Washington telegraph., 1846-03-25

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Canada TO Mexico, and increased from
three TO ttren'y millions. He could readily
imagine that this extraordinary and unheari
of prosperity, should give umbFage 10 Eng
land, but Tor his part he could not, for thc
sake OF his country. be at all uneasy al the
prospect. II had been said that annexation
Of Texas disturbed the balance ofpowef in
America. Itis, said he, 1 must confess. the
..f5St time ere- heard MiS egssi'ibrigns
spoken off," lie could fully crompfehend
4 balance Of power in Europe, which it
might be necessary to preserve; but wha,
he asked, have we 20 do with america in
that respect! II Franco possessed Canada
ana Lnuisiana lie co;lld unisrstanl VIZ SIC
should be disturbed by the developcmcnt of
Inc power OF the United States. He could
understand why il 50 disturbed The English
who had possessions on the American con.
.ineni; but the question, lie thought, no
longer concerned France. lie saw in the
progress OF the American Union, another
step towards tho political freedom Of the
French. When France became the repre-
sentative of liberty in the old world, then
there was formed around her Z general com
pact which i.npeded, and still impcd,s her
freedom. lie did not perceive war At the
bottom ol hat CON pact; bu; he maintained
that there was among the European pow
eEs, md against France, 4 tacit accord
which Constrained her arl was injurious
TO her. la proof Of this, he referred TO
the disregard which was shown towards
her when she sought TO arouse Austria
20 the necessity Of resisting Russian en-
croachmen.s. In proportion as France
and England c-ne together, lie sai0.
Jealousy oi the former. which caused Z great
coastraint upon The policy Of France, and
was highly injurious 20 her interests. Two
causes lie sad, might remove this constfainf;
the first, the acreioFcment Of liberty in EH
r0Fe: the second. ihe gg.aeH 'giioa Of fte
yolrcr Of kkc J.Sid.eS. 4 ne proof oi this he
found IN the fact, that if within the last two
years, Eng. and had shown a more yielding
policy towards France, it had been in con.
sequence Of the uneasiness with which the
power Of America had inspired her. he
said that the French Ctbines had pursued
tie cour they had with regard to Texas,
in order TO redeem the faults they hai pre-
viousi y committed al Tahiti and elssw here,
by which ,hey had almost incurred the dis
pleasure Of England. lie charged that
this course had been resolved upon, there
fore, in order to avoid giving offence 10
England.
On next day, N. Guizot, Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, replied TO this able and
eloquent speech Of ". Theirs. He said
that the latter had appealed 10 the impress
sions and instincts Of lhc Chamber; he IN
tended TO appeal 10 lis calm and rehecting
Jgdga! nj. lie said that uPol the invitation
ofthe Tesiau Government and lis Minister
al p s.s, he had advised texas 10 remain
independent; although he had always pro-
claimed that Texas was perfectly free 10 act
lor herself, and thai when she should once
have decided, France could nave nothing to
say. And so it had been. When Texas
has decided upon annexation, France mad
made no protest against IT, nor had she ad-
dressed 10 the Government Of the United
States u single communication upon the
subject. lie had, therefore, felt surprised
a, he language oi the Presidents Message,
and had considered it his duty to claim .or
France an entire independence Of action.
lie next referred TO tie commercial inter-
esis Involved, ani afterwards to the poliii-
cal reasons for wishing Teas to remain
independent. There were, al present, hc
said three powerful nations intent on a..
graud.z.ng beyond measure .hcir territories
England, Russia. and TIE United States.
France wa not extending her dom.n!Ons.
IN Alsica she had made conquest il was
her honor and interest 10 preserve, bu. taa
bounds of which she would not oycrstnp.
It was the highest Importance to France
that those thsee nations should balance
each others Poscer; aud that Rogc Of them
should obtain 4 preponderating influence.
She was consequently interested in pro
tecting the independence of the American
States.
Vi. Ga.zol then referred t. the relations
between France and England, which h.
said were on the most intimate footing, and
OF the most satisfactory kind. Their inli-
macy. he SAID, was necessary for The main
tainaace Of peace; indifference between
them would pat It in jeopardy. And yea
the intimacy which existed, he said, in no
way impaired lie independence OF France.
So far from being displeased with each
other, - had been alleged by M. heirs,
they entertained the most l.icndl, feelings
towards each other.