Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-23
NUMBER l23.
RICHMOND WING.
PROCLAMATION or PEACE.
F'o- fh> Le.d.- Tims.. .A,,,l so

The metropolis Yesterday ~itpe-.-d esrrmooy ,h,ch
'e'"s " - '"''y years since q previous recurrence
ANU VI" SAi"s OF Janus had never been eh-ed on grand
-r occasion, might have be,n irv,-i With .u,. ,,;,
and -penour IL is something thsi the est /, po lo
" ." with the Fast tia tho people aud tr~..ur, of tb
"e'' 41ar'er :" The ~or'd are "o longer he.p<d on
continual hecsto'nb, and hat commerce /. no lon,., o
planted by the messengers Oi dsstrucuon But th, Cara.
nony ' y"strriy ~ss true to the o, EngI-h type .. .
s"'~n al Sp'thraj, at the Duke funeral. al B.I.ll.
All "r rJ"ci"gs s'd u'urning- oar gr.ndest ,c,i.,.
"s"'' .'i ""r worst disasters IL in-.x,e u.,lx
s"N"r"y a"d io late. The people at Chain h,i,
vat Az hour ai' shai bfae they saw nr.t tys,, y,
~ '''a"'e h'"-- lizards -h'ni esp,.rcnc, IL last
INVESTING "' all military character Then G.o-ed trap
Pe's '" 'H"''ier-, aud multitude Ut pad.h be.dL.,
then. ON troopers' horses and deep ia .a.-,,-k,.
Der oi elderly ge'teineu hooking exee.nr,y ON, Of ,h.,,
place IN ue ost gorgeous herslie costumes Then ..
-ti'gnlar-iooking yOnng mea IL hl.ek with i,n,,, H.,
iav"ur-, aud on white hors~. Among th.-. a
cordant elements there moved about s.n,,rx :,
'liIah and very unoiIicisl- looking p-r-onas.. xha
gave what huIe order there Wa. Ia Tn. u,.
as thes hah all assembled ONLY the u...ieut .. r.
ought to nave started, AID had then To hold t.n. =,
War Ia consider What To- done M. .hoL. a., e. =,
IL" chief arter. of the metropolis a. stoua~d ni -
hundred Thousand people kept in sweet rxp.ct.,,s .
Ne haVe sad the better part Of the forenoon, Tn. p
'ha"' "i course, not h-ard Tor ofhciL socunru,
are never read above the lowest couvsrsat,u,, tim. n
lanees ine rraders saying aside to the p-,,D.
ioa u h"d u all Ia tile papers Tomorrow" The 49,
looked rough outline, ~hich the inis sgihatiu an ,h
Atos was to NIL up Yet though certainly wa An ~
p " ',e go1d iatnr; m the popul'c-, the appeal a..
sa css>t-i ani when tn PrJc ,lna ion had b.,n r, =
dnmb show, whrH the uulnpets sounded AMI a.. -,
Ne'e neaiu he p ople We more than satisfied The,
saw that Ne had actually Peace Ia had H. -;
-raIed and delivered and there no rn,.tat, W.
all our iortns IN siOyrnly way, aud the -Iy-nIin :,
the ceremony made t the authentic r, MI. d..
people have "vhn'gh forgotten the sores thai rs,.
IA.
ue hope OF revenge, the open 6-i the o,, ,no,,. -
pA'gh' ihey have REASON To be satisfied .,lh tb.
terms which our diplOmati,t- have batted h,. aI -
pHhg r'un'-' aud ~h all the peace no nnge,
hindered or perverted by var We are iude,,I .nn,
up what We have suf-red aud lost hut il ec.u-. -. re-
kho" tie worst At .he botton oi this s,ti.f,ct;o, +
ireing founded ia fact aud not Ia he ,b.L.n ~ IN
>"phstry al hction that part the war wa, i..,,I
aud righteous aud that though NAV not h.y. 49, -
Bofy Ne desired, We have yet done work .uJ mi m
-ecurer basis the hb-rt--, not only of or. -.
State, but OF all Eur'pr and indeed OF th, whol -,
STORY "' These two Year, has ben shSoa. and er,ibL
o"' u l. the "oik oi century. For Century The .I
has accumulated but We have wipe,i IL off in 10 -,
fully. ''" ." ""' SAL"
rOpeal~ays lO 20 allowing evils 20 riten lI tbey = %
s rh"'ace, or ll they break out Themselves ino tn
nAsrauoh An almighty Power, for nscruiAhL- puIua,
mHy suher the measure OF nations iniaa,,y a, I ,Is,
'u u" u cai- Tor determination but mortal rul.r. g..
% c1cuae 80 long :" surely, safely tl-m--l,s.
qu'oany There are naiional evil- in the continent o
E"'"Pe "hich are gradually coming to n.ss-,i,,,g.
fouS not neiey TO the nations themselves or their nl
hours, but To all Europe. The condition Of c. g.,
mat OF Italy are no purely Grecan and Ita.n
uOs tah the condition oi Turkey a purely Tnrki.b
question: Naples aud the States of the Church arr ,nI
noes only DO, nAnt so long 4 trenenous uressut. 90
ph-c IRON without that pressure i,sef being q. n, ~
least Anomalous aud hu the rfle inerst as "A -
rope. The Internal evils that have called for III, ,
sure cannot hold under it, but rather aggravated than
o'her~lse' Ihe secular population of ROM. will never
love sacerota rule better because il /, t,rra on ,,.
tue oayonets OF France viii the legations get over
ther dislike to Cardinals because they associated With
Germans and Croats. No doubt even Austri.ns 49,. h,
Ter than anarchy and sentinels than a-sassin h,t "
ever Hes under the surface neither removed nor cured
by the mask OF foreign despodsm IL only Ee.,s,. h.
low there is State in ltalv under vh.,ex.r n ia
complicated end varied conditions which dos mo-, i'm
Ou the OF convulsion. That will he AN IN
1 ourselves and the other leading States OF Eu
rope are by prescr pnon which is not vet bru.n
oy promises not yet iorgoeu and by An examn. uhcb
We cannot hide If would, the friends and patron. of
Italian Liberty We have the GLOW and the sLa,ns Of ,h
position We cannot elude the responsibility In one
way OF another eveCy other great State is also iut.
more or less directly in the condition OF Italy .om Inv
religion Others by political affinity; two bv ar,n.I mt,
Venuon founded not only religion but on histories. n.
atons This hold the interest of all Eurone 4. ony
tradition OF the times when Rome the mistress of The
World, and when her Senates scruniz-d orr ostion .
We nov do hers The affinity is changed but nor ss,,oy
ed R"me still cams her millions of our coup,ry
men, ana boasts more subjects in this metropolis than p
her own Within very few years she has shaken the al
icgiance OF third part these realms Even IN. is
ha peace ot this country is involved in correct sLoo
oil 'e Italian problem and just division Of ecclesia-t
cal ana secular authority. prptenSiou which ,.nno,
maintain itself without foreign arms is not s., ssno,
10 enter into our own social state though our alliance
WIN A' foreign aid be stronger shan synpAlh~s With
/ the object OF il support.
~as then, natural coroary Of the Treaty ,h.,
tue ficnPotenliaTes should some kind OF com
mon As TO the treatment Of these Secondar
States IN which all Europe is Interested and hc unot
lu"aeiy invite or provoke interference From TurkY,
the transition almost necessary to Greece nax ocer
Pled oy the "esern Po~er and thence Italy also un.
/ IRE Tha I.pf,.a
all acted their parts this subject with dramatic 6l
The Russian cordially agreed m the hoping tb.t th 80
diuoh both OF Greece aud Italy would be so iur i'm
proved a. 10 dispense with orrgn aid otberw.e he had
no distractions, and could commit his master Tb
Austrian was glad To hear that tile Western Powers u
~ - "Ase "'eeee alone as soon possible, and ior
TIE legations and other eucroachments in Italy
'rni To- leave the subject IN the hands OF France and even
"' Satu'"la France saw = great difference bctween q
''a" ahd distant Intervention invited by the Sovereign
himself and invasion 10y powerful neighbour in the tses
OF protest The SariinaH spoke with great eoarsgs and
freedom but ~houf the burden Of an extensive ,.Dop
sOns. 10 ,he lace OF eoldness which approached to
irony, the British Pcnpoteutlrv pre-evete In asking m
some expression OF opinion as TO the c,pJition
| "l the Italian States. sud the whole sub
Ject OF armed Intervention. lie had indeed 10
tu' h'- ideas nio TIE most general orm the French
flcmpoieutary could nothing which Threatened
70 'estr State IN the assertion OF it, dignity and
The Austrian would comait himself Il, ,oy r,s,c l
de fdcfo Goverumeut and anticipated some unr..s.p
ness from the discussion oi these topics Lord Ii,tsn
had To- shape his proposal tp the gsunl o the.
"y'N''vs' "ud "ic t-ut considering the difficulties
no small success. "fhe Pienpotentiares tlii not he's.
tate to express IN the OF their Gosernn,ent. nm.
wish that states between which any serious m-unJrstap
ding may arise should, before appealing 10 arms have re-
course, a. Tar A. circumstances might sow 20 the good
offices OF friendly Poser" Though thi, be ouly min
ople OF common humanity such must naturally occur
oeVey ordary statesmen yet its express recognition y
european Cougres gives it weight and constitutes
the ground o. appral by every Stat from .ny nbrr
state that disregaris H. IL makes s Europe one couf
OF appeal 10 gives every weak State a claim 70 M, friend
" o'es 81 sl ~ stronger neighbours Indeed il the
netfr-t approach to that nf universal arbitration
wh'ch one thought attlnable n its rgorot. form The
LAY may couc when IL value sll DE ack nos rdged
ari iH hrm more defined; aud The sooner u comes tho
ttcr for The happiness OF Europe sud the true Interest,",
"' every state ho~cver powerful snd ambitious.