The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-07-12 00:00:00

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destruction its.rimenl
land then presented his.;
GE.NERAL
Lord HOLLAND .seei
his place wished to put
ject of the approaching
would not surely suspect
,formation on those points
regard to diseratiou or
public. He found in the
ing words :—" IVithin '
who have been engaged
' war, sliall send Plenipol
tate in a general'Cougross
.to complete the stipulati,
.Now he wished to know ,
were cousidered ns coming
If independent itates we-
who wercindependent
1 war hetneen England
I this General Congress.
1 number of Principall:ies
in Europe, but in a pal
;.of Genoa, because it had
1 arms, and because we
i arty calledOn to attend
Ile understood that afti
the town received from
' assurance that they wool
tient rights and privileges
i was issued Toursiablislii
cjeut order of things.
is like the aid Government
ed, and the reason assigned
la the.people to return
ponder which they had so
liberty. .'This countr:
Ligurian Republic, or .
the ancient States existing
.between England and.
1 Goverument of 'this.
this Treaty, then Genoa
i pendent sovereignty:Re
Genoa and- thentlsei Pr
1 cope, in ninintlar sitns
titled to send 'DePutitis
iibould•send suck Dept
led ? If the Noble Lor
in the aegatise,-then h,
by a motion on thesui
that the territory of ne
in the Congress, without
!country in the Cour
they would sanction
against Which thit coo
The Earl of LIVEI
; the Neble.Lord involvi
,i• delicacy, revelling wl
plover could at present
thi Noble Lord, how
Mates understood to 6e .
T its hav'bg.a right to send
. teal all those countries
penitence at the break

who were, de facto, el
with the Allies or -itl

to agree to the W I
lenfi Up I and 6paiw OfeW more prodecit*froeftliisie t was understOod the wl
;;Ljoiliwooottlisst:tlierwoirtd--clenstinvo.- —lf4lNortsaled+PPl"Rie, "ditesslay •
Stet export their produce, it wet* not lie "Wettli letiations, and pacificat:
their whilOttrtisMulate Africa and oettikOisiman'na= Period: But he did it(
lure to onct-ease their productions: We could- urge 1 bindictig 'On tiny powc
• fish po:icy with thE-better gracti •now had' !Pitt°, indePendent Pow
ettieded foal tbethien, hecaUse- vietcroki no teregar general' waifire with
expose ourselves id the imputation or suspicion 'of - Letd HOLLAND
haring our cernrrieriiii ititeresteer -maropoly iirview, to what:the fate of the
when's° emeneigoandeotemercial a .colonial' power
iltertehe he was awn
was to share it.witlibs. ford Holland praised. the merit cowld; only be of
tcnduct of rho' Gevernment kr Holland in very ;sitnedit: lite knew
strong terms—and:Aid he was highly gratified, and I Cassel,
not surprized at finding at the foot of that instrument Treaty ; but his questioi
.-
of mercy and justice, that 'monument of the true i entitled to send Deputi
wisdom and magnanimity of the Dutch Gnseriituent,l they tent them, sherd
the name of Mr. Falck, for it was expressive of If the Noble Lord col i
good qualities, and not the mere partiality of a questiosi-io this stage
friendship (of which, however, he was proud) which trusted.thet the fate et
induced-hire to to declare, that he knew no Man in any in therCangresal would not there- be decided
country more capable of judging- what -was right, on.

and none more inflexible determined to pursue it
than that Gentleman. He *as, indeed, well worthy
of being distinguished for his patriotism, zeal, and
talents, even in his country, fertile as it had been
from the cradle of its liberties—and, indeed, at all
times in great and splendkl cttaracters. He thought
that Holland would co-operate with us in urging all
the Powers inimical to the trade, to exclude the co-
lonial productions of those who continued to be
guilty of it. The interests of France were not so much
concerned in the continuance of the trade as had been•'
eopresented. She bad many demands for her capital,
and no difficulty in placing it if she had any. She I
might want capital, but she hardly required more trades ,
or speculations than she had wherein to embark it.
There never was a time—there never would be a time
when she could abolish the trade with less hardship
to individuals, with less inconvenience to her subjects I
or herself. He thought, after Spain and Portugal
owed, it they did, their very existence to Great Uri-
tails, Ke might, withoet any violation of their rights,;
assume a higher tone with them, and insist upon
their agreeing to respect the hatipinesi.otAfrien,
return to us for having secured theirs. Of Spaitsji,
indeed, if the heart-bteaking reports he had heard.
were true, tittle good, .in principle cendkct,
to he espected; far it was said, that the King_, of
that country was .employed in arresting ;and p,erie-
cotil.g those to whom he owed his kingdom and his
liberty—a conduct at ihich not Only die friends of
freedom, but the moral sedge of Mankind:west revolt
with horror and disgust.' Lord fioiland added;.that
even if the total abolition of the trade could net be
accomplished, some sacrifices of territorfor money
might recover Senegal ; it was a possession Of little
value to France. The abolition had been more
complete there than elsewhere, and had been produc-
tive of the best effects. A person` in authority had
written from thence to say, that the face of the coup•
try was gradually improving, but that if the colony
was ceded to a slave-trading power, not less than
20,000 victims would be hurria in the first year
from their homes. and conveyed in the holds of stare
ships to misery end-degradation. Yet formerly not
above a tenth of that number was exported from the
same coast annually—a proof of the improvement
which three or four years' suspension or the trade
had produced, and a proof, too, of the has ock and