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could maintain our indeptiult nce as a. Cn.lll, •6
N .w, my Lead., a hat aas the w ""'T to
hold with regard to F re gn Powers. and pqrtictilar y
with regard to our tti.les It is impos....ie It •
teal the &stress wheci must restht to this coon ry
from the total sulsjogation of the Condi:era. A -
though we can re (.4111 in our insular s'itiati-tt, it is
impossible we can he viewing with ind ffe.ent• .he
events which tote place in other parts of Enr'pe.
It has now almost tsecome an old ad age, the- tre
have still nearer and more important se' jels to eon.
rider, than merely our own safely and ul,tr IL--
fence. IVe are bound to support our guest
powerful All:es. My L:rds, the presets, Al- •
miuiseation found t'we country ;Act ly ••• zsg d
in such an alliance. On our cerrnn4 i-'.o of-
fice, we found, a subsisting Fre.,te • 'netwer this
Coonteilt and Russia, by witich• Br.tairt
was hound not to make Peace witbota the content
of the Emperor of that great Empiee. AO n the
plan of that stipulation by which we a*. e s t riound.
if I had had the honour of being consulted, I
should have said, that it was one which was ex-. ed-
ingly proper and fit f • this country to m eke, kit w-
ing, as I well know, that the cause '-1 Enron Can
Italy be maintained 'and teeny-red cot:rely
consenting to engage itself firm.y And Midis ohs "it
. with the countries upon the Continent. EacT4 tt e
parties, so coat r ailing, must, no Jc.ah:, .acr Mc*
part of the freedom which they poi ess, main a n .
their own setter ate interest. ;hut still irta certain de o:. e
we mutt so tonne![ .mr interests with th ire of ts:e
tirlental Power a, II we wish t.i emliar k a WI vigour into
the common cause, althouzli the d.itigei Ina, appear
more appii,:able to t .em than to us, and alcronigh
it might not appear to be either ;rest or tea507,....1e
to confirm, the war. The engagement oar+ . t
being so made. I am sure that no N .hle I.iirsi in
this House, nor in flit Niaesry's Councils, wit
think, that it should ..1.• • iseen broken tri:oo.flis
order to acquire an unstable anal unberra n pr.ice
with such an enemy as France, eve although t! et
engagement could be supposed to have Nee , cote., 4
into incontiderately, by those w' o ace .mplish
with our Ally. The tine was clearly marked
when prop 'sail ar la id •on :he pnt of our t •
my to negotiate It was our duty to obey the s-
tales of that obligation we had came trader cue •
Ally, Russia, ii we wis.ed her to AO to ,Ing...tr
'twiner towards us. We were bi,ind, laxly, even
to consult our Ally's Judgment. w le-her or not bs
interests were amply ant justly proridtd for. Is
political engagements, indeed, it is true. that **-
creme cases ire not provide gi.t:eril words
of applacati n will pessisly refer to tins • re aerie
cases which might eventually ova-; adhoup. • not
taken iota cotisideration at the time of er•eritig
into su.ih co:Arad.. Such, to: isoaairce, r itent Ie
reckoned an erdsetne case, it Russianvers to ;Dm the
unjustifiable determination ot n makinj peace n
less a part of the old French Mon4r, iiy were to be
restored. Nations, as well as individuals. however,
when disposed to au uprightly, carnal mistake their
way. It this Country and Russia, Therefor*, rret
thus, none of the other n rt of hurope emu m:stake
our motives. W.thout tste.np,mg solutkasi of extreme.
cases, we may assert, that it is • genet it rule not to
make peace, unless our pri-e be one which we can
fairly off-r, with the knowledge and approls thou of
our Allies; and unless events bier taken 'plsce,
which were wholly unforeseen. We have other
Allies besides Russia, to whom we are bound.
though not to the same event; to some of
not by the terms or stipulations -I any tees y f
this description are Sweden and Faetttgal, for vitt us
you ask nothing, except that thee% stoat .
their original state of possession. igteldolllA-•., e
have, as Allies of another description, the Kira f
Naples, and the Elretor of HillOVeT, as a st -
r.te and distend power. With fovea to t• e
King ot Naples, we are not bound by any chstind
engagement, net* are we obliged to procure. lee
him int restoration of his whole dom.nions.—
We are in that siteAtt..n, that we load that untor-
tunate Prince had but the whore o• what h- possess-
ed upon t!re Continent of Foirope : stud I maw gays
that if that kingdom could soil he recovered
to him, by onr exertions, eve., with a great swilled
of our interests, finances, strength, anti even safety,
we ought to be ready t meet the difficulty. and
say, that we shoul I endeavour to resort these pos-
sessions to their original owner, not that he could
afford to as any reasonable equivalent, hot from
the relative situation in which we stand in regard so
that unfortunate King. There are. bog...Ter. ..itua-
toms in which we might have to consider vrlbeth,.r or
not it was necessary for the Intel e••s of tins Country.
as well as of Europe, to make Ps Ace. leaving in the
hands of France, what we could not obtain by alind
possession ; but the king.scm of icily st ands in a very
different point of view. Althengli we have nit Aso
possession ot Naples, we had succeeded in oc..epy-
sag Sicily with a formidable awl in•ineettle army.
invited to the convent, by that eonfitieree
which the same antortursate Sovereign had thought
proper to ?vow in us We cause inn with his con-
sent. for the purpose of proteding it. we t mild not
surely think of drliveeing it over to t"e imenty. It
was utterly impossihle that this sovnte s coolie e un-
der that acquisition in Any other poisrt ot view. them
as protedled for the lavrt.il sovereign, and we sere
therefore hound to vs./wain it +pond all t. a wort 4.
The art peassairs did rust elm ole t lei ie.•too. w "-
ther Fiance could have given a. such a tropensat 11
toe Sicily, as to in us to sacrifice ..roe C.Ces.•
dery ions ; he% at the same time. these were the con-
ditions proposed by us as semi as the g °awn ses
opened. Net .as'e Mir nhalt46(.oi Er,
a JaCilky sow's lest any • unreal .0 J a
created by niti.represem•;was. tt. eh. * rsiws in
the naiad of our beaelkent thievisoga. the one-
balky of his ien,ertaimag a desire of 'a I.d mg
the ire rests d his people from any wigs:.
sentiment. We tannin[ het 'eel. has, as» •-•

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