Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-24

had legally existed uud~r that Charter, which had
not been annulled but only improved. As long a. they
continued faithful TO their several duties, not orly
should they be retained in their appointments, but
their pa., actions AID their past opinions .hoald be for
gotten.
General Lamsrque said, every day ~jusiiies our fears
aud aniicipaions Toe 'he faiUre. The danger arp osch-
IS. aud eve'y moe cut ct delay but tenders I, more
%i,Dmicen'. l shall fret aiude to The rro.oeol .f The
2S,h of e Fehruaiy Y, a document verify of tie hest
DAYS OF tie Holy A~lliaUcs.-Tbat document leaves
Belgium St the d sposal OF Holland. b gi1m is -ac,i.
heed she is puri bed for ba,i < ini,s' ed cur exam
lie 1t Is s0us lat TO drive her TO d-spsic-,o ruin her
by intestine division-in order that, when Z prey 20
snarcby, she may more easily be placed at The disposal
OF England. The Hon. Depu then drew a picture
Of the present state OF Europe. a Ministry eQuili-
b;ise, he continued, was desirous OF conciia,ing the
revolution with doctrines o. the restoration; aud an
mounting the righis Of the nation With the oil OF the
holy ampaiia, has sent 10 England an ambassado who
has assisted at the downfall OF tn Governments, and
was the living representative of the Holy Alliances;
while /, has despatched to Russia a former Ambassador
OF Charles X. who after co,ol limentiug the conquerer
OF the Balkan. may shortly perhaps do as much ter the
eorqueror oi Warsaw. (Murmurs)
AT this n omeni, we ave neither f,ie ae nor vessel
Of war, sloOp nor brig, in ,he Tasu $ l. a fear then
entertained that The view OF the tr- colored hag would
occasion sickness to the good Don Miguel (Nur-
murs) N. France will never Yield. Let the signal
be gwen, and from DUGkiik to Bayonne will res und
hose words which, in rushing to ccmba', 'he Polish
soldier repeats: q ny country, you shalt never he
wi hout defend rel" | sbsli vo e The grants ssked fer,
when The Minister for tors'sn AH,irs shall have replied
to the questions: Does the French Cover meni con-
sent ina, LIS .mhouIg .ball be detached from Belgium,
and tina, it shall pass under the domination Of the
Confederation OF the Rhine, that is to say, under that
OF Prussia and Austrif
Will, it suffer ,ba, Belgium should in fact, return to
he Dutch yok-, 10 Petmiting III. Prince OF Orange TO
occupy a throne that France thought proper to refused
In submitting ourselves 10 the shameful condit os
imposed on us by the Congress Of Vienna, will at least
exact that the An Article Of the Treaty OF the 3 OF
May, 1915 which assures to heroic Poland national
institutions, be executed? Are we to permit, in contra
hiciion to our policy at all times, that Aus'ria should in
reality become The ruler OF all l'aly?
M Manguin said, the Government en'ertcins hore ,
Of peace, and yet demands exraordinary grants.
Now, | believe in war. and the eiors shall support
The demacd. The question IL not within our decision
we have not the command Of peace o. war. War is
broug CHIT upon us; you see gentlemen Continued Nj.
Mauguin) these Powers were preparing Tor war, while
they were giving assur-nces OF peace. But they reck-
oned without the Poles, and the defect e the Russians
disconcerted all their plans. From that moment their
protes,stions Of peace wers redoubled. The Honora-
BILE Member ,Een went into an examination Of he di
:lcmacy OF France and her neighbours; and in conclu-
sion said let tine Powers be called upon to explain, and
let us know positively whether we are to reckon upon
peace or war"
The Minis;er for Foreign Affairs said C n,lemen,
If The several Members who have successfully adj
dressed tie Chamber arc II be believed France is eur
rounded by enemies, ready 70 unite all their efforts,
and attack her i'll coDcer,; and Of allies lie il totally
destitute. All Governments whose principles are d ,ne-
rent from those which form the basis Of social state are
waiting only for an oppor,uniiy-a signal-to la Inth
all their conjoin, forces against Ne. The secret hiss
been revealed by a Ukase, commanding an extracrdina.
ry lsvy OF 10000 men, in which war is proclaimed
aloud. This Ukase is no sectet; II NAV he read by all
The world in the German Journals. But, Gentlemen,
tti' Ukase 20 confidently invoked, ia apoeraphal, and
j p"s es the genuine document, which | shall have
The honor 10 lay before the Chamber TO morrow, and
which does not contain one single word OF war. but on
The contrary gives fresh assurances of peace. Let us
appeal 10 face. What has the protocol Of the 20h Of
January established? II proclaims Belgium indepen.
dent, end prsscribes to Holland to return within the
limits she possessed in 1890, when she YVES called the
Dav.,AIfr ~ sIa Infsa D,,ut
will form part OF Belgium, except ~Lox-mbpurg But
Luxembourg is spoken OF. The negotiations enssgod
In on that subject yst impose on me some reserve. How
ever, let us examine IL. Expressions Of curiosity and
hourg 'o0k part in the B,lSian instruction; he ciiy Of
luxembourg took none; it is occupied by a I'd raj gar
rison OF 5000 P.uesians. and 1900 Be gian subjects of
The King OF Holland. The question OF property is re-
solved by positive titles. You ought. were il necesa.
ry, to declare war against all the Powers. War against
all-such is the conclusion of the honorable members
whom ! oppose. Even when peace is mentioned. we
are asked for war, aud i, is war that we refuse. loud
cheer'.1 My honorable adversa-ies will, doubtiessiy.
acknowledge with me, { at the real bond Of nations i,
DOW in the community of the principle ,ha' governs
them. Turn your eyes around: by what governments
are we surrounded? Ia no, Switzerland fee and irde-
~pendan? Look at Baden, Write mberg, Eie cloraI III ,sse.
and Saxony All those Powers, which compose the
Germsnic Confederation excep ing Prussia and Aus.
tria, are now governed by c6nsti,utions, the PRINCIPLES
of which arccrd with those OF our organization. Those
are the ns,;o;.- that we ought TO hail as eur natnrai
allies Count them, and you viii see ;as. re have now
more real allies than we ever before possessed. The
TWO Hon. Deputies to whom ] am now replying, have
ialked OF negotiations which, before the resurrection of
Warsaw, were opened between Russia and Poland, the
OBJECT OF which was 10 induce The Polish army 10
march against France. | confess | cannot con pre-
head how negotiations are conducted between a Sc
veTeigD who commands, and subjec ts who obey. Tiis
appears TO me an entire new principle 10 politics. But
it has been said other facts speak PLANE s,ill. You are
perhaps ignorant that Baron Srogoncf, Major General
in the Russian army, was some time ago at Berlin, com.
mi'sioned to s1Puia'e a passage for the Russian Troops
through the Prussian Territories. There happened 10
be another parsonage al Bstlin-no other han Field
Marshal Di-bi;seh himseif-aod il was 10 him that
these negotiations, If any such there were, must have
been in'rusted; and | am happy in being able to declare
to you what must after all, have been the result Of these
deep negotiations. Prussia, frmls determined 10 act
upon principles that would ultimately tend TO preserye
peace, has displayed both wisdom and moderation, end
presented TO all nations an example ~ofpolcy which tends
to preserve The repose and harmony Of a;es from every
attack. (Hedr)
But Austria, they add-for they mus, run through all
the States Of Europe, and in these excursions, so often
repeated. | do not recollect that they have ~pro5ucsd
any new idea, but have merely reproduced arguments
which had been before r~sluted-CTrue, trus,' from
the Csntre)-but Au lra? see with what ind FAT liz able
viecur che pursues her wsriks preparations. Ambas.
sadors, to whom the King has been pleased TO graft biz
confidence have been mentioned. Il; has been asked
whether he who has The ho3or 10 r-pfesent the Kiag Of
the Ffench at LONDON grounds his policy upon prinsi-
pes incOniormi'y 70 he interests aud dignity OF Ffaoce
and upon refpeci for the lbsTti-s OF naiiOcs and the It,
dependence OF Sistasl 1t is sufi sisnt for me TO remind
him OF that able diplOmatist, who, al Vienna, after all
our disasters, succeeded in concluding a treaty, the
stipuiaiions OF which sggraDd zed the former territory
OF France; and who, in 1915, preferred the resignation
o. his RICH functions 10 The disgrace Of signing a treaty
Of direiul memory. A, to his VI ijssty's Anba,sador
10 Russia, IL there is any man truly worthy Of repre-.
seniing France and Eet King, IL is he Duke de Norie-
mar ! (ChseTs) i shall conclude with a very few wo. lie
more. You have never desired pes,e-Deiher ia The
month OF August, nor ia the month of D,csmbor, nor