Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-10
REVOLUTION IN pHE PAYS BIAS

10 the EGlor OF the London Morning Chronicle.
PARIS, September p, 1880
SlR-A few days since the I'm Legion of the Ma
tiona Qua DIS OF Paris, gave celebrated tavern
this city, banquet TO their comnma nders and n
their General In adjoining room, the Belpians
resident IN this capital assembled for the
pose of honoriBg III. Potter and NJ. Thielrlans with
dinner, with view of expressing their sense @,
gratitude and obligation TO these distinguished writer's
and these martyrs IN the Of The liberty of thc
prcs-! Tha' these dinners should take place on The
same day,a the same place and hour. and adjoining
rooms, say the least OF IL, singular coincidence
bat this mi yht be accident. Alter howeve,
the dinners were concluded, aud the necessary and
accustomed toast5 were drunk, the National Guards
received request fiom the Belgiansto be allowed
the permission OF forming but one party and of fin
ishins toee her the fes vities Of the evening" This
soirt Of determination WAS hailed with delGh, and
the separation between the rooGs spc .dly reno
we'd, that Frenchmen and Begans might form but
one party! As as the ual compliments were
exchanged, 3egisn Of property, character intepri-
~ aud aeni, rose and proposed the following toost-
10 tie Reunion OF Belgium with France"
VIII II ;hese words were pronounced, the Belrians
ell mas:e, caPped .hcr bands, waved their hand
ks-chiess, and cred Brave, Bravo" Tho French
smiled, nutdsd, louked pleased, and COMMUNICATED
but called upon their Chairman for his oDpions
The Chairman, plan straightforward man upon oil
ordinary OCCASIONS, but little bit of Jesuit upon
this sad He regret much that the toast Could moi
be- received. since, IN tbs present position Of France
and Europe, ii would not do tc embarrass the nrcsen
Frcach government with question Of this nature
let. by forcing IT upon them France nigh; be nyol-
we'd IN war; but that although the toast as PROPOSED
could not be drunk, he would propose the health of
Che Delgians and success to their exertionsl - Tbs
was rather losutIcal, but ii TO the same thing
at last The Delgians had proposed the Reunion If
their country with France, and the French Chairman
proposed success to the eXertlons Of the Belrisns
But eXerilons for what obect, and for what ebd WIN
eXerlions to secure The union, TO he sure The
toast was drunk with enthusiasm, and the evening
was gay and agreeable.
These men were quite right. They perfectly un-
derstoOd their Revolution! They felt that the real
obJect a separation from Holland and n union
with Ffance-and those most respectable Flemish
citizens did not IA state to declare so Nov tbon
let me ask you, whether did insist on this fact n,
tle very commencement Ofnly corrnsoondepce y,i,b
reference TO the 'RovoIotion IN the Paws Bassp and
although his opinion has been assai.ed both IN En-
land and on the Continent by the tjnid and t5o
spence makers of 1890" yet you will, ere lonp. be
convinced that the Belgian was RIGHT whom BIO 49,.
posed the toast of 30
"a la re union dc Ia Belg que a Ia Franco
But not merely Is this unOs desired by the Flepirrs
but II . also great object aud paramount wish of
the French.
have this day spent an hour in the socio,v NJ -,
respectable commercial traveller, who retnrned.onIy
last night to Paris. lie has visited Dnnl,irk and In
logne, st. O,Der and IIazebrouck Lille and gotbnno
Don1y, Cambray and Avesncs, Vuryens and Van.
..'rs' Metz aud Strasbourg; nc has visited these
- "'ohIu-upIOg the Iltnc that this
Fays IA revolution has bccngoing on. and he bne
a,'o go me- frankly, that nothing bu the apprebc.-
m 81 pacing the Government OF France in an o,yt
''f s'uati'n wrh reference to Foreign Powers.
a prevented The inhabitants ofall these places nd
The surrounding Countries from msrchjng to II IL
Gum and otrrng aid end protection to aid tho revo
iuiIoniss IN Belgium. Nor IS this fsel;po confnod
10 arge towns. In all The frontier viii ,oos All az;
trc's'my informant found tina same spirit eylsl,ng
aud carried even TO high pitch Of enthusiasm w.
French Government, if the Revolution in the P,vs
Bas DC not speedily arranged, at least arranged r
the time, will, in a few weeks be unable Inv sns
short OF physical force, TO present the inabspls Of