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'VoICE SLXPE:-

that cottun's But eenfident •I • am, tint it
.such an unfortunate event take, place, we *hell
meet it with finiuntes and restitution. Since tl e
earliest period of the French Revolution; there
has prevailed a spirit in America similar to that
by which she uow *pinata to be actuated.—
On the soliject of peace, which has been lately
agitated in some pouts of the country, let us hear
what is the Magnate used by Ftence.—The Hui Y
of that canary says, the confederated powers shell
not lay down their arms until they conquer a pane,.
The principles of an armed neutrality shall be
prochotned, and Great Britain must he compelled
to relinquish her dominion over the setts. 1 think,
and the whole citatory thinks with me, that as long
as our enemies hold forth such langunge as this, it
will never be in our power to make peace with
them. And I sin happy to find that a great corn-
menial city (ellasp;ow) has resolved, that the idea
of peace, on such terms, • ought never to be enters
' tented by this country. If the arms of Fitrope
should be directed against us, I can never
have that the tenets of ,all its inhabitants are hie!'
-tile to na, I shall now conchide what I hid to stye.-
Ms my sincere wish to have your unanimooe eu;t-
1111.1110Ce in the.address I am :onztt to move. There
Mem was a time when unanimity was so necessary
SS at the !uncut moment. t therefore implore
"oar uttanimous vote, in order that you may Mew
lathe emsny that you are unanimous in carryutg ors
life war against him. Under these impressions, I
move the fidiowing Address to His Majesty
His Lordship then read the address, which was,
as usual, an echo to the Speech.
Lord KENVON, in a neat speech, (which wee
his maiden One), seconded, the Address ; but lad
spoke in so km a tone of voice? that it Ira
with difficulty we could collect any part of it.—
He entered into a justification of the conduct of
Ministers respecting the expedition to Denmark.,,
He war confident they had sufficient information
of the hestile designs of that country, to make it
necessary for us to seize the fleet, which mi
otherwise have been equipped Thee us. kW
hoped that all trifling differences of wnd;
on this occasion, give way to the public eafety; and
that all their Lordships would be unanimous in
voting for the Address.
The Duke of'NORFOLIC fully agreed -with.
the Noble Mover and Seconder of the Address:
that if ever there was a moment when complete
unanimity, not only in that House, but thMugh-
out all parts of the country, was neceisery;it was
the present moment. There was, however, one part
of the speech and of the 'address with which he
could not agree, until he reveler,' some information
upon it, which was not then before the House. In
the speech it WAS stated, that the expedition toCo-
penhagen was a measure ehich His Majesty had
been induced to enter into with the sweetest reface
tance, au espeditien for attacking the Capital of a
country eitli which we had an iatimate estmeinentr- -
He neihrd that, whip His Majesty had esprened
ad% reluctance, the Ministen had been as rehire-
taut in add Wing the adoption of the meaetre. To
this measure, then, he could not give .a,i
nMptiali-
tied appeohation, until he had some information,
and saw some ground laid down on which it tout('
be juetitied. He did not mean to say that great
delicacy and forbearance had not been exercised
previously and subsequent to, this businns, but he
saw no paper or docutee_nt to prove the necessity of
it ; end, therefore, as he could not agree to that
part of the address which expressed an unqualified
approbation of the measure, rte a mild move, as an
amendment, " That the whole of' the passage relate
lug to the expedition to coptahagett, lie left eat
of the eiddrese.'

Lord SI DMOUTf/ addressed the House to the
following effect:—" My Lords, I fully epee with
the Noble Lord who seconded the Address, that
there never was a period in the history of this coin a-
try when unanimity was so neeentary as the present.
I wish that we should give en example and diffuse
a sentiment of unanimity through the country;
and L admit with the Noble Lard, that all sligla
differences of opinion ought to he passed over, and
*that we should all give a cordial support to His
Majesty at this momentous crisis. We are bound
to sacrifice all trifling and tarty feelings to the
greatersacrifices whit+ we are bound to mike ; bet no
Government has a right to. require that we should sur-
render those feelings which have long exixteJ as old
prejudicesistriong us; and uoiler this scnfinelit, it is
tinpowible
.for me to concur in the expressions of
a/probation contained iii the Address, relative to
the expedition to I..'openhitgen. I did hope that 'I
should reedit* sonic information on the subject ;
4not, go I ant now infonliva, I cannot, consistNltly
r with the duty I owe to my Sovereign. and thesense
I entertain for the honour of my country, concur in
the axpreasiptis of approbation to which I allude.
But iam ready to admit, thnt,, if motion were
made for passing *rote of censure on His Maisaty's
Ministers, for *having uudet tak ea this ~.spetlit int), ,
without affording them an opportunity of j ostifying
it, such a motion woold meet my determined itssie-
once. I think that some further information, enter
earning the expedition, ought to be laid herosoPs..
liament, and as that is not done, I must concur in
the motion tnade by the Noble Duke. A
the grounds on which this expedition is justified,
find it asserted, that a hostile disposition had
indicated towards tans country by Denmark, so fir
trick as seven youn since. f wish to a,k, whether
this hostile disposition was shewn at the time when
our force lately entered the Baltic ; and how was it
shewn ? The Danish army certainly was not in a
state in which it could act with hostility against vis I
for the whole of that army, consisting of 5.:6,c00
men, was, at the time, in Holstein : sod to that cu.-
CUTIMADtre it is that you are indebted for the sus..
cosi you obtained in Zsdaadl, and for which you
are now called"' Vi.'
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