Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-15
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCEK
AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN ENGLAND.
SPEECH OF EARL RUSSELL.

and made speech of interest and importance on 'uo m
epn relations OF Great Britain, and espec'any On ~
relations to the United States His health was ProPo
by the Earl Of AIRLIE who closed long speech W 'ne
following reference to this country;
"As regards America the Government have mad most
d;cnt and most delicate duty ts discharge They have
had to maintain steadfast and impartial neutrsly.
am afraid that the Americans on both sides are hAe
freshman of whom we told 10 the story He taid ne
was advised refer dispute to an impartial Judge ana
he remarked am very fond of importantly, put hks
the impsrt.lty to DO all on my side lLauen'er
am afraid that the parties in America are very much OF
that opinions and the noble Lord in bis desire TO MAINTAIN
neutrality aud impartial attitude has not succeeaea
in pleasing every party but perhaps tnat " tae uss
proof that he steadily pursuing right course
am sure that with regsrd to America we all wlsh-Witn
out expressing opinion on matters 10 that country OF
which perhaps we are not very wen roms
to an end and that the blessings of peace aud prosperity
should be again restored to the American people"
REPLY OF EARL RUSSELL
Gentlemen am deeply grateful to you for the INVITA-
ton you given to be present here to-day ana or
the manner which you have received the toast wncn
has been proposed and to the noble lord IN the cha o
the manner 10 wi ich he has proposed It,
Gentlemen, think the noble lord has very iary oD-
s,rvsd that however important are those matters OF 40
M site interest to which he alluded yet the contest being
over there longer much excitement about Them and
that for some time the state of foreign affairs has greatly
occupied the attention of the country confess do not
wonder that this should be the for the state OF for
een affairs has been a very anxious one.
On the state of foreign affairs depeLd in great part the
commerce and manufactures of the country Every rumor
or alarm tends depecate to improve the property Of
thousands of persons in this country; and the appehen
sion Of war may burdens to be placed the people
of this country, and might bring on struggle 10 which
eyery mother would to feel for the danger OF her son.
who in the army or navy might have TO encounter 'ne
l.; Rnt haua AL in
war; in avertng it if it be prevented and honoraby
averted Of meeting it courage0usy and with constancy II
it must be meon these depend the character OF TINS
country and its high place among the nations Its
fame to future ages its very existence as great country
GCbeers have, therefore, partaken in more than
ordinary degree Of the anxiety Dung Inc
have been important events during the comparatively
short period in which have held that office
ENGLAND AND THE POLISH QUESTION.
When Lord Palmerston last to Office there was a
war Italy stl depending, though it very soon coeed
Then there the question whether the Italians should
be allowed without interference to throw OF their Gov
ernment most of them corrupt and efete Governments
and attempt to create freedom and unity for them
selves whether France Austria any other Power,
should interfere 10 direct and turn aside the destiny 10
which Italy would aspire In these circumstances the
Government of Lord Pamerston did not hesitate to say
that the people Of Italy should choose for themselves their
future destiny that they should choose their form OF
eminent; and that with the capscy they had and with
the courage they had shown it belief that they
were fit take their place among the great nations of the
world. Cheers Gentlemen, 1t so happened that ex-
pressed that opinion, an organ OF Lord Pamerstons
city Of Aberdeen-and found must say that the whole
country responded to thu opinion then expressed ;
[cbeers and supported BY the public opinion the voice
of England powerful IN preventing Intervention with
the interests of the italian people. Cheers
Well gentem there occurred other causes OF anxiety
There occurred that which often giving pain
full eenps-I mean the civil war that has taken place in
Poland For my part / am prepared to defend il
need shall be- the which her Msestys Government
in conjunction with France and Austria have taken
that question But gentlemen have stated in my place
in Parliament and hold the opinion STILL that neither
the obligations the honor the interest OF England re-
qure that We should 90 to war for Poland. Cheers.
hold that opinion and think it would be unbecomng to
rail at Russia when not prepared orcby to resist
her assertionshougb, however it has atoBshed me to
find that the end of months of correspondence
Russia taken the line that she has done. The partition
Of Poland event which the scandal of Europe
in the last century and which is the eproach of the three
Powers who were parties to 1t Renewed cheers1 But
at the treaty Of Vienna it thought ft-and crcum-
stances Of exped perhaps justified what was done
to admit IT were into the law Of nations the State OF
Poland divided between those three Powers, and to
give kind Of retrospective sanction it were, to the
partition Of Poland The Powers Of Europe became, to
use legal phrase accessories after the fact Austria and
Prussia complied with the conditions of the treaty Rue
sia has not complied with them. 1t seems TO me that 1t
act Of great iuprudence the part Of Russia,
when che had that great advanagwhen she had the act
Of spcaton and partition condoned, were, by Eu
rope-to reject the terms ON which that sanction was
given to rest she rests the title of the original
on the tltlc
dtons by which at the treaty of Vienna that title
1t were, accepted by Europe. [Cheers What may be
the quences OF that act what conduct the different
Powers II Europe may follow, is not question which
properly enter merely wished you to remark the
fact that these conditions which contained in the
treaty Of Vienna by which Russia obtained the kingdom
Of Poland, have not been complied with and that, with
out the conditions of the tenure the title itself hardly
be upheld. [Cheers.
ENGLAND AND THE MEXICAN QUESTION.
Gentlemen there 10 another question concerning TO-
reign relations which great deal Of msspprehension
has at various times and very lately the
question Of Mexico 1t has said that there has been
part in the intervention. Now that word intervention is
unuckly employed with great deal Of license and
fusion 70 express great many different kinds OF proceed
ing There IL an intervention certainly when Pr
the subjects Of which have been wronged redress
these subjects When their property has been unusty
taken when the person OF their subjects ave been ured
that intervention quite usabe and often indispep-
Prevention against which have often protested which
think very occasions indeed to be justified and
which generally finds its condemna n the
which follow from it, the forcble intervention In
the internal affairs Of another nation tn prescribe its gov.
eminent and dictate who rbal be its rulers Cheers
Well, gentlemen, in the former kind of Intervention we
took part but Immediately the latter kind Of
was adopted by of the three Powers which
cerDed in these hoslites in Mexico, at parted
company with ally and nee part in the
affairs OF Mexico Gentlemen such 10 condition at the
present moment If the people Of Mexico approve the
intervention which has taken place. IL they like
monarchy in Mexico and il they al willingly obey il;
they enabled TO establish peace order in Mexico
these conditions say with all my heart let them