Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-01-24
FROM OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
PARIs. DRcEMRFR al l64E

| PARIS, DECEMBER q, lS45.
i Our weather continues mild-no frost yet;
the hotels and theatres overflow. and the Depu-
| ties and Peers arrive in shoals convention of
editors, metropolitan and provincial, is announced
for the purpose of settling scheme Of electoral re-
form. The Opposition are likely to take some
ground on which they cannot be victorious, instead
of pressing topics that would battle if not expelthe
Guizot Ministry.
LAMARTINE, the poet has put forth several essays,
which may be termed fine rhetorical exercises; he
assas all the political parties with SO much striking
truth that each resents and retors his structures
| He seems to have impressed himself deeply with
the theories of the Grondists, of whom he is COM
pleting ambitious history.
The National of this morning administers con-
elusive reply to the London Morning Herald's
story of an offer Of the French Government to me-
date between England and the United States, which
offer was accepted by the British Cabinet frank
ly," and which Mr.. Polk certainly could not
venture to reject" The Republican editor con-
trasts the spirit and object of the anti-Ame-
rcan articles of the semi-oficial organ of the Gov
eminent with the idea of this umpirage to be well
coined at Washington 1t refers to the decision in
favor Of the British claims to Oregon, in the work
of Mr.. DE MoFRAs, published by order Of the
King, under the auspices of Marshal SOUR, Pre-
sident of the Council. and Mr.. GUzoT, Minister
Of Foreign Affairs"
O'CoNNELL has wonderfully dwindled in the es-
timation of the French and Germans. The exac-
ton Of the rent from the Irish. peasantry at this
crisis Of famine appears monstrous to continental
apprehension.
A military expedition to Madagascar is certainly
about to proceed; the only difference of opinion
on the subject between the Paris journals seems to
be whether the British should be tolerated as aux
iliaries. The oracles who do not hesitate to pro-
nounce the American claims to Oregon exorbtant,
extravagant, gutonous, assert an absolute, indie
feasible French right of sovereignty the whole
island of Madagascar.
You will observe that the designs and attempts OF
Great Britain on the island OF Borneo have provok-
ed nterrogatories and remonstrances in the Dutch
Legislature
The first article OF Fraser's Magazine for this
month"; entitled I" The Defensble State of the Coun-
try'' opens with powerful exhibition of the evils
of war, but adds :. We take it 10 be an axiom, not
more surely rooted in political wisdom than con-
frmed by universal experience, that the best qua
ranty of peace, for nation which desires to be at
peace, is TO be found in IFS readiness at any mo
n,ent 10 encounter Udr.'
Admit the following extract, on the same theme,
from the London Spectator
We desire peace all the world but there no peace
the intent of many that surround and be pre-
pared TO keep them off with strong 1t that,
all the nation belonged to the society respected
censo mhuehce Oh uat passive resistaHce y"
far to disarm aggression, least from civilized short
Of universal observance Of that dgnfed quescence The
effect must wholly fail It in opinion quite idle to be-
have had already ceased throughout the world wnen
France keeps the sword forever half unsheahed and ues e
aim at vulnerable points when America bears
friend than foe and domestic traitors are os'en'auoos
Of the mine which they have prepared within our nes war
has ceased in the world and pretending na mas wou1
enable keep off our territory me general agu-
against war the relation measures o' M
tiona defence that popular education Tor diminishing The
tendency crime, but until the cnnnna u,sp'on - su
peace tina, he should be strong for not only he then the
better able 10 quel umu but the very aspec, Of stawa
police constable helps keep the unruly IN order