Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-31
The PROPOSED CONGRESS,
A--. Il 49,
THE VIEWS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

| A1 49,
THE VIEWS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND
The foreign mails by the ste mer Cansda brins
the full text Of the di phmaic Jurisprudence be
tween France and EDgland in relation to the Eu
ropean Congress. The following is
sApoLEos's LETTER TO oUesGivlcToRIA.
Madam my Sister 10 face of the events which daily
arise and press themselves attention deem it ind
penssbe part my whole thought 10 the sovereRns
~hcmste destiny of nations is c9D6ded
On all occasions when great Npyulsi0ns have shaken
the foundations and deranged the hitsof States, solemn
cemPacts have followed 20 reduce toorder The ele
ssi. ssd g recognise them tho changes
~" Such the object Of the tpAty Of Westphala in
The seventeenth century and Of tho negotiations of
inIsl5 II on this last fssstien that the political
jssty 10 not ignorant, il is cru to pieces all sides
falf considers atentiveyt s situation of the differ
ent countries it is mpossbs NIT to admit that almost
dars gsrded or menaced ce their are duties without
rules rights without title, pretensions without restraint
sper the more iormdsbisssiDee tho improvements pro
duced BY cvizatea whiph has united peoples together
Identity would render war still
This is matkerof serious reflection Let us not de-
disturb aud draw spite of ourselves 10
opposite directinst now therefore, propose to your
jssyto reeAate the present and to secure the future
Sumlno Is the fhroue. by Providence and tina will
the French brdnght up in the school of
Evrsity t ia perhaps ess allowable for me than for others
to ignore the rights OF soveregns and legitimate aspra
tions If peoples. Thus sm ready. without any precon
ceved system, to bring to international council sprt
OF moderation and justice the ordnary portion OF these
who have undergone many different triss
eff take the initiative in such overture do not
yield to mpule Of vanity, but because am the soy
ertign to whom ambitious projects have mostly ben at
tributed Ihave it at by
overture, that my ,ols dbjec. y 70 convul
sion at the pacfcalion Of EScpe fshis proposal be
to bsg your MsjeNto accept Paris as Tho place
aIf the princes allies and friends Of France should
think fit t. enhance by ther authority Of the
tally Europe will, perhaps Some advantage in the
capital whence the signal Of connse has often arisen
becoming the of conferences destined to lay the basis
ances Of the high and invioabs friendship with
which am, sSrff *
MADAM my Sister, 4.
-. "'Yoar Majestys soedsbrSshsr, 80
On the 18th soveuberail Russell apprized the French
Court through nord Cowey that the Emperora propc-
sion would be considered speedily possible in Cab
net council; aud the 10Th despatch forwarded to
Paris in which Earl Russell reviewed tho given
by Napoleon for calling the Congress- and rejected the
sumption that the treaties of 1915 had ceased to be eec
tive. The following is the most important passage:
1t is the con, lotion of her Msestys Government that
the main provisions of the treaty Of 1916 in full force
that the greater nber of those provisions have not been
any way disturbed and that those foundations rests
the balance Of poser IN Europe"
On the 23d November M. Drouyn do Lhuys met the
obecors of Earl Russell, declaring that il wss not the
intention of the Emperor to apologize for or croise the
treaties of Vienna insisting upon the necessity of Con-
seHe disputed questions in order to avert dire
caamitissJ inaicais the following points those
which should be examined and decided:
IDala, - 49,
aganQ The ueghborng States and threatening the word
with the most serious Three Powers with
of putting stop to it, invoke in vain the treaties
of Yeuna, which supply the two sides with contradictory
arguments Is this stsuggle to last forever?
g Professions opposed to one another are exciting
quarrel between Denmark and Germany The preserya
ton Of peace in the North in at the mercy of accident
hs Cabinets have already by their negotiations become
parties the dispute Are they now become Indifferent
to it
shalI anarchy continue to prevail on the Lower Dam
uoe and shall it be able at any moment to open anew
blocdy for the dispute Of the Eastern question:
other in asitade spsf rsad lob s the trscs
which prevents their anlmafiNese xplsdnwif,S M VII
Shall the occupation of Reme by the French troops be
pF@1ussd Tor =. Without fresh attempt. at
concaton the hSpeo tightening the burden imposed
the nations by the sproportonate armsments occasoned
by mutual dIstrust2" y
RHGLaND's PEREMProRY REFUSAL.
On the 25th the refusal OF England to take part IN the
Congress was officially announced as follows. r
FOREIGN OFFICE, NOVEMBER IS.
MY LORD: Her Nsjesty's Government have received
from the Marquis of Csdore the ef.a despatch adj
dressed TO hih by NJ Drouyn Lhuys, ID answer TO my
despatch 10 your EycelencyfM the 18th Instant. Her
Mhjesy's Government having Qhtped to the
injuries they made wiit StG .9onrsr delay giving
definite repiy the invitation addressed by the Emperor
of the French TO her Mfy the Queen to- take part in
Congress Of the Europeyr P~ers to- he ssssnbed at
Paris ~ ss~ - d
enclose copy Of letter Of in,itation 70
the On which which has already
gesrsd IN the Mseeaf q s's'''d to the German Con-
Her Msj-stys Government fully recognise in this step
the desire Of the Emperoso the French to put end to
the dsauetuds which Affects several parts of Europe aDd
to establish the general peace foundations more sod
than those wbfch. in BIS opinion. it row rests
The Emperor declares hat France is dsntefested in
this au that heforhls part seeks no oggrandze
ment the erests to be secured those not OF
France hut Of EUROPE.
Her Msjasty Government may alec declare chat Great
Britain is dnterestedin this matter that she seeks
ACKNOWLEDGMENT add she has only TO counsel modera
ton and peace.
But France and Great Britain, being bpa dsnteretei
themselves are bound to consider what the position and
what in Congress win be the probable conduetof Powers
who may be called upon to sacrifice OF territory or OF
pre-. cninence and moral strength
IL would be little to the purpose IT, say this occasion
any thing more Of tho tresties Of 1915.
Practically the Emp Of the French admits the bind
ing force Of many portions those treaties and her Ma
iasy's GoverpTnen readily A6W NAV
them have been moiifed disegarded, and hat other
portions are now menaced or called IN Question
Her Mei@stys Government understand, from the e1pa
nations gwen by M Drouyn Lhuys, that 10 the opinion
Of The Government of Emperor s obvious to every