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[ermine. Why not as well make lidiand the grounds
for war ? France, he conteueed, wet vulnerable in ,
her internal resources as well as in her cuntinental
coonetaioas ; stud at long as she Maintained that
continental superiority, though we may capture all.
her fleets, yet she will be cotes crippled, nut des-
troyed by us as to the point of war, 'era malt tgigke •
it a short and decisive one —a errotraded • war
is always a bad one. —He hid liearif• with
pleasure the sentiments of an' illustrious
pad he believed those sentinh'sitc would bait
lea followed up by higher authority, but morel
motives of delicacy in avoiding Any appearance
of influencing the opinien of this Home. 'As
for his part, he would rest now enter into the
Merits or grounds of the war. We :lee nOw et
war, and it was the ditty of every man to step
forw:ird, that Great Britain may rise triumphain
from the contest. He would enter into the aver with
confidence, if the resources of the country were pro-
perly applied ; but he would beg leave to call to
their recollection, that if the resources of the country
were misapplied, they Would have the setisfa.ftion to
know that they should not have an opportunity of •
running any risk ageite
' EarrSPENC ER referred to his argument when
the [louse had last met, and said he wee happy to
find that the general course of the delnete had taken .
the turn which he had taken the liberty to,point outs .
by dividing the di(Fcrent considerations two . . ..„
questions, and reserving the second, that of the
cause between his Majesty's Ministers and the '
Country, in respect to their conduct of the negotia-
tion, for future discussion. Much, his Lordship said,- • •
remained to be said on that head, but he woUltleon.
fine himself for the present to the question'df the. „
debate of the evening, viz. whether the papers at. " • .
forded a just ground of war, and he had no heiita-
tion in saying, that he was satisfied they did. H:s
Lordship lamented the long persisting in the systene ', . • .
of concession and" forbearance that had taken place, •
and rejoiced that at last his Majesty's Ministers had
put aft end to. it. The papers, he said, fully justified
every thing that he had said respecting the irn-;
practicability of the 10th article, respecting Malta,
from the moment of the Definitive Treaty coming
under consideration to the present night. With roe
rand to what the Noble Lord below him, .(Lord
Rawdon). had just said, as to the duration of the
war, he differed totally. He did not think it
would he a short war, nor did he approve of hold-
ing out such an idea ; it must be a war of a serious
nature; a war entered upon in earnest, and in
which every possible vigour and energy mast be
exerted. It aught to be recollected by the country,
that much as the re-commencement of hostilities
WAS to be deplored, we were to fight for all that
was dear and valuable, for our Rights, our Liber-
ties, our Independence, our Constitution, and, he
might add, for our Ezistence, and therefore he
should vote for the Address, as originally moved.
The Earl of ROSSLYN rose, and in a most able
speech supported the Address. His Lordship said,
he differed partly from every Noble Lord who had
spoken, although he agreed in much that they had
said, as to the cause and obje.l of the war. He
agreed with an old Friend of his, who he was glad
to see in that House, (Lord Melville) that were
there no other cause, M.slra along W2C a fit and legi-
timate ground for war ; but, in the present case.
there were a variety of causes to be colic-tied from
the pacers, every one of which, according to the
law of nations, was a sufficient grhund of wet-.
The whole conduCt of the First Consul, since the
signing of the Definitive Treaty, was one uniform
system of arrogance, insult, oppression, and injury,
to this country, and formed, altogether, •it broad
ground of war. The annexation of Piedmont and
part of Italy to the French dominions was a justifi-
able ground of war. The now known and avowed.dc.
sign of the Frit Consul, by one means or other; to
seize upon Egypt, was a just cause of war. The
plan of a partition of the Turkish dominions was in
dire& violation of the Treaty of Amiens, by which
France and England had guaranteed the integrity
of the Turkish Empire. Upon that ground
alone war was justifiable. His Lordship jus-
tified all his arguments on these he.ids by refer-
ring to the example of fornier wars. He refer-
red to the war at the close of the seventeenth
century, to the war of the grand alliance, to the
war of 1750, to the wars of a subseqUent period,
and to the manner of the wars of the nnee modern
times, all grounded upon causes comparatively
weak, when contrasted with the present causes at.-
forded by the proofs of provocation to be found on
the table. With regard. to the extraordinary inter-
view which the First Consul had with Lord Whit-
worth, which his Lordship said he supposed he mine
call diplomatic, it was the most unprecedented, and
the most indecent, that ever was held with the re-
presentative of a crowned head. He could not but
compare it with the conversation which Colonel
Sebastiani in his report states to have held with
Abdul Pacha in Tur;:ey, and he found, that in
point of urbanity, decency, and politeness, Abdui
Pacha had the advantage of the First Consul allee
nothing. The report of Sabastiani alone, was,
said, a sufficient cause of war.
The Earl of WARWICK said, Tie thought the
insults offered to this country by the First Consul,
should be considered and id.. shared to be the true
cause of the war. We had not had any thing like
peace since the Treaty of Amiens was signed, het
an armed truce. of two years.- His Lordship said,
he should support the original Motion for the ad-
dress.
Lord GRENVILLE said, he had great satisfacs
then to find at last that hiiiiisters had found that
they had pursued the system of concession and thr-
ee:sauce As far as it would go ; he was grad also to
find that the ancient spirit of the country began to
spew itself, and that we were arrived at the edopa
tion of those measares that could alone save -the
country. It gave him likewise • further satisfaction
to feel, .that by confini4 what he had to say Fiat
night to the single question of the justice and 'no-
cessity. of the war, --he could- ivies' it vikhitt,a ear.
tow compass. •-Idr felt the oat' in which we were
now en mid to be just, becimua it .was necessity
And it Congdttat be just tinkle it hatiji•Ni necessary.
In what had Wen frieiVis Neisle;;ind Lesitna
Lord-ooosite Whin: (Loyd Ellenistitoolib) he won,.
tieeed sot itt his attempt to justify and. Support the
pc914,442, _Of his Maieurt isters: litwi bro
canie pas dub ariy. er than te ela , but he de-
fied die ?We Witi:Liatned Loed, 'with ilipsif pro-
found khowkedie; to Prow* that the iloPrearoctheUT
of tOo. ;elSit article 9f. the Treaty of Amienes. had
arisen l *in the turd igt of Waage; -The bil-
"iiiLa:c4liiisof kbaraiiize lug preeisriy ties saws
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