M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-17


4usel 70 hsss i8aads ID she had chosen
70 discnssfitl she might well have re-
Pied that bel0Fa ialking of Aesde mo-
alti9alol Ssbeslopol, England sb0iaG be-.
gin bY plarkiag the beam out OF her
eva sy supkndefins thelIonisafslfhls
70 Gteefes Mstts 70 its hnl9hts. Glib.
rsitar sAf tue West Indies TO Spain,
Helisollid TO Germany, Canada to
lFr9pee We Cape or Good Hope. rand
yeylays me Aelhssand. AdsAs6 Ara,
3iaishsFa Falklandissnds 70 fe Afeesl.
tue republic, The Bay ofIsls1dsto Hon
Nras Hong Kong 20 China. and The
sgpdieAand fllty millions Of Hindos.
An to themselves. Indeed, every body
iP Europe, out Of London, sees the pre-.
Roslerousfo!ly Pdlmersion'r third point.
Accordingly, Austria. whose interests
are peace, who is TO gain nothing and
bose everything by making herself the
cars'paw Of England, ana who is Wit,
lPerated and calumniated every day in
lbe British Parliament because, with a
pigaiiy and lirmuess which do her
FfeJit, she chooses to consult her own
honor and her own interests rather than
30 commit suicide to crafty the pas.
siOns and prejudices Of England. just as
Tor similar reasons daily deluge of Wit.
operation is poured ont in England up.
on the head OF Prussia-Au5tria, We say
seaIng how suPerIa;ively prepasterous
.wps this idea Of Lorl Pdlmerston, ut
tetly refuses to back il in The Viennl
conferences, aud proposes insteal that
thy five powers shall in concert guaran.
jtg the integrity OF the Turkish Empire,
anil that meanwhile England and France
shall maintain just as large a feet as
thoy please in the Turkish waters for
The purpose ofwltChiug Russia aud try.
iny TO keep alive the "sick man" at the
Pofte. II Russia refuses to egree to
thiB, Austria viii join in the Var; but
if England aud France refuse it, Aus.
trid will leave them to knock their heads
to their hearts content against the
walls Of fSebdstopol while she will re-
duce her army toa peace footing, and
join hands with Prussia to maintain, by
the million Of soldiers they have be-
twten them, the neutrality Of Germany.
! We come now to the extraordinary
dciPucmtW Of these negotiations, as
disclosed by Lord John Russell. IG is
thi5 Mrs Drouyn de L'huys, in behalf
Of t5e Emperor Of the French, agreed TO
the'propositiou Of Austria, and on his
return to Paris the Emperor agreed to
it, subject lQ@he consent, Of Great Bri'
tam, as good faitb fsgliIed Of him. =
Lord John Russell also agreed TO the
proposition al Vienna ord, Of course,
motGyad TO urge his goyernment oac,
cept it, but, on his arrival at London,
Lord PdImerston refused, and de,ernlin-
ed to per5eyere in tie war. OF course
The Emperor Napoleon acqui2csd, al
though the chief burden Of the war falls
OH France, who furnishes seven soldiers
Tor every one furnished by England, and
is pouring out her blood and her treas.
ure ike water in this war of rival am
bitons between the two great AsialiC
empires, England and Russia, who have
con!riyed 10 make their Asiatic rivalry
the question of Europe. At this point,
Nj. Drouyn de L'huys yesigus, not, as
the world has been allowed to imagine,
on accountof any difference of opinion
between him and the French Emperor,
but because having earnestly sought aud
successfully found satisfactory ground
of peace, and having agIeed TO it in good
faith, he cannot in honor violate that
agreement, nor conscienticusIy coutin.
ue the direction OF war which mas
ceased to have any just motive, good
purpose, or practicable end.
But what does Lord John Russell in
the same circumstance? Does he, like
Mr., Drouyn de L'hUys, adhere to his
engagement? Does he refuse to continue
the minister ofpurposes which he knows
to be wrong? To he contrary Of this
he couceals the fact of the honorable
course pursued at Vienna by Austria
and Russia; he cOnceals the fact that
he, III accordance with .Mr. Drouyu de
L'huys, had agreed to terms Of peace
which were deemed honorable aud ft
by the Emperor Of the French. lie re =
sumc5 his place in Lord PalmerstOu's IS
Ministry, aud GIom his seat in the
House Of Commons, as the mouth. piece
aud the second Of lord Phmerston. he
proceeds, in disregard Of his duty to his
country, TO mankind, and to God, 10
hound On the deceived aud ieIudel peo-
pie Of England against the Russiaus.-
Aud it is only in consequence Of the
declarations Of Austria. which she had
A GiSAtstO make, which il was her duty
e, in order TO justly her own con-
duct in the face Of Europe, thh, ia tae
last nights session OF the House of Com
mons Of which we have AMI account,
Lord John Russell was tardiIy com pell-
ed to make the guilty confession of his
peculiar participation in the facts which
We have briefly stated, and which con-
stitute a national crime against civil.
zation aud humanity, than which NO
bIdcket stands recorded ia the history
"f either eaCicAt Ur.modern Times.
Voice OF Washington
George Washington, in one of bis
messages 20 Congress, uses the follow
ing language:
ITO every description of citizens,
indeed, let praise be given. But let
them persevere in their alfectionate
vigilance over that precious depository
OF American happiness, the Constitu-
ton OF the United States. Let them
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