The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-07 00:00:00

itesoeustotr or Teti ,01torrir ox ttvaenir'sysxtwh:
31r. PEEL is • ea sneakers, vote.
whit:hit was sure diecoootitiatitioat spirit Of dirt Speech; 1
while the fang ria boob leased order; trod& out
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fail to command. test would be' Blether secured
he the ability of bit Elentiorable Prised; (IfeAllillde).`
Ire was the friltheut Cootileced of dill feline the toile of
tile' Han: aneLetweed Gentlemen (ifs : fikougban).
As that Gentleinitthed confined his obie4etibmi to the'
foreign policy of the coast'', he (Me. P.) wituld not go
lied any explatiethin on the points Mating to domestic
polio!. Fis world postpone those topics till a future
period, at which he toold enter Open them in a more
saridectory manner. The Speech of hie Majeeee woes°
wordeitthat ao matt-would staid pledge& to any detail;
he was therefore relieved front the neeessitesof going,
idto any explanation on the details.' Still; however,
die Ifonoitrable and ' leartird Gentlemen. 'had touched.
epee' selojecnt which cencerned the allies of His Mir
jetty's Government. NOW the principle upon Which our
formic policy bed haw regulated especially in 1793
stied thde,every state whiels it swiereige and
leilepentimd, should be the sole judge of its own ;ster-
nal policy and admissistration g should judge of what
reforms are necessity, and of the. iwerkieh these
reforms may be brought tebent.• gthoweber, as the
riehts of states were in this respect,like the rights onto
I idtviduale they Were like them also in ME other, that
they should make so retrelatiritr whibi should •
he hurtful to tither free states; that if they were so
hoetful, then the other 'Kites bad a right to inter-
fere. Hut still the greeedi of interference ehoold be
clear and distinct. attd the danger that would result from
them should he clear to alb Every state must alio judge
.f this for Itself.—There is notisiog in the eliding Con-.
ititutien of S)pabsaebleh this cotintef Wild gamed with.
and be thlr. Peel) did npt satin the 'ennds of complaiet
stated in .the Speech hf the King of ranee, Boys:retie of
interference with the Cenetitetion of Spain. On the line
of policy to be observed by this country, he would speak
with caution ; but be would at the same gate say that
the object of it waeolesieree possible, to preserve I
tear y...tease would betiimie for that purpose; j
efitheurnding that the '&6one:this Mid- Leaved. G:netle:
Man bed tOnsiderei Wile as ineeitabte, be (Mt. Peel) still
hoped that war :night be avoided. It Wee said that un-
less Ferdinand totted be made to impreielapon the people
Of Spain, a Constitutton dictated to him by the other
Sovereigns, war would ineeitahlyentue ; but the Speech
was ambiguous in itself, and toll tuheli. stress ought not
to be laid upon the. iteperfect tiandaditml Which-1M
appeeted, .Whateree c:onstioction. holier 4„io might bee.
paten th ft eipression I>Rthe Speech ofilteVnienfritianivj
he (Mr. p.y heged ctrl to he understood si latiog.doewl
any pitiheiple as to the eireurnstaitens which might wee.
rant interferenee on the part of a foreigo power. It
hell already been mated on the part of his Majesty's'
Ministers, that they were no parties to sot principles.
direct or indirect, Whiih might have been adopted
at Verona; with reitentter the right of litterfaresee With
Spain. Ha wee eurethe Ham would excuse him from
entetintinto Mir forfeit* observitioas ea dirs.-topic; not
May because his Right Hone Friend, who presided over
the Foreign Deparnnent, was ibient, :bit because,
while there wee a chance Of maintalniegpeacewhile an
Horning remitted for allayiakthe allfetescee *hick un-
fortunately subsisted between the toto ..iodetries.. he
should repent to the latest hour of his life--.--tlieuttering
of a-single word which might lessee, that chance. It
was the firm contrition of his owe mind that the polley
of Europe demanded that a general mice should be
maintained. After •the inffering and devastation pro-
duced by a war of thirty- years duration; it was of the
*rteMet importance that the nations of Europe should
hive an oppoteduity of directing their attention to their
'eternal concerns. If this were the interest of Europe
geeeralty, It was more especially the interest of this
r fittetry ; peel tf- it Wire iespassilde fee the rest of Bu-
rope to prime it pulley. lie was still sitlsßed Merit
biaa QM' biretta* to multitude a strict neutrality. Tido
country Might at the pretient juncture take a proud and
dignified position. Alive to our true interests, we were
to far from viewing the growing prosperity of other
countries with jealousy and alarm, that-we reeogniacti
the sounder and more liberal doctrine that their
interests were perfectly compatible with our own; .that
the benefits of increased consumption and demand
must be reciprocal ; and that we might freely mud-
ciotte with other nations the blessings which Preei-
dence has showered• dawn npoa ourselves. The most
di onified position which this country could take was that
of a Mediator, he would not say between contending,
but between angry powers. The greatest and most im-
portant duty we had to perforin was that of preventing
:soother war, the termination of which no human being
could foresee, and which every well wisher to the court-
tie must deprecate. He could not hut regret the Ho-
nourable and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Brougham) had
permitted himself, in the heat of argument, to use some
very strong, and he thought unwarrantable expressions
in respect to the personal character of the Allies of this
c'etintry. Admitting the right of the Hon. and Learned
Centleman to protest against any principles which our
Allies had proclaimed, he could not but think that in his
cooler moments lie would repent of the expressions which
ht.kad applied to their personal character and conduct.
Filien the Hon. and Lsorned Gentleman agein attacked
the character of our Allies, and spoke of the great and
resplendent character who seemed to be so much the
object of his .
admiration ;'let him" remember also the
chinmen exertions which we bad 'made with those Allies
iteainit the atrocious viotence of that individual. Was
..it possible, when the Honourable and Learned Gentle
omen- was adverting to and Spanish transactions,
and to the interference of Foreign Powers, that lie could
fhrget the atrocious dupliiity with which that great and
resplendent character-had acted with regard to Simi'.:
Canid he forget.that thefts was not a single crime, which
he had attempted to Unfits upon the character of our
•Allies, with width this Aieut• and resplendent character
Wri"elit'lnedeliberireellle? Broken premises ! M r-
dltrell• Prtnetil'fitoitwojtut aggressions—above all,
'lloftt ferions enmity' Sirelnst this country, the cause of
'bie,doirtifall, which Was effected by the efforts of this
coon trY. fri co opeleitlen with those Allies. It was not
bis intention to follow the Honourable and' Learned
Gentleman in all tiii-obiervations, nor Indeed teas it ne-
cossary toelo so, as there was no part of the Speech or
• the Address in which the liononourable and Learned
. te-ntlemen haul not arquieeced. There was one °hair-
- 'veitionotiotrever, to which he wished shortly to culvert.
'The Honouroble and Learned lientleutan had argued
as if the whole deliberations of the Congress of Verona
trete confined to the affairs of Spain. There were
many other subjects, howeeer, to which their attention
was iiirecte I ; •the ahcirs of Italy. the Slave Trade, and
the relations hetweenTurkey and Itiissia haul occupied
their attentiun. Toe conduct of Russia hid been inAisr
onitely arraigned for he could truly aArtil, that in all
the trails-tenons which related to Turkey; the conduct,of
. the* Power had been marked by the greatest forbearance,
Viet a' desire to ay. id all topics which uh,:lit tend to in-
erease ulisseation. With regard to the con luct of • Au-
• • s
. lira, her avowed object in taking possession of the•ltehan
. sestes. wee out that of territorial aglraodiseinent;but to
prevent the tlartier with which her own dominions were
threatened. II 14ilier the occupation of. Niples by the
Austrian troops were or were not jastifiable in his
hqr. feirl'4• opanion it:clearly was justifiable.—(blear.
ear.) The comimo of this country, as regarded Naples
led Spain. Was perfectly condition; the sauce principles
ball mg-dated our policy io both cases. lie had left to
Misters her ritettt of determining the•propriety. of inter-
lerence. d uncreationieb ly this tight .con ,net be
dolled toper.' Austria L.l exercised that rigikt,sed