Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-02
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srEEcH OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE
n. yrr cu.xaxa OF prgvris Pet 81 1881.

Cent.rsl.n-i shsli al hut n ~ - avs "
A.. ,fsptSati ~. and ~ q asnafiaus which WI
have ~ heat AR %, .sisn diplomacy ha'
fksas t.rs very snnnr The in1frehdnnes
RI. fyl.,m "a. hem lfonpf.s Hrtno~ ledgsd
Tn. .inty Of the us.Hs NJ The nr'Eahor,ng
,o..., INTO thai iefIiiary h.is hem in'ef'iietfd
M. bs. nr.f .teus Au,l ~is.i, but r.hs
sn...4n 4 have h..a d,sie. Is iuierme ddiins
~, h ,heif in i,luiiun.. or ,h-ii eh"ire Of .
u,.o.,eh--.nd nov ,aa, have adopted 'hs
systrm of pretaeol-. n = iaeeaheni on thr
Ercurh tsBvefalpest 10 aeien. ID intsetrs al
the territory al the Belgisns, the ii'niis oil
which are clearly printed eui by 'hrf re-
Lresenfaises 10 lbs States General, anu Tue
DECLARATION OF lae inJepcnJe nee VI tar pro-
sinces.
Would IL not he inehrs ~ NJ, gentlemen Tor
The power. WIN have j"st, aekaoairdg"h fhe
separation 81 BE giam ir,,p Holland TO regard
Russia aud Poland as he same cnppr, DIS
3 ,iaet as III i, arr in every 10 81 Of sies, And
declared 80 10 l.e Il, the Congress ~ Vienna
it,.if. and not 81 fiad mani Is, yioIa'ioh OF
,i,4 prinrip a.. ,-interV- ntion IN the enify OF
he Russians upan hs Polish territory, bowes.
rr nma, ac Treated mol ouly by the irierds OF
liberty mud reason, TIT, what IS Tar diilef' ~,
ghe acts Of thst very Congress
urh regard a. llsly, ~ the same tune that
Id Justice IL the dfm aud eIIl.cu declaration
enhh vas made b, the last Mni.tft 10 the
paw.rs IN tbe neig hborboed OF Belgium,
would faia ,hink that like declaration,
,trone AID uneIcept,onahls, was made 10
those power. tai bosisr GA the new lsl'Ho
states, and have reston 20 believe ID Il
ne Minister Of Foae,ga Ahairs Will not oon.
,rsdict either this assertion OF The euos iam OF
Which u IL the subject.
shall oniy observe that IL Is somewhat
strange ll,at The Duke Of Medrua, whom We
have Anuw n o he a bad Col rrspun lent hon
IN, country has not fnoad 10 be- good Prince,
having carried prisoner 10 MAntua, that that
,rixnnef, NJ MenotrI. should be d,talned in The
nr,ss n. Of ioreign country, rs thu only subject
that re,nsins to hsm. and n We did uoi know
,.hst the Austrian prisons NJ, We might Judge
.,f them from certain lrtatls tHaf ars givfn vs.
concerning Tue actual .iat. u the piisoneas a.
Spirberg.
Bu via, H.. poodle OF civilized Europe can
no, comfrYhend. grnienen. 10 The manner IN
,,hi. n IN. nelghbors al Poland eondaei them-
s.lyes IN rsIaiion 10 her. Prussia. Tor example
has s,fzeJ from the Bank 81 kerln all The
finds ufihs BHak at hafssw Which were thete
deao.it.d and uhIch b-ionged not 10 tue
crown. hut to the government an ! 10 inhisidn-
.J,. Sue arrest, travellers, robs them OF tbrr
money impti.ons the and al these exce.s-
- which remind me al certain forests once
famous. ar. committed unier ,hr commence
II The Russian amnsssadar vino rcigns NJ Brr-
IN \, does not seem la NE that ihss species
afiniersenii"n ouglh ~ b, the subject ol dipiO
.nat,c converSat"a.
Permit me g. tskr this occasion 10 treat Of
a .ed topic, ~h,ch Is necesssr, TO be explained
in fo,. ign epantries NJ ia Frsurs. he di,tar-
RANGES which bav. lately takrn place have
been deplDIcdhy all. Thu mspii station oi
he public srirh IN relation 10 n foolish MT
tsmpt has proved rucr more. that ao body as
veil among The depreciation, "a Inc defeDders,
wishes the old regime. but there have been rx-
,esses coupled VII u WINCH have afflicted the
TRENDS OF liberty, and which have nniortma e
ly taken an isreiig IONS aspect, VIII u IN gin IN
duce th hciief il frarcs and nut al France,
that the public sediment j. against the hb'tiy
of religious ~oisl ip. privilege 81 ,sc'ed ttat
nwhole nsiion could not have III. rgh 10 u, =
prive a Aiogle iDdi, dual Of ~.
There VAS time, I do not tpegk only Of
,h. bsreisoed immoisi'y -, ils days of terror
bu, under the .op,inn'lonel system. when the
worship that was not ieitered by oaths was
altogether unpopu,er. 1here WIS thea, PEI
bsps some merit ~ defending u In, papuld,.
,t,. The mot prec,ous oil all treasures, oug I
1,Ln every other kind OF wealth. I" be .Apri,-
aed for T,te pabiic interest OF la the pei lorm-
aacr OF duties
'
advanced 80 soiler this intolerance 10 be nh-
,ianai sentiment, aud indeed. th" mix,n,e ol
signs recalling tpthe m"nory Hnii.revolutlnn-
ery ideas may have confIunJ.-d Itself slouisn-
ssrily with the true signs ii the Catholic wur-
ship. but Who oood hay an, objections 10 pla.
chg those ve'y signs themselves upon the ed.
t6ce. 20 which they are cons"Crnted There
Is no nerpssuy 80 search tor articles ol abe
Coneordai The true qirstion IN what does 0r
,,oes not consist With lib.tty. We have had
syithout doubt. ait ough III re are many encep.
siops, repI oac e. TO make TO our clergy, bu
kct US not give iA'se idca Of ihes" people Mi,
clergy, who, in Begun aud III Poland, have
proved their rHt''o'''m.
Grnt,en-n: [ conclude 10 repeating TO you
WIN, yau hs,e already heard frun other speak
ca. aud that is that aoiwi'hsiandiIs disagree
meats ~ op,a,on aud party disVutcs. u even
m. .oemies OF ON hbrit, trd oar inlepen
,leoce snould oo,ne IA tt,ack w, we would all
,s-,nnr, aud iove 10 MAX. 10 Distinction
yes, all IN i's deiencr.
lie returned 10 I."pis fhihr, nnopsnel, the lote
announcing la. succession I" tue thro"o.