... accounts received at New York stated that a Cabinet Council had been held, and that a general feel- ing prevailed that a declaration of war would be deter- m;ned upon, but subsequent^- it was stated that Con- gress was to be consulted, and that a Message from ...

... openly assumed an offensive position towards Louis Napoleon. Two main facts have contributed to bring about this sudden declaration of war; the Barthe- lemy circular, which killed all hopes of fusion, and the imperialist manifestations on the plain of Satory ...

... law, or stigmatise in a ministerial let- ter, an act which ought to have been met by diplo- matic remonstrance or a declaration of war. For the bUI itself hardly any serious defence had been made. Every one seemed to confess that it was either indirect ...

... Consul had not the command of the army and navy. The constitution did not give him the title of Chief of the State. Declarations of war, treaties of piece, of alliance, and of commerce were to be proposed, discussed, and promulgated by the Corps LegUlatif ...

... class much influence over any declaration of war with this country. There can be no question that such influences, not only in France but in this country, have in times past largely predomi- nated to the suppression of the war policy of Governments. We are ...

... a foreign army. He did not believe they could find a French officer to undertake a buccaneering expedition without a declaration of war ; and ii he did, then the expedition would be an act of piracy. He trusted the, noble lord would defer the question ...

... foolish men might do. (Hear, hear.) It waa stated that the present ruler of Fiance to be declared emperor. He did not know that it mattered to if ha were declared man monkey (ao understood the hen. member, bat his voice was almost lost amidst laughter ...

... understmd tee wisdom of Mr. Bright’s warning that Rm unconditional withdrawal of the Maynooth Gnat would be virtual declaration of war sgriast tea entire Catholic population of Ireland.” Ibis indeed tee light in which the fierce nltra■oatsae portion of ...

... under Sir R. Fed’s government (Mr. Conry) I said that in ease of war we were able to command ten I times the foreeofany country the Continent, and that I three months after a declaration of war not one of the I merchant vessels could be found at tea—(hear ...

... sm, as his cowardice in yielding to a cry, whilst at the same time he will do that which will be tantamount to a declaration of war against the catholic population oj Ireland. Such are the out-spoken words upon this peculiar subject, of men, — and ...

... act upon the exclusive system both ways, thousands of earnest men have been made to know. There is no need of any new declaration of war, for there has been no truce since the days of the first usurper. From the Chronicle I turned to the Examiner. The cause ...

... of our former wars with France, and 1 have heard him declare more than once in the House of Commons, with regard both to the French war and to the American war which preceded it, that those two wars were both unjust and unnecessary ...