Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-13


sanctoning lis fatal consequences.
Since that period, ard from the date of
the opening of tie conferences mt Troppau
and Laybach, our successive communications
must have demonstrated To oil the ministers
a@I agents oi the emperor at foreign courts,
not Ouy that the principles of his imperial
majesty wouid not yary, bat further. that our
august master wOuld i'e always rcad,. Ia con-
car, by al the means an his puwcr, in the sue
cess of measures which he had agreed upon
with his allies, for the general interest ard the
rcpose ofEurope.
by our circular OF the eth OF last FehrYi-
AIRY THE iIth OF March we Informed YOU that
IN consequence OF thc determinations entered
INTO upoa this point by his imperial majesty,
ne had decided to prolong his STAY near his
imperial and royal apostolic majesty, notwitn-
standing the close of the congress Mt I.aybach
Oar dispatches of the 9TH T2Cthl March,
Tery soon showed 20 you that the foresight of
me einperor had been too completely justi-
lied, aud that, faithful 10 his promises, Russia
at the request OF Austria and the legitimate
sov,reign of the kingdom OF Sardinia. had
marched an ARMY Of 1O0, 900 men, in order to
avert the calamitouS aUd'too probahlc effects
oil the military revolt which had lust broken
otIt in Piedmont
a." Ausp!;iouS events have succeeded those
which the artlicers OF troubles and of discord
provoked. Every thing authorizes us TO hope
mat order Will be eilcctuaily rc-established in
inc states oEhls Sandman maesty. The roy
81 government there has ayailcd itself Of the
proximity ut the LombarCio-V Venetian king
dom and il is the temporary assistance of a
corps Of occupation, composed of Austrian
troops, which it has required TO restore TO
elcdnldnt the enjoyment OF IN Internal, Sc
oare and solid peace.
" AL oar wishes seek this great and salIt,-
ry result, but as the measure OF safety which
l. requires, and which the Sandman govern
H,cat Itself has solicited. is about TO become
tlc object of a direct arrangement between
Sardtlh and Austria, under the guarantee of
1la allied courts and as the presence of our
troops would b. hencctcrth useless, the order
"a rctfograde has already been dispatched TO
Ihern. On the other hand the mere tlc re-
solution 10 make them operative was cncr-
Scuc, TIE more salutary and useful has been
lhc impression produced solely by the intel
uSrncr tIat they were in movement, and the
NOR" essential is it in the eyes %; the e,npc-
roo That all the cabinets Of Europe should
SNOW and appreciate the serious cons.dera-
TONS which induced his imperial majesty to
irvc recourse to arms, and the noble and pure
la1ntI, rs which would always have directed
the employment OF them.
1It experience 81 Ill ages and countries
warns nations Of the caiamites which form
t1r inevitable train Of crime and rebellion
i'Ht last yccr these great and eternal lessons
were condemned. Catastrophes succeeded
cach other wth All appaiIS rapidly. Ma
les drmonstrabiy cvinced The dangers of per
lHcionS example. Become, herself the thea
lie ol revolution, aud the centre of the activi-
~ OF sects, this state mcnaced It,iy with .
general cln'iaGraiion; and Austria, seeing a
portion OF her province exposed to imminent
peril, claimed, il: the first place. the moral
support of her allies. The sincere friend OF
hIs imperial, royal and apostolic majesty, and
convinced, like that august monarch, Of the
eN!s which would once more inunlatc the
world, # the disregard ofall duties should OBJ
tam the apology of lasting triumph, the en-
peror espoascd, with sincerity, 4 cause which
MS conscience told him was that of Europe
O. laws, and Of treaties. He did more. SIS
an intimate UNION has been established, by so
b.llA acts, between the European powers, the
emperor offered 10 his allies the aid OF his
arms, IN case new commotons should excite
the dread OF new dangers.
" We have already seen how the anticipa-
ions o! his imperial majesty have been yerif-
cd. Sectarians acting in the darkness, whicl,
they so mich needed to veil their guilty pro
lccts, excited in Piedmont an insurrection,
which might, by its consequences, retared the
progress of good in the Two Siciiies, and, by
compromising the army which was then adj
Ndncin5 upon Naples encourage revolt through h.
out the whole Peninsula. Already alarming
symptoms justified disquie:uJe for other coun-
tries; and from that moment the Russian
troops were bound To march. They, in fact,
d'd march, not to extend the power of Russia
or To make the slightest Infringement upon the
bounds OF territorial possession, guaranteed "a
all TIE governments of Europe, by the treaties
concluded since 1914 but to succolIr the allies
OF the emperor: and this as we have said above
at the express solicitations of his imperial roy
al ana apostolic ma icsty, and of his royal high
ness the Duke de Genovis. Jhev marched.
not 20 overthrow iHstitutions which have en-
anatcd from legitimate authority but to pre-
vent Instruction from u5urpins power which
would I've universal sCOurge Finally, thpv
marched not to obstruct the dcrclopcment OF
pdbllc prosperity, IN any state whatever, but
30 further the re-e5tdblisllnent of order in
countries where the workings of evil men had
ultimately rendered the assistance of a for
ciFn force Indispensable.
:" Such has been, such will always he, the
sole intention ofthe emperor should ne ever find
himself again under the necessity of putting
his armies in motion. No burden would have
resulted from their march, or from their tenn
porary presence. They would have traverscd
pcaccabIy the immense space which separated
them rom Italy: and rs soon as the object
was attained, for which two monarchs solicit
Cd their aid, the emperor would have issued
his orders for them to return to their country.
q We are justified, therefore, in repeating
and affirming that never did the love of war.
never the ambitious thought OF exercising an
exclusive influence in the councils of other
Donarchs, or upon the dcstincs of people con
Gded by providence 10 their care, direct the
policy Of his imperial majesty
" !iTetragabic facts now attest the sincerity