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Europe at the Opening of the Session of 1847

Europe at the Opening of the Session of 1847

Urquhart, David

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1151348333
ISBN13: 9781151348333
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847. Excerpt: ... LETTER VIII. THE OPENING OF THE SESSION. Thk publication of the Documents, the Royal speeches in both countries, and the discussion in both Parliaments, impose on me the necessity of addressing you once more. The debate on the opening of Parliament, at such a crisis, is, moreover, an occasion for testing the men we possess, discovering the faculties that lie dormant, or the errors and fallacies that have been in operation in secret. It is an occasion for the nation to appreciate its servants, whether termed rulers or representatives. The grounds I had for exposing the diplomatic transaction, stand equally for this debate. There can be no wrong, no crime, no treachery, no danger, except by the sufferance or connivance of Parliament. No illustration more direct or timely than the present was ever offered of the truth of the aphorism of the old Lord Treasurer, that England NEVER COULD BE UNDONE BUT BY HER PARLIAMENTS. Regarding the causes of the dissensions that have suddenly sprung up between England and France, and which have avowedly brought the confiscation of Cracow, there is no material statement in my letters which is not borne out by the now published documents. I had reduced the case to the following points: --that the French Government had appealed to Lord Palmerston, on his coming into office, to act conjointly in Spain: that he had not deigned to give an answer: that on being pressed by the French representative in London, he accounted for his silence by an insult: that he could have made any arrangement with France: that he could have stopped the marriages if he chose: that he abstained from warning them of his view of infraction of treaty or violation of engagement: that he only did what was requisite to irritate the French Government into act...

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