CONGRESS,
'i:oirsz oi- MPMisr.ZTAritEs.
Monday, April 14. •
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The following bills were read the third
«tir. ind pafled, viz.
An aft making appropriations for the sup
poPt'ofgrtvcriiment for the year iBOO.
An aft to mate appropriations for the
nfe»y of the United States during the year
rtSoo. ■
♦*>: *<
Ah aft'to contimltTin force for a limited
time an aft intituled »r:a£t to prefcrite the
nod# of taking evidfoce in cases of coiltcfted
tlfcftiotis for Membrrs of the House of Re
presentatives nt (he United States, and to
compel The of witoeffes.
AVsfl to anthorife the sale and convey
ance of lands in certain cases by the M.tr
fh'.ls r>f the United States, and to confirm
former i'ales— and l v
All aft to provide for rebuilding the" light
hoofe at New 'London ; foi- the fupp'ort of a
Light-houl'e at Clark's point, for <!ie e region
and I'lipport of a lif^ht-1..-ule at Wig-Wam
J'o-.r.t ; anj fftr other ptirpi fes.
b'Tr- Harbrr, from the fcomnuttrf to whoih
' -was ifftrrrtrd the amendments of :lie Senate
ta'the fc.ir to extend the privilege of obtain
in,c patents, &<■. reportid. tSat it would he
pr')per tlivJloiife flipuld concur.
Tile report was agreed to.
A nielTTge was received from t'ne Semue,
by r T ". Oiis, tfi'rir letfetaiy, informing the
tlwt the Senate'have pafti d'.the bill
tor ti)e relief of tie C<i'p:>r»tio;i of Rhode
'Onll-ge.
Mr. W«ln |>p* Vented a j'Ctition ps James
Thflfefi** 3Tito*j\ Ttv'ixJlaot ,md pHky-
V>& to tc ' * Citizen of thr'Unittrd
States—Referred't *' 4 Erie ft comiuit'tf.
.*Mn laid tfte
oft the table.
Resolved, That the next antjiwl Meeting".
6f" th> of the 'United States, lhalj
be held dti the fiifi Moftcjny in November
tß6©.
Mr. caU<rd for the of the
dfcyoh bill t« provide for the better or
ganizition et* tfic Courts of the United
States,
Mr. JCitche!!, after opinion
tlip'bill had been already
n<f>»tiv«d, ifcoved that tl>e further eonfidcra-
ti6ri pf'it V poO.ppncd till the
hi Eeccrcb'-r next. Af:er considerable de
? fcate she was taken by yeas and nays,
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AFFIRMATIVE.
MelTri. Atfton, Bailey, Si R. Brqwp
Cabellr, • CWriftie, Clay, Claiborne, J. Da
venpoftV Davis ? Dawfon, Dent," Efrglffton?
r l , ' Fowler J ' Freerntfri,
Gallttin, 1 K Gr*y.-Grtrjfc]/. Hartley', HMrats',\
i Jatkfon, Jones, ftirchcll. Leib, Lyon» Linn, J
Macon, Muhlenberg, Ne'w, Nichclassicho!-
son, Randolph, Shepherd, Smitie, J. Smith
S. Smith, Spaight, Stanford, .Stone, Smup
ter, Tali*ferro, "Thbn>pf >n, A. Trigg, J.
Trigg, Varnu-n, R. Wjlhams.
Nkgativh.
Meflrs- Baer, Bartlett. Bayjrdj Brsre, J.
Brtiwn, fihamp,':n:, Coqper. Dana, F. I)-;.-
veliport, Denuis, Di'kfon, Eilniond, Evatj,
A- FofVr, 6len, C. Goodrich, E. Good
rich, Grifwold, Grcve, H.»rpe r< H.-nd'.-rfoo,
Hill. Hugar. liTiUy, K. Lee. S. Lee. l.yn.aa
'Marshall, Mortis, N';tt, Page, Parfeti,
•Plncknty, Piatt. SVueli, Reed, Ilutlc'dffe,
Sewall, S"- {c. Thatcher, J. Timniss, 11.
Thomas, VVjjdfwortli, W.i 1.., L. Williams,
Woods.
.
A fheflige was r-'Ceived Scu.ite ;
that they-!n»'e. pafT-il the refuhi
tiori relative to tile Cn;>per Bed on Lake
Sgperiqr.
A «i?iTage was received from the Pi'e'fident
l»f the United Sutef, by his iftietarv, Mr.
Shaw, the th t the Pr fi
dent., dlo on the 12th infi. app<oie and (Ign
tite f&llowing viz.
An «{& to Continue i» force for-a -limited
jf/*ri«l the aft intituled an aft rclitive to
terfain fifheres i f the United States ; for
thf-,government of the .fishermen employed
therein, and for other purprfu as therein
Mentioned—and
An aft t» alter thi- form cf certain oath s
tnd affirmation* direfted to be taken by the
aft intituled an aft to provide f..r the Tt cord
or enumeration of the inhabitants cf
the United States.
The houl'e went into a Co mm it tee of the
■"■' bole oi)-f(ie resolution by the- com
mittee of rryniil *nS unfiijiflied bufmels, for
I Cdntinoinj in {wee the aft living, an add •
itoMal'dtrty on f.tlt ; .Mr. Kutledfe in tile
Chan'; arid after a short debate, the 'efolu
tion was afreed to. ayes 49; the committee
then refr, and upeji the. quefiion will tie
noufe rtfivctir uith the Committee in their
nt to the (aid refolutie.'i, it pallijdin
aff mativr.—
Yt.« j4, Nays 38
'» he hoivfe resolved itftlf into a commit
tee of tlje whole on the repnrt of the con -
ttvitfee of claims on the ( petition of Stephen
Savrr ; Mr. Rutledffe in the chair.
The report, which is unfavorable to the
petitioner, was nppofed by Mr. Harper, who
spoke at great 1.-tigth in favor of the claim
—The qneftion was then taken, and the re
' port screed t->, yeas 46, nays 27. The
committee rnfe, ar.d the house concurred,
yeas 4.3, nays 14.
The bill to continue in force the aft inti-
tuled " An aft in addition to the act for
the puniihment of certain crimes agairift the
States, was read a third time and
paflfcd. Adjourned.
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BALTIMORE, April n.
A (bhponer of Messrs. S. Smith and Bu
chjnnan from Havanna, arrived thi» day,
aid saluted ; and a brig from Jamaica.
Two other fchoonrrs were also below, from
♦he Weft-Indies.
fbi*dg« Jn teliijjence^
LONDON, February .6.
Yeflerd ay^Gov pt recei>tddi^atch<;*;
from fir James San * ariz, at Jcrfey,
in fomc degree confirm the last accounts from |
La Vendee. They State that a neatral
vcflel, f;om L'Oricnt, had brought intelli -
gence that there had been two Engagements
between the Chowatta ■ and-ttcpubH&ms, in
both of which the former had prevailed ;
but that 30 bat tail inns of r gular. infantry,
and three regiments ot horfe> having arrived I
in the irifurgent provinces, there was reason j
to apprehend tKat the Royaliits, would be j
unable to keep the field. Circutous reports ]
of this kind are, however, but Htlle to b« |
depended upon. 1
Two- mails arrived from Hamburgfi thii
day: they do Hot, however, contain much
novelty.
1 he Vienna CoOrt Garette of the eighth
and tith lilt, are entirely barren of ftiilitary
intelligence. •
Letters from Bareuth 'state; that after
the arrival of a courier from St. Peterfburg'li,
the Ruffian army had been review,ed ; and
that after having received the necessary arti
cles for tKeir equipment they jnarched co
lumns coafifting of between 3909 and 400*
men each, towards Fiancoiia, by way of
tile and Barenth in order to re
affembls in the diftrifts of Wurtzberg and
Afchaffenburg, aid from thente to march
to the !<hine The l*me letters add, that
tlie new Ruffian ar y txpc&eil in Bohemia,
wou!d purftie the fame direction, and that
would foot! be opened again
by'th'e siege of "Meiitk. The statement,
however, is not official.
I he rep ;rt of the Cardinal Bellifoni's
hating been elc'dUd P«'pe, is not yet con
fiimed.
Field MarfhaJ Kiay, it 19 now ftippofed,
will'be appointed to command onthe .Rhine.
Letters fr<jm t'rtcfrtrorsh s;)d Craciiw
state, th«t 60,600 Ruflianiare now on their
inarch to. reinforce the arin'jr of Prince Su-
Warrow.
Lord Mintb, the 1 \E n gKfh MWift;r. at
/iama, hai been at Pray Ue.lto "treaT with '
Prince S»warrdw, rdfpefting the" fubfidits
for the Rnflisn frm.)', which ari?
I been agreed upon for I 00.000 men,
[ march to theßhine will, it is faid,.Jjegin in
the midd e ol February at fartheft.
| From ih'e Hague we learn,.{hit a JJecre- 1
tary cf L gatidn, belonging tpUi< Ertlbaffy.
:■ at' Paris, had gone thither in fifty Kuurt,'
to confer ii> secret with some . of the mem
bers of the prt fen! G6»ermeot, aftcc w.hicb.
he again returned to "Paris'., '
Private letter! from' Italy .re-,
ceived ai Vieapai'ftating that Genygl£p*nti
Kle*u had nor been able to main(%ji) hjrnfdf
iii th« a'dviiit'ageiifa'tefjr gained by" Viijp. but,
.hat lie Was'obiiije to jire wajr (p fdnerior
lumbers,' the n.iiiforc<i*ienti intended 'frfr
him not berg aBU t.gjoiu oh accuuac or
the.badness bttliij/ijitfs.
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j BRITISH. tfARL-JAMifSKtf,
HOUSE OfCGAfMONS.
February J
CO MM ITT M Of sttrtr
The Houfeiiprn the mo'tion- of the'Qhan
cellor of the Exrluquir, rtfo'vfcd isto a
cojjmittee of supply
Mr. Wallace called the recollcftioh of
the house to the vote us t'ie i.atjr lass ' j ear.-
7 here win then vou d 120,e00 fMrni rt, "but
from the a tiratio" of- circnmftanccs since
that time, particularly by tke furrfnder of
the Dutch fleet, it was deemed prudent to
reduce allowance this year 10,000 mei.
Hefhotild therefire move it as a refo'ution
of the committee, that 110 000 men fhimld
be employed in the service of the navy for
the year 1800, including 21,000 marines.
Mr. Nichols said, he felt himfe'f bound
to oppose any fupplyfor the carrying on of
the war upon the prefect avowed princi ; [es.
It was now acVuowledred by administration
that for the restoration of the
Baurbon family- (A cry of r, ! no! no!
from lie mmjlertal benches.) — The honoura
ble member then incited that such was the
rieceffary infeience to lie drawn from Lord
Grenvilles a fwer to Buonaparte- True
indeed it did dale other objefts such as he
litter redttftion and crippling the power of
France. This he infrltcd .amounted to the
fame thing ; becaufc if ever the power of ,
France wjs reduced to such a low ebb as
that, they would he unable to relist any
form of GoTernniei.t that helhould bepltaf
ed to impose upon-them. I> deed "he lad
given credit to mipiftrrs in" having afted
wifery and ma naninv ufly in haxi g'avow
ed that obj ftj bectufe hie considered that \
a nation warpught always to know and
be able with precilloa, thv' objeft
for which tbey were contended. The lion
gentleman aflumed this point, that we were
at war to restore the Bourbon family, and
frofti thence went into a long detail of the
arguments jvhich have beeft already used, to
(hew tne iirprobabiliiy of accomplifti Rg
such a measure—From the change of pro
perty—from the deftruftion of the nob'ea
and ecclefiaftics—from the nnwiliii jnefs of
the country to refubmit to feudal and eccle
siastical burthens—from probable futflre
want o{concert among the allies, Bcc. The
honourable gentleman was procetdirg, but
was interrupted by
iJr. Barker, who ilated, thai he did cot
daubt the ingenuity of the honourable gen
tleman would be able to eonntft his argu
ments with the question, but he thought
they were rather remote, and begged the
question might' be read.
Mr. Hobhoufe fai3, that his honourable
friend was in order, and was proceeded to
txplain the connection of hit observation!
with the question, when
Thff- Chancellor of'tfie <x fuid | more mature reflection convinced him of the
_that ooe honourable memb r had «.«t a right j painful neceffitv of abandoning- tha: ple-iGiig;
»to explain the speech of another honourable i thought. The honorable member then went
member, when any irregularity arise, the 'into an examination of the personal ctiarac
niember flfoule explain himfrlf. I ter ot Buonaparte, avid the {lability ol hts
The c-tvairman laid, that a member ccr- 1 power ; of the probability a permanent
" t ®mjy''h'acJ a righf to fliew himJelf in what peace, and the chjtnce that he was not fin
ftarihcrliii speech bore upon the question, cere in his proportions. He -thought tltm
and hope-d the honourable member would the conduCt of ittiiiifters fully evincefl that
limit him/tlf ftnStly to -the question. and they were desirous of p-3(ie,"as«they had at
affign his rontons, why he opposed the refo- . tempted negociation, but were defeated by
lution sis thcfupply. the pude, arrogance, and infincerify*of our
Mr. Hobhoufe faiti«that his hnn. friend [ enemies,
conne&ed the feiloKatioif 6f the Bourbon Mr. Hobboule f«id, that he. had beeh pre
familf with the waty the reason vented by illness from .attending during the
»f his entering oiv ihat the fubjeft, debate on Monday lali, he hoped. h» might
as it would connect itfelf with the refolu- the indulgence of the house for a "little
j t-ion of thtf iebmmiwee. ' " time, while he made some observations on
! Mr. ' Tierney defended' Mr. NicfiOlls, as the fiih c & of the late overtures for negoci
j being perfedlly in tfrdf r, -provided he could ation : particularly lb as the hotiorubfe geo
: Ihew haw his obftrvtti»ni coi.riefted them- tleinsn who just fat diAm, had dwelt upon
I fclves with'the queftronr He did ifot ex- it. It was not his intention to enter into
pest to Snd- at to" e'arly an h ur fb* Aiuch the question, who were the agjyeffors in this
impatience to decide the queftion",-for rb* Wat,- or whrthrr any opportunities had-been
pnrp.jfe of aGCbmmoJating gentlemin who loft for concluding a peace : becaulV these
wilh to withdraw, and though that all were irrelevant to the question
(hould be on ati equal fo»ting'in the house then before the house. He would however,
on such oeckfi ns. reply to nne argument that had Wen made-
Mr. Pitt begged to fay a few words
In what had been fa'id 1 it could not be pre- nobody elf# had done io. To (hew th it
fHmed that<here was any fßtfntion to fetter Great Britain was not th.e aggressor, the
the freedom of debate. The only wilt was miniller on a former ni^ht.mentioned a let
to save time ; but if all'tbe hon. gentle ter which Louis the XVI. had written in
man's fpecch was to be conoe&ed with'the '79 2 t0 his majesty, thanking him fur not
|uetti n, not oMy by his osn iftgenaity,
i«: a'fo *>v ihat of hu hon. friends behind
nent for the- good disposition of their time,
ind they had much better peVmit the hon
gentleman to gee on:
Mr. Nicholls accordingly refuiicdi pnd
continued- hi» arguments to (hew the 'im
probability of succeeding in the attempt to
reffore the Bourboh fafnify. fr«m [hetlce
be adverted to the commencement of the
war, - which be said was pushed forward by
prinriptes of -jli ft ice or national advantage,
but fr»m principles of private interest—and
ft becariie the country to cohfider whether
they Wiuld' fdp'p'oft tfie.il in the difaflrous
could riot corifcicritioufly dp
it, a» be w'ai' perfuatlecf thijt every thing
depended iapon- the'fpeedy reftorat?on of
peace. ... '
" Mt 1 . 'Addlngfpn greatly
furj>riied' that , the hoi), gentleman (hould
Oppoft the fiipplies, and .he was equally sur
prized at {he" reasons by which he had at
tkrifip'te'd to'jullffy, that c<jndu&. The. bun.,
'gentleman gone into the .qucftion of
war % a qucftioir wh.ich Vat .To.ably difcufled
the oi^'r v uigh't, aji'3 Tv. copoplt teljf anfwe i ed
b'y jfii hpnour'abie irisiii below him Up
cTn tKat'tKeieTqre .he. fHgnlti fay nothing/but
htmferf with catling the attentioh of
the honfe to",pne ah hon. gen- j
\lemjnV fJ||r.'i,SecgsMry; Quadat,) which
was'TuppiCng you peace, ,coul I j
ryotTWitff 75fety'diTrn-f ? fTediJ notreecT
'left' tliat any anfw'tr"was S'.ttempt«i»to be
give»t<> fßis by any gentleman oJMhfc.-other
fide. He w ould put the k <jsfe,.that t£e hon.
rgt-n'tleman-wii one of bis MajeSy't Mi.lif
ters, and thefl he vronld a_(k under
the prefeit circumrtancei' cf .fra.a-.E, he.
Vrauld ad afthiVMajefiy to dUbaodtliiaibr- j
ces, even' admitting n peace to be conclu
ded ? If jtstiefn&n answered in the j
j m (Jnels te-purfue-fufch' coriduiK and if ifse
j hoi»;"gentlerp»n inT.wered in the negative, !
he would alk h_m w_ha: fgjXflLzt-ptace that '
•ctfUl(!"be 'tiled, when we <iar<ed not lay aJVJe
our arms would riot te a peace, it
would be mefiHy atfarftied truce' If Peace I
c-t-ld not be obtained, why 'fhoald we n<-
gociate? it would" be only t<. beat down :hc I
(pint of the n;it on ; to difunits our allies, I
rates, and rfellroy our rnoft flattering h:.p:s;
orient to the navaj service, and,therefore he '
could no; opp f- ar.y vote in their favou'.
But he could not" the doctrine.* I
which he- hud lately 'i.ard •Jvp.iced. If j
words and lanuage h.Vd ny diftincl nteai*"
' n S' ''he note of iortl Grenville did molt cer- j
war for the. j-efloraiioir of the Bourbon fa j
mil)', and" lie believed that w* were bound
by treaties t > attempt the iffy-ding of that
poi-.t. He til nglit. lUit we eves had a
i pp-»rtuniiy of treating for peace witho it
any 1< fs of honoiif, without being alked for
J it. T.'-e even's of the war ought to repress
j u- from being too (anguine of success. l ook.
| at St. DoaiingO, or look, nearer home, at |
| Holland, when a British army had-bcen o
j biiyed 10 pass urder the yoke. It wastafy
tor them to drf.v.- battles who we.-e not to
j fight them, but the events of war Were in
I th c h;unls t>f the I,ord Alutigbiy, aijd lie
i had said, " That the lace mas not to the |
| fwift, nor the battle to the Itrong and if I
j Si ripture did not teach ui thi", yet the ex- j
peiiei.ee of this war ought to have taught
,it us For by it we might have learned that
nothing is so formidable as an enemy redu
ced to defperat on.
Mr. Wiibcrloice expreflVd his intention
of shortly Oat.iiur the grounds upon which he
gave his vote. He thought jfrHdemeh came
to a deciGof) upon this poirit just as they
happened to view it in different lights, or as
they were predilpofrd. The-qnrftion to Hi in
fcerr.ed to re this, wheth.- r t>y voting; for a
communication with the chief consul he
ihould have accelerated r« fafe and prrmanent
peace ? if he had thought it would have pro
duced that desirable objett, he for one (Umild
have voted an address for negotiation : but
unless that could be tfje&ed, he thought that
gentleman should not reason from the gene
ral evils attendant upon all whts. The
question waJ, could they hope for fecunty
and permanency ? At the firft hearing of the
communication, he confefled that it gave
him great pleasure, and he was inclined to
think we ought to open a lu-gociation ; but
haviig taken apart ill the war in which
France was engaged with Austria and Pi lift
lia. It (Ivbirta be recillefted that that letter
had been written before any acts of aggref
lion had taken place on the part of Great
Britain ; before she had prohibited the ex
portation of corn to France ; before she dif
mifled the Anibaffador of that,country, Bcc.
all which happened previous to the declara
tion oi war by France in btb. 1793. Now
with refpeft to reason affigoed by mini tie ra
for refufing...ta...n)£et - th*-o»«Ktir*s from
France, lie must obfci ve that they had never
before urged such plsa as that of inflability
in,the govern/near from the circumJlan.ce of
its recency. They. had flu »n themselves
ready to treat with.the jafi government in
, iufyncy of it*" efhblifhment ; they
were ready to treat wijti tb« ,ncw Di
reftory, Which was theh corrpofed of men
who had embrued their bands in the Hood of
that monarch whose murder this country
was endeavoring to revenge. Therefore the
plea of recency was not only new,"but iii
confiftent with the condud of thofc who
•fed it. What was this cohdu& ?• At the
very time it Irad been echoed in that bouse
that the finances of France were ruined, mi
nifies were ready to treat with her. After
the viiftory gained in the councils by the
party,, hnftile to the negociations thus carry
ing on by Lord Maltnefbuvy it Lifl'e, and
af.tr the iyjiotftiniaui difmiflal of his Lord
ship,, the Btii!ffi>govemijrent, notwithlUnd
ing, declared., ill It' ready to negociate. .Bui
' mifliftrrr" irculd not treat now bccaufe
they did ' not whether -the present
government uf"''EVaiice had any (lability.'
How could'Uiey wait toihakea trial of the"
HabitiTies.'of thit government .which they
were labouring with all their efforts to over.
;hro\r ? How vyere they to .wiit untifYbeV
perceived that. (V<hility ? What I'pice rf
time v. juld be fufficient to fttisl'y tVieirs ?
j ,<l "In God's name (said Mr. H.) let tbe
1 country Know ths criterion by which you.
j are to'judge of the ft-biiity of th* French
j government !"—"lh&re x was as great a spirit
: ot moderation jjo.sv in France as-at any time
; since tne revoluricn. This spirit had (hewn
ill If in-the scuncil of elders, fhor:)v cefore
j rtie arrival cf Buonaparte. If FV-ance was
J not* so weak itod Tiiincd a? had been Ilatsd
thir.S'
wtftith Hie c oil id not have under lyjy olbrr,
j form of -tfovernrri?tff""tfot might exiff in
France. There waj as m-.ich security and
as little perfidy to Bt,«:<jrsled after a peace
made with B>ionaparte as with any. of the
Bourhoc:. Butfioni the whole line ol'ccn
dufl purUied by miniftirSi he was tlearly ol
opinion, that' trieir ( bjeii was to carrv en
the war till i.:n.(!ored thatl'mi !y to the throne
(Of France. Buo*.»pa'itc- wouui fay the fain.'
thiwf now 10 the people ii' France; aftd
' would rinke ufi of the rejection of his ovty
'tnits a." a r\-',ns ol coWlolkl.-tinar the whole
power of that country in his own hands. It
1 was which fti'iiifiied him with
| the oelt means and the hell arguments,
l ilt oiijeft of rcfToriiigl .'.he Bourbons wtfr"SS
unattainable lr.-w ns at any period tirice tie
commencement of the war. Every mentis
had been already trff d tOeffcCVit ; p.nfcerfnl
tOMtrderitions had been ex44ted-—great ar
-1 mie« had been brought into the field-under
the moll txjvi .-need Generals ; yet we were
not nearer to the attainment of tlie "obTift.
He deplored the resolution whuh'lhe houl'e
, had come to on. the subject of the 'a{e oy: r
tui'e, and he was lure tins Country wpukl.br
obliged to make peace on woffe "tUriVls than
■t was now in its power t>> .obtain. The
•fconducl of ministers thetvyjwas j's rafli as it
was incontinent. They were obliged on
this OvCafmn to fay, that they were not
bound by their former protcflinns in favour
of peace ; and this they did at the very- time
they were charging the r tu.ru y with a preach
of h,is profeffions, besides hwVther.crirhes.
Lord Hawkefbury observed, that the ar
guments ot'gentlemen on the other tide of
the house appeared to reft on an aiiumption
that there was a luljicient degree of liability
in the government of France ; and thatj if
there was none ai all, that might not be
reason agair.ft treating with it. As to flfr
(lability of Buonaparte's government, it..was
only to be judged of by the faie of'"all tliwfr
that had gone before it, in a country ivhere
a revolution had taken place almtift >eyery
year ; ar.d with refpefl to the ' propriety of
uegociating with the that was
eflabliftied in corifequence < f the lv»{| revolu
tion, therff was no other ground by which it
could be judged, except that of the charac- I
ter of ;hc iTidividu*Js who were it the head
Icf hs government. And if he ft und thrrt
those persons had been parties to aAs of the
• u oil criminal and atrocious kind, it was good
rcafoii to conclude that no confidence *ou!d
be placed ii) them. He would tiot" uttempt to
defend the conduit erf the princes ef the httufe
I ofjjourbon. He wnuldad-'mtthatit had ofteii
, been perfidious ; tut it was necVflarv to confi.
der that there had been a iylltm i'u Europe,
to which these and other Hi I nee Is had been
obliged to clings and which had confined
their *4Vions; -bad as they might be, within
certniii li in its Ncqueilion ever arose with
refpeftto the (lability of their governments.
Their Could not be changed, had they been
ever fp bad. But to enter into a treaty «f
peace wjtli a government that had no chai
adter ; that was intajuous for its crimes ;
that had no (lapiliry, afcd which nobody
knew the moment it. wa. likely t« be chang
ed ; that was a polity which nothing but
ffladntfs could dictate ; particularly so »hen
it was considered how great were thVpbWer
and rt f<siire'e's of the country at tkis mo
ment ; and that its revenues were encreafed
to an amount beyond what they had ever
been at. Theft was no country in the
world, Between whose peace and war eftab
, lifliment there was fo'great a difproportiotl
as Great Britain. To make peace now
would be to p«t away a force which
could not be ■procured in cafe of'a breach of
treaty j to' put down the war machinej
j which it talie a long time to raifa
again ; to open the pir.s cf France, and
give her commerce an opportunity of <*v»r»
ing, ard her government as) opportunity of
putting the country in s better condition to
make war again. Everjfbody'muft, and he
h'mfelf did rejvice at the failure of Ldrii
Malmelbnry'; negotiation* ; . became th«
most atrocious afls of the government with
which we had offered to make peace trclc
place since those failures. It was fine their
that they had prafUfr'd such infefhous con
duct towards Italy and America ; and that
they had committed that Jxrfidiouj, gtofs
and fcandalouj violation of their trea
ty with the Porte by the invaiion of
"gypt. at the very time when a Turkilh
ambassador refidfd afPati*. Every thing
that happened lince the taft experiment Ihould
make this country cauliius. how Ihe nego
tiates'a^ain—With refpedt to the reflora
tion of the House of Bourbon, he fhotlld be
alhamed if he did not fay he wished such in
event to take place. He wiflied it on the
principles of humanity and public justice, as
it was the only means of blotting out of the
page and ridding the world of
the crimes of the French Revolution. But
let any gentleman (hew hint another go
vernment in France with which a peace
could be made, confidently with security
against those principles which endangered
the fnfety and peace of the world for the last
ten years, and with that government he
would he ready to negociate ; but let there
ke a sure test for this fecdrrty- An.honor
able gentleman aflced what criterion
of that security ? He could answer the
queftio'n tio.piher way than by Hating, that
the teft-rrtjolred was a display on the part of
the enetfty of different principles from those
hitherto aiSed upon, and fuijh as Could be
looked uf> to wjth security. He hoped then
that this Country would perfeTene with Srm
liefs r.r.d rcacli.nefs until the >refent con'.eft.
was .hfougjit to an hofioraSTe termination.
He had it from the firft sources of informa
tion, that the British chapadter never ftoo4
so on the Csntintnt of Europe as at
the pretent montent; for this chancer
were indebted to the vigor and resolution
with which we Supported the contest eveft
when we flood alone ; and the onlv persons
who uppear-d to speak against the charafter
of Great Britain' were those few who compo
frdthe minority of that and the other hojfs
of Parliament. The (jueflion was then put
and carried.—Adjourned.
THIS DAY"
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April 11
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-April 15
NOTICE.
AS my-wife Polly WiMUmt, a Srmat of
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