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41.0060i4essti the groancis on which he supported it.
slyedocuolnt which he seemed to require had been
Mill* in the public newspapers. The Hou.e,
!herd*, would see that it could not agree to the
Otottio unless it was iotended that it should
101 l the ground of some ulteriot proceeding.
He could not td lobo the questioo until the
-Note of the discussions-eolith were ost
sated was more fdlly determined. The peinelples
of prahtical wisdom proved the Utility of avoiding
such a course. Parliament bliss wisdom woultinK

enter into the discussion of Ouch • question with-
out knowing to what it might ulumately ilead
and it had sever been the practice to call tern•itte
Executive Government to furnish infbrisistioa Ott
subjects under discussion which hid sot arrived al
that stage when they assumed • ilecisine fdtni
From the distance of the country. from the per
nets and imperfect nature of informatioo. ead.froso
the extent of the natter to be discussed, it must
be evident that the circumstances of the case 'ere
such as must render imperfect any information day
could at present he given, towards ramblings the
Hon. Member to.point out ally course that could
be adopted with a probability of hotting to ear
ultimate good result. The Honourable Member
had alluded to the Treaties between the •Govern.
ment of the United States and what wes called
the Independent Goverument of Colombia ; bat
he (the Marquis of Londonderry) must protest
against the doctrine, that the conduct of any
particular (internment *es to be a role ?or the
guidance of this country io the course it was to
pursue towards other nations. He trusted that
this country never would run a race "4.Wi other
Powers in such proceedings es they might think
it their own interest to adopt. Tha facts. of All
case, and the general policy so long pursued •hy
the Government of 'skis country, he hoped enil4
justify the House in giving -his. hlejesty's ,Ministers
credit for having acted as they considered best
for the interests of the country, and most ram-
sistent with their duty. And notwithmading ail
the difficulties attending this cam, he mistral the-
Honse would see that throughout the course of a
long experience they had endeavoured to regulate
the intercourse of this country with Spain ott
principles of good faith, and on grounds of like.
rality. And if Spain had forgotten what she owed
to England io a time of difficulty, Emerald would
best consult her own character and dignity, by act-
ing with a grammua forgetfulness of past transactions,
and observing a proper cousideration of delicacy in lwr
conduct towurds Spain under similar circumstances.
He trusted as little would be found in their coo.
duct towards the South American Provinces to
justify any doubt as to the desire of his Majesty's
Government to act towards them on ptinciples
of liberality. as far as was consistent with that
strict neutrality which the House would set it bed.
all along obeessed during the war of Spain with,
these Provinces. They had rectignised their
blockades, they had recognised their Ana, the;
had recognised their aimed vesicle ; on the
ground that those things were consistent with
the rights of a .pcople to administer their own affairs..
With respect to the iutercourse with these coun-
tries, he thought nothing was wanting except to
form a diploinetic connexion by mutually sending
persons to enter into all discussions relethe
interests of the Goveutruents no both sides. For
his own part, be bad never refused. on the applies.
tiou of soy persona deputed by those Goverment,
to this country, to receive them, and confer with.
them, though he had refused to recognise then.
in any official capacity. Every communication,
however, tending to promote the advantage of
either nation win always received. Their vessels had
been admitted to a fair intercourse with this mildly,.
and permitted to import their goods directly into
our ports. Crider all circumstances, this Gores.-
meat had shown no desire to prejudice their interests,.
but on the contrary to cultivate a good undershot/.
ing with them. The iotercourse between us sad]
them bad been put on a footing of perfect recipro-
city. and there ouly remained the question as to
the adoption of formal diplomatic arrange.
menus. The Honourable Member was not sof-
ficiently acquainted with the facts of what war
parsing with Spain respecting those Provioces, iP
form a mood judgment of that question. The
House should know what Spain and the Colosies
were doing at the moment, and also what was doing
with the other Powers of Europe. before it could
come to a decision on the subject. He dont& the
House would hardly see any necessity foe an interfe-
renre of this sort between Isis Majesty's Government
and the States in question. The Hon. Member bad
much better leave the case in the hands of Govern-
ment, at least until he was prepared to bring for-
ward the question in a different shape, and to pro.
sop: won or:oiled advice to toof
be
eoloidauecret which dbyPialt
in which both the interest mad good faith of the
surroundedpro Pertorecommend.
with difficultyl swill; a
delicacy.sbjet not
only
country were implicated. tie hoped, therefore,
the lion. Member would withdraw his motion.

Sir J. MACKINTOSH supported the inGtion, as one
which it was quite consistent with the practice even
of ',cent time to adopt, for the warpage of leadiiig
to an expression of the feeling and opinion of
the House on a particular trestle% witboot
the inconvenience of terminating with a spe-
cific measure as to the conduct to be punned
by his Majesty's Ministers, or in any way lying up
the bandit of the Government in its procecil,ng•
relative to the particular subject of the dircitoior.
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded
In a strein of his usual eloquence to discuss the dif-
fereuce between the recognition of independence by
a hue ruling Government, and by other Gown-
meats wholly disconnected with a ucw Power: and
to contend that the recognition by this country
of
the independence of Colombia, and the other South
American Provinces, was perfectly cnneietent, under
the circumstances of the case, with aloe beat and
snost friendly undenstanding with Spain. This po-
sition he supported by reference to the conduct of
this country in the cases of the successive revolts of
the Netherlands and of Portugal against the Go-
vernment of Spain, in which this country had lecog-
:need the independence of the revolted Stew, and
bee eight to do so consistently with pa-
cific mid amicable relations with Spain had
been recognised at the time by the Spanish Go-
vernment with which England was then at peace.
By the establiiihment of regular diplomatic inter-
course tas should be able to obtain redtma for any