Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-01

persuasion nat 50 L fac orv explanations ni'S De
made unon tic topics t.. whi'r ise had adv'rtcd, he
should fir NJ opposition IT, the add css.
Th DUKE rr WrG.I.INGToN -a'd he WAS IN hopes.
Judging from the first part II the Noble Ears speech
that he should only have had to congratulate thcir
lortishipS on The sent imPR;S which III" No"lH Earl
had delivered in commenting bus maj stv speech
and what had fallen from the nobi" lord ana the no
bic duke Il Herr Those sentiments :" which he
referred did the highest honor :" The noo!c carl ana
became the rank which he ought 20 hold N the coun-
try as senator. They did equal homo to his heart
and head and he Qhe Duke II We'iingo on congra-
tulatrd tn" house on their expression, at the same
time that he was sorry could not cQaiy gree With
wha had fallen from lie noble earl upon other points
The noble carl ended his speech with obsSrVa-
tons relative to Portugal, which hc (ihe Dul;" ct
Wel,inrtonl SHOULD commence by answering. He
beupnd the house rccnliest how frequently his Ia
majesty had stated 10 Parliament the Inconvenience
fflt in THE couutry in consequence of The interrupt
ton Of our diplomatic relations with Portugal
how frequently his late MAJESTY had stated ils WISH
to re-establish those relations. how anXl0usy lie
sought to re-rstab=h nnon between the two hrarch
of the House nf BraGanZa, and how freqn nily as
he repeatedly told the House, nc had negotiated on
The subject Having failed his Majesty adopted
other measures with view to remove III" difficulties
of be case and benefit his subjects and n" Royal
speech informed the House het there we're now hopes
Of ff;r'ing these objects At an early oPpnrtuniy
A. iorg as there existed Government IN P1rsn@ai'
wi;lfa large potion in state of exile his h"sty
could not rncorniZn Government so circums anced
with Ut enlan gering our safety and honor. There
fore this amnesty which would permit the return OF
the eXetl narty and guaranteed their security had
been long recommended ana 1t beng Mt length lntcn
ded carry it into effect, his Majesty conceived The
difficulty To h. we'd. an had expressed his incn
lion 30 rnc00uiHe The g'vNrni1' ofAP"riuGai -
Tho Noble Earl said, Shall we he bound 10 20 q
war to carry into rxecutinn TINT au.acs Y? That did
not follow At all. and the Nohl" Earl would see
from the IMPRESSIONS used in his NnJ"s'ys speech
and from ,.at ho {thc Duke % " cling on had ID
that should be bound 20 TO n order TO
carry int" ofGr' particular of III" engagement.
We should be hound to Interfere in cr-ry possible
way short of acfual tn prevent violation OF The
amnesty. The Noble Lord had thought proper to
En 'antt with the expressions usHd in the Speech
with r"c renee tn the Government Of y" King of the
n the~and: and h n hr Earl. n the same time
TN liz f1wnf similar fault had observed that bis
Mniostv's Ministers had not mentioned single
subject % connaint made bv tho people the Ne
the andS to their Severe On, though these complaints
hnd appeared in II Dhanlphlet which was published
some years ago, and had become matters OF history,
and were well known 10 the King. What if this
the case? Was his Majesty, the ally. lose
aliv nfthe King nf the Nnheriands-in speaking of
the Government nfthat Sovereign, TO mention what
had occurred among his subjects onv thing but
revolt AGAINST his authoritv3 How could his Maesy
to do otherwise than treat the convuIson which had
taken place in the territory Of his close aud ally
but as revolt against his legal and established Gov
ernment?-T'hc Noble Lord had no doubt IN the dai
lv publications, the full history Of th" tansactOns
They commenced, it. well known, in nothing nut
riot TIL" tronns were eventually 6verpowered By
those who had revoed unier thn precucp OF putting
dow tn RIO. and tor winch purpose hey had ostcn.
sby armed themselves. though they eventually turn
ed their other Objects he complaints Of the
revolters dgninst The King of the Netherlands were
in tho FIRST instance, ahsoutelv nothing Of what did
thnv complain, The first object they found fault
existence in the Administered on of the Government
ofa person named Van Maanon. who however, was
actually ont Of off at The time when he complaints
against him We're made
N Errt / iS v1rv h1t inin NJ
Whatever made against ne King Of the Neither
lands personally against his administration of the
Government, nor with one eNc1pioal agi'nst those
TO whom he had conided- The functions Of official
du les: The rpvolers had at'afed certain degree of
success. and began to aim what. N the first in
stance hey had not contemplated. Would the King
of England have d N" comm Justice 10 his Alv?-
did justice from friendly Sovereign to another
require tba' he should not ASSUME that his conduct
previously to the revolt, had heel that of Wis and
good Sovereign. and that he wished adopt the most
ef,ctual measur" to remedy the grievances complain
ed of? What his Majesty the King Of England had
said, merely hat lie lamanted that those meas
ure had not produced satisfac ory-esuts. He should
now c1me to another part of the Noble Lords
speech in which be alluded 10 the reates by which
this country was bound in her realo 20 The Meth
erands. Fho FIRST the treaty IF peace signed by
the Allied Powers in the 1914 and bv which The
provinces, commonly called Belgium, were conceded
and agreed ~ D" joined TO The United Province Of
Hnlland. with view ~ form sovereignty under the
Government of The King of the Netherlands. In
consequence Of this treaty Of 1874. arrangements
made for tho Government of the Netherlands
under III" King of Holland by each Of the four
Powers which had made he treaty With France 1t
well known to the Noble Lord that tins arrange
ment was recorded in the treaty OF the light articles
and that The treaty referred to The fundamental laws
of the Government Of the Unod Provinces which
were to be made applicable to thr whole kingdom -
There could be no doubt whaeycr that the four
contracting Powers were bound by he treaty in tho
present case. It made to tlcra the United
Provinces they received heps according to the ar
rangements of the treaty, and all p,ies were to be
strictly bound by those arrangements. The treaty
had received every possible sanction and notifications
and France had become party to Ill the arrange
menfs under which it referred the kingdom of the
Netherlands notwithstanding this il had been said
that tho King of the Netherlands could Dissolve this
union between the two parts Of his kingdom Of
himself, and witbnut consulting those who made the
treaty. desiring their consent to the dissolution
There could be no dnnb' whatever that The Eve Pow
which had signed the treaty Of Vicnnq, would
claim their indsputabIe rgh; 10 give their opinion
nDnn the future explanation thn articles He
could assure the House has there no intention
whatever or the part IF his Naicsivs Minis ers--
that there not the slightest 'on;:on on Tho part
Of any Power whatever. to interfere By acaus Of arms