Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-03-30

responsible. IL IS It's wastelu prodig1lity, its
bestowmont of confidence and patronage upon
bad men, its connvance if not direct paric pa
ton in fraud, and it's general prostitution Of pow
er TO selfish and base purposes, that have acted
upon the multitude and encouraged them to give
rem to all their evil propensies. TO this the
administration replies, not much by denying
the existence of the alleged decentralization, ~
by asserting that it ricnales in causes entirely
beyond governmental control and that if II
responsibility rests anywhere it rests with its Of
ponentS, since the evils complained Of are the
natural fruit of the radical fsincijti~s aud tho
dlscontented spirit which they themselves have
sJwn.
Tho dsordcred state of the public finances
was made the ground OF another attack. From
eight hundred million of francs under the Ein-
pre-, the annual budget has now risen TO sixteen
hundred millions and with an outstanding debt
OF seven or eight hundred MILLIONS, demandabe
at any moment Cries Theirs, with his shrill
voice, Your expenses lar exceed your income,
and there Is no way Ia supply the deficit, Ii
foreign government should this day insult France,
not franc could you raise To uvengc her njnr-
cd honor" To this it was promptly replied that
there are two ways of augmentlug the resources
OF nation. The one has regard 20 the prese ni
the other to the future. Tho one consists ia
DihdIy cinichlng, the other in wisely expanding.
unVefhment, Choosing the path winch led to final
oggrnndlaemeht had adopted the latter policy.
ana therefore was approprlating lis three millions
annually to railroads, and other great schemes of
internal Improvement
But ailer all, the grea, rallying field Of the dc.
pate has been foreign soil. Italy is struggling
Tor her Independence. The opposition have
heapod upon the ministry the most unsparInu de-
nuncIatlons for having Withheld from the patriots
Of the Peninsula It's confidence, sympathy, and
friendly encouragement IL was for free proud
france to SIDE with England and cspouso the
cause oil humanity, civilization, progress aud
iioerly' Instead OF this the Cabinet had a6an-
doued Tie States to their own weakness. AnX-
iou' to secure the friendship aud support of Aus.
tria IN the event OF disputed Spanish ces.ion.
Gu'zot mad formed All il.dlssembIod alliance with
Prince Mclternich and by retrogade ard pu.
silahlihouS policy had made the country false
to herself aud her true allies. The Minister
meets all this ny the declaration that the present
status quo Of the European powers as established
by The treaties oil 1915 must be respected and
maintained at all haziids - that the pence OF Italy
Involves The peace Of the entire contincnt-that
her independence must be the work OF time, not
oil iorce-that she must be cmanc pated and
made lit Tor freedom by gradual and plciiic re-
form; anu If she ptemalurely rushes Ino revulu-
non, her liberty, even ii gained, will not be a.
uap'ed TO the Character and condition of her PEG.
deI,run,i VA Pow lne instrument OF her own
win civil ,.,,. 'rr,, nus poeh cohVui'cd
yerred ,hr or,I ,,o,, s'o.o' .ous pnrV nave SUD
cahious, ana their Dict is now attempting to alter
the Constitution of The Republic 80 as gt5atly -
cehlfalize power, if not virtually to destroy Can.
tohaI sovereignty. The Calumet of Paris has
united with those of Vienna, Berlin, aud ST. Pc
'cf9ourgh, III strong, earnest protest. The OPP
position III this debate nave been loud aud un.
measured in their c,nIr.nn,,inn nf ,b., ac,
Switzerland nycIui,, ,hor L,, ,,bi, ,,.,,,, go, .
her worst enemies. tho Iosni,s and hqs oyoelind
them from tho soil ihav ii, ,,r,,,I M, .,,, ia
Ike thai If haIv lac hr,n I,a c,n in,laS,n.,',
ence. far liberty nf ,L,unb, ,rj .c,,nr sha
therefore had n claim to The svn,n,,Ly NJ France,
if she could moi have lin, she was nj lcost
entitled to Tho cold favor M her nor,raIu, pha
government REPLIES lin, thi; encroachneni unon
tbe lndependonca Of ,hr C,n,nns ,n,rt,L,s thr
whole basis of The Helvelic confcderotIon as
recopuizeJ bv the treatv nj Vienn, tn ,vhicl,
France soen,nly made herself oartv. me
Cabinet, bv It's protest, had done NOT only what
national honor dictated. but what uationgl pr,,
dence required. There was the hes, reason to
apprchend that Switzerland. if Iett IN work nm,
ihe poI,cv she had en,or,,I ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,il h. -
the nrev Of rnd,co,isn, onL n L,, IA g 49,
tionarv uUitat,nn ,noa, b,,o,,,l -, H., i,,o.,s "
surrounding NATIONS.
A rain / WAS ci,arne1 1 tLo -, III,
zeal as n rovnl court,er b.d h., cnnte,rr; ,ho
hiohest functio, - unnn nr,,.o' - ,i'' tIs wv
Alters. IN Effect es,aLi,si,",a '' "'o' ~
Africa. an office wholly fnrai,,n r. ,La s;.;, ~
the French Cons,,,ul,oy, /, = ans,nrod Ia, ,ha
Duke diAuu,ale bad succeaJod Mnr.ha ''U p, Wv
eaud ma Gnvrrnor General - sI";'rs h,,o,'Eo
his Antilles e,ninentlv oualGeI r. - red,,o
military rule into civil rn,ern',,sn, nI haI.a,,.,
MS SON of the KIM he WA. J.o,,,.I ,,n,, Ill,
To exercise n lnvnrablc iuh,anc, o,.. ,Io Hs,,
Chief, Win whn,n hn ,vn,Id ho nr'',h, y, r.i,
linn And next il was ,c@.', ,t =,
had loo early Abandoned rn'''rc,"I ;n,"ro,,
~ thp not,on an ,ha h,n,s o., ,i,,' D., ~
Inv its conduct hod ,,rn,,,,, a,,,.,',od a,L u.''
iroc,ed ,Ln unhannv difi;c,, '''' p'"
nreyn,Ied IN ,h', p1ar,"r No. '"' ,l" ~ ''"s
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9io"' ~ Non'oa"u'lo" Vi 0i"aa ana co" alSPoSed
er' "'' V. Oh "cs'loh % tn'tn "hich
,eg"Iu W tie Pupnc tranquility had ohlged the
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