Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-05-13


TO- WITHOUT any conditions annexed 60 their |
lesV rat'on. He would say that this coun-
Wy CNNld not De party tn such in,bccility
~ ne EQUATION tteGr hear. from the onposi-
.un' ana rc-eehoet from he other sideY-
We 'OJect mao been To re create those two
mona chies which tor al practical purposes
rae oeeu destroyed b. series az wars
ne meant Austria and Pro ssia I they wished
10 see AN augmen teC, barrier again at
rance Switzerland re established. aud
Germany so confederated Z. to be a bo;
~ark against the west ard the east. He
most protest agant tie use the Hon, Gent.
lSade OF an expression in letter of the
french minister. about - throwing so many
hnn'sn SOUS into the scale" If annexation
"gfe Jusuhabie, population was as lust a
criterion IF the power of TERRITORY as ITS
wealth or it's trade The Hon member had
assumed that y solemn pledge was given
70 '-enoa Shatit was Confirmed by the Bril-
tish Governnient. and afterwards broken
1iS "lshed to disentangle the question of
SeRod from that of Italy, which had like
WISE heen mentioned and first he would
speak OF Italy generally Long ago there
vas considerable feeling that I;aly was
anXions to throw OF the French yoke and a
disposition was immediately shewn on the
part otthis country 10 give succour to this
inclination But the expectations of It's ris-
WS we're never reaiized. The disaGection
was great. bus nothing of action was TO be
hoped Tor The people no where expressed
50 httie disgust against the armies Of tie
France We had not there, satisfied our
assurances 60 Italy she had taisea no mea
sure Corresponding to our wish to serve
nsr' lhe people If Italy were thcrefo,e
SOLELY indebted 70 &c allies Tor their deli
ferance--When therefore after this, il was
seen that The whoe fate of the war depend
den stirring Austria rom its slurlber, il
: wa telt that every thing consistent with se
ear morals ought 10 be done to set in mo-
non that great hinge of European policy.
England felt that she could not adopt any
separate policy with respect TO Genoa She
hau TO act, not as the ally of Italy who
would take no steps towards her own inde~
pendence, but OF Austria, who, wi,hSother
powers, was then employed about the deli-
verancc OF Europe, The principle, there,
Iore' oil that treaty, and it was net secret,
was this-that the Italian independence was
Inconsistent with the effective power of Aus>
tria.
There was no man that did not know
mat the northern parts of Italy would not
IAN TO me government of any Italian AS
TO the supposed pledge given by this coun.
try IN consequence Of the proclamation of
LORD w. Bentinck, he could acknowledge
70 such pledge. He had read that procla,
NATION with great attention. He was, at
thae time, at the Head Quarters of the Ali,
ca towers IN France, and communication
was made TO him on the part of Marshal
Murat, then OF The throne of Naples. c9m-
planning of this proclamation He answered
Tue Duke de Campo Caro-, who came on
.he part OF Marshal Murat, that our forces
~ ia'y were to act in strict alliance with
tus austrian Government, whatever inten-
l'o"s our government might have enter
'ai'eo at former period, and under circnm-
stances entirely different. He then read
me proclamation, and told that person
'''at IN his opinion the proclamation would
uot lslrly bear that construction. When in
'he CONCLUSION OF the proclamation, he
spoA7 OF their returning to the good old
a"5s OF Italy, was that any thing like what
me don gentleman would understand by
ltalian independence at what period were
we 10 Ink those good % 4 times of Ita.y? He
cie not receive Lord w Bentiuck'a procla.
M on ~ abou- the end # March lie
VT e 70 him, however. imme diately uoon
celNlAg the communication lie heu stated.
ahd informed his Lordship, " that there
Were lew words ~ MS proclamation, upon
winch a constructed had been put. which, he
wa quite sure was different from what his
bordshP intended" He trusted that he in
some degres relieved this question Of Genoa
from the charge of bad faith bro, agains, his
MaeSty's Government. / mus, however,.
DE OBVIOUS TO the House that no General
could without special authority from MS Go
VeTnWe nt, be empowered 10 do more than
estaoiish provisional government in a con
quered Country, he'd by a military occupa
uon' lst' he had no authority to settle def
Ditiyeiy he fate Cf Genoa, and nobody should
suppose he had such an authority 2diy, he
was expressly prohibited from c,untenancS
lng the idea of what was now called Italian
Independence 3diy, he never did 60: 4.bIv
ne never could have done so 5thlv. the
Genoese pienipotentiary expressly admitted
mat ne could have no authority to that pur
pose. The hon. Gentle nan had asked he,
particularly, was there any arrangement
agreed to respecting Hollandi He should
answer, that there was, and that he would
presently explain the nature OF Il. He had
Deen reproached last season for not cont,nn. |
ing the war until all the objects Of this Coz.
rY nad been obtained; he was now ready
to admit, that he would have been guilty If
: criminal dereliction of his duty. ii ne had
consented to part with the securities IF
peace which were in our hands, unless there
aad been complete understanding on those
points lie was happy, however to state 10 |
the Hon gentleman and to the house. that
the FRENCH government had not departed in
the slightest degree from that understanding
toVd cries ofheGr, hear lie hoped that
TINS ciFcums ance would impress upon the
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