The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-07-17
THE DAyI K,R.
Lord PaImerst0n's Statement OF the
Result .r the London Conference.

of June Lord P ,lmerston, in presenting,
by command of her Majesty, the proto-
co.'s relating to TIE proceed ngs OF the
Conference, obss rved that sIere never
WAS an occasion on which u Minister Of
the Crown had 20 make statement to
the House of Commons and the public
upon asubiect In which the feelings, the
sympathies. and, he might say. the snxi-
ETY. of the country were more deeply en-
gagged. He had, however, simply 20
Communicate to the House a short ab-
strect of the proceedings of the Conf r
ence contained in the papers to be laid
on the table He proce 'ded, Gr.t, to give
a general outline of the transactions
which had led to the Dsn- farman quar-
rel lie described the circumstances
out Of which the treaty ofsiS52 had ari-
sen, which contained arrangements as
sented to by the chief European powers;
the object of that tresty, 10 which GER
tain Powers did not assent; the dipio-
matte negotiations which followed the
treaty, their objects and results.
If all the parties, ne remarked, had
been actusted by spirit OF justice, no
complications would have taken place,
but events happened which, the Ger
man Powers coptendpd, contravened
ngagrnenta, and during the discus
sion the late King of Denmark died.
Fresh subjects of dispute then arose
between the Federal Diet and Dem
mark, and her Majeety's Government
urged that of Denmark 10 adopt GER
tain measures which would place il in
the right, and it did 90 But the Diet
alleged that question had existed as
to the title 10 the duchy Of Hol-
stein, and decided to occupy that
duehy. He WAS Of opinion that the Di-
ct had assumed en- authority which did
not belong TO il Execution was, how
ever, decreed'by the biet, and federal
troops entered the territory to enforce
an execution unjust to itself Then
arose the question of the pretensions
Of the duke of Augustenberg, and the
Germans determined TO enter Schles-
wig and to hold it as a material guaran-
tee. When the federal troops entered
Holland the Danes RETAINED from Of
fering any resistance to them. In
Schleswig, however, their feelings we're
SO strong that they resolved to resist,
and did SO against superior numbers.
Up to the occupation of Holstein all
tho parties 10 the treaty OF 1882 oontiu-
ued to adhere TO its stipulations, and
even Pru>sia did not dispute its bind
ing nature
Military operations, with which the
House was familiar, had led to the oc-
cupation of the whole of Schleswig and
gart of JuIaud a conference WAS
Uropo5rd to consider means OF re-estab-
fishing peace which Was agreed to On
the 25ih of April the Conference met,
aud Continued its labors till last S,.ur-
day. Tao first proposal was for sus-
pension OF hostllitIes, and, after some
delay, agreed to for q month. he
belligerent Pnwers were then asked
what conditions were required TO put
an end TO the war Difficulties then
s2pearad rs 10 the proposals, the nsture
of which ne explained. The neUtral
Powers agreed 10 propose 2 line separs-
tion IL Schl,swig and they proposed
that OF the Schiey. which they consider
81 lair one, giving D nmark a proper
frontier This proposal was accepted
by D-unlark, bat refused by the Ger
man Powers, who required another line
Tiue pressed, and the neutral Powers
urged Il prolungation OF the Suspension
OF hostillt,es With much difficulty an
exteution of fortnight was obtained
which expired on Sunday Through,
out the Conference perfect unamity hsd
existed an.o the rep:esentAtil Of
the neutral Powers.
40 S.zrI Eu-seIi hsd BEEN chosen
President OF the Conference. ali the
proposals. were made IN his nenle. bgt
tGey were to be considered as proposals
of all the neutral Powers; and Ihis was
a very important matter. Seeing, ap
parentlv. no possibility Of getting ,he
b Il rent ?. wers 10 gree pon lire
OF % "a ION, they p opposed that a
quest Il % narrow g r,uri be reT-Tred
TO srb ttior. The German P,wacs
accepted the proposal, on condition
that they might il they pleased, de
cline the line fixed upon by the ar5i-
TRAITOR The answer, ne observed, would
baye been more frank sad candid If
they had simply rejected the proposal
! The Danes, or the other hand declared
! again-t arbitration; they sad they had
accepted the line Of the Schley, and
| further they would not go. The French
| representative By desire of his Govern
ment, proposed another arrangement
namely, that an appeal should be made
70 the population of the intermediate
| disiric between the TWO lines This
propossl w,s regatiyed ny l'enma,k
| Thus the. iabors of the Conference were
brought to Il close, and war was to be-
gin again about question involving
| the existence OF nation, blC the pos
session of a comparatively snIaii dis
trirt. Then it became tae duty Of her
| M4iesty's G,vernm-nC TO consider seri-
ously the course they should adopt
They were of opinion that in this case
might had overIidden right, and that
the sympathy Of the British nation gen
orally was in favor or the D mes, and
they should have been glad, if it Were
pOssb bic, To take part with D nmsrk
On the other hand, originally she had
been in the wrong herself and the mat
ter in dispute was small. and 1t was i'm
possible 70 lose sight of the resistance
winch we should have to overcome
France had declined TO take any active
part in support OF Denmark, and Russia
the same The whole bfunt of the ef
| fort 10 disloAge the German troops from
| Holateiu and S,-iilrswig would fall upon
tuis country alone. The government
| had therefore not thought it consistent
with thel uty to ivise n n so.ers ign
| To take such course, aud % recon-
mend to P ,rlianaent such an effort ard
such sacrifice He did not say that,
OF the war assumed a d fitrent charac
ter and the existence of Denmark as an
independent Pow. wss at stake, the
| position OF this country would not b
subj &C. to re,ons drrLtiOn. II tn @
should be any change in the policy "t
the government it would be communI-
| Gated to Parliament it were sitting,
and if not it would be- called together.
The nlonstrou-ly large woman who
died at Bro"kfrld, the other day Uas
p,,, - FsIuomsI, Mrs jane p. hon