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permitted him te mount guard in erte of their towns
and Ind patronized and proteßed him, they ind made it
their daily and habitual practice to foppty our enemies
with ratal fibres, andat the time that they were under
the moss positive engagements to assist this country,
they were aSually fighting 'for its foes, for they were
Applying them with the materials which were the ft
news of their power, the means without which they
could not have fought at all Undkr these circum
stances injurious, treacherous, and aggravated as
they were, his' Majesty was Rill reluct mt to violate
the amity which had fubfiAed between the Rates and
this country, and which had been deemed by the
tyeateft statesmen of each nation of reciprocal advan
tage to both.—Mutuality of obligation, beyond all
quellion, is the grand basis of every national compad,
but so litt'e had the Dutch been difpefed to praflife a
Concurrence in this opinion, that their treachery in
created with our fidelity, and their injustice with our
indulgence. The immediate cause which had induced
his majefly to take the flep that he had so long refrain
ed from, was the discovery of a most unjust and ini
quitous treaty between the province of Amsterdam,
and the congress of the American colonies now in re
bellion againf lthis country. The copy of this agree
foent had been laid before the house, and their lord
flips had heard the injurious tenqr of its contents,
Kicked and unprecedented as they were however,
what was the fatisfa&jon which this court received,
When application was made through the medium of
cur ambaffaclor for redress and punishment ? After
having deferred for feme time paying any attention to
pur repeated remembrances, we were at last answered,
that the Bates bad left the matter ad referendum,
which was as much to fay, they did not care whether
any regard was to be paid to it or no. The grand
principal cn this occasion the penffoner Van Berkel
himfelf, When he was interrogated as to his ju ftificati
©n for such a condud, had even the impudence to
avow i<, nay, not only to avow jt ; but to defend and
glory in t. The inhabitants of Amsterdam, who now
con fritute the reigning faction of the nation, were
daring enough to inform tie general assembly of the
fates, tl at they looked upon this treaty with the
Americans asthe execution of an indifpenfible duty,and
that they neither could, nor would make any atonement
for what they had done, uniefs compelled to it.
His Lordship was here interrupted by the Duke of
Richmond, who spoke to order, He laid the noble
vifeount had no right to refer, in his official capacity
as a minift'r, to papers which were not before the
house. That paper containing an account of the pro
ceedings of the Bates on this occasion, ought, beyend
all dispute. to have been fuljeded to the mfpeaien of
their lordships: but the noble lord had not thought
proper to do that, he was not authorised in introduc
ing any allusion to it at'All. This account of Mr. Van
Berkel might be true, or might not be so. But whe
ther there was any veracity ir. the narrative or not,
could not be a matter of diftuffion, for there was no
thing to refer to as a criterion. A noble lord speaking
as a rrinifler, could not in the nature of things have
any right to advance a fa& as the foundation of his
teafoning, which the dther lords could have no oppor
tunity of refusing or replying to, and therefore the
noble viscount was most assuredly out of order in
what he had said.
Lord Stcrmont rose again, and contended that he
fras in no'refped out of order, because be had alluded
to nothing in the firftplace that was not Specifically
mentioned in his Mayfly's declaration ; and in the
second, the whole history of the tranfadion in question
had been published in the gazettes of Holland, which
might certainly be looked upon as Some foundation for
an assertion refpefling matters, wherein the states them
selves were so intimately concerned. The noble lord
now resumed the thread of his argument, and said a
few words as to the policy and expediency of the war
with the Dutch. It had been most erroneously repre
sented, that the quefiion upon this occasion was in faD,
this, Is it, or is it not politick to quarrel with the
United States? Is or is it not wife to make that power,
at this time, our enemy ? This, he said, was entirely a
mifeonception. We have not been able to prevent the
Dutch from being hoflile to us—they have been our
enemies for Some years back, in Spite of every indole
gence and every just motive to the contrary. Since
then, the making them amicable, as experience has
Sufficiently evinced, is perfectly out of our power, the
queßion bee mes merely and simply this—ls it better
to have them as Secret or awowed enemies;? Enemies
they will be, and it is for your lordships to determine,
since that must be the case, which State of enmity you
would prefer—the open attack, which you may pre
pare yourselves to refill, or the dark blow which brings
death before discovery? His lordffiip urged force
other arguments for the expediency and necessity of
the measure which had been pursued, and after expres
sing a firong wiffi that it might have been pf-dicable
to have punished the province of Amsterdam, where
the great and governing fadion of the Rate manifefliy
resided, concluded with moving an address to the fol
lowing purport:
CT That the thanks of this house be given to his ma
jesty, for his most gracious message. That their lord
lhips lament with his majefly the disagreeable necessity
tinder which he has been of making an hostile declara
tion againfl the States General of the United Provinces,
but that they are perfectly confeicus that he has exert
ed every poffib.eexpedient for the prevention of it, and
that the prevarication, injustice, and violation of trea
ty, of which the Rates have been guilty, were the Sole
Causes which influenced his majesty in the flep he has
taken.—Convinced as they are that this war is necef
firy, as well for the honour of the crown, as for essen
tial interests of the people, their lordships efleem it their
duty to allure his majefiy, that they will readily and
willingly aflift^him with their councils and support,
and use their endeavours, in,c®njun&ion with him, for
^feding an honourable and permanent peace/?'
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The Duke of Richmond now rose for the third time,
and entered into a regular refutation of the arguments
which had been urged by the noble lord. His grace
contended, in the firft place, that the Utrecht gazette
was n) authority to refer to for the authenticity of any
circumstance that might occur in that house. How
does his lordfllip know we read these gazettes ? May
not some of us referable that noble lord's uncle ? He
never reads a newspaper of any kind—never, no
never.— Why then does the noble lord presume upon
the certainty of the sass, that every other member of
this house actually does read them? As for the firft
argument, his grace said, which the noble lord had
produced, refpeßing the treaty of Breda, that could
net in reason be fuppoled to have any effect in inclining
the Dutch to amity, for as another treaty had been
formed, dispensing, in a certain degree, with the con
ditions of that preceding one, they very naturally felt
themselves under a difficulty how to proceed and as the'
supplying the hostile powers with naval flores was a
matter of advantage to them, they conceived themselves
guilty of to impropriety in pursuing it, as it was per
mitted to a degree in one agreement, though prohibited
in another. Repugnant terms in treaties almost una
voidably deflroy the effect of each treaty, and in this
inßance the fubfequeot agreement of permißion to
trade produced only a very common effect, by making
the previous condition to the contrary perfectly nuga
gatory. But what was very extraordinary, continued
his grace, though we fee no tranfeript of it here, a me
morial (uniefs I am very much deceived indeed) was
forcetire ago presented to the Dutch, telling them
that if they did not comply with such and such ex
pectations, they would certainly be considered in the
eßimation of his British maj sty as nothing else than
a mere neutral power. They did not perform those
things you expefeed, therefore, agreeably to your own
declaration, they were reduced to a Rate of neutrality,
and all previous treaties were of curse absolved and
done away. Is it then a fault in a certain people
that they do not perform duties in consequence of a
compaa, when that compact has been destroyed, and
destroyed too by the voluntary aft of the other pow
ers? After that memorial, all preceding engagements
were superseded, and this country ceased to have any
claim upon the States General whatever. This com
plaint therefore was no jufl foundation for a commence
ment of hoßilities, nor would the other European
powers so confider it. But why was not this memo
rial, he had just alluded to, included in the papers
that had been laid before the house? It was of infinite
consequence, and no fair and impartial determination
could become to without it. The last argument which
has been urged in defence of fhis war, is deduced from
the league which is represented to have beers formed
between the Pensioner of Amferdam and the American
:colonies. Here I mufl draw y®ur lordship's attention
to a most egregious blunder. It is said that a league
had been formed between the colonies, and the inha-
Ibitants of Amsterdam. How did the sass Rand ? What
was the title of this treaty, as described in the exordi
um of it--" A rough copy of a league to be formed
Between the American colonies," &c. This then was
only the rough projed of a league. Who could be
certain that it would ever have been completed ?—
;Uufgned, uoratified, but merely the faint profile of a
foffble treaty, and that is to be a Sufficient cause for
violating an ancient amity, and plunging us into a
war under the ex^aufted circumstances which we are
now reduced to.—His grace recommended it seriously
to the house to take all the dreadful consequences of
accumulated war into their consideration; and after
having lamented the corruption which pervaded every
part of the political system of this country, and posi
tively affirming that he would Seldom and perhaps
never Speak in that house again, so long as the pre
sent administration continued in power, he put the
motion, which we have mentioned above, and fat down.
Lord Bathurß, in reply to what his grace said of
:corruption, begged leave to observe, that it was the
corruption of the heart that was distressing the coun
ter, for there were men who " disappointed in their
ambitious views chagrined at not holding any employ
ment under the crown, with malice in their bosoms,
and inveteracy in their envenomed tongues, were eter
nally endeavouring to ruin administration, even at the
expence of their country.—A Set of men who were for
ever extoiling our enemies and depreciating ourfelvea,
and who took every occasion to harrafs and distress
government, through a principle of malice and envy.
The duke of Richmond replied again, and described
the president of the council as a known tory in poli
tical principle.
Lord Ch- fterfield followed, and defended his own in
dependence as a Senator, and a friend to adminifiration.
The duke of Chandbis spoke next.
The lord chancellor entered at large into the merits
of the question, and after contending that the house
ought not to have any other consideration than that
of giving an immediate answer to the king's message,
he took a comprehensive view of the arguments that
had been advanced, andthe matter that had been gone
into by the previous Speakers, approving of the mea
sure of proceeding to hostilities, and arguing, that it
was at once the most expedient, and the most proper
measure that could be adopted.
The maquis of Rockingham; lord' Shelburne, and
lord Camden, Severally condemned the war commenced
against Holland, and flrongly recommended a recon
ciliation with that power.
The quefiion being then put upon the duke of Rich
mond's original motion, there appeared
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Lord Stormont's- motion was carried without a di
vision.
A motion was afterwards made for a committee to
prepare the adelrefs— Granted.
The house broke up about twelve o'clock.
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