Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-05

ENGLAND AND FRANCE.


The alliance between England and France s not mere
y passive good understanding bet~een neighborinr
States nor is it agreement between Governments urged
oy common Tears TO resist by force every change not in
iaed by themselves. IL has hitherto been principle
'h active aud liberal interfering for the good Europe
yet hot pretending to dictate the wishes hopes and f
tare destiny vi nations The Union which has
the Turkish STATE from partition which Ina. overtho-n
the Rasrsn policy OF loo years and insugurared new
period TO uecerd that ~.eh received it, character from
the congress oie Jenna, Is Hlv Alliance. a. under
STOOD by The Legitimacy oi Continental Europe IL can.
NOT De wondered therefore. that h. facility with which
,- union was formed it, perfect success aud the proba
oiity Of IT. DURATION should alarm ,,-. wbo.. .xn.r,
tons and plans il may di-appoini The is.,A.Ll,, Na.
noSa represents the Fusion and III. politics of the Pm.
on are BY the succrs of France under its new
uyuAsty The Legtmi-t sympatirs of the journal t,.
are wounded by the disasters which have b.en the lat
eheio egihhi-t sovervigns, OF whose claims the A.sa.
o'ee -,"n""aIs IL nos the advocate We cannot eon,e-
quentiy be surprised that the paper which has throug
ou' the late struggle abou-d
us own countrynsn and their allies. which has ever
seen win scarcely suppressed JOY the trials the diff
cu'ue nd even the disasters OF the armies which be-
sleged sebasopol should seek to question the nolicv
which unies France and England ia their general action
o europe: Inc writer H. OF course, full OF the common.
places OF civiy He adnires England her liberal in-ti
tuon' tie antiquity and grandeur of her government
lie hopes that France will remain the ally OF England in
peace A vel As III war lie al~ays desH-s for his coun.
try that alliance, but only certain condition.. ,nd
these conditions utterly Inconsistent with IN. rg
pohey OF England during the last IS years Revolution
anu ahaehy IN Spain said To be the work of our p,r
ndlous people II this i be tolerated th. the writer
~ not Tor tue English aliarce The recent renr.s.n,
os oi Sardinia seem to have reused the anger OF the
fusioni'ts III France shall be compelled to permit re
souilon TO Introduce itself into Italy TO oyerhrow h
Kingdom OF the Two sicie- to plant sef at P,lr,no
10 menace the Sovereign Ponf at Rome then we a.,
not ~ iavor of the English alliance Furthermore II
"e ue-pOusm oi the multitude" il To be tolerated In
SstzerlNhd, the alliance OF England els too de.r
what then, remains for France? The As.aBe il radv
win WIN all an-~er Austria has the same interests a.
France Both Powers bound by duty IN nresxv. ,h
ancient institutions Of Europe Both Power. are rrod
oi common Catholicism Let Fr nee and Austria he
united and then argues the French print the world win
see great things. F' N "'''N ""'
such Is the language Of Journal which proE.sses p.,
o'ism at the close Of desperate conflict in which the
troops oi France and Of England have stood sid, bv sd
against common foe Party spirit is too strong to b.
retraned 10y any ties of reason and decencv w., Ia
that the policy which country has for generation
past steadily followed be abandoned France will
seek another ally. Now, We cannot conor,tnI.,. ,Li
French print the skilhlness of II. ,.c,;c. =,
Is suggested that France and its ruler will abandon
those principles Of international policy to which Epplh
men have become attached. Such an nsinuation i, -
perhaps thought would be enough 10 r,i.a In P.,.I
Doubt OF the French Emperors good faith and aJ q,
comments winch would then be paraded before French
men as proofs OF English captiousness and iolence R
the design viii be disappointed When the Ass,abl1,
hints at an odious aud r-actiouary foreign poicv . h.
lug hAe9 under the new French empire, it suggests
what no man will believe. Such cour.e would ia .I
~ contrary 10 the interests o France and the ,r.dto
oi Us present dynasty 1t would belle all that We know
" tue present kmperors expressed opinions France has
CHOSEN sovereign who is allowed possess great PC
mus hrn viii aud a clear conception of national nf,
est- ere the Government which rules st Paris STRONG
or week despotic or liberal regal Republican IL wold
oe equally The duty OF Engishmen TO recognize its au-
uoriiy and treat IL with respect Much more il dslr
ence due to it when it proved to be admnistd i,h
vgor and with what is least high test of neri,sc
cess we are therefore for alliance with Imperial
France such as it ha yet shown tsei-liberal and nr
gressive IN its information policy. We trust and bsva
that the Ruler OF France has sympathy with such de-
pousm as oppesses Naples that he wishes To substitute
sethlng stable Tor te anarchy of the Papal STATES
that he would gladly foreign armies turn their h
on Italy, and the petty rulers OF Florence Parma and
Aoda learn to trust TO their subjects contentet
than 10 Austrian brgadvs. The Emperor Napoleon sc
quaintance With EuTop lie not that of An orip,rv O.
Pinee or Archdukt ho has succeeded TO the old bron
the old palace the old ideas his ancestors He was
born to kingdom which Was DESTROYED by the hand
Nmeh created It, He Lad seen many lands many kinds
oil institutions many conditions OF men. He has been
PsVusr Ahu proscft before be became the chief of
republic and the occupant of throne We will NOT h.
hevethenon the authority OF his enemies ha: such man
WIZ use his power only for such purposes a. the As
oitf suggest-to preserve in Europe the order of the
Au tne silence OF the dungeon, to give mpunty
I" poilee AZ Naples and priesthood Rome TO a.ten
on ciNized lands and ke,nspred races the indignss
winch We have declared -ha be longer borne by Bu
garians or Wallachs snI until we are updecsived ~
shall be for the French alliance
Ihete Is one point TO which may alude with a few
words oi caution The .lsseHee while advocating its
Austrian alliance speak "f noble end to be attained in
'ne hast France, 1t l. said h4s great task to ac-
eopsh, which Is 20 establish by the influence of her
ciVih~auon the ascendeucy Of Catholicism We had
hoped TO have heard the last Of these pretensons A
great gun d'ids Us from tc days when priests quarreed
about the key of the Church of the Sepuchr and The
oi The Church OF Bethlehem. Whatever judgment we NAV
pass ON Russian policy and the insncerity of il plan:
there can be no doubt that these patty disputes led 10 the
interruption Of long peace and To con3;ct 4, .hib
hundreds OF thousands have perished We are not 30
onded by anmosty agst the creed of our late enemy a.
not 10 perceive that in Ill religious disputes in the East the
Catholics have been the chief aggressors Their fana
cism is active and aggr ve while that Of their oppo
nents, however deep, is purely defensive We trust
ereiore that no French Government will for the future
allow ts Eastern policy TO be dictated by the Jesuits and
lazarsts OF tie Levant. French Ambassador Cannot
DO worse than ao~ his and the power of hi.
country To be use Tor the purposes an unquet Pops
gah IN TINS matter also We trust to the good sense o
the French Emperor, and fully expect that he will give ns
no reason to repent of the alliance which our country has