The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-02-27

hume, rcpel, ~ minister, The insults put upon The
French name n the English parliament The
glorious victories oftbe Daoplnn, answered IN a
| n bier and a louder strain, Ifm1 by VAN words,
the reclamation Of our adsersarics.
Every thing Al present Is completely altered.
In 1893, had on 10 contend WITH the English
opposition IN 1896, | have 10 contend with the
prime Minister OF his Britannia ~ jasty, who
onlsitips IN his career the members OF that OPP
position. My task IS painful; that minister was
ms bonoIed friend ! admire his talents ! ,re-
spect MS person, but he vii pardon me, If | en-
deayor to do that ior my country, which he has
already done too ably for his.
II Is necessary, my Lords, that | should in
the outset express myselfprccisely respecting the
grounds OF the present transactions in POrtu-
gal.
will never recognise in any soldiery the
right Of making and unmabing political lnstitu-
tons, OF p~roclaiming and dethroning kings.
Perhaps | like the Portuguese charter better
than the English ministers themselves do, who
speak oft in terms of derision. and who have
deemed 1t right 10 recall Sir {. Stuart from his
embassy, because he conveyed that charter To
Lisbon. ! think thai the independence OF one
union supports the independence Of another. |
believe that a generous constitution cannotbe o.
verthrown Ia any part ofihe globe wAhout an
lJbi DiiilE nv WI Ut " iiitiltti ldita
Having made this exploitation Of NY princi.
pies, | enter iearlessly upon the examination of
the documents which have come to US from the
other side OF the channel.
4" The minister Of his Britannia majesty has
commenced hls speech by AN examination of
the treaties which unite England with Portugal.
lie might have quoted more of them than he
has done. lie might have spoken of the ALI
ance between the house ri Lancaster, and the
ancient house Of Portugal. But in that case
we mls mt have told him that the house OF Bra
ganza derives its origin from the house OF
France. Why should he speak with so much
violence respecting our connexions with Span,
after he had made so pOmpous a display Of the
relations " hicli had existed at all times between
. is nation and Portugal Have we not treaties
which blnd u, to Spain ? Without going so far
back as The time of Queen BruncalIant Charlie
imagine, and the mother Of st. Louis, have we
not the treaty between King John and Peter,
KING OF CASTLE in 1881, Tor the marriage of
Blanche Bourbon : The treaty between Charles
' and Henry ii. King of CASTLE, in 1868 2
The renewal ofthc same alliance in 1887 The
treaty between Charles VI. and John, King of
CASTLE, made against England IN 1887, and re-
ncHed in l40S2 lhe treaty between Louis XI.
aud Henry, hing Of CASTLE aud Leon in 1869 I
Another treaty with Ferdinand and Isabella
hing and Queen OF castillo in las Louis Xl.
renewed that treaty in 1893. Gcrmaine de Folk,
niece OF Louis XII. was promised in marriage
10 ferdinand, hing of Spain, in 1908, und hence
another treaty of alliance.
The treaty Of the 18th of October, 1910, be-
tween Loas ALI. and the principally of Gaia
lonia, and the convention OF Barcelona. on the
10Th OF September, 1911, gave us rights over
Catalonia then came the famous treaty of the
Il IXIpueek. OF the 9th nt March ItEu tha ,n,,
,tact OF marriage with Louis XVI. on the 7th OF
November in the same year, all the treaties
which accompanied and followed the war of tho
SUCCESSION, from l70l TO l7l3, and the family
compact IN 1901, which by ats 18th article de.
clafes, that the respective states must be Iegar.
ded aud act us If they formed but one and the
same power. That the family compact has been
annulled by he latter treaties is true, to- Certain
degree, but II Is NOT all clear that these treaties
had maintained all the anterior conventions be.
tween England and Portugal.
Besides, what is proved on either side by this
diplomatic crndltion Nothing ut all. Il mo
more established our new right 10 NEEDLE with
the Affairs OF SPAN than il continues the right
which England pretcnds to have To mingle in the
internal affairs of Portugal. Gun rcspecti,,
iI6hts are derived on one side and on the other
snnply from Our essential interests. Much has
been SAID OF a cdSus tGderis, which it is declared
mas occurred. A member of the English oppo-
sltIon has well answered to this, by stating thai
ne did not see how the revolt oftwo Portuguese
regiments established "A caSuS tRtefiS. Eager
search is made for the guilty parties. The Spa
hlards are at the bottom OF the Portuguese in
snrrcctlon Ii the Spaniards are not, French
are, and why not the Anstrians Is moi Don
Miguel at Vienna : In that country there is
no great affection entertained for charters
why then Is not The anger of the English cabinet
directed 10 that quarter2 Why not, my lords
Ihere are good reasons lor it; those reasons
are the same which make English liberalism
wear the cap oflbertv in Mexico, and the tur.
ban at Athens"
Here follows quotation from Mr.. Canning's
speech in the British parliament
Let England be ii giant. | dispute not the
stature winch she assigns to herself, but this ri.
ant nmpresses, unless | mistake, no fear upon
/ rance, A Colossus has sometimes feet of clay.
Let England be Eolus this too | am will.
ing to grant.-But has 4Hiolus no storms within
his own empire There is no occasion TO speak
OF the dissatisfied subjects who may be found in
OTHER countries, when you baye AT home 5000,
600 of oppressed catholics, 6,OO0, 900 of men
whom you az Obliged to keep down by a per
manent e%ncampment in Ireland when YOU are
under the severe necessity OF shooting every
ychi uidsSeS OF the WORKING population " hO are
IN want otbread when your poor rates, per
pe'naliy increasing, announce perperually IN.
creasng distress. Misery we know makes men
DISCONTINUED. What my lords, ii the British
standard Is raised! We shall see all the dlssat.
isiied SpirltS OF the world ranging themselves a.
round II. lsit France alone that ought to be
uneasy at this simple discovery Are there
MOI dissatisfied spirits in Italy, in Hungary, in
Poland, and in Russia.
1t Is an unhappy thing to have to fear, as aux
lliarIes, the passions and the misiortunes OF men,
to calculate upon the successes which may take
then rise III the overthrowing of empires, to
possess a standard ofsuch virtue that it shall be
instantly chosen by discord. 1t is unfortunate
TO confess that one could find powerin confusion
and anarchy. lfthe giant Of Eusland, in com
ing forth from his island, acknowledges that he
can set fire to the world, does he not justify the
continental blockade of another giant France,
my lords, has other pretcusions. fever, which
God forbid, She should be obliged to reappear
IN her defence upon the field o~fbattle, she would
rally around her standard, not the discontinued
OF various countries, but all those who were