the simple Talleyrand. , But where is
this peaceful adjustment, which, if the Conference have
accomplished 'its labours, must be in existence ? No
the Confbrence which met for the peaceful adjustment of
the differences between Holland "and Belgitim has aecom-,
plished its labouri by separating---:three of the parties re-
tiring to rest and non intervention, while two of them are
left to action ; that is to say, to an attack on Holland by
naval and military forces. notable'niethod this of ac-
complishing peaceful labours and avoiding war !
If the nference found they could not accomplish
what they had met to accomplish, viz., a peaceful adjust-
ment, they ought to have separated with a declaration,
that the arrangement they had resolved upon would hot
be received by the parties in the dispute. It they thought
proper, and were justified in proceeding further in the bu-
siness, a new Conference should have met to determine
what should be done to compel a settlement of the, differ=
ences which existed, and, by their elistence, endangered
the tranquillity of Europe; but that a peace-arranging
Conference should conclude, by some parties retiringand
others going to war, is the most extraordinary 'determi-
nation, to be called an accomplishment of its labours, that.
ever the world heard of!—Albion.

Orie of the most singular, and, certainly, the least com-
plimentary feature of the war, is the peculiar contempt
and acrimony with which the ministerial papers flaunt
about coercmg •the Dutch King an his merchants.
Time was when Bonaparte, with a powerless sarcasm,
thought fit to stigmatize this as the shopkeeping nation.
We accepted the soubriquet, and the shopkeeping na-
tion' not long afterwards, encaged the insulting foe, and
heard him, in his whine for pity, change the note to that
of magnanimous England. The overhearing arrogance
of a whig aristocracy, domineering over King and peo-
ple, may, and does, despise the ,honourable calling of
merchant; but we venture to tell the pride-swoln block-
heads, stilt-mounted for theinoment, that their whole vo-
cabulary could not have furnished a title in which the
Dutch would more delight,' and in the honour of which
the English nation would more proudly -share and sym-
pathize with' them. We tell the ministerial minions who
use this sneering language, that England glories herself
in being a nation of both shopkeepers and merchants;
and that she is content to own the honest and honourable
Hollander as her predecessor and her teacher in those arts
which have led civilization in their train, and of which
liberty and the British Constitution are the eldest born.
We tell them, that the character of an English merchant
is a passport of nobility through the whole world, whe-
ther of barbarism or advancement; and that the charac-
ter of Dutch merchant is of equal worth, with the addi,-
tion that he boasts a pedigree of more remote antiqUity,
and that he was the first to'emblazon, for' our lionourab:e
emulation, the glorious armorial bearings of
_which in-
dustry and the bee are the crest and the shield.
Let us hear no more of these insulting ebidlitions of,
aristocratic whiggery against the honourable and uni—
versal calling'of Holland and England I--Guardian and
Public Ledger.

The number of Dutch ships are very limited, being
chiefly confined to small vessels with butter, cheese,•tels,
&c. ; the large proportion' of the other andmore valuable
shipments being carried on 'in the vessels under the l3ri-
tish, flag, The chief injury Will, therefore, be inflicted
upon the merchants and shipowners of this country. The
Whig• Ministers, in their sirede to- harrass _our oktitily,
will find their measures recoil upon the distressed Eng-
lish shipowners. The public- feeling in the city, of, dis-
content and disgust at these new measures, is very strong ;
but thedevoted shipowners have been so long oppressed
by the unwise measures' of the Free-trade system, that
they now .fall into a state of despondency, in place of re-
sisting.and boldly taking every measure tOplace, them
selves,in ainore favoUrabrepositiori-, Calling public,meet-
ings, petitioning the King,both Houses of. Parliament,
and the Miiii4ters. If the Ministers' proceed further in
their mad career; destriietion Will 'dne on-the conntry in
too rapid a Manner to be 'checked, even by the energies
of Englishmen. Let every man put his hand to the- oar,
and the vessel of the, state may yet be saved;--The
Same.

Our Ministerial journals, think that nothing is more
' simple than declaringan 'embargo Om Order in Coun-
cil, according ,to tthctri, is all, that is necessary ; but they
will, ere long-, find 'that we shall be called • upon; if we
persist, to. discuss questions widely remote from that
which we have permitted to involve us in a war. What
will the Americans say to our blociade? They will only
have to quate-tlie speeches of our present Ministers in
1842 and 1813 to find 'argu'ments enough against the ex-
ercise. of uny' rights, Which we may, claim as belligerent.S.
The,Ditteh are detWrnined to defend their just- cause,
with.a, himness worthy of its justice, The diplomatic
lett&S- 6rm: Verarniki,'de -So den' to the Ministers' of,
..kraoce and,trigland at the,flague,,wbjel),lYi4-6i:foOnd
in our extrac: .thc, I)lll4.,hnaii, Cunt-tu;r,irilttn the
trial titieritariatiuu ut t,is etAil; not to avii4te Ant-.

-b.v•PiV-u4 he obtains I"'
e obtains eq ita le terms, are written with
Arnriiiabie'spirit and strength of reasoning, We cannot
uurSelves theyleashw of quoting the concluding
sentences from his report to the States-tieneral, in which
these letters are embodied:

.Noble and mighty lords! Whatever be the fate reserved by
Providence for tt nation which is united and faithful to its in-
stitutions, the gpverunientAhorougluy, convinced of nothaving
deviated trom the tine of its duties, awaits it with composure.
To obtain an,equitaulearraugment, every thing has been con-
ceded that was "suSeeptible Of being so. Nothing haS been
granted contrary to the honour and the great interests of the
country.

The nation which has acted as the Dutch have done
may well appeal to Providence. No country at present.
-stands in -so nunourable- an • attitude as Holland; and
William I. may have the consolation of looking back to
the-histOry of his house;‘ which, under the first Prince of
Orange and our glorious William 111. withstood, and
finally, triumphed over coalitions•ns flagitious. .princi-
plc, and, in all human appearance, as irresistible, as that
which is now iniquitously bandied against
Standard.

If tlie difficulties in which at present our continental
policy appears to be involved shall pass off entirely to the
satisfaction of the statesmen by whom they have been
created—if King Leopold shall make, before Christmas,l
his triumphal entry into so much as may remain of the
town and citadel of Antwerp—if the hero of Toulousci
(Marshal Soult) shall vaunt the new glories of the tri4
colour, and establish upon an immoveable basis the aul
thbrity of the fasts milieu—if Russia, and Austria,: and
Prussia shall strike no blow with the swords they have
raised, and apply no match to the cannon they have
pointed—if Lo-rd Palmerston shall- succeed, by his bows
and his .smiles, in obtaining from the new Houae of Com-
mons a grant of money for the. expense of this most ini
quitous struggle, and a vote of approval fpr measures
which posterity will brand With indelible censure—if our
doubts and dangers, our menaces and entreaties' the
thunders of protocols and frigates, the labours of Dovvll4
ling-street andthe dock-yard, shall be terminated by this
delicious consummation—let us, in the name of common
sense, inquire what objects each of the three belligerent
allied will' hake gained by the chances of the game in
which the fates have made them partners. What will
France have gained by the War ? There is no. purpose
which France for centuries has so constantly kept in
view as the annexation of Belgium to her territory.
Royalty and Republicanism, the. Directory and the Em.:
,Pire, • Louis Capet arid Louis-Philippe, all have per-
6eived, what their neighbours till now nave perceived no
less distinetly, how flattering it would be to the vanity;
and, how useful to the ambition .of France to advance her
boundary to the Rhine:. How far such a design will be:
served by the proinotion, for the present; of the interests
.01 the.new.sov.ereignty .of ,Belgium, let those W-11-9 -have
watched the movements of French diplomacy during the
last twelve months determine. Moreover, war, for what-.
ever object, is necessary to the French nation. The un-
settled ThrOne, the Unstable ministry, the restless ambi-
tion of the people, all invite war. ExCept by war the
King cannot retain his crown, nor the Ministers remain
in office, nor the populace be withheld from rebellion.
What will Belgium have gained by the war? Her profit
is Obvious. She .will have secured to her subjects the:
passage of the Scheldtt-On the -
payment of merely nominal
-duties y she-will-have confirmed to the use of her- citizens'
the canals and roads which . have been made by Dutch-
men at the expenie of Dutch purses; she will have com-
pleted the. integrity of her territory by the accession of
Antwerp, to which she has as much right as England
could assert over Jericho or Laputa ; and, which is more
than all, she will finally have established the independ-
ence of her soil; and it will be undeniable that Belgium
is Belgian, until it shall please the doctrinaires or their.
successors to make her French. But what will - Eng-
land have gained by the War ? Anxious for peace, she,
will have been hurried into an unnecessary strife ; 'load-
ed with debt, she will have seen new burdens added'
to those she already bore; a' free- and a Protestant,
country; she- will -have supported bigotted and ' Po-
pish Belgium against free arid Protestant Holland;
a producing and manufacturing country, she will have
;aggrandized the producers and manufacturers of Bel-
gium, and impoverished the traders and purchasers of
Holland; - she.wilt have opened- to- all nations the unre-
strained navigation of the Scheldt, in which Holland, for,
a thousand reasons, would give her, if she could give her,
a preference; -and she-will nave guaranteed to Belgium
that-communication with the Rhine by which Belgium
may, at any time, throw open to all nations the full ad,
vantages of the German markets; and, finally, she will .
have given Antwerp to Belgium, and, in giving Ant-
werp to Belgium, she Will have given Antwerp to France.
We have unifbrnily-condeinned the injustice, the tyranny,
the perfidy, of the Dutch war. If the ends proposed to be
gained were clear and magnificent, we should yet repeat
the condemnation. Let us be convinced that our quarrel
is just before we calculate what we may win by its prose-
cation. But, for the day, let us omit the consideration
of right and wrong. Are the benefits to be won by the
war sufficient to recommend -the pulling of a trigger ? If
they are not, we say, once more, this is not A Party ques-
tion ; it is not a matter on WhiCh the idle skirmishes of
those who have, or those who-want- office, should endan-
ger: the public-weal.• We are 'embarked in a contest,
by_ the. result of which, howeVer favourable that result may
be, our commerce, our trade, our manufactures, must suf-
fer. If such a contest is'-to be undertaken by this coun-
try; simply and solely that the most pii,tlig4te statesman
who ever sat in an Engliali Cabinet may be protected froth
-the blame which, by a pertinacious consistency of obsti-
nate mistakes he- has richly deserved, our sons will have
to look to our ledgers and cash-books for the moral of a
very extraordinary tale. Morning POst.

Preparations, of which we defer the details till thOse
rrieanS be fairly put in-action; continue to-be-made for the
joint expeditionary 'crusade on the part of France and
Great -Britain against the rights and liberties of the
Mitch people, whosp. attitude,- as they manfully rally
round their patriotic monarch, presents an exciting pic-
ture of national unanimity' and'right-mindedness, in hu-
miliating 'contrast with the altered position of their rene-
gade friends, the British ! We blush, while we even -al-
lude, in the course Of our functions; to a ,project so insane,
iniquitous; and grovelling; and, though, we doubt not
that our comrades, wherever or however employed, even
at the nominal call of their country, constitutionally. ex-
, pressed, will .do their duty ; yet, if we know any thing of
their high sense of honour arid of justice,
.their love of ra-
tiOnal independerice, respect for. crood faith
.and admira-
tionof sstaunchprinciple and manly qualities, whether in
,an ally or .an enemy, we feel assured that we. but echo
the sentiments of the, great majority, not only of our-bre-
thren of the united service, but of our:countrythen at
large, Upon a question which; for the. first. time since a
Nassau conquered and consolidated the libertie,s of this
country, comprises our national honour, uprightness, and
sanity. Aware, as we nitit be;Of the critical nature and ,
formidable corisequencei of so monstrous a coalitiOn and
aggression, we cannot even yei persuade • ourselves that
the-combined expedition to the Scheldt will be 'attempted,
even in common justice to thoge destined for the ien
The loCal• diflictilties it would-have to.eneotihte.i. we have
already shown in detail; the season heci,Thu: every eity
m ore 'adveri(e, . and the tide of popular feeling sets as
strongly-against the harefack:d outrage, as the gales of;
wino.! drive tert,;,:•; ttiv -Earizi,,bun.fr-s-cf' the' Ezlttli ttrunL—
th,act; root J wriattl.

Our last artivais from Prul.ii itipitify, as we have -
else-where, the' determination o Kittg to resist any ar;
interferencethat may be coutem France and JO
land in, the Belgic qiii-I.lon, which'is significantly followe_ll
by ordering a corps of offgervation to the Maese, to be,l_:;)
to avert the eventual consequences of the entrance of a kPi-ji
army into, Belgium. The Ministerial journals, knowl4.o
any direct move.ntentto provoke a war would be to a certiiok4
tent a false step4,rofuse to admit the evidence of facts, and 'A?
to treat the declaration of Prussia as if it meant nothing
than an idle demonstration of desire without intention.
The actual temper of the country on the question of, ty
considered without reference to the crooked politics
coteries? is certainly- opposed to any military interferenc.fd
the affairs of Europe. 'the Reformers, embracing the Fe',,gt
bulk of people, demand retrenchment and such dont?,
improvements as may serve to recruit our finances, and
confidence- to the-agricultural and- trading branches 00
community. The effects of the last peace have left'.4o
impressions on men's minds, and not caring. to reflect
the the best means of sustaining the national credit au I
they. only--desire to preserve national security at home. eo,
Tories, reduced in number, but still powerful in ,
are united with the Reformers in this question. Believing
Lord GREY has suffered himself to be entrapped in a dergit
between his pledges and his acts, they seize upon the faliec-i0
able .opportunity to denounce him to the people. This sl;„,e
of opposition has,the effect of combining in one body two '""?',)!
of men who differ widely upon every thing else. The foji
lever of opinion is gained, and, whether war be for gn,,eo
for evil, the protest of the multitude is definite and 1-
plete.—Atlas

VOICEIGN NEWS.

OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBER,'
, Paris, Monday Eveltir,tr,
A crowd assembled at an early hour in the neigh Sit
hood of the Chamber of Deputies. The doors 17y
opened at eleven o'clock, immediately after which 11
tribunes were entirely filled. At two o'clock the Olt,
cannon announced the approach of the King. The der
tations went out to meet hint.
The Queen, accempanied by her children and Mad3l.l.e
Adelaide, came into the tribune which had been reset •
for her.'
lie
-The King entered the Chamber immediately after' ,gt.
wore the uniform of the National Guard, and was ra
ceded by the grand deputations, and followed by 3,e je
merous staff. He was greeted by the cries of " v i/bek
Roi !" which burst forth from every part of the Chain
His Majestyluncovered and took his seat on the thr° be
He then said to the peers and deputies, " Gentlernen'ty
seated;" and then covering himself again, delivered
following speech "With-a 'steady voice : hi°
Gentlemen am glad, after a long separation, sr":
have recourse to your wisdom and support. In the 1110
my Government has been exposed to serious trials. 041(
overcome them by its own strength; it has triumphe"
faCtions. a 9
" Deceived by the generosity of our institutions, by
sier
-spect-for-the -guarantees of public rights, they have wilvif,
lated the strength of a legal and' moderate policy. In ~f the
-in the name of the republic—in the west, in the name
counter revolution—they have attacked by force of arras u'
tablished order.
re"
" The attempts at republicanism, as well as counter--
tion, have been-quelled.
snit4l
" The days of the sth and 6th of June have made
the perversity and the imbecility of the friends ,of WS. „gory'
They have made 'clear the danger of a policy - ip
temporize with subversive passions instead of crushing ,:-"trite
op ,
their birth. Constitutional monarchy has recognised
friends and its true defenders in that generous port-al-fa*
Paris, in that intrepid National" Gtiartf",7in that brave and
ful army who have so energetically repulsed such attemia:,4
" I have been very happy tat my presence, by encour
good citizens, has hastened to put down sedition. . TOY
"•IChas been Seen what force a constitutional Klne,b,ive
find -in-the support- of the nation when-compelled- to beep
recourse to arms to 'defend the crown which he has , to
called on to wear, and the institutions which he has 00'
Maintain.
" We have had to deplore in the west, instirrectiougosgeo
odious crimes. The mass -of the population have not, at it
any part m it; and wherever the rebellion has broken p)le
has been speedily extinguished. Let, therefore, the rthos€
authors of civil war, who have so many times desolat%.*io
districts,-lose.. ll hope of a counter-revolution, as impost.' re
my eyes as in yours; for they find us unanimous to suPtrestv
it, always faithful to our oaths, and ready to unite our
rises with those of our country. will de.
"A recent event, and decisive for the pnblic peace,
stro"
Gy the last illusions of this
.party. , t bOS
entlemen,. at Paris, as in the west, my GovernroCficollY
been able to borrow from the existing laws all the energtece
•patible with justice. like cries like repression isteaaelf
sary. In these critical days, it wasnecessary that the de:autio°
of public order and of liberty should find in the firin re-
ded,
of. ,the_governing.power the suppOrfulich they. denial' •ve p-
" It will be your, task to examine whether our legislatij
visions -do not require, :in this respect, to be revised an„d tie
pleted, and by what measures the , safety of the state
liberty of the subject maymayat once be guaranteed. d j''"
"It is by persevering in this course of moderation auaf;g.
.'ll
Lice that we shall show ourselves faithful to the principlesu boe
glorious revolution. ' This is the system which r) o_4s'
-strengthened by your concurrence_, add which has uert,go7
tamed with so. great constancy by the able and cousects
Minister whose loss we deplore. Already the happY "
his system are everywhere felt. . have
Within;• confidence revives; commerce and indugtrYo ovet
resumed their course; providence has spread its treas?,% gone
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our fields; the scourge which so cruelly desolated us natio 01
from us; and everything promises us the prompt reparu
the evils by whiCh we were
of national prosperity are not
. h
afflicted.
secure. f
ith"4
The
pledges
"I have every reason to reckon on the pacific dispo- fir)
tpo,
it jo ele:s
foreign Powers, and on the assurances which I every
receive. c
en FOnt.e
"The intimate union which has been formed between
and Great Britain will, be to both' nations P fcrtn,nier,
of Welfare "and Of strength, and all Europe a new guars
of peace. .n gllror!;
" One question' alone might still have prolonged Goverto
some nnea,siness. Notwithstanding the efforts of nIY wss 'd
meat, the treaty of the 15th of November, 1831, whl(b
_,kil3c,.-
consuininate the separation of Belgium and Holland, 1,7,0;
unexecut,ed; the means of conciliation seemed to be csl asto,,,oi;
the objea was not'obtained. I considered that such, a
things. could not continue without compromising tine 'de
and interests of France. The moment was celiac to pi ,n jot.'
the execution of treaties and to fulfil the • ellirageThas P6O
traded towards Belgium. The King of Great arital
no,erod
ticipated in my sentiments. Our two flags wave lie dile,.
the .mouths. of,tho,Stheldt; , our army, whose d'sc'Prit el)"
itodirSpirit:e4ual its valour, has arrived at this moor
the wails of Antwerp. -- My two sous are in its ranks. et-!!
"In giving to the King of the Belgians my dea dati
r ono,
I have Stretigthened,liy a new tie the alliance of the tw° laidi)e
The act which consecrated this soleMa union will be
fore_yon. , Leto.
have also given orders to my Ministers to coinr",beg,t:
you the treaty concluded on the 4th, of 'JUIN., 18!).10", iweri,,!`;
niy,Govermnent and that, of the United states of
tTwhoisetoruanntsraieton pats an end' to the reciprocal', cial .
ce
" You will also be informed of the treaty by wiitiffrrat!:
Otho of Bavaria is called to the thrtine,of Greece. .14.',
toreqiiest of ,you the means of guaranteeing elliei.en.•;f a ue
aide's, an indispensable 'loan I'm; the" consolidation ,
state founded,by our care and our,assistaiice. . ~e
ire
" I request' hat our fiindaMental legislation in4Y art :`4,' ;
completed. The laWs" ztrinounced tbe 6gth
Charter, .will be.presented to you in-the.course-o-l-niinistef,'
You will 'save to deliberate on. the responsibility-M
on the o
on thedepartmental andfiriiinicipar adminiStiatiolist:aroffice,at
ganizatn,n of public instruction'; anit On the eodditiel,al_.( buri to
" Several,other laws less politiCal importance,
yinoteu.rest to the affairs of the eountry, will. be also Pr,e*leitt.c:A.
se tO 5- avn
I regret that I am not able at present to prop°, „rove,
~,it
reduction of the public 'charges.; . our day tiorgdg r
on ,
the 'circoniStant;es which'we are oraced, imp 111.0%i
heavy-sacra:SßA. the- genembposition of .gt, ruPs SeaSfin d.
to anticipate their conclusion. The future apPo.4%rtuagttliti,
favourable auspices; credit is-sostitiOed,aPua, W
and inditbitable'siqns attelit 'the. 'prOgress of 'the natioTiNjetie.-40;
- " A- few efforts more; ann the lirsaraces of the
senarah,e bow a gre:rt revolution witl-PP`-.4o;j'Aisi
stabilit.y let a 151 tti al; inirid.s.;;il tl;u7 e4l'
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