Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-09
NUMBER l76.
Onslaught upon the Ministry by Mr..
O,IsraeIf.

D'IsraeIi.
In the House of Commons, on the 22d Mr.
Dlsrael rose and said
WIZ avail myself Of this opportunity Of MAKING
rev observations, without having givenany nc .
uce--a custom which think ought never to he
aousee' ~ appears to me that the present pos .
ton OF affairs is so very critical (bearl tbat ~.
honor and reputation of this House are concerned
IN not passing them by unnoticed / state thia
parucumriy with view to what took place In tbis
House last night (Cheers) On that occasion
the language OF the government was 30 eouiyocoi
ana Their demeanor so discouaging, that myself
SHRINK from the responsibility of acceding, under
tnese circumstances, to the resolution that the
House do adjourn for the recess for an pn,,sna,
PERIOD without some means being taken by which
WIN use inc term) the heart Of the country niay
De terminated, Cheers and by which may be az.
uahed some more clear and explicit idea of what
tne position OF the country is with regard TO thS
great questions of peace or wslsetblh tbhS~ '''""
s.Id % that ,p;S pUssess' Question that principally
| afFecrod tIc hvmorsand reputation Of this House,
and the House wiz perhaps, rccollect that in the
session Of 1853, there were, as we were informed,
| negotiations of great moment then taking place,
upon the issue Of which the question Of war mainly
depended.
1 Now, under those circumstances, great and nat.
ural as was the curiosity of the country to know
what its position clearly was with reference to
contingency SO awful, and ready as were many
members Of this House, in the fulflment of their
unquestonable and highest duty to obtain nfor-
nation from the government during the session of
1858 upon that important question, the House will
recollect that 1t was totally impossible TO obtain an
opportunity to discuss that important question, be-
cause, on all occasions, those who were anxious to
! get information and to obtain the opinion of tho
| House on those important circumstances were al
ways informed that important negotiations were
/ andt hat, Ali.
have very injurious effect on the course Of our
/ diplomacy. (Hear.) The House viii recollcct the
/ forbearancc exercised by the House of Commons
on those occasions. There was silence in this
| House the whole of the session. notwithstanding
the anxiety of the country, and the result of that
session was that we drifted into war (Cheers)
The country found Itself engaged in vast and
perilous war, without having the satisfaction of
having clear idea of the objects for which il en-
tered into war, (hear,) and was Inundated and de-
pressed by feeling that representatives in their
House had never made single effort to obtain the
necessary information. (Hear, hear.)
! | may even say that years have rolled on, and
| we now find that we are involved in struggle of
the largest dimensions, and we at the same timo
/ find that we are again, and have been for long
| time, engaged in negotiations of peace. We find
those negotiations carried on by the same charac-
ters, in the same city, and under the Influence and
inspiration of the same Court. The result Of the
/ negotiations Oh 1SO0--tnHt covered inc wnOe SeN-
| sion OF Parliament-that muzzled the expression
of opinion in this House; (cheers y that lowered
| the character and conduct Of this House In the
eyes Of the country; the result of our silence was
not that we assisted her Msjesty's Government
in their efforts TO secure peace, for war ensucd.
! The character Of this House was lowered, and the
! object Of the government was not attained; the
consequence Of the forbearance Of the House OF
Commons was, that we drifted into what must
call disastrous war. (Here, hear.) II appears to
me that there is great probability, now, that ne
gotiatons are still proceeding the same crcumstan
ces being in existence, the same charactersbeng
ployed In them, and the same powers brought into
acton--that if the consequence Of our former for
bearance was that VIC drifted into disastrous war,
the consequence of our prolonged forbearance may
be that We may drift into peace-perhaps an igno-
| minous peace. (Cheers.) We are in few days
TO adjourn for period Of relaxation Of unusual du
ration at this time OF the year. and under existing
circumstances | think fall of danger TO the
/ country.
We were told last night, among the many
biguous declarations which were made, that the
conference at Vienna, though il was closed, yet il
had not absolutely ceased TO exist, and IL might be
opened at n moments notice. May il not be open.
ed in the Whitsuntide recess, and may we not as
semble IN this House TO hear that peace has been
attained on terms which may not be satisfactory to
the country What viii be the feelings Of tho
| people Oh LuB COuntTJ WHtH lnt1 ieuu hlht lub
forbearance, often repeated, OF their representa-
tves has led to consequences, in their opinion,
disastrous and dcgradingg Ii is impossible to de-
ny that there exists In this country a feeling Of
dissatisfaction and distrust nc the ambiguous con-
duct--I would rather say at the ambiguous Ian.
guage and uncertain conduct-of her Majesty
Government with reference 10 these negotiations
for peace. QIear, hcar.) I believe this dissatis-
faction and dstrust TO exist alsoin this House and
am persuaded that 1t IL duty, before we nd
ourn for the recess, TO take means that il shall
be longer laid to the House OF Commons that un.
certainty and ambiguity prevail. (Cheers.) Sir,
It IL for this reason that have felt IL my duty 70
take the first opportunity that is available TO to
ask the opinion Of the House on this subject
(hear, hear, Ito ask them to give their opinion
10 the conduct and language Of the government
with respect to this great question Of peace or
war. As 30 much ambiguity does prevail, there
have been so many and such alarming equyocal
phrases used by the government, think that this
House should take some step which should at least
show that there is uncertainty in their conduct
aud that there has been no change in their opin-
ion, and that they are prepared TO support her
Majesty in this war until she obtains for herself
and her allies secure and honorable peace.
(Cheers.)
thought IL was due to the House, after what
occurred last night, that should give public notice
Of my intention; and will, In the course cf the
| evening, lay upon tnc taDe resoluuOHs winch 4
hope the House will adopt, and which will embody
the views have attempted to express. (Hear,
hear.) know that, in order to obtain the oppor.
tunty which ! require, must appeal to the indul-
pence and assistance of honorable members who
have previous right to the opportunity which |
understand the government has announced that
Il would give to them on Thursday next. l un.
derstand from what has been stated by several
members Of the government, that we are 10 90
into a Committee Of Supply on that day, not for
i the purpose of voting public money, but to afford
| TO those gentlemen who may wish to call the at.
ten.ion Of the House to important subjects an op.
portunity for so doing. / believe the honorable
member from Aylesbury has given notice Of mo-
ton which he intends then to bring forward. OF
course, / have no right to express wish that he
should give way TO me, nor can presume to press
il bat all can say Is if the opportunity is given
me, viii bring forward the motion of which |
have given notice. If the motion Of the honorable
member for Aylesbury is brought forward and dis
posed Of on Thursday, still will attempt TO bring
forward my motion before we adjourn for the holy