Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-15

| Mr.. Galiy Knight attributed many Of the dis.
asters of Poland to the war party IN France, who
had urged on the insurrection. This party had
much to answer for. Poland had been baseIy
deprived of her existence as a nation, blotted
out from the map of Europe, and extinsuished
in the provinces Of the usurper. 1t became the
duty of England to see that that treaty. which
had been so strictly adhered to in r%ivetting the
chains of Italy, should also be as strictly observ-
ed in preserving the nationality of Poland. As
England had been at that time the arbltress OF
nations. she was bound to see the treaty enforced.
He was satisfied that not all the power of Russia
would ever be able to Russianize Poland.
Mr.. Pisott expressed his strong concurrence
in the well merited reprobarion cast upon the En-.
peror of Russia, and hoped that the treaty would
be laid upon the table bv which England pledged
herself to paw the tyrant a sum Of money.
Sir Il. H. Inglis expressed his surprise that his
Maiestv's Ministers had suffered such language
as had been used in the House without notice,
and that they had said nothing in defence of a
Government with which they had recommended
his Majesty to continue upon the same terms as
before. With such a treaty just delivered, it
was improper to describe any person, much less
a Sovereign, as a miscreant.
Mr.. Guitar Ferguson denied that he had used
any such language.
Sir Robert Inglis referred to the Hon. Mem
Der for Kerry, whom he did not now see in his
place. 4:
Lord Palmerston-No man regretted more
than | did to hear the expressions which fell from
the Hon. and learned Member for Kerry; but
not conceiving myself responsible for those ex-
pressions-T hear, hear II should not have been
justified in interrupting the Hon. and learned
Member. Much as | regret the use OF such ex-
pressions, | do not feel that I am called upon, or
justified, i'll obtruding myself again upon the
House upon such a subject.
Mr.. Beaumont said that the noble Lord would
have acted most injudicious'y if he had used
such a word. but he (Mr. b. was delighted to
hear those words from the Hon. Member for
Kerry. He repeated the words, "miscreant
conqueror,' anil was sure they were only the echo
Of the voice of the people OF EngIand-l hear,
hear. When the people of England were call.
ed upon to speak. their language was strong and
effective.
Mr.. Hume would not only call the Emperor
of Russia a "miscreant conqueror," but a mon
stsr in human form.
Sir r Inglis-I said that those words ought
not to b. made use Of without notice.
Mr.. Hume would repeat the words, ard they
were too weak to express his drtestation OF the
barbarities of such a tyrant. Ii the atrocities
which had been detailed were untrue, let any
member stand up and deny them; If they were
true, was any language too strong to apply to
them?
Mr.. Wyse said that this was not the first time
he had occasion tn observe in that House great
tenderness towards the most questionable Sove-
reigns of Europe. He was sorry to have heard
sentiments expressed in that House which would
seem, If not to sanction, at least greatly to pal
late the acts of oppressive rulers.
Mr.. Barring concurrcd with the Hon. Member
for Oxford III protesting against the use of Ian.
guage which, it not checked or noticed by the
Government, was more likely than any thing
else to disturb the peace of Europe. and to in
volve this country in all the embarrassment of
war. He felt that it would be impossible to pre-
serve this country from constant difficulty and
peril. if, on every occasion when a grievance of
any kind occurred-whether in Poland or Prus-
STA. or the Peninsula or ltaIy-we we're to sally
forth and adopt the quarrel as our own. At the
same time he felt it was quite right that this coun-
try should endeavor, under the Treaty of Wen
na, to obtain a more just and humane treatment
of the Polish nation. In that respect he relied
fully upon the temper and discretion. as well as
firmness, of the Noble Lord who had been de-
Iegated for that purposes; and he hoped he would
not adopt the tone which had been recommended
in that house tonight. He could not help re-
marking upon the wan,on disposal Of $4,000. 900
of public money, which. he contended, there
was not a tttie Of obi cation upon this country to
suppIy-Thear, hear. FIourishes IN favor of
Poland might do very well for election speeches
though he did not mean to doubt the sincerity
of the speeches which had been delivered to-
nigbt-but he thought that the countenancing so
profuse and uncalled- for an expenditure was a
much more just index of the feelings Of gentle
men with regard to the rights Of their own coun-
try-[hear.J
Mr.. Shiel said the member for Thetford would
have US
--" Mince our words,
And mollity damnstion with a phrase"
He is rlght-but he should make allowance for
others who has sometimes occasion for indulgence
towards his own vocabulary, and he should con-
slider a man as pardonable for speaking of a mis-.
creant on a throne as for speaking of his fellow
citizens "a part Of the English people) as ''black-
puar1s in tho Strppts - THpar Eor his mr.