Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-05

man whorepresents foreign sovereign ut the cour,
al rance he had b CT dsput, 10 one Oh her AS
semoties hs active and ostcneible Interference in
All her concerns; his repued ,srnts, whieh had
ocen on the po", OF Introducing him into the csbi-
net OF the king the opinions Of his sovereign no;o-
riousiJ Indifferent to the cause oil the Rou bo,s
al conspTed with the asserted suthyntei,y In give
crtsil IN tie minds 81 most pc rsoos Who oi cOure
ecased TO believe it when ts o.igioslity was denied
by NJ Pozzo iii Borgo himself The name of that
Ambassador had been used in assigning the fab,iea.
ton ot this paper to different persons. Sir Robert
Wilson had thought il right to deny il publicly and
as the same accusation had been applied to me. I
obtained irom n. Pozzo di Borgo, an assurance.
fatis hshad nevsf 0ttT5uteGis Publication TO me-
ON the evening before received the or,er from the
project OF police feel confident, therefore, that
ne did nU exert his powerful iniiue ce for the re.
mov.i Ct subject Of the King of England (whose
pensioner ne has long been) To revenge an offence
oil winch he ki.osoc me to be innocent.
cannot conceal from your lordship, that the
personal irrist.on OF the Princes was urged to me
as an apology Tor the undigni6ed proceeding of the
government. Thspi eience, while on the one hand
1t shall not indrce me 10 make their nduct the
subject OF discussion at present. SO on the other will
be disregadei by British Minister, WHO, il ever
he yields to any Influence but that OF his conscience
disdains, at least, TO make the passions Of his soye
reign and his tmily the excuse for his own nssoy-
srnment.
have offered to your lordship an erblinatioa,.
but the cant and cry OF the resent day is, that in
iordship and the project of the French police may
be otopinon,) stand in need OF defence
we are accused OF in eriering in the internal con-
Germs ct France. This is not the irst time the
same accusation has come from the quarter.
And, among the signs Of the times, it is not the
least remarkable, that precisely similar language
proceeded from tile Treasury Bench, lust before
the rupture ct the peace ofAmiens. Il was midi
slat"l ufe5erence, the fcense ofobiniOn, the G5els
ofthe Press, which were the real causes of com.
plant; while the bad faith of the government the
UNJUST imprisonment OF our countrymen, the inter
r'istioa to their commerce and correspanlence
aud, above all, the jealous fear OF theriree opinions
Hh;e ensued.
30 SAID the wise men OF that day and now. the
dslavour with which the British nation is vie wed in
France is attributed to the misconduct of individuals.
and not to the policy Of its government. Your lord
ship IS in error; the country is deceived 1t is no.
toriousiy false, that iniividnal Englishmen are i'll
received by that sociabc and hosp,ablc people. by
whom our happy constitution is envet and thu tree
dom OF our opinions held in admiration.
Our 'sfGfc i'oacy is detested both by the people
and by the government. Tie government
hs'es you, because, although you were the ustr,I-
,ne.'s OF ITS restoration, yet the peace Won compel
led to sign, and the humIiatug sacrifice YOU wres
.ea from the King, Of those trophies, which he in
vaia demanded of his faithful Allies to prottiatc thr
love OF his subjects, had so lowered him in their
eyes, that TO your perfdy he attributes the little
consideration, which he enjoys in his King
dom.
Secondly, because, although the victory of Wa.
teroo, and the restoration o.the King by British an,
setjerSace alone, ought to have secured onr pa-a
mount influence in the cabinet of that sovereign vet
very fsw weeks we're sufficient to destroy # and
the Willy agents OF the Russian court have obtained
vac manifest direction OF the councils of France, and
nave employed them to thwart the views, to dscre-
st the arms, and to raise national cry against the
people of England
The peope hate y0u, because you forced gov
ernment upon them, net oftlei' choicc, and be-
cause, instead Of being mctIiators between them
aud the wrath Of the sovereign you restored, YOU
we're the willing spectators Of his vengeance, ia all
cases where doubtful! contract seemed 10 iustify
and even to call for your interference.
1hey, too, haze been taught TO look to the ernDe-
Tor Oh RUSSIA Tor ASST tance. IL is longer tn En-
gland but to the Autocrat of the North, that they
VIII look Tor protection, perhaps for government
III any new storms thst may threaten them
but tins charge ofinterJcrence must be farther
examined In the first piace, believe the aecuss-
non against our countrynen is grossly exaggerated
Dut, u Vt were true, your ordship is aware that ta.
new penal code islicts summary punishment on
the public expression Of free opinions. and think
we have toierable proof, that Interference on the
part OF his own governme Mt will save an Enrlish-
man, 81 offending, from arrest, or shorten his i'm
prisoament for a lay
Believe me, my lord, that pretexts of this sort
serve but to mask other designs aud the obloouy
cast upon individual Engllishncn is the result Of
power o;the nation ITSELF The same manouvre
was Iractised and the same cry was partially rails
ed, when the pictures, were taken from the Lou.
sre, and when Russia Gebrecased and ENGLAND
erecu!ed that just but huEniliatn descsion 0f the
Allies.
Ose word more on this subject of i1,terfrence
The SIvcrcigns at Congress, and England in par
ticuiar, declared they 1Uoud nor interfere to force
government on the people of France, and vet i'm
partial men will allow, that the appearance. OF the
french urt in the centre Of the British army takes
so'net'ang jrsm tie disfinctless oftie broofof his
H4Jes>' being replaced on is throne by the will
OF D subjects. On the other hand the letter to the
Duke OF Rlcheicu, which accompanied the treaty of
FarSf and think, the preamble re the treaty it.
sell, gees tar to guarantee the charter to the peope
Oh France. presume. ySu did int jere
when your posifiUe declarations inferdScfed vou
Jr0HSo doi7i9, you will compensate for that Off
ciousness in favour ofthe King by renouncing the
condition OF the bond, which allows your interfer-
spne secret treaty which thus explains the duty of
Princes and limits the exeTtioa of their Minis
t,rs.
earnestly dsprecate all Interference but I
cannot hear, without Indignation, the base attempt
20 libel my absent country men, by altrbntine to
Their conduct that loss OF conside ration in France
which the country owes to the unstatesmanlike no
icy OF its Ministers. As good Englishman, feel
ashamed, that such miserable excuses should be re-
sorted to- to paiate the of its councils and the
decl ne OF its ascendancy in Europe but am not
th less convinced, that this Temporary superiority
OF auss'an tnfHence, 1yheH once furry resisted 6y
eng ara, will finally yield to the yigour Of her
councils, the glory Of her arms. and the freedom Of
her press and, above all, 10 her continued inter.
ference IN the cause Of civil and religious f5er-
ty.