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‘Britite service, without complaint or without
‘enquiry. Great fauls had been found with
_General Gage and ‘Admiral Graves; the mis
carriages which happened were impufed to their
‘want of condué® ; yet no charge is made a
‘guinft them, Lot they are recalled. To keep
up the farce, the former is received coolly, but
in a few days after a_new commifion is made
out, afppointing him Commander in Chief; and
~in a few days again, without any cause even
-~ pretended, for there could be none as he re
mained on the spot, he is superseded, and Ge-
Heral Howe appointed in his room. Yert that
s not the best of it ; Admiral Shuldham is ap
inted to succeed Admiral Graves ; but be
gre he could take pofleffion of this command he
is superseded, and Lord Howe appointed in his
reom. Such an extraordinary conduct was
surely never known ; that perhaps the fuperfed
ﬁminl might think himfelt ealy under this
pour, however, of the noble Lord who presides
“7at the head ‘of the Admiralty, he hoped his
Lordhip would rife and explain this last offici
_ & riddle, and fairly, and with his usual candour
" iaform the'Hou e, whether those arrangements
originated from him, or whether he was really,
48 whs reporred, over-ruled in the cabinet.
. This chopping and changing, appointing and
superseding, besides the instability it ‘denored,
retented another matrer well worth their Lord
' Exip’é corfideration. It shewed that the service
was disagreeable on one hand, or that the 1u e
g’:o?BfﬁCc)'s were pafied by and negle@ed on the
her. He said, there were {ume officers of
long service and tried abilities prefeat, as well
a 8 {everal others of hizh rank in the army. He
would be glad to know from them, what were
the morives that induced administration to pass
ay the senior officers, and d ‘volve the command
apon a very young Mujor General, He knew
that it must proceed from an aversion to the ser
vice, ora toral want of refpe® so their persons.
Much frels he upderflvod hud been laid on
the justice and populurity of the present mea
‘ures, He should not debate that subject now.
[t was said that the independent pargof the nati
an were for them; but for his part he queltion
#d the assertion ffrongly, in the exteat it was
tontended ; for in the other House, he was in
formed, that the Trealurer of the navy (Sir Gil
bert Eiliot) and the Paymaster of the forces
(Mr. Rigby) the one deriving his support and
consequence from the cabinet, and the other
g»ﬁrr his- pacty, ~and bath deeply interested in
eafures, which, if pursued, must shortly be the
mzans of procuring for them princely fortunes,
were thole who ehiefly supported coercive mea
sures. These gentlemen, and their conneti
-03, with the whole of money-jobbers, contrac
wrs, &c. he believed, formed no {mall part of
he independent majorities which had been so
‘wadly ecchoed both within and without doors,
i supporting and precipitating this country in
io 4 cruel, expensive, and uanatural civil war.
He ebferved, that the war, if carried on,
would not only be a war of heavy expence and
‘ong continuance, but would be attended with
sircumftances of cruelty, civil rage and devafta
fion hitherto unprecedented in the annals of
mankind, We were not only to rob the Ame
ficans of.their property, and make them slaves
‘0 fight eur batrles, but we made war on them
n 2 manner which should shock the most barba
-ous nations, by firing their towns, and turning
ke wretched inhabitants to perith in cold, want
ind nakedness. Evert still more, this barbaric
‘age was uot only direted againit our enemics,
sut awainft our warmelt and most zealous friends.
Ihis he instanced in the late conflagratiog of
he loval town of Norfolk in Virginia, as ad
niniftration bed {o trequently caled i, which
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SR R oD Y
Prixte» 3y SAMUEL LOUDON,
IS Grace made several point
_ed obfervarions on the fuper
feffion of the several officers
in the naval and military de
partments, in which he
" maintained that nothing like
it had ever huap, ened in the
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was reduced to athes by the wanton and ung
voked alt of one of our paval commanders.
an act was equally Inconliffent with every fen
timent of humanity, as contrary to every rule of
good policy. It would turn the whole conti
nent, as well friends as foes,” into the most im
placable and inveterate enemies. It would ip
cecfe our friends, and render our enemies at
once fierce, desperate, cruel and unrelenting. It
disgraced our arms ; it would render us despised
and abhorred, and would remain an indelible
blot on the dignity and honour of the Engifih
nation, -
His Grace proceeded to state several paflages
in the treaties, and commented on then very
fully, where they explained matters which
might be productive of dilagreemnents between
the foreiyn and native troops, and stated the
-omiflions that” had been purposely or igno
rantly made, particularly in regard to a cartel
for the exchange of prisoners. He said, that
matter had been totally pafled over in silence;
and if any punibments should be inflited on
those who, by the language ot Parlisment, Were
cuiled rebels, the consequences might be dread
ful. He alluded to the case of l-g.tham Allen,
who being found in arms, was brought home
prisoner, yet administration dared not to brin
him to trial, even under their favourite aét o%
Henry the Eighth ; either because they knew:
that he could not be legally tricd, or that they
eared g Englitajur be-piesailed on
mw T guug'fumy%‘may; th ‘::-
sent weaties were exvtremoly-tefetive in that
point; and if administration were not obftinare
ly determined to =&t wiong in evey particular,
they would endeavour to provide againd the nu
merous inconveniences which must arise from
the want of a cartel. e
He concluded a {peech of upwards of two
hours leng, by informing their Lordships, that
what he wuas now going to state, might be de=m
ed improper, as expoling our national weaknels;
but it it was essentially necessary, he P-'e!‘uzncd
that objection would be removed; and if the
objettivn could be removed, on the ground,
that France wis perfectly acquainted with the
pt sent state and condition of the vational force
nowv within the kingdom, it would be ancther
geod rexfon, that nothing respecting our means
of defence should be concealed. He« then said,
that the whole of our military force, now with
in this kisgdom, conlifled of the foot-guards,
composed of sixty-sour companies{ amsunting
t 0,2 00 men, one thousand of which were des
tined for- Ainerica ; three regiments of horse
and body guards, of about 1500 ; four batrali
ons rerurned from America, with officers ouly,
_of about 105 cach; ten regim-nts of dragoons’
of 200 men each; and three complete batrali
ons of infantry, the whole amounting, allowing
for the 1000 men draughted from' the guards, to
about 7000 men. Suppofhag, then, that 3800
nf thote were put into the garrisons of Plymouth,
Portsmouth and Chatham, ‘is the remainder fit
to take the field, after a fufficient number was
left to guard L:* allowing I@oo for each
place, wouid >-above 3000 ; which, he
contended, would'be totally inadequate to any
military operation, should France or Spain think
proper to take any advantage of our defencelefs
state. He said, indeed, that a militia was to be
raifetl, in order to supply this deficiency ; but
however conflitutional that mode of national de
fence miche be, he insisted that it would never
answer any puarpote of repelling a powerful e
nemy, while it continued to be so difgracefully
and improperly conducted as it was at prefenr,
when unqualified officers were admitted on one
hand, and fubfiitutes on the other. Besides,
though the militia had been officered and man
ned much better, it could net be expected that
they could face a veteran army, {fupericr in
pumber and discipline. - And as for the invalids, -
every mn'among them almost, fit for real ser
vice, - had been already draughted ; so that on
the whole, the piture which such a {cene of
interaal weakness, joined with a few (hips not
half manned, presented, was most dreadful. It
was, however, neceflary o bring it forward, to
fee if any thing could itimulate our Governors
to-provide for our natienal fifetv, and prevent
us frem falling a prey te ogr dangerous amd am
bicious meighbourss
Lord Sujfolt, defended the treaties.. The ob
et onable clauses had been drawa up agreeable
to ulage. Hish-lounding words were ro be found
1 every forcign treaty Great Brirain had nego
‘elated. It was not so much the form as the {pi
rit of the treaties to which the nation should ad-
Rett, -
As to the terms on which these treaties had
been negociated, they were more reasonable
than, circumstances considered, could have been
expected. It was not surprising that we should
pay so much for the hire of troops, the miracle
was that we were not to pay more. ‘The loan
of 4 bady of inlund Germuns, to be transported
-atrofs the Atlantic, was a imcafure for which a
- much larger sum might have been demanded.
1 With regard to the mercenaries being double
0 ed, his Lordship presumed that they were
officered agrecable to the ufnal arrangement.
With respect to the command being vested in
an Eoglith General, an appeal was made to the
milirary peers whether the muatter could not be
} adjusted {o as to leave no pretence for disagree
- ment? For the treaties Sicmfclvts they “were
~ defenfible on the single principle of neceflity.
We had engaged in a war, the prefecution of
which would require a number of men ; recourse
thercfore had been had to forcigners, rather
than injure the manufacturing interest, by car
rying off the hands employed in the several
branches of arts which give riches to a com
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rﬁ-m’veﬁw‘rm“nukc» of Richmonds affer
tion concerning ETHAN ALLEN, the mo
tive for fending bim buck to Aieriea had been
" miflared. . Tt ws not that ministry imagined
an Englith jury would have acquitted him. . It
was not-that they weie afraid 1o hazard a trial,
nor were they averse to punithing so attrocious
an offender ; but in point of policy it has been
judged expedizat to return him to Aiserica, as
the rebels had ar that inffant in their puficifion
-several Evglith prisoners taken at Mentjesl
and St. Johu's.
Lord Carlifle profefled to have voted in fa
vour of cosrcive measures, Actuated by the
purest and most confcienrious principles, he folt
no private fcraples which_ militated againit his
public conduét. Sarisfied that the fubduétion
of America only could opcrate to the intereit of
the inother country, the noble {peaker h d join
ed a ministry who were struggling ro maintain
the legislative authoricy of Great Britain.
A coercive measures were neccffary, the
treaties were. expedient. Should the ‘map of
Eumpc be consulted, how inconsiderable a purt
did Brirain for.n? Could such a speck, even 1o
a quarter of the globe, be supposed to pour out.
the thousands necefiary for its defence against
furiounding adversaries? The vanity of such
am expectation was evident, and it evident, the
_tiecelficy of having recourse to foreign aid was
indisputable.
*Lord Towifbend spoke- for the tre:ries, and
in favour of coercive measures; profefling at the
fame time the highest veneration for those re
{pedable personages who, through confcizntious
piinciples, entertain different opinions. The
noble Vifeount hud formerly entertained doubrts
on the fubje&t. He had however perused the
American charters; and had fatished himfelf
that England was NOF the aggressor. The
Britith Parliament had a right to tax America.
Bat the argum nt'of right was new out es the
quetion. The voice of reason was not to be
~hedard amidst the din of arms. It was to be
hoped the ensuing campaign, if carried on with
vigour, would decide the disputes llf hoftilicies
were prolonged, notwithstanding the pacific ap
pearances, France and Spain weie not to be con
fided in. An attempt would hardly be made
cn Ireland, The fate of THUROT was too
recent in remembrance. Not, but if the troops
sent from Ireland to America had been replaced,
even with®un equal nimber of foreigners, the
mealure might have been far from inexpedient.
Lerd (70--;?,':/{'1-'#01'6(1, most patheticly, the
approaching ruin of bis country ; ‘even whilt
he deplored i, he confidéred the evenr as inevi
table. : :
Tt was in the nature of thir. =, that flases as
well. as individuals ‘thould cxpire. Inunoica
ity was alike denied to the body pelitic and the
boly natural, Long vity was ail which ragor- |
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‘ally could be expett d.- The concateation of
cause and eflect formed a kind of destiny, the
efiects of which human ferefight could not a-.
vert, nor human wildom provide againit. It
fegmed in the very eflence of things, that colo
nies should prey on the, virals, and destroy the.
parent irom whence they issued. They grew ap
tfrom infancy to an adult period, and when ma
tured by age, they naturully disclaimed sub
mission. Loug bad the ncble Speaker seen, as”
in the glals of futuriry, that dieadful sra which
was now hsltening, He had contidered Eng
lund and America as two mighry fttes, Hoating
like bubbles on a furfice. (Whiltt {eparated mﬁ
wus fate; the moment the shock of contention
ensued, onc or both was {ure to expire. - X
Contidered in such a point of view, the pre
sent contelt was franght with ruin lo'the parent
state. Inflead of transporting armies to America,
we should vote a thavkfgiving, We should fe
pirate from the Colonies, and leave them 1o ma
_nage their own concerns. Greater bencfit than
that of commerce we could never derive, 1i
we grasped at empire, it would end in ruin.
Thole who dee:sed the war either just or pe
litic, were as defenfible for obtaining auxiliaries,
as those who viewed the quarrei as unjuil and
impolitic, were to be »npiilau_dpd for an'aiy,ni.l;s—
the measure. The nob Speaker would not
embrage cither party. He would mot giye a
vote because the measures on the tapis inet not
his_idege. - IT-wos not—fomecly of chepinie
opher, as to bz indifferent to. the welfare of |
his country, Nor wus ke that citizen of the
world, as to have an equal relith for every foik
Englard was the place ot his nativiiy, To Eng
lind he was atrached. It gave him unspeakable
anxicty, ther fore, to perceive a contest comi
mcnc}ln_-.{, Wwhich would end in a transter of pPOW-.
er. Mo longer would Englind, but America,
be the feat of empire. Had the prefens contest
not began, the cataltrophe might have beay de-.
layed ; butasit was unhippily comm ‘veed, the
downtl of Great-B.itsin was therby accela
yated. 175
Dhe Dule of Cumberland. ** My Lo:ds, [
¢ beartily concur in the propofid address. I
‘¢ think the noble Duke by propoiing ir, oave
the mott demonttrable proot offhis duty ‘o rhe
“ King. I trust that the pait I now taf(c, may
‘“ not be eonftrued into the fimallett dilr-fpeck
¢ for my brother. It is the mcoiiliderate con
duct of his ministers T acruivyn, Alas! thaut
1 fhoud live to fee BRUNSW I CKERS,
“ formerly the defenders of liberry, now em
¢ ployed to fubjagate the Coloniils, and deftrey
¢ the conftiturional rights of America. Byt [
¢ feel myfelf grow warm ; T thull therefore re
*¢ frain from faying any thing more un- the sub
“ el &
J ”
The Dutke of Chandois. The nobls Duke wha
made the moticn, has charged the fappa ters of
the measures respecting America with favourip
detigns subversive of the liberties of their cidd !
try. Ido aflure his Grice, that it § thaliole
the mealures he speaks of had any fucl: re g_
cy, neither his Grace, nor any ‘noble Lo :;JW
this House, would be furher than 1 trom i e
1 t qrETe s
. or aﬂbrdmg the Ica(f_,counren:mcx or {upanes
It is because T am fuily fatisfied that tho’s ,a*.*
fures.are perfectly necessary. and cunﬂ-i..‘,[;‘,m}%
that I have unitormly given them my fandtica |
as a member of ths House ; and T will#; kewile
add, that I am no fefs convinced of the pro=.
prietv of the mealures, then of the hizh irtey
grity and üb:lidies of thoie who have idvifid them .-
The noble Duke hus thrown our the moit un
jult charges and il founded insinuations azainit
the whoie body of ‘the militia, As a 2 Loid
Lieutenant of a very reipectable county, [ fi {
myfelf imluded in the cenfurs, and lnok upo
my hongur very maretially wounded, .1 Sauiy
certain I can answer for the corpa.which I has»
the hgpoar to command ; and have reaion ty
prefu.ieit is univerfalty so, thae no o flie re hue
such as areduly qualified ra feive, are admited, [
theretore win authorized >o fay, rhatthe nohie
Duke 18 totally mistaken in his Aflertions, (o far
as has‘come within my own knowledye ; un
I bave a right to- prfume, that he dus beo o
equaliy oiicaken, us applying 1o everv otheg.
corps in - his Majelty’s service, 3
Duke of Alanchefer. Whatever OhjCé?iolas'l
may have o the otiginal cuufe of the diipuie
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