The Nevada journal., 1858-04-30

A SPICY SPEECH.-Ihe refugee ques-
ton has been introduced in the British
Parliament, and is likely to lead to warm
debates. We have a foretaste of the
discussionin the short speech with which
Nh. Roebuck prefaced an inquiry of Lord
Palmerston regarding the demands of
the French Government. Abiding to
the address to the Emperor from the
French army, and to NJ. Persigny's reply
to the London Corporation, Mr.. Roebuck
said:
Hon. gentlemen are aware that the
Monjteur is not an ordinary paper; it is
in fact, the Gazette of the rench Gov
ernment. What appears in the Woni-
teur is the reflex of the opinions of the
Emperor of France. Hear. Well,
sir, in the pages Of the loniteur there
appear these attacks upon the English
people; and one colonel of a French
regiment of the line-full, [ suppose, Of
military ardor, and that loyalty which
he has no doubt exhibited to every rul-
|
asks the French Emperor to be led
against that haunt, that den, the repaire,
of homicide, meaning England.
Well, that language is published in
the pages of the official Dloniteur, 1t is
published, in fact, by the French Empe-
ror. That is his opinion; and l wish
now to state my opinion. a laugh from
the front ministerial benches, answered
by loud cheers from other parts of the
house-more particularly from the
benches Immediately behind ministers
The French Emperor is the person to
direct against England accusations of
being the den of conspirators and who
could speak with greater knowledge of
the fact than himself? Cheers. Has
he not enjoyed the protection and hos
pitality Of England? Hear, hear.
Has he not, too, while enjoying that pro-
lection and hospitality, acted the part of
a conspirator himself? Loud cheers
Did he not leave these shores armed
with the greatness of his predecessor
the name of the great Napoleon? Did
he not, armed with that name, and with
a tame eagle "a laugh go to France
and there attack the throne of King
Louis Philippe-and did he not murder
ii e man who, in the performance of his
duty, opposed him? Renewed cheer
ing.
And this is the man who chooses to
publish in the pages of the lIoaifeur ac-
cusations against England for being the
haunt and the den Of homicides, where
conspiracies are hatched, and which
ought, therefore, to suffer invasion.
There is nothing in the history of the
country, from the beginning to the end,
that can justify such an occusation.
Hear. No English King has fallen by
the hand of the assassin, though Kings
Of France have. Hear, hear. We
have condemned King to the block, it
is true, but it was in open day. IChcers.
Neither have we ever sent or hired any
body to kill any other sovereign for our
own national satisfaction-privately, l
mean and by assassination. Hear,
}hear. Ny answer to Count Persigny
would have been that the people of Eng
land are above assassination. When
they feel indignant they express it, and
90 to war, if necessary, to viudicate their
honor; but they do not seek to avenge
themselves privately, or by secret expe-
ditions in steamboats,, or by assassins
make private attacks upon any for
cign government or foreign sovereign.
Cheers.
When 1 came into the house yester-
day, heard in my ear something like
an inspiration about contemplated
change in the Alien act. 1t was said
that at the solicitation of the Emperor of
the French we were abou; to alter the
Alien act l will say nothing of the in
gratitude of the man who now asks us
to alter law by which he has profted
so largely. But England owes her po.
sition among the nations of tie world in
consequence, in a great measure, of the
manner in which she has treated the
people of all nations who have sought
the asylum of our shores. Napoleon
Metternich, the Bour5ons, and Louis
Philippe have all sought and obtained
safe refuge here; but no man said, no
man had right to say, that we should
alter our laws because we gave them
that refuge; and | say, if we change
the law on this occasion, we violate the
first principles of our constitution, we de-
grade ourselves before the world, and
are no longer the English people our
forefathers were. Cheers.
THE STURGEON QUADRILLE.-Mr
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