Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-04-20

taken place. Aher an interval Of ten years. he ad,
ooked upon thst memorandum with great satisfaction.
Always suPposipg the Emperor sincere In his apprs
pensions as TO the dissolution Of tho Turkish Empire an
OF his sincerity, he could doubt-hc could nothin
In that memorandum which wise, moderate, an
judieious IL was very common notion, he said, ths
these apprehensous simply pretext Of the Emps
ror and merely framed the means Of epssging Englsn
10 the partition which be brought about by It. Blu
these approximations, he maintained, wero not q recep
sven of the date of ls4 for they enter
tanned by the Emperor in lsee and he himself entertain
Cd them Also Asa proof alter the peace Of Adranople
ne had adv sed Mr. Canning instead OF erecting Greco
into State, under the suxeainty OF the Porte const
tute IT. possible, into Independent State, as NOR
consistent with the interests Of Europe aud aordng
better chance Of being independent of Russis than b.
being connected with the Porte. This agreed 10 II
consequence the apprehended speedy dissolution OF thu
Turkish Empire; and thence il that the independ
enee OF Greece was established. This he said, was
practical proof Of what had been treated as mere pre
text
After stating that Sir X. Peel the Duke OF Wellington
ana hmse were always favorable to the Russian alliance
because they thought favorable the interests Of Eng
land and deeply egretting this rupture of their endship
though this war; he sad just and indispeusabc-hs
concluded by saying that although to the last depreca
ting and resisting this the Of bis power
far as was consistent with his duty the country vet
should not be found deficient in carrying on in such
manner as might lead the only legitimate end Of war
an honorable and permanent peace.
Passing by the remarks Lord Malmesburv and Lord
Granville, we come to Lord Broughsm, who commenced
by saying that the which they were now most
unhsppy, though mos, u,avoidsbly engaged, was no,
likely TO be an easy contest unaccompaued with hoavy
sacrifices to the people of England 1t was he
said that these things should be stated In order to
popular decisions from prevailing and prepare the PEG.
pie for sacrifices which he greatly feared they would bc
called upon to bear. This tho more necessary be
cause the Government, having most wisely shown the
utmost possible reluctance to enter into this struggle had
been anticipated by the popular voice. which had been
much more loud and general In favor Of hos:ies than
the voice Of statesmen. As they had been reluctant
however, in beginning the war; in the proportion,
he e assured would be found to be their vgor in carry
ing it on We had happily, this occasion, he said,
what we had not had in former only perfectly
just cause, bu, perfectly unarimous Parliament and an
united and Jealous peoples and had also the ncstima
bic advantage Of the alliance Of France the
OF which had shown a wisdom, frmness and a good
faith, throughout the whole Of these transactions and no
gOations, which it would be wholly impossible to praise
much He wished he could saw tina, he fell, no anxi
ETY. to that which might result from the impending
test-no to England and France but TO the rest of Eu
rope For the southern and central parts Of Europe he
owned he felt considerable anxiety Nothing was more 10
be dreaded he said than any of wha, was common.
y called propagsndism;" nothing was more to be dread
Ell than any appeal insurr movement the
prosperity Of England bound W with that of the
rest OF Europe, that nothing which should happen to
carry disaster the southern and cen. parts of the
continent, could occur without greatly endangerpr Its
own position He could only look he said to the wisdom
and fmness of certain of the German Powers In re.
spect to Austria he had fear If al! the others took
the same view With hea Emperor and his sage advisers
they would be perfectly safe from those nsurrectonsry
movements None, he said, had great interest a.
the German Powers 10 preventing the extension and lin.
ting the duration OF the present As TO the DOW.
CT against whom this waged-it was com.
mon remark, he said sometimes applied in phrase with
which he had no sympathy in private lie tina, you should
always live with your friend If he might day again
be your enemy. Another the of that was equal
deal with your adversary if he might one day be
your friend. lie willing them to shut his ewes 10
many passages in those blue books in which the conduct
OF the Emperor was shown in unayorable light and
therefore, he would forget Also he could certain
which had lately been enacted in Asia which appeared to
have excited the unlimited power OF their actor-scenes
which he should have thought it would have surpasse
the power even Of auocracy itself have
ed, surprising the atrocities of Ismael and casting the
combined horrors and ba.phemles OF Brahma into the
shade.
Lord Brougham having concluded three other speech-
es were made which closed the in the House
LORDS The debate in the House Of Commons we have
yet made no extracts from; which, however, we may do
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