The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-08
THE REPUBLIC.

He however considers il his duty 10 declare and lie
begs II may be perfectly understood. that the cab,
met OF ST. Petersburg persists in the nions il
pressed, and maintains the attitude il assumed,
when these acts occurred Count Nesselrode, more
over, withdraws, modihes by his despatch OF the
10th OF February, mot one OF ,he ideas, not Of
the nipaints referred 10 ia the despatch Of the
18th He declares that lac n'aintains them all,
without reserve.
at is possible Continues the COUNTY that Lord
Pamerston has, on the subject Of the diplomatic
courtesy, and the respect which governments re-
ciprocay to each other, notions essentially at
variance with those entertained AT ST. Petersburg;
but Count Nesselrode persists in his own With
respect to the right claimed by England 10 support
! by force its claims at Athens, Count Nesselrode
thinks that rigorous right 10 one thing and its app
cation another-at least 80 II Is understood by all
| equitable governments; and he expresses it his
opinion that equity was completely wanting in the
conduct of Lord Pamerston towards Greece.
''He maintains also that those acts inflic real
injury both Russia aud ON France by rendering
IL more than difficult for Greece 10 pay the in
terest the loan guaranteed by the three protect
ing powers; and that, were il not for the fra and
excellent national spirit Of the Greeks these acts
might have seriously endangered the internal tran
! guilty uf the country, and put ia jeopardy the
| throne oi King Ohio. Returning Ia the consdera
lions Of general policy which lac had developed in
his despatch OF the 18th February, Count Acssel-
! rode insists ON the dangers ~ Europe from such
abrupt pertui bations so often excited ON tho mis-
| trust they give occasion "; the immense injury
they infiict the stability and prosperity Of
Greece ol an infant State which Europe and Eng.
! land herself founded and protected with so much
| care. Count Ncsselrode then develops it'll much
force the unhappy consequence of the events
which have just occurred at A Athens and he ends by
saying -. ...,, ~,
which England ought 10 have at heart 10 put ter
mnation toll indeed England thinks it worth
while 10 prove To Europe the purity of her inten
tons in all that concerns the future prosperity Of
Greece. and the very existence Of her MARINE
al may add that the above couians the substance.
and in some cases the expressions made use of by
Count Ncsselrode in the despatch"
France.
The Journal Of Commerce publishes from it's regu
lar Paris correspondent (Mr. Walsh, we presume)
the following letter:
You must have received information, by the
steamer Of last week, of the recall of the French
envoy from London, in consequence Of the treat
lnent which his government experienced in the
Greek case. Vi course you have not been inatten-
tive 10 the very severe condemnation which most of
the London journals have passed on Lord Palmer
ston The mcrciless articles of the Tunes and the
Chronicle translated in erfenso for the Paris
press. No other subject has much excited the
Assembly and the newspaper oracles-excepting
indeed, the bill for the modification of universal
suffrage The National and the Mountain ceIlsure
the French executive and the cabinet more than
the British councils they discover in the proccea-
ings and complaints here only hypocritical and
tratorous game-thc design OF substituting close
alliance with Russia and despotism, for the good
understanding which the predecessors of Louis
Napoleon cultivated with constitutional aud ami
cable England. Lord Palmerston being regarded
by the French conservatives the ally of all the
revolutionary and anarchical parties the CONT
nent, the majority IN the Assembly applaud and
second the French cabinet with double feryor.
Every reader of the London GloJe--whch passes
for his Lordship's special organ must be struck
with the extreme Violence and rancor Of its invec-
tives against the present administration of France
Mr.. Piscatory, late French Minister Plenipoten.
tiary at Athens, has published with his signature,
the broadcast and harshest denunciaton Of Lord
Palmerston's campaign He roundly charges his
lordship with the project of revolutionzng Greece,
and running her trade and navigation.
What surprises me most is the Interpretation, of
which the ialacy to become fragrant,
that the Secretary VI Foreign Affairs, and the Mar
guess OF Lansdowne, and Lord John Russell, were
pleased, at first, TO put the departure Of the
French envoy. The language Of the despatch FROM
his government, which the envoy read TO his lord
ship, and the latter communicated 10 his two col
leagues VI the cabinet, Is quite unequivocal: The
proongation OF your sojourn IN England is no lon
ger compatible with the dignity OF the republic
The President has ordered me 10 direct your return
to France, &C." The circumstances that a copy
OF the despatch was not left at the Foreign Office
and that formal letters Of recall presented
could not alter the main fact-thc cause and object
of the departure.
A plausible case is wrought out OF the documents
for Lord Palmerston, by the London Morning Post
aud the Giobe-which believed 90 receive Sin
lar point Of the renewal OF hostities before Athens,
when the French Commissioner Baron Gros, threw
up the cards. In my humble judgment, il would
have been sound policy, on the eide of tho British
cabinet, 10 accede TO the French suggestion Of sub
stituting finally the convention concluded at Lon
don, for that which was extorted at Athens. II the
French ministers mcant-as they have been ac-
cused OF meanng-a temporary broil for domestic
ends, they would have suffered disappointment;
the concession would have obviated ali allegations
Of British bad faith, and have hatcred the French
nation, and diminished the odium of the British
proceedings with King otho and his government.
The documents in this affair, printed for the OF
the Legislative Assembly, form a quarto Of two
hundred and forty pages. Our Journal DIES Debafs
Of this day preiaces the insertion of part of them
with very severe sentence Lord Palmerston.
No one apprehends a war, or prolonged rupture OF
any kind.
For the week past, domestic hostilities-'' blood
and carnagc"-have been far less improbable. On
the one hand, minute instructions were privately
issued from the war department-which came into
the hands of the editor Of the NafoRaiio the mill
tary commanders and chiefs Of posts in the capital
and cnvirons, IN reference to conflict with insur-
rcction. They constitute "A strategical digest, of
which forbearancc and. lcnty not at ali marked
features. On the other hand, every radical organ
has daily contained procamations 10 the people,
besecchng them TO remain quiet-"thc time TO
avenge themselves not having arrived" The most
inhammatory representations OF popular wrongs
accompany, however, all the warnings. The CON
scrvatlves reply 10 the socialists, "When you tell
your regions ana us lnat you abstain from street
battle, because you are sure Of composing donin-
ION IN 1862, by means of universal suffrage, you
stimulate and in a manner authorize 10 resort
10 all extrcnitics for the Illustration Of your plan
and hopes
The colonies Of the National Guards, ia the dis
uicts adjacent 10 Paris, have concerted measures
TO protect the railroads, bridges, and public ediccs
Ia the event Of instruction. Propositions have
been submitted 10 the assembly, for ompow.
crng tho provincial authorities, including the
councils general 20 maintain local order aud legal
rule, IL the communications with the assembly OF
executive should be impedcd, or the central gov
eminent subyertcd or crippled.
AZ the end Of last week, the Committee Of Thir
teen, whom some Of tho Red Republican writer's
have solemnly devoted 10 the internal gods Of re.
volution," brought up their report the Suffrage
hill IL is askilful, energetic pleading FOE the con
stitutonality and necessity of the scheme.
The principal provisiou-thrcc consecutive years
OF donIIc AZ Qualifications preserved, bot with
this change, that the residence may be in the can
ton, instead Of the township. The canton IL a
larger division Of the province. The number Of
inscribed voters for the elections in May, s49, was
nearly ten millions; Of whom o, 5000 threw their
ballots into the urns II is mpossibe 20 decide NJ
yet what proportion may be disiranchised.
Debate ON the bill commenced ia the afternoon OF
the 2lst instant Seven hundred OF the $50 mem