Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-30


Ming loi England will not the less anxiously em-
ploy, IN every way that is yet open to him, those
:, conctaioty dispositions" for which his Most
christian hajcsiygi him credit, to bring about
state OF things less memacing the peEce oi Europe
ihhn that which is exhibited in the present position
OF those two Governments towards each other. The
brush C"hInet Che Secretary coniiuucs,) had not
20 learn how learlully the tranquility of all Europe
must he effected by the hostile collision of France
and Spain. Accordingly, in the Duke of yelling.
ton official Note, the " adjustment" of the suppose
ed " differences between the French and the Span
ish Governments was stated auxiliary TO +" the
preservation oi the peace OF the world" But the
br''s Cabinet certainly did not understand the ques
Mons brought forward at Verona, lay the Plenpotcn
laty OF his Most Christian Majesty with respect To
the actual situation and possible conduct of Spain,
To he questions in which the concern OF France was
~ little disngulslabe from that OF other Powers
as the Duke de Montmorency's Note represents it,
Inc three questions are heie qpoed by Mr.. C. who,
IN commenting, proceeds To show that the case stated
u purely hypothetical, aud that the question OF peace
%, war with Spain, was question peculiarly French.
we ind " necessary TO quote pretty largely from,
this letter, moi only to preserve the chain Of arsu-
nen, hut TO show the apprehensions Of the British
Cabinet, rs To the consequences involved in this un-
happy and Ill judged war.
" No objection stated by the Duke of Wei.
lington, on the part of the King his Master to the
precautionary measures of rance, within their own
frontier measures which the right OF self defence
plainly authorised. But IL appear ed To his MajesIy's
Plenipoieniary AT Verona he necessary aud lust
That, heiore he was called upon 10 promise eventually
| the support OF has Government To measures on The
! pht oil rance which were likely to lead to n war
with Span, opportunity should have heen allowed 10
his OoVerhmentto examine the grounds of those
measures ihai the cause OF offence given by Spain
| To France should have been specifically defined
Ii was therefore impossible for his Majesty s
pienipotentiary TO " concur" in the decisions OF
Verona.
- IL remains to advert TO that part of the French
Omch' Note, winch appears to insnuate u reproach
against ih's country IL she had abandoned al Vero-
ma, opinions which she had formerly declared with
respect To The afiaiis of SPAIN
" England it is snd partook in 1890 OF the an
quieude which Tie Revolution in Spain uccasone,l
To many great powers she loresaw cases in which
might be impossible to preserve with Spain the
| iaiioms of good intelligence aud peace"
! The wriIer must be permitted TO saw that thourh
questions were indeed propounded to England in the
year 1921, as TO possible future contingencies in the
affairs OF Spain so far from " forcseemg cases" and
deciding upon the conduct which would be apnlica-
h'e 10 them, IN the manner here described the Bril-
tSh Government positively declined to bind ITSELF nv
contingent opinion to any conditional course of
action.
| But there was no indisposilion or hes;,ot;on IN
avow the principles upon which the opinion of Eng
land would he formed, aud her course of action re-
sh'Hted III was moi only declared that the British
uovei nmen disclaimed any general right of nterCer-
ence in the internal concerns orin,lepenent nations
nut 1t was specifically stated that there wac pcrhaps
no country OF equal magnitude with Spain whose
internal disturbances would be so little likely in
menace other States with that direct and imminent
dagger, which could alone execution TO the
rHle, justify foreign interference
lhe application of these principles 10 the cases
brought forward 10y France Verona was ms direct
AS II was consistent with the former professions of
the British Cabinet That application was further
enforced 10y other considerations which, though they
had not perhaps been distinctly anIiripaed in uros
pecive anu Hypothetical argument, hore neverihe-
les with undeniable force upon the question 10 he
de cded nj Verona
Dangers not necessarily arising from the existence
ct the internal agraons OF Spain might nevp,ihe-
less he created by an uncaed for and inind;r,ons
'"terposon in them. The spirit Of revolution.
winch, shut mp within the Pyrenees might exhaust
se'i ~ struggles trying indeed 10 Spain, bul bp ~
less 10 her ncighboTs fcaed forth from whin those
precincts by The provocaton Of foreign aacls might
nd perhaps, M other countries fresh alimen Tor H.
'ury ana might renew throughout Europe the mis-
peace of 1915
No. Is. The Viscounr de Chatcauhriand TO Mr..
secretary Canning, in reply The foregoing H. is
long letter, and wOsld occmpv two columns of This
paper. As II is intended ms a Justification of the
measures pursued hy France, we will make few
| extracts.
" This line of conduct which good sense and
reason pointed ont, The Duke de Mnnmorency was
bound to follow NJ Verona The Soyereipns ue,e
OF opinion (in which the French government GOMEZ.
ded,) that there was imminent danger 10 society in
tnal military anarchy in Spain n which those Drin.
c'pes were put forth anew, which, during thirty
years, bad accustomed the misfortunes of Emrone -
From these geneE conferences particular questions
naturally arose and The which were original
-
Ject oi specific discussion
= The result frhcse frank communications was.
that rance found herself placed in position To acy
separately in "A cause which was as il were o,rro-
prlatcd 10 her, without howe yer separatno her Nil
cy i'om that of her Allies Thar according 10 the
impression which the conveyed, it might he
Sr without fear OF contradictions hht the umrstion
I respecting Spain was AT lCholly French and
ichoHy European"
g The undersigned, haiterng himself tina, he has
~ satisfactory answer TO The first objection of
n' britannia hlajestys principal Secretary of Stale
'"' "c'gn Affairs, proceeds TO the consideration of
another point.
" The Cabinet Of the Tnilleries have not forgotten
/ ma! the principal motive alleged 10y his Grace the
Duke OF Wellington ~ Verona for NOT exul,ininn
himself 0pon The cdShS federis, was the ignorance Of
Tvs government OF the transactions which had taken
pace between France aud Spain, from 1920 10 1920
That objection was removed M lie Cnngress as 4,
WI ne mere, ny the single observations that the
grievances OF which France might have 10 comnlain
90 tic Subject OF HE Spanish revoln,ion we've ,nlor-
nhatey oi pubic noinrety and This is what The nm
drrsgned 81" have occasion to develop in The course
OF this Note"
p" Tie wrier regrets that he cannot coincide in o.
pin'on w''h his Britannia Maesy's Principal Secre-
'y vi o,aie Tor 0regn Affairs, to the lutte dan.
gei 10 winch The Spanish Revolution exposes the n
her Powers OF Europe. The state Of modern civil.
Ihtion brings one nation into communication with a
"''fIS, nnweVer completely IL may he insulated hy
geographical position. France esDecially lie onIv
country whose frontier touches lhai of Spain suffers
considerable from the tronhles which agitate The
Kingdom oi Ferdinand. A Revolution which SCENE
TO have taken for lis model that Of winch the traces
are NOT yet eiaced, awake ems and agafes in The no
som oi rance host Of passions and rccoIIpciions
lnnnmer1he proofs exist that the Revolutionists Of
SPAN and Of France in close connection in nil
The military conspiracics tried by The French Til
bunHs, The name and the hope Of The Cores have
invariably appeared. Offenders escaoed from, inc
ice nave found an asylum il tho Peninsula where
ihey menace and insult with impuuty The Monareby
and he Throne Of The Bourbons. Lbels, written IN
French, and printed in Spain, are scattered abroad
among.l We army VI ohserya0n. Coz Ihe pmrpose nr