The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1859-07-02
LORD ELLESBoRoUaH ON TIE WAR N

LORD ELLENBoRoUGH ON THE WAR m
ITALY.
Two public meetings were held in Chcltenham on
Thursday for the suppose Of forming rifle corps, one
taking place In the afternoon and the other IN the
evening The latter was called in favor of those
tadesmer, shop assistants and others who could
! not be present in the middle of the day. The Earl
OF marlborough, who loudly cheered, expressed
his qualification OF being able to comply with the
quest made to him to preside that evening and at
the time he pleased to observe 80 large an
attendance If there We're tradesmen present, and
be supposed there were, they, of all Others in his
opinion especially Interested in preventing an
enemy landing these shores, as being likely to
suffer most from such an occurrence. All monetary
transactions Of the country would be altogether mn
paired and injured from the very instant twas known
an enemy had landed. What s.would be the effect
tht .lIlle ae-a<is s.i bs the approach Of an eHe-
my to Londof and Svhat ca,ia be tse node Of con-
, Quoting monetary transactions with the means OF
communication interfered with?
And what must we do? 1t was not enough to
feel satisfied that if the enemy landed we should be
enabled to repel h:. must be strong to deter
him from attempting invasion. [Cheers They
might depend upon ii that the mere act OF INVASION
if the enemy We're but week in the country, and II
terminated by his expulsion the destruction OF ak
his forces, that single week Of invasion would pro-
duce injury the material interests OF this coun-
try which hundred years would hardly recover
Hear, hear He dared say there were good many
among them who thought it possible to avoid all
these mistortunes by preserving strict neutrality
There could be no one more desirous than hinlselt
But he would tell them this, that neutrality, al
though it put off war, did not prevent 1t. Hear,
hear, On the contrary, it might ultimately bring
upon a infinitely more dangerous than that
in which we refused to engage before. While two
great nations contening against each other, II
we engaged IN war at least should have one OF
these nations with if waited till one OF these
nations tramp,ed upon and beaten by the other,
and had deprived it Of strength to contend In the
field and then disposed t5 ccntend alone
against the conqueror we should contend alone
a.raif4 VIII had
against disciplined to the field, and therefore
to disadvantage.
He knew not that it was necessary for him, II he
were to speak at all, to say anything of the nature
and character Of the present war But there was
one point connected with it, about which he hoped
they under delusion. lie trusted they dd
not suppose it was really for the Independence
| Of Italy. Cheers If he could think 1t We're SO, no
would rejoice in its success more than he should
Renewed cheers He had been earnestly desirous
seeing great and really independent State in
Italy from the earliest period OF his lhe Hear,
hear. No event would more strongly conduce to
the security Of Austria herself than the creation OF
great and i,adependent power in Italy. Hear, hear
! He had not the smallest hope Of any such result
from any interferece 5,a The part Of France. The
object of France transfer to herself that SUI
| premacy in Italy which had been possessed by Aus
| tria since 1914 Hear, hear Austria had held II
og the des.sslxe nrioses Esanss Would h... :. soI
important step towards making the McditeiTanean a
French lake. Hear hear,l If they looked back to
past times, and the Of the French revolutions
| they would see with what gallantry Austria came
forward, and what advantage derived from her
| actions.
! In 1905, Austria. at her great risk, rushed
forward and prevented the invasion of this country.
[Cheers.l In 1909, she again moved forward, she
again suffered great defeats but she facilitated by
her movements the advance of the Duke of Yelling
ton Madrid and laid the foundation Of the liberia
ton of Spain Notwithstanding all these defeats of
1905 and 1909, ard her weakness, Austria again il,
! 1913, joined the Allies, and gave into their lands
her territory in Bohemia for the purpose of enabling
t. en- to set against the French, and ma contrlbu-
! liberation of Europe. [Cheers. We must not,
therefore, allow ourselves TO be diverted from the
recollection of the past times in dealing with the
present He would not go into another point Of
great importance, and well worthy the attention Of
the public be meant the understanding which evi-
IDENTIFY existed between Russia and France-fhear
hear an understanding existing between two
great dcspotic military powers with reference to
what their conduct shall be in supporting the in
dependence and freedom # italy
/ There reasons, he believed, to suspect the
purity Of the motives Of beth parties Hear, hear
But this they might observe; while Russia by bring
ing l5c,e e0t men on the frontiers of Poland,
practically paralyzed Germany, We likewise, in the
movements of our fleet already if not paralyzed
yet greatly checked and controlled by a Russian
fleet Of thirty sail Of the line, which had beeu largely
rcrea1ed sirco the commencement Of this war, for
could venture send the whole Of force to
3 the Mediterranean, knowing If did that, that the
fleet mi ght anchor at Spithta Yet told
that Russia bad assured the English Government
that there nothing whatever existing between
France and herself contrary to our interests, and
they accepted that explanation. If the Government
Was not af aid of an understanding between Russia
and France, it behoovcd the people of this
country to be afraid, and to take fo,
their deverancc Loud cheerng.]