The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON'S POLICY IN SWITZER-

The Paris papers of Saturday are filled with a speech of
e celebrated Count de Montalembert, delivered in the
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tiers, during the debate on an address to the
Throne, in answer to the Royal speech After alluding
to the disturbances in Switzerland, the Count went on as
follows :
_" But since I have thus .denounced to you the crimes

)een committed in Switzerind, whom, do
you imagine, T consider as the principal offender? The
Foreign Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty !
(Sensation, agitation.) When noble peers stand up in thiS
tribune and speak what they think of the Emperor of
.Austria, and of Prince de Metternich, [may surely declare
my opinion of Lord Palmerston. It is he who, in my
eyes, is the executioner of the independence of Switzer-
land; it'is he who, at the moment of makinff a manifeAtn-

Lich have

non in, favour
,ot the good right, insisted on a previous
understanding among the Cabinets, and so produced pro-
crastinations, during which lie pressed on hostilities in
Switzerland. And at a later period, when the work of
iniquity-Ix-as accomplished, it is he -who declared in the
House of Commons that he had nothing to say to the ex-
cesses which were being committed ' • it is he, in fact, who
enveloped by his patronage those who put down indepen-
dence and justice in Switzerland. I have always been a par-
tizan of the. English alliance: I have defended it, under
many circumstances, against the attacks of its adversaries ;
moreover, I am a passionate admirer of that great English
nation who first. presented to Europe the model constitu-
tional government; but these sentiments cannot stifle the
expression of my opinions and my judgment on the. pre-
sent line of policy pursued—a policy everywhere the same.
Where is the great man who at this moment represents
England in Switzerland going when he.quits Berne ?. To
Constantinople—and why To. nromm— -
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,recce, on that young monarchy which is the enfant cldit
of Europe, and one of the glorious works of the present
day. There can be doubt that the Minister who sends
him there haS caused the death from, grief of one great
Minister, M. Coletti, whose praise is in every mouth.
(Marks of adhesion.) There are no Jesuits in Greece.
(Laughter.) No, but there is French influence, and he
cannot suffer
.that,-and if he has opposed justice in Swit-
zerland, it is because the cause of justice is the cause of
of France. (Hear, hear.) We have-also had in our his-
tory many gloomy days, but never such sad pages.
We have had our ;.days of despotism, but it was
a glorious despotism. Anarchy has also been, at
other, periods, carried iu Europe. at .the point of our
bayonets ; but then at least we prpseyved at home peace,
order, security, and justice. (Hear,
.hear.) It is, not
with impunity that England will have followed her po-
licy. The encouragements given. Anarchy in Greece,
in Switzerland, will not remain unpunished ; the flames
of that conflagration will cross the Channel, and will
show England that propriety, justice, and liberty are not
the privilege of one nation alone."

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