The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-26 00:00:00

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i!itions on which ee acceded to the Treaty were
violated, and yet we heard it said by that saute
Napoleon, I will keep that Treaty nod preset se
I„..sce with you ;' that is, he would keep the Treaty,
the very fist article of which stipulated his abdiss.
tion." Mr. Grattan then took a view of the just;ce
and policy of the war, and contended that all the
great war alliances which had bent mad: in Eu-
rope welit on the principle of preventing the bad
etrests of the inordinate ambition of some Sore-
reigns, or the violation of treaties by others. Ile
contended that we should go to tear or keep up nu
pelCri for it would he tnost nhstird to suppose
that liiiiister could think of disbanding his
fences at the present ctisis ; armed peeve then
e, wild be as espensive as a war, without. having any
of the good effects which the tOeselit star is likely to.
product. For it would ba utterly impossible ever to
gain any thing from Napolerin but by absolute force,
that alone would have the (elect of overpowering the
tyranny of a man who, with the inclination, had the
ability to disturb the repose of Europe. War would
have the erect of repressing the tyranny of a man
*be, by his false promises, wished to enslave a fine
nation ; this man, who gave an apparent liberty to
the Press whilst he threatened denth to those who
•iitould write any thing against his system of Go-
vertsteteit. A great deal had been said about his
liherallte and justice in having abelished the Slave
ti radon, hot care should be taken that whilst he gave
freedom to the Africans he did not enslave the Euro-
rea.i..—[ keftrq—As to the character of Na•
114;ealfl. he- wirlitt-tik If My a few words, he did
not wish.. to 'arty any thing coarse of him, but he
was one' in' whom very little confidence could be
placed, for he wns•known not to keep scrupulously
any treaty which was made with him. A man,
as he Wks, et/tined with the blood of millions should
be looked on with dread and horror; but it very often
bpi-Peed that vice in moderation was despised,whilst
gigantic cruelty and appreesitei ennqttered our un-
derstatitlingi, and by unnatural lustre hid its real
deforioily:--,[llerrr,lseuri]—Nipoleon was a man
who had something nfilteatrical pomp, and certainly
was a vest nrfer in tho-:iragettly of European ty-
ranny ; he was, formed, acquiring the Government
of a countryy bet ent-for keeping it ; his principles
were violetit,• his teilelerie .great, but misguided.- and
led away by the motit.• ungovernable ambition. The
conduct of Mr. Fox had been alluded to, as a States-
man who did not wish to - go to war with France.—
No &lAA Mr; Fox was an able Statesman, one who,
from his great knowledge •of history, was almost a
political 'prophet ; but the clrawastances of France
in Mr. Fox's time were quite different from whit they
were stew. At that time Napoleon. had beim recog-
nised by the people as their puler ; at present, he was
a Usurper, seeking absolute dominion ever them
agnistat their consent ; and, in violation of the most so.
tem it Treaty, seeking to establish a worse than eastern
despotism, which threatened the repose of Europe,
a despotism setting at defiance every moral and reli-
'eines tie which may be supposed capable of binding
man. Under such circumstances as the present, Mr.
Fox would nut think of making peace, tier should
the present Government he more inclined to it.
England, who had been the frrst to oppose that
thirst for pniversal sway which governed the ace'
lions of Bonnparte, end -deluged Europe with
bleeds—Englund, who mere than once had capttired
the Imperial eagles, and snatched invincibility froM
the Imperial standard, should not he the first in the
,retreat from that came which she had successfully
espoused heretofore.--[Loud applause for several
.minutes."—No, stie should continue in her glorious
.career ; and, by a timely exertion, finish the work
she hind so Itravely begun. The Hue. Member con-
cluded by oommetiting ois what.had been said as to
the subsidies which this country should pay towards
the war; he said, thought he knew that its resources
were not inexlinustible, yet the sum required was
not so much to be looked to, as the object which it
was likely to procure---a speedy and permanent
peace.--Uleor, hear;]-1f England acted that part
which her situation required, she would be every
thing, if not, she would be nothing in the scale of
nations. . ,

Sir F. BURDETT admired the eloquence and in
genuity of the Right Hon. 'Gentleman in his address
to thopascions of the !louse; but thought his eiagger-
aliens equal. 16 those imputed to the French. He
had not convinced him of the justice or the expe-
diency of this war. The question was respecting the
re-imposing upon France of a family proscribed, and
twice expelled. He held it the same thing to say,
you shall not have one governor, or you shall have
another. The terms wore convertible. The object
was to say who should sit upon the throne of France.
Bonaparte appeared to be as far as possible, snore
than any. know is king, elected by a very great majo-
rity of the French people. It was said that this was
by the military only. but when he looked at the do-
cuments, he did not find it so. The Duke of An-
jzmileme's Proclamation said that his troops were
faithful, but that they met with an opposing popula-
-1;111. There seemed less proof of King William's
election, than there mai of that of Bonaparte. What
was our indignation at the Bourbons, for supporting
the claims of the family whom we exiled, and with
which we followed up its supporters even to death ;
though upon the present doctrine they must have been
only loyal subjects? Though he saw in these
.ircumstances much to be lamented, yet we could not
Lt a them from ourselves, and Still we called it a glo-
rious Revolution. So would the French say, against
the attacks of this or othiar Governments. We even
fwiied our feelings to an unjustifiable extent, and put
a upon the head of the Pretender. The Decla-
scion of Vienna wacas plain as possible on this point.
It designated the French as rebels for adhering to
the Emperor, and laid him open to the dagger of the
""ssiu. 'that measure would poison all our after
Proceedings, for the Treaty of Vienna did not dis-
3vobs it. There had been only a casual disavowal in
that House. The detestable principle of the assossi•
us ion of Bonaparte was held oat. The Allies them-
Ives had .hewn but very little faith. They had in
-c ears repeatedly broken their treaties with Bella-
t'itP and with us, though they had sometimes been
Li in alliance with us, and at others all in alliance
"ill' him. Russia had opposed us in an armed neu-
trali.y, against what we called our maritime J,Witi;
Prussia hag 'seised on those hereditary dominions of
the king of Eiligland, will& wit had Converted into.
kingdom. As to views of liberty from Bonaparte)