Litchfield enquirer., 1830-11-11
REvoLUTloN IN THE rArs RAs.
--r LETTER IITs IOthe Editor of the London Morning Chronicle:

1 Paris, Sept, l, 1880. Sir-There are doubtless many to saY to you that the Revolution in the Pays Ba: is terminated. Do not believe them. l have letters before me from Brussels. Ant. werp, and Aix-la4C Chapelle. The Revo- Iution in the Pays Bas is only commenced, and when it will finish, will depend on the Prussian and English Governments. II Prussia should march 10000 men to the frontiers or into the interior of Belgium, France will no longer withhold her inter- ference, and England must then play her part and declare her policy. At present the people are the masters-the military are in their barracks-the grinding tax is abolished-the National Guards are moun- iceland Belgium requires an independent government, which will be subject to the House of Orange in the same manner that Norway is united to Sweden, Hanover to England. and Hungary to Austria. The old standard of Brabant has supplanted the colors of the House of Orange, and black is for Belgium, orange for the dynasty, and red for Holland. The Revolution is com menced, but when it will terminate no one can predict, except at random.
 Let me now continue my examination into the causes which have brought the Revolution in the Pays Bas.
 Is the King personally disliked Mo- Are the Princes and Princesses of the House of Orange, personally obnoxious to the people? No: except that they are Pro- testants, whilst all their Flemish subjects are Catholics. Is there any other personal charge against them ? No. But whilst answer these questions in the negative it is necessary that should not be misundcr- stood. Personally they are not disliked, obnoxious, or accused-bu but as King and as Princes, they are unpopular; and now will tell you why.
 The King is good but not a great man. He would have made an excellent mer- chant, an admirable farmer, or a perfect country gentleman; but tho angels wept when they saw him made King. To be King in Europe, since the schoolmaster has been abroad, is no easy task and to be King of divided country, of a nation com posed of two distinct people, whose feel ings, interests, passions, prejudiccs, lan- guage, manners and wants, are completely opposed to each other, and, above all, be- tween whom there exists eternal jealousies, is undoubtedly yet more difficult than to be King either of France or great Britain The King of the Pays Bas, like most good sort of men, has good many prejudices- and he is by no means deficient in obsti- macy. He has got it into his head, that as England. Ireland and Scotland are united, therefore it is just as easy to unite Belgium and Holland. He never could be made 10 understand that England was stronger than either Ireland or Scotland, and that in the union there was good deal of force and conquest. He never could be induced to believe that England and Ireland were not really united in spite of the Act of Union, md that had not Catholic emancipation been recently granted, Ireland, though less powerful than England, would have declar- ed herself independent. He never could be brought to feel and understand that Scotland retained her national religion, her national laws, and ancient usages from time memorial approved nor would he ever believe, that had not such concessions been made, the Southerns would have maintain cd their position in the land o'cakes. The King of the Pays Bas is not, however, an ignorant or ill-read man, but he is not suf- iciently enlightened for 1880. and does not comprehend why that which may be very good for Amsterdam may be very bad for Antwerp. What have been the con- sequences of this error? Why the King has governed two different people by the same rules-the same laws-the same Par lament, the same Constitution, and with the same Ministers. He has imposed tax es of general character, which have borne heavily on the Belgians, and lightly on the Dutch, simply because he would have the same system adopted with reference to all his subjects. Because he was Protestant
 and was attached to a particular system o
 education, he thought the same system wai the best for the Belgians and the Catholics
 Because in Holland they did not speat
 French, therefore he thought it was not de- sirable that they should adoPr- that lan' guage in Belgium. Because he was { l Dutchman and Protestant, and attached to Holland. he thought that as King he wal bound to persue Dutch system with ref erence to all his subjects. He forgot iha
 the Belgians, paying more direct taxes tl1aI the Dutch, had right to demand or expec
 that the Belgian system should be pursued
 and not the Dutch or that at least, as [
 sort of compromise, that one system shoult be pursued in one country and the othe system in the other part of the kingdom.-- IirL.n h;S Flemish s,thiActs neotested n