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though kwui foldier, and Aaughte r was hit trade, he delight ed not in the efTufion of human Wood, and fhrunk with horror from the thought of fludding hit brother' blood. He was feofi We, from his knowledge of the heart of mia, that it was lsnpol fible to fubjea, muchlefs to conciliate the mind, by racking the body. The Weans we are taking to fill up, actually widen tne breach; an J it mat, in the nature of thing, fo long as a fingle fpark of manly dodr and noble freedom exifted in the bofujn of our brethren. He reverted to the efTeS that it had already produced. Were the Americans in the leaft degree conciliated ? No. Were they even fubj-dted N-j. We have employed co, ooo men, fpeut 20,000.00c of money, and in two ears we have gained Ne-York ifld. Sraxrn ifland, aad had prefcrtfed Ca nada ; all which, in his ideas, amounted t nothing Bat he begged, in the moft pathetic manner, uin 7 on the prefent f:-oa:ion of our iroops. General How has given .OS no preCHe io'tenigenee of having. ea-d any one thing ; and General Burgoyne was in a fixation more trulv hmentab!-- than am general perhaps that eer exifttd. He fppke a a f Jder, he fa d t and frcm the knowledge he hatl of miliary matters, he was fincercly h-d to fear, that he nei hsr could go backvards n r forward. This was the fituation of oar troopsa muati n pro ceding from the facal meafures cf a dominating mmiltTy-A ml nitlry thai.had rX-rcifed more tyranny over America, than ever the duke of Alva, mat bane of liberty, had exereifed overt Ntt'atrlands. lie begged trfe hoiife to reflect on the JUttr - i fo reign fffairs He drcade? there was more to feat from FranCc andSnaia, than the cation wad aware cf, Hn majetiy, frpia tie throne, had acknowledged that he thought an augmentation of the navy nectary to the fccurity of the kingdom. 1 wo years ato. a decreafe cl it was deemed proper. The implication w ciaio. and the cooclofiOQ cafv. He declared, that the p.e d ud day he did not hear one argument adduced by rhe noble gen tlemen cn the othsr-nde in the icalt convincing It was now I e cmniadifpntooftlie filings, and not cl the jodgmen;-toe, paffiont on!) wc addretfed. and not the undemanding. ("The debate continued oil late at flight; but we m aft defer giv..g any more of rhe inches til. our next Theinmifteriaj ilU prevailed, ar.d the numbers in favour of the following ad drefswerc 175. gainft it 47 Hht gracious Swereign i ; , " WE your m-j dy5 moft dutiful and loyal fuljdts, the com mons of Great-Britain in parliament afiemoled, beg leae to re lUrn yoi.r maj U rhe humsle thanks of this houfe for your moft g:oousfpeecii tr. m the throne. . r Deerly inteieHed n cvr ry event which tends to encree yoUr n-.ri hVs denv Ibc f .icitv, and im pet fled with the beetle fen timents of duty and attachment to the Qjeen, we beg leave to err r our majtrty our coograUaiions on the bir.hol another pwn-ctf-. 'and on hr majefty's happy recovtiy. We affure your m. jetty, that we take a Gncere part in the con fidence which vour oiaj fty expetff s, that the condud and cou rage of your officers, and the foiril and intrepidity oi your forces, brth by fea ai.d land, will, uder the divine proMaeace, be at-tend-d with important fuccefs. But at the Tame time we entirely concur with your majrfty in thi king, rtui it is ntceffary to pre uarc for fuch further operations as iu ure events and the am tin racics ot" the war may render expedite And we learn, with much fetisfaclion, that our to njsltv is for hat purpafe puifiiing the proc er meafares for keeping your land forces compleat to their prtfent eilabhftnnent. And whenever your majefty than be pltaf cd to communicate to us any new r.aagements which oU may have enured into for enoeafing your military force, we WiH t?lce the fame into our coufi eriicn ; and we trull your maj lly will not be dii'appointtd in the pracious fentirnents hich yen -cr:ain of the zaaJ a d public Ipirit of your faithfel commons. We are tral f-nf jle, that your majefty 's c nllact care fot ;he wrar oi our pe pie, and your generous concern for the happi nrf. of i.rkicd, difpofc yoor majclty to def.re that the peace of Euroc- m y not be diftttVWd ; but wc acicnowledge with equal oratituctc. yemr aj ' attention to ,4he fecunty of your king doms ani the ptctcclioi of th,; etten five commerce of your fub .'cU 'ir. han made a c Miiderabie u?men:ation to your naval fore- on wh;ch the rtputation and importance of this nation mnft ever principally oVpeod. And we hear with the higMl fa lufadion, and rely wun perfect cunrideuce on your royal decla ration, that your n.tjtfty will a4ways be tne faitfetul guardian of the honour of the Briii crown. We beg leave to aiTt-re yam majefty, that we will without de 4av enter ini ) the connleration of the fupplics for the enfuirg ' and ,hat we will cluartolly and erlcdually provide for all Lb extK rets a, lh .11 oe found nectffaxy for the welfare and cf fcntial intend U thele kingdoms, and for the vigourous profecu. tion of the meafW in which we ate engaged, for the eftabi.lh ment of that conilituci u.al filbdrdinau, n which we truft, with the bb ffing of God, yournaj-ft wi'lbe able to maintain through the fevcral paru of your dominions. We acknowledge, with equal gratitace and admiration, yon, .B. 1 : Wr Vam uiill he ever watchful (nr 3ZZP P to the eflufton of the blood of tertain a hope, that a difcernmenc of their true thf membrance of the bleffings they once enjoyed, d e Jeafe of their prefent fufferings under the arbitrary tyranny of tfietr lead- T"! . a ..nhinnv mnltitude to return to ers will induce tne ac;uucu rr . , r . . their allegiance, and will re-animate their hearts with a fpirit of loyalty tcf their Sovereign, and of attachment to their mother COTheygracions and condcfc.ndin manner, in which your ma jefty Ui your defire, that you may be enabled to reftore peace, order, and confidence to your American colonies cannot fail of endeaunjr your majefty to the hearts of all your fubjeds ; j tr t that when this great work can be and we affure your majefty, mat wncn mxagic accompliftied. and fettled on the true principles of the conftim- tors, your m,j rty may depend on the m. ft zealous concurrence aad fu poor t Li votir faithful commons. Houfsof Urcis, Nwv. 20. it r tarl ofAltnon. UMt&4 as i am to .public fpesK.og. and the formalities of parliamentary debate, I mould, in otfter time, bu: thde. content myfeif with a filenr faoftim thday, motion of the great and noble eail. But my lord, our danger i, much, ar.d vur fenfibiliiy very Htrle. We hje been m;.adif. & m;fld and deceived. the ranon na, r uC- lrov i-f lf j and, like the vulture, prey an its o-n vits; tktU& a" intended pouiftim :nt, by Aofe wh have orouhc U to is ftace, for pail eftences, but a day ofetqiiry muicoine. In the mean time, let us emulate the fage ecu- cA jt tna. great ftatefman Lard Chatham by wh fe eouncilMs c -untry has b en already raifed from defpair to tlory.. -fflia dine is far fnndamentalfand irrevocable, laws, and not jfor afts oi pania- menr, dcttrudive of fundamentai inJ irrevablq laws ; acU are the laws of tyrants, and not the atfs -.f a i.ee auu lunit, j cd government. The legiilnture of this county cannot deprive, Americaof life, Hoertv, and property ; and yet all, in fubver, fim of our conftitution, a-rempted. Baft, Jmy lords, thefe laws muft be rpealed. they mult be repealed: whether Ame rica be loft to this country or not. They are ltC i Draco s laws, written in blood ar.d will make favages of our jjftenty, if they b not blotted out. The prefent motion is foPace ; obtain it if vou can. I fear we have already clinched the bail of our ruin ; k.it n rhino i& better than the prfefent nefarious yiiem. My brds, I will not trouble ycu any lorcr ; this motion I meets with my moft hearty concurrence. x' f . , ' Lord S folk endeavoured to anfwer Lord Chatham, tie laid, his lorulhip had granted him premifes, from wh.ch he d ew fa vourable cnclufions ; that as his lormip reprobated ihe mdc pendencv of America, the America had declared thtmjelvel independent, aad therefor he hoped hu lurdftiip woald be for a greeing with him i.: compelling them to a tta of fwbordiation. He then averred the account given in by Urd Sandwich waif true, and that it iil btcme a muofter to aflert a thing io pubiic ly that, if 'not true, could be fo readily difproved. , The Duke of Grafton fp ke next, and abler d, it was pf-ialj h was parliamentary, when any noble lord had any thing ofec sal to acquaint the honfe with, to do it by o.cuments and paper ; that the noble lord who fpeke early in the debate hd not dene either; hor had the noble lord who fpoke I .ft. He then compared .bis conduct with oirn r parts of the prefsnt admi, niftration, the whole of which he reprobated in very pointed anu fevere terms. The Marquis of Caermar then fpv ke next, and totally dtfagreed in actuation of hofti Jities ; hy faid it was what he could hive no conception of towards bringing about a peace noi did ne meet with any ftaie, in all the ccifife of his reading, which did cfFra it by that manner. Lord CzmS'ft further iiluftrated h-s noble friend lord Chatham's amendment by flicwing, that by a cciTattbh of arm, it was not meant throwing away the fwnrd, but as the fcrft tiep towards a reconciliation; that when the Amei icans taw tnii, it would be get a confidence in them, which we have never yet given then ; that their declaration of independencv was forced fm;m them with the bayonet at; their breaiis, and afits of parliament woife than the bayonet; that they never bad been treated properly, or like the defcendant of Englifhmeo ; and tha: u ching but a cor diality, and a wifh to conciliate Cn W parti conid ever bring back America to a proper fubjordinaticin. His lurifbip conclud ed by arTerting, ths": of the two, he had rather fee America inde pendent, than America enilved. Lord Weymouth faid a few words in vindication of the conduct of France. ( Ji , The Bijbop of Peterborough, in a fhort, fenfible, gracefully de livered fpeech (every word of which might be intlantly commit ted to the prefs) pathetically lamented the dreadful confrqucncc - 4$ T
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