Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-16
From me Mem York Commercial Advertiser.

FROM me Ven York Commercial .4dreriiser
Inc 'lscount de Chateaubrand, takes the lead il
the Peers, against tie Polignac Ministry An N,
peers voted for the address an ansv or TO the KING
Speech, excepting Oh iteaubriand lie declined 70.
ting; and IN the course of the debate upon tho an
sweT, made the following remarks in which no han.
ues Ihe ministry with unsparDg severity, for allow
ing themselves to be ont-managed bv EGpland ne no
contends they have been, in the choice Of Tho So
ereign of Grecce:--
"At length Ministers have dictated tho Snooot
from the Throne. 1t comprehends the whole Of bc;,
system, which will hastily examine. 1t commen.
cSs win snccnct exposition -four foreign relations
We are first informed that Greece is about 10 RECEIVE
Ruler. The Speech does not name nm but he l.
well known. The Protocol of London stinpIatos
that the Sovereign of Greece shall not be selccoJ
from the. family Of either of the three Powers ILo
were parties 70 the treaty. The close alliance nj
PHnce Leopold with the House Of Brunswick bns No,
been regarded as relationship. His endowment bv
virtue OF an Act OF Parliament of all the bonors ~
the Royal Family, and Of an annuity pavnble bv Tho
people, have been considered as unimpcriant and no
not Coming within the letter Of the Protocol 10 il
80 sun is not the less true that France has march
cd her arnies, dispatched her fleets and expended
her treasures place the son in.law of the Kng or
England on the Throne Of Greece. In the mean
tine permit me to ask, what has Great Britain dono
10 ent.ie her to reign by her own REPRESENTATIVE
over the Greeks! She oppressed as far as was in
her power, their restoration 10 freedon-sbe eyn,css
the oppressed-ior the victory Of the murderers oC
fathers and the enslavers Of children. And the In.
ery OF Greece IS placed under the protection of tho
cannon OF Corfu, which ably defended freedo,, -,
Parga! Let war again break out in the East, and
we shall see the garTisons Of Gibraltar MALTA and
lhe loDan Islands, occupy tho siroDG places onr
troops hare just quilted. What reestsus,, can tba
crown Sheriff Of the bfoTca offer TO the pation WIZ
pays him his pension, or to the King whose daughter
he married? The British fleet will be manned yy,,b
Greek sai!ors and the commerce of tho ArchinoI,,o
ana the Morea will be engrosscd by the merchants
OF London. For us, who have spread tIrou. IN ,I,a
East the renown Of our ancient line Of Knights. ,yc
content ourselves with the character of iIluetr,or
travellers to celebrated Shores and the glory of nre-
scniing to an English Prince sccpirc forced Win
opr gold and consocTated by Oer blood-Tbe storv i
Iomahhc-but our Ministers have converted II into
history. Was'there to be found no where in Eutono
an experienced Prince true friend TO the Creole
who would devote himself to their Crown IN go
wastherc no Son Of Royalty who, under able tutors
might have acquired the language of Themistoclcs
ana derived his legitimacy from The bosom Of Greece,
Let u not, however, be supposed that / am Of opin
ION That VIC ought 10 violate The treaty. No-a low
OIL government must hold itself boundby its signature
even though II be found to have been lnconsderablv
e1lxed. Let Prince Leopold, then remain SOVEREIGN
OF Greece Sill thcro is no cause, in tins uogo,5a'
ton, for roproach to Enqond-she has ably PLAYED
hcrpart' Without expanding shilling, and without
marching single soldier, she has given SOVEREIGN
10 Greece. Her policy is less frank, but more posi-
tive, than OuTs-we have borne the cbnrpes-sbe bay
reoped the benefits. Sum cuiqus.
81 will now refer to the passage on Portugal. Tho
Address pronouncos wishes in favor of Legitimacy
Don Miguel is King by virtue Of the choice of tHo
people. Witnesses Of thc Revolution that subyetcd