Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-05
FRANCE AND ROME.

The Letter OF Louis Napoleon TO Colonel Ney,
which We published yesterday, has fallen upon
Europe like a lhunder>bo!l. After the odium
which, under the circumstances, was necessarily
cast 90 the French Government for lis course
towards kuln-. in crushing The popular move
meal and seer Il ing The lives Ct SO many noole
Romans the waole worli u,ay well open is eyes
with asoni.htnen, On hesTi5g from under The
hand Of Louis Napoleon, that he really enier'aIn>
ed liberal yisws-and that he should demand,
what il Carl, d oui must be- a death.blow 10 &C
c.csi.slica! doa. ,lialon IN Rome, VIZ: A general
amnrslv Tor ali political offences, the tecuafiza-
non o the administrator, The adoption OF The
Cote OF Nsno.e,n and LIBERAL soVsrnm:nt-
Tac Paris Constitutional, presumed 10 owe lis
ilfacEce to Ire breath OF Theirs, makes an i:-
gcrious defence OF The French President and
coutcuas lha, his course has been consistent
throughout. Il says:
eWha the government wished ia Fay AS
been Known al home aud a6ruad u mace 10
secret that is inie y.ntiUn was oen national ara
liberal. NJ. Cdii1n 6srfo: arcaitS HON Inc RI.
,uue .ha, Whit lie went 10 iia'i iof was 10 nod
guarantees I)r our dntncc-euaIan'ees' cf uue
freed ,.n-:or Just ard G;odefaIe Ifeednm which
should sucerseee tie tyranny OF Mazzini, and
which should also supeIsedr clerical tyranny
whilst admitting the resloEauol oil me mos re-
forming Of holy fathers Such was, IRON Inc very
beginning of the expedition, lie avowfd Object
That object mas en- chained 10 parI. Certain
persons wished, we reneat, that, whist each oi
The European powers acIed on behalf q! is OWE
peculiar principle, France should remain mac
tive and abandon 10 foreign intervention The
fate Of IN. principles she herself represents -
The government in The presence oi great 90
slacles, has adcped mole generous poiicy u
has wished 10 maintain In llay lis legitimate ID,
fl,euce and the rights OF freedom. Il enIus,eo
mat noble duty 10 its army. The army mas slo'
riors.y reformed that duly. The army mas gwen
10 The world The spectacle oil us wai'lke virtues,
O. its ealanry on The field OF It's discipline and
moderation unier hardshps and in victory. Our
army has also lis bulletins, which are OF equal
value win those Of any olher. Who would de-
sire thar the French army should have none such
TO show2 Who will be bid enough TO assert
tina, il. admirable conduct has done n0ftlng Tor
F.euch lnauence7 Were this The only result Oh.
tanned, il we're wcrh while 10 obtain H."
Respecting the difficulties encountered by the
neso,iaiors, it says that no one ever expected
that there would no. DO difficulties. These
difficulties lit .ay.) are occasioned BY the opPo-
si,ion encountered from the Roman counter.
revolution.
ave uss," it continues, elf those same de-:
laws and difficulties do not prove, beyond a
doubt, tina. such policy was followed BY The
government. before the effect produced by the
President. letter, and which ha, been inter.
prsied by hem (ibs opposi'ion) as change o
system, Were il no, so, no such difhculte
would have arisen. If we had dsregarded the
claims OF the Liberals, Austria, who supports
them from loyal spirit Of CANCELLATION, would
have equally di.regarded them.
nMonarchical Austria could not be expected
10 show itself more exigent on the question OF
Liberty than Republican France. All would
now be terminated. The delays complained Of
are caused by our honorable demand 10 favor
OF reforms. While the conference lasted, and
which retarded the return OF the Pope to Rome,
lie Pon,i6cal commission committed serious
| faults. Both a. Rome, as in Paris, the impa
,i.nt opposition, the demagogues, never ceased
10 cry out 10 our governmsnt-'You are proving