The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-13 00:00:00

'rlIE STATESMAN.

WAR OR PEACE!

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Chaumont, and particularly those of it
-.... shall be in force as soon as the obj,
LETTER V. view sha:l be obtained
" Time is the Ally of trammilloy."—En. Ray. Feb. 185. , '
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't 0 these s prenst an XPLANATioI
TO THE EDITOR OF TIP? STATESMAN. and on the behalf of hls BRITANNIC
SIR,—AiMOSt the only wound of hope that I can these terms :
form that we shall nut be at war is, that as yet I be- " The undersigned, on the exchange of theilatl
of the V. 5111 of Marto lost, on the part
lieve we are not at war. The public attention has TrearY
hereby commanded to declare, that the eight
been called oft. frcm th is q uest ion of highest moment to - said Treaty, wherein hi: ftlost Christian Majt
a considerable question I own, whether Xinistry accede, under certain stiptilationc,is lobe undt
the Contracting Parties, upon principles of an
could have prevented Illt.n.:r, whom I suppose to
comm ellart against the potter dr Napolen
be King of Napl a
es, but who is, as hat is more ma- pur,t;ance of the third nitiele of the said Treat,
aerial, Jo %NUM NAPOLEON, an able General, and be understood as hindin.s, his Britannic Majest,
a most intrepid soldier, from becoming hostile to the war, n ith a ties, of imposing upon France at
Allies and rejoining interests WITh FRANCE AND 130- ve‘r‘nm However snikitous the Prince Regent ma:
NAPARTC. Were not the diMculties we have to en- Alog Christian Nlajr,ty restored to the Timor
anxious he is to contribute, in conjunction wi
counter so great, if we go to war with France, it
so auspicious an. event, he nevertheless deems
must be acknowledged this would be a heavy addition
upon to make tin, declaration, on ti.' exchange
to them—hut be that as it may, in all probability it flots, as well inconsideration of what is due
is now at least not longer a matter of arrangement— Ilan Majesty's interests in • France. as in cot
upon which the British Government
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and it is material to keep our eye fiat upon the point. Principles
regoluted ts conduct."
If we go to war, what is the object of the war ? By
I must be very concise, but them
this we shall best judge how far it is probably at- innocs :
tainahle; what resistance we have to combat, or There cannnt he, in terms, a more
what means we shall find for the attainment of the ration of an ettglgement to enrol aci
proposed end ; and which is in reality the first point, of Ate four other great Military Powes,
though in practice generally the last, how far the ob- an 6 t". 511 in aid nil that can he "10(14
the rest against the power and the parse
ject is desirable, just, and necessary. is replaced at the head of the French
I had stated my idea of what the object is. I had The war for this Impose not to corns
hinted my conviction what the vastness of the diffi- common consent (which implies, at lea,
eulties we should impose on ourselves—the extreme ties ont of four), nor until the object
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improbability of success—the certainty of the hea-
twined; which implies, I know not
viest loss of every kind—and the mischief, even of ' what end of warfare.
1 Ihe Ist Article calls those who sup
success, supposing it to he obtained. : Bead of the French Goverment, or sl
I had stated this object to he the interfering with a Faction ; yet 600"0 men in the
the internal Government of France, by 'Tutoring vairy and artillery in proportion, art
by force the actual head of it; and by necessary . commencement against it; the necessat
consequence, destroy ing the internal independence declared as they must be, not to adm,
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of that cuuntr* And it professes fur its object the Ins
, and annihilating her weight in the •
A ations.
scale of F.;.1 op.' :—tint counteyoising, but throwing
Now, to change, by force, the acts
her out of the balance. Government of a great nation, and Is;
The substattre of the Treaty has been officially imports the vastness of that force with
puuli•hed. 1.,t us see then what is not always to be contend, is a strange way of maintai
seen in Treaties, Kho $4..r in the Treaty and the official
lmndence. It also professes to be at
, (planation by oar ;::overnment of a part of one of signs and projects of BONAPARTF..
Now, the circular which headdresses
its articles; I the object appears. to the other Sovereigns of Europe, Pa,
I shill state it in that arrangement of the articles April, I/415. announces the design of
I which appears to me best and most concisely to illus. dpendence of France, and the most ri
trate heir irrocrt. There is throughout a revolt'. the independence of other nations,
130:e IP:AR.TE separately, and his Cot
tionary dwelling et: the power of Bonaparte, of
have distinctly and officially de tat
whom it • as then only known that he was advert-
termination to observe the Treaty
30 ring its France wk s at; acceAon of force, where he
, 11;14.11;14. This applies directly to