The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-12-01 00:00:00

, • ' ' I iD ~ ; 5:4 I ' .; ; , , - •~~,. . t r . 4 , • , . % , I l ' ; ' 1 i . i 4l' f +l.l 1 ' I , 1. 1.1 .1 1 1 1:i i . !i'' 1 i '.,,' •1 0 •1,, ,} i . ll " • ..„ , ... I : •,1 . ... , A ' ) .' , reason a priori of the probability cf obtaining an oh. ject by the adequacy of the means to obtain it. The e.ents of war were only to he estimated in propor tion to the practical good resulting from them.— Hearing this 1116161de in mind, he would apply it to the mode its which the war hell been combleted in Spain: And here he wi.ilted it tirseto he delinetl, what was the ultimate object we had in view in pur suing the war in that quarter. He apprehended the British object of that war was to expel the French from the l'eninsala, and drive the invaders beyond • the Hittite of that country. considering the stare -of Europe and the character of the great eel, for great he certainty was, who now wieldy(' (es. military force of almost the whole Cmitinent, it was evident that his e bject was to su bj uga t e the whole of Europe; nor was it likely that any rheck cad he put upon him by the mere military force of this country, until some nation had shown energy in itself hi rise under the pressure of his ty 'Taney, and a wish to vind:rate its independence.— Russia had shown that spirit, and thereby atrnrded Its the opportunity of makime a powerful (Um:ion in the Peninsula, attic!) of necessity obliged the French tes oithtiraw litany of their troops, which otherwise would hate bislo sent to the Northorn army. Nov let them see what had been done it; pursuance of that erect ohject. 'I he General aho command ed, bed done every thing which his limited means would allow him to do; but be was forced to give way to superior numbers and form. He wished to. call their Verdships' attention to that period of the cam eetiete a little antecedent to the capture of Hedajos. When the , city fell, the natural plan' of operations wed.: have been, to -have pursued the campaign in the South, and to have cleared the provinces of An. delusia and Catalonia ; but instead of being able to do this, the Comm/nyder was apin obliged to turn northward ie order to repel at; incursion of Mar mint's army, w hich was then but insignificant in num bers ; but Lord Wellington had such inferior forces that he could not leave any to protect the northern provieces while ho pursued his sictcry in the south, hut has oblieed to abandon the southern country and betel his force to the northward. In his advance he felt Neal dilncultr from the groat inferiority of his eavalry, inferior in numbers, tint in other respects; and elurious as the battle of Salamanca was, yet it was the result of chance, by the prompt mind of that.eble Commander taLiag advantage of an error of the French General. His retreat, which pre ceded the Wile tiatemanca was sin feigned re. treat, but vise resulting from necessitv, by being opposed to me.erior pi( sire' strength ; he began to retreet on the 117th, and continued to do so un til the middle of the 92d—then perceiving an opening, he instantly, with the promptitude *of lightning, availed himself of an error of the French Commander, and snatched what was most certainly a glorious victory. But such a re currence must not again be looked for. ft was not in the errors of the French Generals we had much chance of success; and if we relied upon that, we should rely upon a very sandy foundation. The re sult of this victory had itt many respects been im. portant. It gave us for a time possession of Madrid, and the depots of the enemy ; but again, for the want of sufficient force, it was in the end likely to prove of uo value, as 'connected with the ultimate success of the caner. Immediately after the battle of Sala. tnanea, the Geeetal ;mottled his Way to Burgos, amid thee such was tne limited means of transit, he had only three IS-pounders to carry on the siege of that fortress. It was almost impossible that the place could be carried, except by a coup de mak, which unfortunately did not succeed ; and again, from his limited means, he Wac obliged to retreat. If the victory, and possession of Madrid had caused such sensations of satisfaction, what would not be felt at the reverse? If tire war in the Peninsula was to ba considered i;; the light of adirersion in favour of Rus sia, ought not every nerve to have hems strained to snake it as eireetuel as possible ? Marmot was soon re inforced, a cl.the Leaten soon again appeared in the fold with fresh reinforcements. But where were Lard Welliogtou'e releforcements On the 21th, after he had abendeeed Burgos, he was joiled by a battalion of sac. Guards. The ✓lst Regt. had advanced as far as Be nereate, but neve obliged to turn back,and he hoped end trus:ed they had secured a safe retreat. Two re gimente more were El.isrenharked at Comfiest, and were again ceibaske.l for Lisbon, from which place they wouid pro!ably juin at the beginning of the next campaign. las Lordship hexing adverted to the Cam. resign, eon:cedes: we ought to hare sent greater rein. forcemcnts, both of men and mosey, and stated as an instance of neglect in the latter case, -that the reilitary etest tinueeontained but 90,000 dol kers, wed that Lose; Wellieetou was obliged to' use sl:n of 37,000 debars, which hail h.*en Sent for for e , e , of Seanish army. He complained like , ' vii t'.ot the British Coesmander lead been deceived ' ty tee expect:l;6one of co-operation and assistence froaothe hcilian e pc. - E!:on, which had been sent so taeciily east is: . jutli;ieusly, that it was of no use, and tart Served only t.o expose the Catalonians, without gaselier there etreteetion. His Lordship next ad ecete.! to. the treeele-:oes between-this country and Se - etiett, reeciredeeplaeation,whe the ex- pedition whir's e ;s arranged to sail from Sweden was so suddeeiy abat'sroeci after the negociation with this couetre. lie else flonght It siegalar e that, with re- I spect to :roLiml, the Catholic Claims were net at all toticed ie the Reeent's Seeech. 'lt -looked very much like what hair been whispered, namely, that Verliement lint beet' di-solved getlid of the pledge of the last Scssitmc to take their claims into crssi iPralind. With respect to America, be was surprised to hear it said that the Orders in CoUncil were the I ground of quarrel ; he understood there were other high and important questions affecting covar maritime rights, and be Was ready to say that never was quarrel more just than ears with America. . The hart of UV ER POOL rose i n reply; he ob served the Noble Marquis had contented himself by observing upon the Address, without moving any .Amendotent. He had dwelt much on the late re-i verses after our-glorious successes, but the man who should look for a continued career of victory in war , without any reverses, looked fbr that which scarce by) any possibility could happen. lie could agree with' the Noble Lord only in a few topics ; and with re.' spect to the campaign, he would ask any man if the rveult, as know stood, had, been stated 43 an exPesi-: tation at the beginning of it s would not the hope have 'l'l 1 S I been treftted as chimerical ? The Noble Lir it had • complained of the limited scale on which the war on 1 the Peitinsola had been supplied. But surely, in 1 , peaking of that supply, he ought to have taken into i kis cousideration.the wisps of. the ceuntry, and if he • had done so, he would have found that tloj ha 44 es:, ceaded not °illy what had been Clone in any formetr! war, heat beyond what a rev; years back would hate I been thought possible for the country to uccomplish. l Tie could tell the House, that, on the *2stif of June last, the itemiser of troops in British pay in the Pe- Ininsula amounted to no leis than 127,000 men ; of I this eO,OOO were British ; and in the course of last sear '20,000 men. and 7000 homes hall been sent out to Spain. , The Noble Lord had also made it matter of complaint that there was no battering train at 1 Iliirgos. The fact wai l that the rapid advance of 1 the army prevented their . being accompaeied by a I heavy trim's, and it did not arise from the want of them, for there were two battering trains sta ff tiouecl on the frontiers of Sloths, and there was a I third afloat at Lisbon, ready to be carried to i any part to which the Commander should direct them. In short, he could assure the House that 1 there was no requisition made by the illustrious Com mander which had not been complied with ; and in justice to thst Commander, he must say, that he was nut in the habit of requesting, from his Goverament : any thing but what they could afford him. The same observation r.lipiied as to the want of specie : the . quantity given must be limited by the means of pries curing it. and if it could not be procured for the dis count of hills, it followed that the military chest must Ihe scantily supplied. The Noble Lord had also I shortly a ij uded to other topics ; with respect to th e (Catholic laims, the Noble Lord had said, for hie Ipart he should act in a manly . Rod decided maiper, and give . them his distinct opposition, which he I thought would be far more honourable than eluding them by a side wind, and evading instead of boldly I meeting the question. With respect to the question I 1 of America, he admitted that it involved other mat- 1 Iters besides the Orders iu Council,justified this 1 country in the course she had pursued, saying it. was clear that there was a war faction in America devoted to the French, and who were determined at all hazards to precipitate America Lute a war with • this country. Lord GcI.ENvILLE then row, and re-stated at considerable length.the views on which he had origi nally opposed the prosecution of the war in the Pe ninsula. He had never entertained the base thotasht of truckling to France, but had always recommended a prepared, combined, and effectnal resistance, wher ever effectual military co-opeiation could be pro duced. Far different were the fatal measures per seed by tee Noble Earl and his colleagues. For in stance, when they were called upon to give assi3t mice to Austria, they sent their succour, not to the North of Germany, nor to its centre, where it might have been useful : no, they sent it to perish In the marshes and fens of Walcheren. This was their Kay of applying the disposable force of the country to a noble object; and for such policy' they claimed the merit of takingadvanlage of the new era which had arl'sen in the history of Europe. The Noble Earl thinks that he answers the charge broneht against him, by showing what forces he has miss pplied i in the feilnre of his object. He has said, that thine were one hundred mid thirty thousand troops its 13t ii istt pay; and tee result is, that Andalusia is free from the power of France; but did not the Noble Earl see,—could he for a moment doubt, that as soon as the British army leaves the province it will b. re. occupied by the French ? Could he rely on the e for times of the Spanish army ? Had there been any corn- 1 bination, any concerted exertion, any utianimoite 1 effort on the part of the Spanish Government in fa• your of that cause, in which he did not deny that the ' I peasantry had shewn a general ardour ? No ' • the Noble Lord had allowed, that his objects foiled be cause there was not a sufficient co-operation on the part of Spain to achieve them: that . is, because the Noble Lord had relied fOr the 50th time on the Spanish armies, anti had for the 50th time been de ceived. Better would it have been at once to confess, that the country could not support so ruinous a war, than to plead guilty to the blind infatuation, that I fhe failure of the war was owing not to the want of! skill in the excellent Commander,—not to the want I of - bravery in• his heroic soldiers,—but because the! Noble Lords and his friends, after years of damning experience, could not yet nppreciate the character lof the Spanish Government. The Noble Lord (Oren virile) then adverting to the Sicilian expedition, stated that the 10,000 men which were kept idly locked up in Sicily, might have been sent, at the very first sea son of the war, to Spain; had the advice which had been bequeathed to the present Ministers by Lord ' Grey, respecting the Government of Sicily,, been followed at an earlier period. , Bet the Noble Lord, sloo !y wise, misled by some' epigram, refused to adopt any measures of his predecessors, 'merely be-. cause by theta recomme.,ded, till at- length he was compelled to. acknowledge his error, at a tittle when its rectifortion could produce no assignable advan tage. On another subject he had. expected a more detailed answer than that given by the Noble Lord. Out of 105 millions, raised by the most un just and oppressive means, out of this enormous mass of wealth, the Noble Earl confessed that he was un able to keep the military chest of Lord NVellington's army: though at the same time it was alleged that this was the excuse for the compulsory circulation of paper, and the 'profligate and obligatory currency given to base coin. As to Swed.fui, he thought it highly improper to press; a disclosure on this subject: but in. the present stage of the business, he must he s conteut.to, think •with thepublic, that -mach m;seht have been done—that- nothing had been done: Ai to America, he could not repress Iris astonishment-7 —his Indignation—at the. langaage of those who professed to say,, that the abandonment of the Orders in 'Council would necessarily lead to a restoration of peace. There was a time, indeed, when such 0 concession on our part would not only have achieved peace, but alliance between the two coun tries :•but It was the blind opinion of the Noble Earl, and - ofStatesmen of his stamp, that concession ?weer' came totslate ; and this, notwithstanding ' the histori cal experietice of our first fatal contest with America, where every year concessions were made in vain. which e lf dnly timed, would have been received with gratitedcb lie thought the &Use were iudecetrtly• called upon in the Address to pledge themselves to AN. the prosecution of this war, though not a document tins produced to prove the justice of such a me !sure. On this subject he must say; that though he wished 1 for peace, ho would not consent to sacrifice one mat+. time right of the country : but this view. aggravated the guilt of those men who t!nnecessarily plutiged us r into such a state of things. On the subject of Ire land, the Noble Lard hadexpressedan opinion which clearly marked the charatAcr of hiettaelf:tual,,kissul • leagues. lie had no doubt (as he Sahli; that conces sion to the Catholics would subvert the constitution and the Art of ,iettlement ; yet he was content to act with men who were of a directly different opinion, , and to leave a question of such vital importance to accident and chance. Lord atTiluttsr, in his speech, answered I chiefly to Lord Wellesley : he positively denied that 1 any thing more could have been June for the fur- Itherance of the gpattillt cause titan was done, and ex pressed his astonishment that Lord Wdiesley, when in office, had, for two veers, consented to that sys tent of conducting the war which he now reprobated. EAt this moment, Lord Wellesley IA the cross benches, and went and sat by Lard Holland, env. ite to Lord Bathurst, And exclaimed Hear, hca,., in a very loud tone.] Logi Bathurst proceeded, that he could not deny that the Noble Marquis had re peateily mentioned in conversation that ,it would be dr , sirable to do more in Spain [Hear, hear, from Lard WellesteA, but he had never suggested any plan for operations, any scheme of an enlarged na tore, on which it would have been advisable to act. [Hear, hear, from Lord Klleskop] • Lord WELLINLEY called to order, but Lord BATHURST insisted that he was in order, and begged a patient hearing. He then went into a long detail to'iliew, that after the bat tie of Salamanca l , I all the force was sent out to Lord Wellington. which I could be sent; and defended the Sicilian expedition. Lord WELLESLEY, in explanation, deprecated 1 theu sed by the Noble Lord, who spoke 1 personality last; he insisted that he had advised a differeat system , .'of conducting the war in Spain from the very begin fling ; and said, that with the permission of his Prince, he would at any time, in public or private, before any tribunal, state the measures which he had • strenuously advised. Lord Viscount MELVILLE defended . the con- I duct of the British Admiralty with respect to the 1 American and West India stations . observing, that lon the Halifax station alone, long before the com mencement of hostilities, the squadron was double the strength of the whole Americas navy. This he enumerated, as wed as the force in the West Indian seas ; and stated the American Navy to consist of five frigates, and a few sloops of war. --[A Inusgt.] -o it was impossible to guard against such casualties as were alluded to by the Noble Lords opposite, but care was taken to render such attempts an extreme risk on the part of the enemy. . Lord GRENVILLE said, he alluded to the pau city of the land forces. The Address was then agreed to without a divi sion, and at half past eleven o'clock the House ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. I At two o'clock, pursuant.to Message by the Gen ; tleman Csher of the Black Roti t •the Speaker at- Iteeded in the House of Pears, to hear the Speech r urn the Throne. The SPEAXER, arose, and acquainted the !Rinse that he had been in the anise of Pee's. hearing the Speech which his Royal !Ii„ hues the Princ' Regent had been graciously pleased to address to both Houses of Parliament, and, to prevent mistakes, he had procured a copy, which, with their permission, he would read to them. [Mr. Abbott then read the Speech, which will be found in our Report of the Speeches in the House of Lords.] Lord CLIVE rose to move the Address. In, the liberty lie then took of offering himself to the notice of the Horse, it was not, he said, his intention, nor would it be necessary to trespass at any great length upon their indulgeuce. With respect to the first pert of the Speech, he felt confident that every person in that finuse, and in the country, lamented not less than himself the situation of the illustrious Persoun4,e to whom it alluded. There was no one who could I , Avon' the fee lings of sorrow when he reflected, that a i life spent, as that of his Majesty had been, in the prat._ j tice of every virtue that was honourable to our Da -1 tune, should, towards the close, be deprived of that rest and of that repose which were due to his merits and to his sittues.—[//car, hear I—The1 —The next point in the Speech to which lie would allude, was the successful • resistance that had been made hi the Peuinsula to the 1 encroachments of France. Often as they had occasioii within the last four years, to commemorate theachieve meets and applaud the gallant conduct of the Gene ral, and the Army employed in the protection of Spain, yet in no instance, since the commencement of that struggle, was skill or valour so groatly displayed. as .ia the .dosisissi and -plosious battle , of Salamanca.—[Loud cries of hear, - hear, hear n— i The consequences of that victory were as sudden and as important as ever followed from conquest. The 1 siege of Cadiz was raised; Madrid was evacuated by the enemy; all the South of Spain was relieved from; their oppressions; and what was a yet more Important 1 consequence, Lord Wellington was raised to the rank I _of Generalissimo of the Spanish Forces. if any thing ; could tend more powerfieliv• than another to give vi- ' gone and soccess to the exertions of the Spanish peo- I le, it was taws placitt their resources at the disposal of a penon so well ere to guide them, and vesting eo abta,a Commander wit the' uncont railed command 1 their armies. Ile wound next take the liberty of con- I gratetatieg the House on the relation in which they stood to Russia. The circumstances of that country, 1 he.was hoptiy to say, were such as left no ground Aar despondency. The Russians; it wu true, had met -with sone reverses, but they were not sufficient to damp their Ardour, or quell that enthusiasm for C 01111.• , which should animate every bosom. That apirk of resistance, which had been lighted up. in Spain, was rapidly spreading over Europe, and had al ready extended to the :North. Ho was 'doubtful to Which part of the prospect, now held out by aussia,l he should first call the attention of tte }Louse; *he that. to the Emperor himself, or to his Getserals,• or to valiant men who fought under their commend • but to etheleleer part of "the picture they direceed their attention, whether to the magnanimity of the I :10:ni.frnithti.(iie,sm,r,toartri,t,,,ecoratphrfs,e,:irstleillxifiltili.eliro.t:afnti!:e:ibtas:i t.:ft:13(.?0,ti0dteiiii!..,;:iy,!1.:,::::::::izittitu,,,tti11f:,:,..:,,,,,i:i.r.:,,.:,,,.i.cir,...: every persoo v. lio could ki'iow ;Usti a'‘ ,,, • • , wmecessary to dwell. They w 0,.., • .• .'s !! au, ~, , re- c.lte t!l.. L, .. vast Empire there t•.etancd to bo 01 .!,, ,',, l ' ~ tt , q view, and that object was fe,i;f•it ~,,•• t 41 , - :, o'; ' ;'‘Ct ' 1 [lle 4 ri &err] From Dila cud ' ' t h, - -Is( ' e ''''"' . o. ~,, t , ti • there 7 remcd to be only one 4intiert , 'e ot•-ta and that iv:l.: w h o s h , „„ k cuti ,, i , '. (.1. " , itP,t . , i ) tf r ter o llit p lie ; w :)r; s f , :ll 4 l ;: d l'.(l,ie. ;: l'r t r i l g .i:ri m nttit a tr' i st i l! s li t e :r ' " S . 4 i : ie: l 3 . lll' ; ‘# : e t t l ., c . :.. :4 ' l. l. , 4 l:::;,: i r:: ; r o , '‘%. / % i :1; , ' :: : : 1!11 • 7 : f1 , l . ':. . 't : I I ) : r e l., i n i t li tt ts h i e zi , sm f o i r i l ' o t n l e ' te . , I pl o r i o u ' t r i e d c r' til i. 4 t ,. .: . : l (.. , ' a r t i o 'r ,l : . s ti ri rs .cy . t .l . ;• . ' l, ' , l . , ,. , l .,,,i i hi. ; . ' • tow:: dear never to beOur Irlellitillor..-evidchoilt:::nill'lliilizntitilt-iett he crr.'C't,:,:,:i,...rt hen he foetid liiiiisi•; ! 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((Eli: ancestors did to Alexander the Grezi P t a , rt,e ;l l : 3 - 4 ,,, t.hi1: t % • t ig isi h ilia t t d ito o on you designate us as barbarituis,why cast : e a s tukygma crime of b i t i • i i !I: 1 t r ic o i b i h y e .o rs a ?—Ourlin riot ti4.la:at,e,ailv‘ol.koi,nlid,:oleillsis:insu,ttlr., trade ‘%'om w y i t o h u Groat ' l3 'l l l .ml :'"blu"t kiisigun:ei';'t only cr i me teas without tiles eNellSe of provocation F--is it t he l a t il o te r ; e li a s. corner iii Europe, Asia, or Africa, nessed yeur conienipt of every thing; that is sacred s a i i o n n o s ng so m fa e r n :--• s m il i a li v i e er a t • t o li t , t ai n i o n t to c l a t ß , ‘ r ra 's r : i :i b u e ' t i l li l e d your op ces . as a King over the population of IL II • own family ?-Ifas`aiot the brothar whom you set a alit p.,,,.., ..1. ed his situation to avoid your t r• y Ap tl y ?.—ILa oht t e a t he o n ce u r li t i i ,o l ; c ountry, , I am b yi ‘ i s; :i l:t i e t ti h r h e e .ye r l o ie u t it h finds u,c ov it n in t e dh himself txoc securit y lai t nt ° and a II givem ‘hviimth?—ti‘it:Vallinc:hi' ? is the greater lair' bnriatt, I' who defead ry coal. ,try from unjust hostility, or you who waet t rity attack it?” He 'would •beg leave now tacall th? at. (cation of the House to Sicily,. and lie Gould not but congratu:ate them trataii the result' of a tie . goz'atian with that power, which was likely to prove elaalry serviceable to be s tlt'con'nfries. One effect of tlrtt 1.... gociation would he, •to organize a much more pow. crful force than before Wasted for the defence of tint Island. Every person, he was sure, would wpm • ' on hearing that the Itegent.wati desirous of britta;,,, Sit:ily into such a state is would be most scinulacive to its aawitiittereet aced to that of Great Britain. The steady zaal aild "iThrn slta"ottnietit to the mother cons try , lately displayed by the people of Caitatia,eras au. , outer so hject for congrattilition .E=:.. could not pass over upon the present oeciaion. They tuid withstood every attempt .which had been made by America to Feduc3 them ft - om their loyalty, and the efforts to itiv,:do their territories mere equally uosuceessfal, to ran first attempt at invasion the whole American titiee surrc;olered to much inferior numbers ; and ill die se, cond, even the prisoners taken exceeded tile British army employed . agaiiist them. Wherevec the ilritiA troops ivere employed; w !tether ill' Europe or hi Awe. rich, they never failed to display that bravery for which they were always distinguished. They la quired nothing but opportunity to display their la lottr, and victory was sure to follow.—L - Lear, hero . ij —With respect to the renewal of the Ea,t Inc' Company's Charter, it would not now be neat•smry for him to dwell at any great leaatli upon the sit!)- jest. When the pro s per time shoeld arrive, he he. tiered the House would he fully propared to take that important question into their sorious ronaithwatioli, Allusion had bean made in the 1 / 4 ' , • .)caeli from the 'Throne, _ to the late unfortunate disoirbanee, that prevailed in some parts of the country. Ho was happy to see that these disturbances w. - r 0 now put to rest by the salutary measures which, the Goveriimeut had foam{ it tiecasitry to resort to. S:tch ware the principal topics of the Ad•lraQs which he meant to propose to the consitleratioii of the noose before sit. ting down. Ile could not, however, hut once more congratulate them upon the favoorable change biat had taken place in the affairs of Europe: How tlF fereitt was .the prospect now .to what it was at the meeting of the last Parliament! He might say that Great Britain was atone and unaided in ' he cmitiot. The influence and the arms of Prune ! were felt almoit without resistance itt - every part' 'of Fairope. Tlvra was hardly auy part of Spain in which its power wa3 ii ot' then felt. The resources of the enemy w.f.,. then wobrakeet s .. She . trad—ieg•redt - ell tletoriouS army en foot, commanded by !Mil of the first c htrazttzr le • a. - military tilent. But how greatly were th,:.,.., , ittned for the better. itussia wets now up iii MIAS egaiost leer oppressor, and Sweden was not unfriendly tore cause. She had driven from her territ4rias a attar ; rous avid powerful host that threatrecd her with ruin, 1 and Bonaparte, so far from realizing the his , ali tioasting promises With which he had entered thl: country, was now endeavouring, after defeat ate? -...t. ,aL g t r io a dr c d e b , ‘el t sr o et I a u tic ilg u ut re vi put - a p!e l;idihail retreata armies m beat :coo:II:itoil s g b e ro n j u e g r h a t l i f o t t i o ui t i b ,-• all `victorious not re:isot his armies wese not invincible, was there 1 : . Iri ci a l y ro. it m lot %v l a to s i a te t i f e r r o l m th s c u o c t l i t v i a nc s e l d a t t e i - m o t f i t 3 l , l ) i i t i i iv a p • a . r y e ver that :t futcl l , C e re n i ll i ol c ls l i' jcil ':7eiii:'•:: : 4w to o e u x id pec r i t s e t litant asserttlM nationstheir oppressed r l ghta.niti b: r • cc i ‘‘.. . , F P:: honour they had soffered hint to tarots . ,.. of rclot.ea great Frederick e r t i o ck e expect that a gz evontia' 1." pose, as he had often done, the d Fraode; that They would again come Toward: like t iltihecodmeescre;t.%lvettairtas, iv:o.7f not tro• croachments of our oppressor. Ile t$ 01 , ~.:,.. he men, a P ti e r wail 'tt' (i n l iat t • t s u :b fl ntit n a n t d iy e l oxi;e:ti•ld" i to w t;:el '' . l°. ..r s it c T r a l3 n ..... s• i b o u o t ee s r ubin npo it ti t t l o ie' t t h i e ru m e of the t.l.%iedidlroctrse—teLniuct } i ':. r _ .