The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-11-16
LORD BROUGHAM ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
ENGLAND ADVISED TO BE ON HER

At banquet rendered to Lord Brougham, at
Edinburgh on the 26th October the venerable
statesman in his response to of the toasts made
fairs
As to our foreign concerns, there may be various
opinions about the late war in Italy. Some may
think that it was undertaken with the single pur-
pose-the single and honest purpose of freeing the
Italians There may be others less innocent in their
beha-who may have an hankering after an opin-
ion that it not alien to the plan and the motive
OF that war to give the King of Piedmont a great
piece OF the territories of the Emperor of Austria
Be that it may and be the cause of the war ever
! so suspicious-nay, be it ever so unjustifabe-my
belief is that out of it, if it be evil-out of that
! evil good has come, Tor there is certain great
step-a very great stride may sav-made towards
| the independence of the Italian country | hope
| yet don't deny hope yet to them under the
King of Sardinia, as the only practical mode of
! ensuring their own independence.
! entirely agree with my noble friend, Lord John
Russell-my noble kinsman-my Scotch kinsman 1
| will say-who held t'other day, when he received
the freedom of the city of Aberdeen, that the car
dinal view for this country to take was that no for
elgn power should interfere with the affairs of the
ltalians-that should leave them to choose their
| own government and side with the party they
choose and that no foreign state should interfere
to say nay to them or to say, why do you do sou
| do otherwise But have we no interest in all these
| matters? Have we no interest direct and impor-
| tant in them? look to France. have verv great
confidence in the duration of the more than peace
| able connection with that cnuntrv-alnost the al
| liance Win tn9C country. Ana wing should it not
continue? Why should France, possessing all that
nation ought to desire-why should the French,
richly endowed with all good things, innoceptly
and harmlessly enioyed-why should they be tempt
ed to do that which is unlawful? So our first pa
rents had in unmeasured abundance all their wants
suppl dali enjoyments allowed-al lawful enjoy
ments allowed But the Tempter came The Fisnd,
the Father OF Mischief. enyied their innocence,
from which himself had falIen-hated it. and envied
the happiness which was its fruit, and he resolved
upon their ruin.
He addressed himself to the weaker party as the
most likely not to resist. In an evil hour he was
listened to. They fell; they involved the world in
the curse of their transgression. So in France
Every comfort which nation can desire is theirs;
glory is theirs, even of the kind which erring NOR
| tails prize-warlike gory-they have enough of
that to satisfy the most ambitious nature; in all
peaceful pursuits, in the sacred pursuits of peace
their renown is immense; they have foremost
place IN all the gories OF arts and of sciences But
the same Iempter, restless, envies their innocence
and their gains; and he must needs again address
| himself to the weaker portion of them because
that portion is the less likely to resist and again he
must tempt them, but this time not with an apple
! but with laurel. What signifies those grovelling
pursuits. looking after the comfort of your fami-
| lies, locking after gains-groVeng gains The
| very motive OF great nation like you (he says)
! Is glory-warlike gorv-of that warlike glory YOU
! have great deal already, but YOU never can have
enough; therefore, turn your minds to war and to
| the glories of war. Don't suppose saws the Father
! OF Lies, that you will cease to be able to make
/
! by looking after waTlike glory. You will STILL
! says the Father of Lies-yOu will still be able to
! carry on these pursuits, and if you make discord
prevail generally you will suffer much, no doubt
| out other nations will suffer more. Therefore
seek that glory by all means No price is too great
to pay for 1t; no sacrifice too large to make for it,
| let yonr names be blazoned-let your names be
| written In brilliant letters of fire. and if the CON
migration spreads you can extinguish it with blood
While the air rings with the cries of misery Clio
ry at all hazards; glory at all COST glory will be
well and cheaply purchased by the blood of thous-
| anus and the wretch 'dness of millions VIII opr
| nelghbors listen to The Tempter? | am sure the
rational and the respectable part-the great hulk
| OF that great people will turn with INDIGNATION
from ms words, and will not give Even those
| whom he singles out-the weaker part of them
| Whom he has chosen as most likely to be his vic
Tins and his dupes-the mob armed and unarmed
both-that part of the community | really do not
think will be tempted by him. But be that as II
may, am quite sure of this-I know where he will
| fail. When he ''spreadS his murky vans and wings
MS lnausplcous flight across the Channel, when
| ne tries MS arts upon US. there he will fail to
OBTAIN audience tor his words. He will not come
| over in warlike garb; he will leave his laurel
| behind him; but he will come to us as a respect
| able, prudent, well-conduced councillor of gain and
OF trades and be will say, The first of all objects is
gain; gain is worth all the glories that ever were
iancied in all the world let that be your aim; study
| that' And so he tempts him with the golden
| apple, not with the laurel. Study gain Now, as
gain is the first object, national Independence NAV
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| but 1t may cost too dear; you cannot be mncb
worse of than you are; you cannot be much more
! burdened than you are, happen what will But
| then believe the meanest-spirited individual in
| the whole British Empire, to whom he addresses
| these Internal words, would answer Avaunt
| Satan would refuse to listen to him, in other
| words. But he is unabashed; he is of infinite
perseverance, and never despars he is of infinite
| pertinacity, and of infinite resources also. So he
| tries another trick. What are you aft aid of?-and
wish he may be as certain to have no listeners in
this-what are you afraid of? Nobody is going to
attack you; there is no chance of any attack. Why
shonl' you spend much of your sub
stance IN making preparation for your defence
| preparations so costly and altogether useless? I
think some few will listen to that But tba great
| body of the people of this country. bigh and low
rich and poor, of all ranks, of all parties of all de-
scriptions of all sects must know and feel tn thn;r
hearts core that that is the most dangerous 81 all
the tempting, is the most perous of all the Fiends
advice, and that there is but one safety for this
| country, and that is to be prepared by sea and by
| land, in every way in which an attack is possible
| however unlikely, so that every attack NAV be
made not only utterly impossible to succeed but
| also impossible to be attempted-Foud cheers1-
| and I verify believe that there never was more
universal feeling of assent in this country 60 anv
doctrine than to this, that don't distrust our
neighbor-very far from tive trust them, but we
trust ourselves great deal more loud applausel
and that we do the best thing-the kindest thing
both for those neighbors and for ourselves in being
completely, absolutely prepared for what may hap
pen. Renewed applause.
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