Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-08-10
lord PaImerston,s War speech.

The speech OF Lord PalmerStOn, IN the BRUSH
House Of Commons, on the evening OF July
Odd, cnsrosscS the attention not only Of the
London journals, but clicits considerable com
,ncnt Oh the part Of the American press. With
the French treaty, rs the New York Post re-
marks, still hanging by the eye.lids, with all
the pleasant professions Of friendly feeling to-
ward France yet fresh upon his lips and unre-
vokrd, without notice or warning Of any kind,
he proclailns from the very steps of the throne
that England is in such danger from her next
,loor nrighbor. her august ally, the Empe-
rnr Of France, that the Ministry would deserve
to he impeached if it did not ask at once for
500, 060, 600 to eXpend in strengthening her
military deiences, and in enlarging her standing
army.
The New York "Coulucrcial," after refer.
ring to the fact that England has just :onciu'
lied a commercial treaty with France of so lib
cral n character, and embracing such 4 InaSnI-
tndc, present and prospective, VI Interests, That
all men agreed 10 regard il as the guaranty Of
Il long.rrotracted il not perpetual alnity be-
tween these two great powers, and that they
are now carrying Oh L joint war against China,
adds
At tins juncturc, Lord PalmcrStuli, from his
seat in the House Of Commons, and rs thctirSt
minister Of the British Crown-a station that
is understood to impose the utmost caution Of
Observation-Disclosures i demand for eleven million
OF pounds sterling for strengthening and in
c~rcasing the Notifications of the country, and,
as Il Justification Of that demand, deliberately
aflirmS, lit is difficult TO say when the storm
may burst, but the horizon IL charged mnM
couds That betoken TIE possibility er'a tempest.
The House, Of course, knows that, il the main,
lam speaking Of our immediate nciglbor across
the channel, and there is no use in Disgusting
it." Again: The army Of France is greater
than she requires for the purpose o! defence. y
And further
NO nation in the world would think, IN.
provoked, OF attacking France. Nothing could
be gained hy it; no one could expect to dis
member France, and no one would fare other
wise than i'll who v%cntured upon IN unprovoked
attack upon France; and therefore, for the ,le-
fence Of France, We may pronounce that vast
army unnecessary. 10 not mean to say that
that army is raised for the deliberate purpose
Of aggression. I trust it is not, but the pos.
session of power 10 aggresS frequently gives
the desire to do so. Hear. hear.
''lou cannot, you are not entitled to, rely
upon the iorbcarance Of I strange neighbour
You arc bound to make your defensive mcanS
pronortionatc to his mcaus Of aggression
Hear, hear But it is not only Oil land that the
arrangements of France are dlsproportionate to
her necessities for defence. We know that
the utmost cxertions have been made, and still
are making 10 create Il navy, Lhear, hear, very
nearly equal to our own-a navy which can
not be required for purposes of defence OF
France, and which, therefore, we are justified
in looking upon as q possible antagonist we
NAV have to encounter "a navy which would
give to our ~neighbors the means 81 trans
porting within Il few hours a large and Tor
midable number Of troops to our coast
Hear, hear. While, or the one hand, the
Frencl, navy has increased far beyond any
amount that it has reached since the end Of the
last war, our navy has, on the other, irola the
changes that have taken place from sailing
shipS to stcan, necessarily diminished III num-
bers. Hear, hear. We had at one time
eighty. four sail-oftie.llne. all sailing vessels
and they have been necessarily greatly re-
duccd. The Right Honorable ~l'aronet opFo-
silc, iSir j. packington,) when iie was ut the
head Of the admiralty, did good service to sub
stitutc steam lir,c-ofbattle-ships for sailing line
of.battlc ships. trust you arc going on IN the
same coursr, and that in 4 short TIME we shall
establish our navy on such a footing OF superi.
nrity to tina; Of any ncighhorins power rs 'SaD'
s~olutcly necessary for our existence a. y h"-
ton" Hear. hear.
The New York Post, tor, rerlarks:
"Why should England need a superior navy
to the rest of Europe, except that she S'lHtaillS
a policy 10 which the rest Of Europe yields an
unwilling sutInisSion-a submission collnseleu
by fear and not Of respect? 1t is to srntrallZe
this power which has hitherto ovcraweu Europe;
it is TO make The European States ieei at ease
in acting together for their common interests,
undistnrbcd hy the rOarin.$ "t The Drltlsh
lion, that Napoleon keeps 80 large ii military
and naval force at his command. tie has not
thought of invasion; the very suggestion is
an absGrdity.
The purposrs Of the French Emperor, now
ever. are carefully concealed from the people a.
England, who are daily taught byai!most every
press 10 the Queens dominioi.s, that France
only waits Il convenient opportunity Of poun-
cing ,iyGn London, and that all the military
preparations Of Napoleon are directed to the
invasion of England Eat the earliest practicable
period 1t is by the aid Of such alarms tint
government got 500, 0G0, 0e0 out OF the peo,,
Die last wear to build more ships OF war, ana
make more places for the young gentlemen Oh
England, and it is by the same sort Of alarm
that it hopes to set 49, 900, 900 more TINS Ses'
sion to invest in soldiers and Ia make more
places for more young gentlemen 'os other
wise provided for
Tribute Of Respect.
Al 4 Quart. ry Court, held for King ttd Queen county