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invasion of a country ihe net to be 4410. Re
made little doubt that we should' have to tight the
enemy upon the soil of Eeglend, and we should,
therefore, he ready to meet - any such event. 'I he
firstarbjea, of the inverters would, uniereetionably,
be to push for the capital. la that case, the General
opposed to them ought, in his opinion, to forfeit his
head if he suffered the enemy to advance from the
coast without giving him battle. The Government
and the nation had a light to consider any troops so
'stationed as a fortification, or an out-work between
the metropolis and its invaders. Such a projea
would,. no doubt, be a desperate one on the part of
the French Republic, but that, in ail probability,
we4l4 berg. great objen to Bonaparte. Not a man
of the invading army would,. probably, ever recent
to his native country. But the First Coestil, care-
less of that, calcedated between the deetreakin of
a number of Fienclanen and the confusion which
an event of that kind might be capable of pro:
clueing in Great Britain. It was, however, long
since manifested to France, and to all Europe, that
England had, by reitereted eggressiens, been. form!
'hue Lll4 struggle, which it could not decline with-
out dishonour. Ile wished the language of his Ma-
jesty's Ministers to have been more, energetic, in
order that it may enpear as sorneeehat in the light
of an appeal to the French people, whether they
would consent to be again involved in all the hor-
rore.of war, and Stan the world to be again de-
luged with blood, merely to gratify the restless and
turbulent spirit of an inordinately ambitious and
implaealde individual. 11 nth reseed: to Bonaparte
himself, his views could not be mistaken ; all the op-
posite shores resounded with the din of preparation.
His hatred to England was implacable and persever-
ine-. He had afforded too many proofs of his daring
and enterprizing spirit wadmit a doubt of his attempt-
ing to execute any thing, however erdubee or despe-
rate which he wasresolied upon, and by that enter-
prising genius had more than once succeeded in ac-
complishing objeas and achievements which to ordi-
nary men might seem impraelicable. Against a man
of that description, who had so frequently and felici-
tonsly for his views left every thing to tbrtune, with
dominions vastly extended, and at the head of one of
the most powerful notions that cver existed in the
world, England had to voly on its own resources, its
intrepidity, and the tried valour of its warriors. It
should [row, to use the language of Shakespeerel
4. Be stirring us the time ; be fled with fire;
0 Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
" of lira egine horror ; sn shall infedor eyes
" The borer,/ their behaviour from the great,
`t now great by your example, and put uu
A " The (Limitless spirit of Resolution."
Such should now be the condua of this cormtry.
The proud pretensions of the enemy had kft—had
removed the veil, and let us see whet we have to
expea from a demeanor of forbearance. Fnrtu-
ea,ely these encroachments and aggressions were
rots long in revealing themselves, anti were now felt
and every where displayed. He knew not what
might be the nature of the negociations alluded to
in his Majesty's Message, but that was of the
.less
consequence when he could conceive no symptoms
of a pacific dieoosition on the part c: the French
Government. it wes time to arouse the nation to
its proper bent, and to ail exertion of all its resources.
We should say to France in the terms which one
manly Englishman would say to another: ~ It is
my wish to rerretin with you on terms .Of friendship
and tranquillity ; but here are the limits upoawhich
that amity depends. Beyond this spot you are not
to set your toot ; if you attempt it, the alternative is
war." That alternative, though we might-Wish to
avoid it, he saw no reason to dread, and though the
terms of the Address might not include all that he
could wish for, he was happy to be one of the fore-
most in. giving hie nioet cordial support to the pre-
sent Motion.
1 [We have seldom heard nay speech delivered in
Parliament with more aeimation, whieh was better
received, or seemed to make a suer:ger impression
on the House.)
I .ord W 1".3 FMIDRELAT.ID followed on the same
side of the question, though he not exactly concur
in every view that had been taken of it. He thought
his Majesty's Ministers a4ed prudently in conch-el-
iag the Treaty of Amiens, though he agreed eith
Lord Grenville, that there was little chance of its
being ever carried into complete effea. It was,
perhaps, to be regretted, that some advantageous
military and commercial positions had been ceded,
lust enough still remained !ire this country to con-
' duff its hostile operations with every desirable ef-
lea. England could not diservereeee iteelffrorn all
conneaiune with the continent, and euuld not be in-
different to those mighty attempts et aggrandize-
ment which France, even since the peace et Amiens,
had been pureuing in a rapid and rindeyiating
course. Upon these end several other grounds, he
• gave Iris hearty assent to the Motion. -
Lard Ali (*WAND said, he was very sensible
that any thing he should edd world but little aug-
ment the force of what 41 already been submitted
by the Noble Lords who had preceded him. lie
highly commended the principles tierni which peace
was concluded, though he must oven, that he :vas
not very much dieappcAnted in the molt of the late
treaty. The whole of it he only censidered :tithe
light of an' experiment, and was well aware, how
mach must depend 'on the temper and diepoeition '
of the person who now ruled tne subieees of the
4enelt Republic. It was partly in antic:en:ion of
spore event adverse to the wishes of thie country,
end
.pertly to.cottateraa end refute sonic statements
he had heard, depreciating, in his opinion, the state
of the .fineneee and resources of this coonive, tiert
,he had moved for, and caused to be laid beilire the
Howe, certein statements and accounts neceesary to,
assure the people of Engiaad, and preve to them,
that the commerce and revenue of the conatry
wc;;e pcyrr in et stnte so rapidly progressive end
fouriehing, as at the present moment. War wits at
all times iaevitahly nttendesl with calamities and
disastets, but in proportion to the increaeo of de-
mands, and the widely-extended sphere of our et-
evtiens inehe course of the late war, in the same de-
gree was the augmentation of the public revenne,
amid* the national opulence. The accounts would
prove, to demonstration, that the income of the
public reveatte was annually 17,000,w01. beyofid'
the amount.of the debt with which it was charged.
That debt was most rapidly diminishing by the
.operation of that excellent 'finaucial syetem, the
Sinking Fund, Which at present extinguished
20,(XX)1. of it deilyeand must inereee .iti :talon in
pro' portion as it v.-ent on. Uneder sneif .cireumetvi-
ces t ngieed, however kleOrotts.gt peacteheel nothing
to apprehend from any war in which it could be
1 engaged ; and, ineteed of any hirer:or:4y, WAS inn.

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nit.* superior to Dance to the eater of its re.
sources. -Ina short explanation, which immediately
afterwards ensued. between Lord MOIR A and Lord
Aye Kt. Anl I, the latter pledged hiinself to the proof
of every statement he had made.
The Address was carried nemine rtiasenuette, and
ordered to be presented to his Majesty by the Lords
with white staves.—Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.