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r- when tbe loan was voted to the Emperor, fee did not bind himfelt never to treat for peace without oonfult Ing.or without including this country. ''" -Howeven afrer the Risht Hon.. 'Gentleman- told the Houfe that his fituation hindered hini from going' 3nto-a JulLdelTiQaiuia rubjsctthe pointTor mm ' -jura rnt whether he told enough, but whether he irmtii'Winil Tuti iir wn f ntri.-H-g-in4;r(lood h4n-tQ . dyx " that nieafures were taken by his Majelty s Ivliniller to meet any difpofition on the part of . The whole therefore might ber that ihealures were taking with the allies -. ifL,f -r1, V,nch into this difoofuion ; for war - ' i vuim.. w... .......... - ----- tJBut if meafuro ref ft taking with our allies to effta 3cerw t ffthere moWnfficien t-timito-tnake . '" the necefary. communyationt to th Emperorjre ILfp&ang4l)e receptidolo even neiroclation was in train, the conduct of mini. tters was an intlatice of flownels that he cmild not 'account lor. and that -lie confidered reprehenfible. Itiitted ihe qaettioo was, whether ornot they would agree to the motion i Their agreeing to the motion - coo Id not bffa difadvantage; it-would ben advan- - Cage. If they agreed to it the people would be more fatisfied ' They wouldgTve Europe aw. opportunity of knowing the lmcerity of the French : and he aflced. - did they imagine they would have a worle peace by avowing their own difpofition, and fLewing the hi tentions of the enemy ? ' . ' . This fufpiclous manner of negociating would ope rate as a grearer difficultytban the fpecificatiori of " terms. It would be a greater bar to the. returning bleflingsof peace, than the ceflion of jflahtts, or the abandonment of provinces. It would give birth to wntiiat iffniftufv.- n3 alieirat-cthe-mmds of bftt h countries,' fo as to protraft the happy period both ardently longed for. Thin frequently 4)albeen,the Cafe before in our wan with Krance ; pence was re, tardrd more, at all times, from want of confidence in the enemv. than from inelie'ible terms'. '. ' - French iMinilteri would yiell to the French people. Notwithftandingthe unprecedented manner in which, the Right Hon.Gentlemait 'carried his nieafures ; notwithltandinithc irrefpdn5b';l;ty attached, to his chara&ef,' be was happy to-fee that .the opinion of TtieclteatlbTn 'mat!?l3jM taw uvtiai w recognize the! reoch government, xaHed-far-A-onH aiauwiuaj. France, did the government there perlevere in hof. tilities. , Reafon had too little to do in governments --th: . yTneWay'a nietini pf theVv hti liib vvas held at The Crown and" Anchor Tavern. It" was the firolr nunvroiw ever witnelTed (at this (eafon of. the year. Nlr. Erfkint? addrel'id the mt-piiiig1iHipg-tlum TcqerjfrES3diE aclsl whiclr they had-fo aulhiitotflv begun, - - tion. than the Tate Speech ot (j ncral IIiinton t temperate", bold, Viodc'rate and huin.aqe-f, I ooK, exclairiied Mr. Ei fltine, in h mm li.finn rf hiiv,. we faw in the cafe of Poland-repeatedly p. eyed on every fidc,-at lad entirely divided and p areetted by defpotte powert. The force of reafon w law, When the fenfc of tlusWion wa loudagaiDfl Great-Bi i 4aiVauakinE RulE attacking it by lana. ine voice oi iie n-.muu jrc vailed, and this armament was relinquinird. "af the miiery by nhicli it-i af In the fame way h-wilhid the people of France to Hod the defiens ol their, government. If. the French eoveFnmtntrfarcrhe.be loJirig credit, )et us qiient fpeech, On Ti:el'Juy, at theAVhigC li;b, " L ook, wlillll the blood ud trt;:iine of tlits country are la. viflily wafting and exiiaullinghow th giear atid im' mortal Fa'rmt prcjtrvts the esce', '.the harn on , acd &&fflh4nMn:z Like a fertat (,'olullus, lityr-; rounded by Liberty, Plenty and Peace,, he bellt'ulct inanity to the human-race, re did not lay .down terms to MJnidcrS i he merelyaSfccd then: to nego ciate with the French republic. This, as be Hid be fore would remove fufpicon- and open avenues to peace.-.-.- 1 hTs- Would dp away that want ol confi dence' winch retarded the peace ot Utreclht Iiejttuld not-'nrlp tlmiRTna 'tat"our-coriduaio' tTie"rreScB" Tliere was fio man in that Houfe fiich a htapt to the whig party, and he hhufelf had his prejudices in favour ot them, as not toJtchariathe war re reie of Queeia Anne, when confefences lor a peace were opcucu hi unniiui.iiuuigii, mt of Utrecht Viras more delayed through luch jealoufy and want of confidence, than from -the difficulty of fixing (pecific artidei. The delay as owing in a great ineafure to the inextinguifhable jealouly excit ed irt this way. Befide the difficulty of fpecifing terms,-which would be greater.nowitlian atany former period, there wis a degree of afperify ud precedented Irom the change of the government and the nature of the conteft. : r; ': ''; .;'"' ..'.. His conclufiort from this argument then war that an unequivocal declaration tor- peacewmild be a great Hep to ita attainment. But the Right Won' Gentleman areuedi that fuch a declaration would fetter .adminiltrat ion. This argument had been fo -trttur-eird- -by-M4fH(lers-t4av-H- loft 4wk cc At-i-iaBaJioii JsLxbe.Jar, : thofe periods when peace might be had with more advuntage, it was urgea, tnat lucn a reioiution """"Would n ipple the hands of EovernmenT.":yet"that Bfgociation which t hey then thought humiliating, they now th'mk fit to nukTt was urged, that a de claration to negociate would bebitiding us to this or that form of government which prevailed; nurif a ' recognition of the prefent governmetit is hot fuflici ent to induce negotiation, llwt argument felj to the ground. With regard ttf the prerogative of the crown to make war and peace, L was allowed n all ' hands u and fa was the right of Parliament to ad v'ne Ins Vlajedy," in the profecution of warlike or pacific niealures. It was the conlUtotional right ;of i the Commons to give fuch advice; and the prero eative of ihe King was ftrengthened when fupport,. be heard thofe arguments of Minivers, that it would - be Indifcreet to negoctate; and the like, much urged . by a noble Lord ( North j for whomhehadrtiehigh efl refpeft: though he himfelf had been i of his opi nion with relpeift to the terms 'phegociaiiotl llill wthefs ar-gjimen'sand opinions.. were' Averjailet The. " ioufe ktie w tha t w ar w as not o be ci rried on "w It honf --the advice ol theJL'ommons i and tlierefore declared j ' againltcontmuingano.rentivewar m America, ino lie did not think t he Houfc were exactly right rerpetr- Jn the peace, he uled thwa an argument, " ad ho ' i publimed in Hamburgh, and doubted from itthe firt Jf cerity of the Directory . Hut whatever the decla- t ration of the Directory might be, it was no reafon forreiectingth iddrefs which hs honourable friend moved. ",We live, he oblerved, in times when at tention mnft be paid to the vojee of "'the people. ; If I ne r rencn govcrniiiciii. wgiucinn.a y-m: wifhed' Kngland and France to know Jt. 'I he Mini flera in this country have been oblimtd to yield to the general Tenre of tlieTiation and le milted iflbe iiredtory were infiocera In their declarations the . t i- - i. . '." . ' emigrants,, as well as otners, nag orcn ungenerous nd inudiout. -t.ope were cci;cu.,iin.i ncrer coul 1 be gratified j. and promifes perhaps made that never were intended to be perlormed, " v J noble Lord, fr whofti he had the higheft re Ipettjr had been ft-nt' on a'lecret embaffy to Loui XVlTrilKl)b1rXl Vth did Jiotbehave t o flieTPre tender in the bafe Wanner hi w hich this goveihrnent behaved to the uHfortunate Louis XVTThh. . Ilovvj in the Rigbl.Pon. Gentleman all the confidence whcli t he worjd is inclined to give him, furely he could not think hismeawresthe worfefor beingfanc tioned by Parliament. I ') he having the content of the C ommons to his meafurcs was the Only thing that could render them conftitunomu. Uid lie, think the cabinet of Vienna or tlie people of France, would faicyhim fettered, by a declaration oLthe Houfe. his. nroceediros ! "Ks ffiod asftrproperr.fnr confthtrttorral, ur fo fir to gain him confidence with his own people; and all Europe, as fuch Parliamentary IJtadHon- . The whole ofihe Right Tion: Gentlemaiv's idea feemed to be to do the whole of this buiinels without the aid or in terferetice of Parliament. Put it" he faw foine good Froirithe mere hopeexcited ihj;hitountrV.and Fjrance of a difpofuion in the Britilhgoveinmpnt to treat forpeac,how niuchbetter would be the confequence of an uneauivocal avowal to'ill Euteper-by-a decla- ratioh, t'uch as his bonourable'lir.iend cailt';) tor? The fuoner this dcclai auqn . were made the-hetter. I'e w oil I J not fay one.wdrd on the (late of oor finan ces, but merely remark-; that even the excefs of tax- ation wa one of the grogtelt arguments for the ter- He was not apt to defpond but he really faw. that by puf luingthe war, we fiiould at lad be brought to-Ti precipice from which we could not retire we might at laft be obliged fo negocla'te with bad terms. Did Minifter want the French to come and bow t o them till they hemfe!ves ntiglj't diclate terms? Kvn pur refoiircM ftVuft at la(t faih;.Were?Mr. Fox allud fcd to the f (lrfi bf taxation recommendrd by Mr. Francis bl'aite t'-'and argued, that if thereritalof the nation waJ 35- million, as Hated by the Xhanccllor W the'Excheauer, and the' perpetual taxes it mil- lions, the 'poor ra'tes: .tif .: added, made the nations al property "and taxei tally as' much as any two great films Could do. ' .What'was'tWrofoeft if we con tinued the war ? The country would atTaft pay her all in taxes; ? No one wooli be boI4noiigl'ijo41ate hat the trfpenciiot tHejwJryi wii't bring thptduir try to: aicritical Htuatlfin I ; bat theff the digrtity of thf count ry feemed t he gre at f'argumefft."' He, for. his part, cohfi lered the- natjoml chaNtef the' na tion's deared and moll facred property T he thought that digiiity waspreferable to life kfelf. i Pot in ihiaJdea rwr, would ote for The MdreiiLbecaiife be was aware that the dignity of the nation would be better afceH ained. S -'"r --."''.''" -' j 1 i!e did not wi(h dimonourafyle peace 5 no t he thought the French wduld not. dare to refufe, from! -their prefent circumftarices, -a peac"hghlyjionour. minemJlio the RiiiiutCftuJematM'waf fa. i able' tttbjfejmiftnr. H, trulted-thia'peacejiroold Forward in urging the negociation, and who prided liimfelf in fo doing; a conducing to the falvhtiori l: the cbliiitrv. ; Why did he not negociates now f. He1 urged bug bears, Hate fecrets,.asobitacle." Htfiirg-j ed that Farhament were not to interfere. ' Pot in proportion at Parliament had not interfered withe tnealures of Miniilers, thedbd of the countryWas abandoned. 1 T ' "' ' ' rhe Right Hon.Oentleman alluded to a paper; not be ort that execrable, divided lyfteni, praftifed by Rulfia and Prnflla in Voland:, That no luch hof rtd peitc -iia yikce fo difgraceful to this country, flibuld ever fake place, in the inftanse ot, France, he -heartily pryed.'f -:;;'J''?''r' ' :-w-v;vf;..v',... j 'lie was ihctfneJto tlfink fromlhe geaeralljlate of the wari front the face of things all over Europe, ihtpeawoiilibe; embracedbyall , aftet the pro. tracted lolles'and dittrelies ot -a- lamentable -war: thisbe was well' VaVebf, were thertf'art ingenuoii's difpofition manifefted onthe?" part oMbis eo'jntry. v fbll waa his idea in fuPPOrtini the motion ff his honourable frietjlj which he conliler'ed would ope rate well m bringing about toe bieiungs ot return ing Peace. I ' 1 ' ' " The houfe divided;- '' " For the motion . " ,' " yo ' " Againftit i8ti' Majorityjtgainft the mo'tion ijo flicled, and by his wilJom and philanthropy, pre.( vents America Irom experiencing the ill etttcts re--TultingTrom liniilar calamitTes Good GodT-Gin-' .ilep-niryhjtr t ed,tbi)pf efy tJthltotoqa'l character to rte Foulie f Repreientativei, J Ihould not be furprurd that the. people ot America adcre xhe great and beneficent Father ol the( reaticn, who -gave them iucbaguardisn(:snd that ihey Ihould only ... be prevented by a lenie of religious duty from pay ing an equal adoration ro V a t h i n c t o n hi m lelf . Feb. ioTTri bur laft, wc1fadtTre plcaTure to" ah non'nee the Tafety of thetrew and troops cn hoard the Aurora tranfport, one of Rtar-Acimiral l hrifti- ;'' an's tieet, whkh loundeied at lea. M letter front " Cowes (wiiere theyJarrived) dated the 7tb.inllnr, gives the following further particulars on the (uljecl -i " Abjui three weeks ag her malls and rudder were carried away by a violent guft of wind ; and from that time flic re maiVied a heljdt fs Jog on the water, kepLjifloat only by the manual exertions of the people athe pump. Three yelTcls tore down to the wreck in this Imermc'tate fpace, but were ' unable t,o offer her any afllftance. - i - - '.f On Tuefday lall , being about ten leagues wrfl o:FltSeT.tzardt' taptj- tl63ge"f -of the flitp Seffgetey , ot Philadelphia, was lo loi tunate as to tall in vvnh her, and without the leaf) hefitation, dtteFm ned, at the hazard of his Own life and tholf.ot Lis crew, to T?1urerefeTnlTeT that-fate which To long lnlfned tht-mt-ahd whtcb 7 from that time they ntutl haveirtet wkh in a fevy hours. It Ihould Vie recorded til hi honburthat Ida faumam'ty,aided by. nautical lltjll,4tiuniphed over the danger that await'dliis extttiqtvrin .lifeboat.; for'he brought- tl.e. whole pi tlierii "fatV",Toki own '; itt the boat. The trooi-s are (jt-rmans.'and have be haved with a ftnfibiliiy thut eyiiices much irur gra. titude to their deliverer ihey have tendered ( ant. Hodgeicxx guine;i4.wliich3r-l!as. nobly refiifed. laying, he bniiii luiiKicnt rrmum rauon- tu ins ow n breali for the trouble, he has had." t neof xhem be. . ing auteoTt abt 1 'odge trfat d them w til wU he Jiad fbem-on board his owuv rftrf f 7t-claiHTcd, ir, tbia-brWtjWHH ic n doc liont'ut-hi cpuniry. I e tave us all he h;ij he i akirgjlm-h7 and we ere onnd tokil's his IVet as loiie as v. e live..". . -Fwurtif theabovc tiTitortttrntte-penrle die dat fnirm- es, on Friday-morning, ininiediatily on their luing lariUed.- ttt----- It i Hated (rem rrfpeclable authority',' that ihe King of fmllia has a( this momf nt in army olf'tcKO 7 men, ready to 1ai,h fgainM t olland in the Ihortelt notlti, who wilf aJuaily takt'tl e.fied early in the enfuing fpringr provided C ileat Lritaih offers sf fuf Hcierit pecuniary indscenient to his Majcfly to en gaeiti tlieenteiprife A tegular reTiirtj of the a b.ve forces has, within ihefe few1 ihyi betn laid be fore our MinTtlersv by ihe PrulFan An;b:fl"adr Ba ron-Jarobi and the nt'goration lor their lervices ia faid to be in a fucc.efifol tfail---':'-'-'.7 ""'' ttFroftt the' Rhine tb're buo-particpla'r imdlisenceir: except that the inofl vlgourous preparations ctiritw nne to be hiade, both by the French and Auftrians, nn.inn tv.. mMtnn k..iN; rnr'.n HOUSX OF COMMONS, Feb.' iff.1 . ' Mr. Wilberfotte made hispromifed motlonfor the total abolition of the fldve" trade, inwl ich he was fupported by Mr. Emxton, Mr. Courtenev,'N1K ' '. W, Smith Mr; Rich ard HilI,.Mr. Setj ant. Adafri -. Mr. Fox, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Ge- . neral Tarleton, Sir AVilliam Young, Mr.' Tenken- lori",Mr."rt)utirJas Mr1.- Drntj and -Mr-fcarho . - fpoke againtt the motion when the. hocle divided, and there appeared, ' f. ..j'Fer'the motion 03. ' ' ' -- .' ;tfgaWl it" ' 67' 'i .f ,-" v-rt7 'Majority iS ' ',,' . ' ' i l' ' ' ' ',:.(! .' .. . -sYelerday;Earl.Stanliope prefented to" the Kingr- at the level s t St.'James's tyyo petitions,'' cents ined vriTeveral flsins of partfimentmaking a very Urge -buridleofi froth'the roomy of Kent. and the other from the town and port of , Margate, 'ur-the fame-" county, both with'a great numbor of fipflaturesy J befeeching his Majetty to life his utmoft endeavours . - tor rtltoring peace to the natiottj by ttfte ring into a treaty witii the. French governments and 11 fit ring, in 1 .neociat terms ment, with their lives and fortunes, at al) hazards. treaty wiui the. t rench governments and ntterrng, 1 cafe of thc executive-power of France refufinjt .to " fgociatf upon fatr-'eqult ab! e,- and L honours bls.: :rms", to ipport hls 'Majedy's'perfon and govern-. -;' n
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