New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-05
Lamartine on Peace.

Larnsrtne has delivered speech IN the bureau o. nc
Committee on Foreign Affairs, IN defence Of nls 800
when Foreign Minister for the sepuoo PO ;nyyed
NM Mauguin and Napoleon Bonspar'e mao I'M nS 80.
The speech has been much commented upon lor Us
elOquence and spirit - a...u;r., On The
friendly connections established with Lngisha OF
p.f. 10 you'd say little the relations between the
.rlco,ntries were iD5ehnie-even coalition Of fl1ss.
and Prussia not 10 be apprenenced A. tne n4ns OF
p.is an exile from bis capital az P0tsdan, wa 1.-THE
100 nan the King Of biz troops As regards Austria,
,bro was nothing 70 hope fear either on the Rhine
or In Italy from Sovereign who was obliged 70 ~
from his capital and seek refuge Al innspruck nothing
~ fear from country whose troops were expelled from
The Italian terrtOry-s Court whose nominal sovereign
~ was barely recognized even BY Hungary spain was
weak and would be Of % France In the war IN
Italy France had not interiered.
~ Lamartine concluded in these orcs -
M Bonspsrte has reprosched us. and saia ne ne,
public has policy, no foreign diplomacy sn e
prefer bad policy to none stsA lie spoke o. 'ne o-i
teen armies Of the Convention, and our great historic
wars but be forgot thng-tha IN the midst Oh Al
its energy the Convention wise and prnaeni oeore
the nations which did attack France and TINS pre-
served allies even among absolute sOVeIeighs IL ou
not grsttously declare against nations Win "hon
il was AZ peace lie policy Of having fourteen armies
was one Of despair and necessity Tather thsn one
choice and in this despair alone tne Noh'ehuoi Olnu
nv falling back upon the nsfiOn the energy 10 raise
fourteen armies and 20 the triumph OF french
nationality We are not in the same position napphy
but were we 90 we should ind the same energy al
NAPOLEON.
internal legislative organization or his external dplo
m ATTIC proceedings In my opinion his legislative idea
was sublime reaction but incompatible against the
democratic party which Il was necessary TO re-
strain and curb but not stihe. All his institutions
were opposed TO the spirit Of the age OF liberty
and the revolution. IS 10 his diplomacy, his
only agent was the cannon He tore asunder the msp
OF The world and threw the pieces TO the winds with
out attempting 10 join it again. lie sashed WIN ms
sword sll the national alliances and nanonahues OF
France without ever bestOwiDg one thought on the
morrow and on the day Of the inevitable repay ment Of
ali this blood and glory only find his name 70 defend
Us When France looked around her, she found her
self universally hated alone aud Justly abandoned In
one hand she held the liberty Of Poland, and lett her
enslsved as ever Napoleon occupied Italy for ten
years but merely changed their system Of servitude,
and never sowed one grain Of independence. Spain,
raging in her recoectons of the atrociOus which
we waged against her-Germsny violated and usurped
nto liz neaDct intruded upon even
In her descrts-an Europe arrayed against France
You NAV call this glory If you will but you cannot call
il diplomacy but if il be diplomacy, 1t il not such rs
we would initiate long have voice in the Coun-
ell Of the Republic.
The Republic of February may boast OF exercising
another sort Of diplomacy than that OF despair or con
quest The influence have acquired during the past
four months the impossbility OF any coalition being
formed against u.s. attest that our policy has been both
Democratic and National, firm and moderate This Is
the policy which the Government OF February naugu-
rated and / doubt not, the present Government will
follow in its path and traditions.