The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-23


va v.resyea an saturday last. the following
note, which we had not leisure AZ '"e '''"e "
attend to: .s.r,-.n.x Mosw,xa
D.n, Dt,pastA --Ta your LEADING article q tbs
me- E ssss say you e
var on ENGLAND on LIST Fsefn s, hss, nasiand
did nos deslsre war . @nan en-. GOOD one
Pc s"s .n,s ss soa erse &c Mishs you no. As
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~ ,be tine both epochs are equally with TIM years
sesond the food, and both ought TO 10 forgotten
i, two eniig htened nations al the prescntday.
y Yours, respectfully, r."
In one of his speeches to his constituents
,ieiise seven or eight years ago, CoBDES
stated tina, in the treaty of i7s5, between
France andGreat Britain, usually called, from
the name OF the English negotiator, EDEs's
Treaty. it was stipulated that in future. when
ever either of the contracting parties recalled
its ambassador, or dismissed the Ambassador
Of the other, with the inteation OF putting an
end 10 diplomatic intercourse, ii should be uh-
siersiood a. n declaration OF war. We possess
no means Of verifying this statement o''' We
take il for granted that 1t was true, iof IL
has been eontradlcted, 50 far rs We nave s''H'
and ~ is entirely too remarkable 10 nav e.
cared comment were IL false. Al any fa'et we
had il i'm view when We represehtea I~hsi''i'
,s .he frs, 20 declare war against rahoe' we
- -. ,,,,,I aware that the National As
ssrnpiy was The first to make a fo'M's ueeiai"-
49,; ,t,,,, Earl COVER the English Ambas-
-. =, rr,pce was recalled in August OF the
-. 80, soyan months before the French de-
,ora,io,, of war. From that time until 9th
January, 1893, the French made repeated ell
forts to concliate the Government OF Great
Britain. On that day the French Amoissa-
dor CHAuyELIS, was perenptoriiy ofoele" 10
leave England in eight days. Inc groh"u as
sumed by the Government on hoth tIlese occa-
sious was. that the functions OF both the hn'-
bassadors the English 10 France ana 'i''
French 10 England--were terminated pS 'Ho
deposition of LouIs XVI; an inaicat'oh p'''''
euoneh of itself and rendered sun more i"""''
fest by the conduct of Great BRIAN III ''nei
resoects that she meant to interfere III 'he no
nestle affairs of France, and 10 1orce upo"
,,, q. ,,,,,.eruIppnt As she (Cireai BRITAIN |
thought she ought to have, Ii CobDESH
e,a,enept he true England virtually declared |
war ON France August 1872. The treaty OF |
~. Was a commercial treaty, ana lof tha'
reason we are the more inclined 10 believe that |
,,.enrN was we'll acquainted with Its supuia-
lions.
When it was afterwards stated in the Honse
of Commons that the French declared wal |
first. Fox replied, 'who first said we are at
,yar. Is mere child's play and he went on 10
.how that the English Government had man
tested IA hostile disposition to The French Tor
more than Il year before hostiiltIes actually
,.c,n and that the French, far from re-
tuItating. sought by all means in their pow
or To prevent the war from breaking Out
rhev even went so far rs TO entreat GEORGE |
III 10 interpose his good offices with his Al
lies of Austria and Prussia 10 put an end to
,he war in which they had already engaged
for the restoration of the {then) captive Royal |
family Of France 10 liberty and power. This
ATTEMPT at Cancellation, and various others |
from the same quarter, were met with scorn
nv the Ministry Of that day. In fact, from an |
carly period OF the year 1872. it was evident to
the whole world, that the British Ministry. |
supported by the King, We're eagerly DESTROYS |
10 engage in the war, and that nothing short |
of a miracle could keep the country out of il |
At the same time any man who will |
read the history Of the day, will see |
that the conduct of France so far as Great !
Britain was concerned did not afford her the |
shade of Il pretext for going TO war. The |
French had expelled the Prussians and Aus
TRANS who had invaded their territory, with
The purpose, openly avowed by their General, |
the Duke of Brunswick, of reducing them to
ablect scrvitude, and Furnishing them for
casting of the authority of their King and
imprisoning his person. In reply TO the pro-
riamation of that officer, they had deposed
Louis XVI, perpetrated the massacres of
August and September, brought the King
himself 10 the scaffold, and issued their famous
decree of Fraternization. What had England
10 do with any of these acts, except the last
named more than we have with the regulations
which the victorious party may make, touching
The settlement of their government, in the CT
vii war now raging in China With regard
tn The decree of Fraternization, the French
explained it in such a manner
that no English government, not predeter- |
mind TO pick quarrel could possibly have re. !
fused to accept the explanation. In spite of |
every effort that he could make he failed TO |
chang the fixed determination of the British |
Court Every possible method was taken TO |
ipfiame the people 10 the war point by means |
of pamphlets, newspapers, and public ha-
rangues precisely the DERBY ministry We're |
doing six months ago, when, fortunately for
the world, they were rrested in their danger
Gus career by the goot. sense of the nation. In
the midst OF agitation and alarm GEORGE III. |
called out the militia and issued proclama-
ton summoning Parliament. His speech to
that Parliament was as incendary as any
that the most furious stickler for
war in The whole kingdom had written. And |
all this time France had not broken treaty
or violated an engagement, or done anything |
which a foreign nation had right to take Of
fence at; but had, in fact, almost gone down
on her knees to implore the British Govern
lnent not to break the peace, When, after all
her ambassador was ANONYMOUSLY expelled
then at last she declared war. 1t had existed
already as against France, six months or
more Bat she had not retaliated, although in
professionally no cause of war
had been raade by her ranting demsgogues.
The tru tn is France had the best reason in
the world for not wishing TO so TO war with
England Her harbors were eE tireiy exposed,
and her fleets, except few ships, almost dis
Her naval officers all belonged to
the nobility, and the emigration had swept of
the whole body. The events of the revolution
offered so many inducements on land, that
sailors could net be found TO man the NAVY
IN this comparatively defenceless position
the French Executive Council knew very well
snat the whole Navy of France must he de-
stYoyed If a war broke out with England and
the result hut too well answered their expec-
faiions. 1t was owing 10 the circum stances
rust described that England was enabled 10
infict such terrible blows upon the Navy of the
Republic. The latter had neither seamen nor
naval officers TO man her feet and was Obliged
10 depend upon crews composed of soldiers
and commanded by officers of the Army The
Executive Council had further reason for
dreading a war with great maritime power.
They knew that most of the seanort tou,,.