The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-25 00:00:00

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the disapp?aranco t tv_if f .•!:1.',1• n Of•/.1i
and the: uncx:nn lzd ;:).) traNS2ll;:nt. Of Ott( I !LOW..
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These are the result—for all which eviis, r; col {men, there is "o
remedy but in the control that would be exercised over tae ouHie
‘ xpenditto, by an loavesa Ilona: of Couto-mos, an I in the aro:on:so
hat such t Floosc would pay to the interest of the Soct-e. Vnioloot A
chan4e in t Int priod plc on which Meoncet s ere no u t ned o - Pio Inane:it,
these ohj.cts canner be attained ; nor would a peace, ;n Ore ; rasent
state or things, predttce the Imo fi s anticipated b} r,:: .f 4 who are not
aware thit the inanitfactorers of Frooca undersell th sc of Foaland
e.bercaar they come m cornoetition. Even at Malta, our commr :cial •
'Achors tot which we commenced a war that bai cost to; tier Ito i...ned
Millions sterling (a sum that woul.l have anobillared ort National
Debt), when I was there abcni two year:, toe:), French !ornis imported
under licenses were theoce dist: toute•l, not only to the neighbourog
Stil,CS of Barbary, but to Spain, 3:; i eveic to Go :altar ! Glaas,ttor the
use of the British fleet in the Mr.ii•rrrabem, was brooght trout the
dominions of !inform ate, because it was cheaper ! I am ill no's: s•ion
• rat official document: to wove these facts. The tor:s were toll of
Enclisit en• its, which all rdel orofir, to the march:lot, not ny the
crutr:.e of trade that is henclieial to a country, but by takkg the dol.
Lira collected to the, Commissary General, who forisished them with
hills at thirty per cent. p tendon), raid out of your ;scans !—Such
was the coo- se of exehanee, caurod by the nematot for specie tor the
Sicili-in sub-aidy, anil fir the pay awl mainteoance of art army of
Teal').) loco, to prcloog the oppressions of a people, who are able and
yeining to defend themselves, but n-•t to uphold the t) rawly of a
wicked Goverwoeot, whose abominable despotism had made a desert
of the ;moo fertile J..:l in the world—a spot which was once the gra.
nary of Rome.
i'o reittro, however, to our own folly, and to the cause of the ruin
Of cur trade, which the abalition cf the Orders in Council cannot
!estore, although thoir pro:nolo:ion contributed to destroy it—lrt
ine call your atteotioo to the total neelect of Jlinisters to rile principle
f the narigation laws, which :Vele the foundation of the commercial
:steatites% of this country, and of its naval superiority ; and in doing
so row, ycu will remem),:r that I have more thou once no iced :lac
subject, and that I stated to you three years ago, from coed rents
presented to the House of Coininott, that the c were then actuany
'-27,00) foreien seamen (the greatest p-cer of w ham ozlonaed to countries
subject to France) employ eil to the trade of the Thomes.—Yes, Gen-
tlemen, of the River Thames ! IV ollst in the same year there were
only 16,00 d British sailor; 04 copied its its comnc to and from all
parts of the Conti oant ! although the tuarkiet of Spain had heel' opea.d.,
this was one of the effects o• the y irt ttal abandonment of the Cheers
in Council, whilst they: were nominal y tioheld as of vital import-
'nee. Pei traps, as it is the stature of corrupt en to speead, io mister to
increase the oatronaee of NI ihisteta, by :he profit arising to individuals
le lli a 11101WO:ily ()! trade, ;aid the sole of lice-aea—a ctiagraet. till t raAie
—derogatory to the character of di. Nation—thus arc we invoiced in
war with America.
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II tirtl td, however, as the measure.; wa have pursue:l have been, our
i: total neglect ot others has Froved ;.till acre prcjitaiicial a for whilst
II France has tutlieted the evils at war, or intimidated surtoundiog States,
i ion) compliance with her views, yye, o- ho have possasseil the ficilities
i fl) direct every portion of oar torae to ucknowo points within the cx-
Itensiv..: range of two thou-arid Forks ut to protected shore, have never
Il ey n in td. a demonstration with 'intention to disturb the enetn%'s
i projoot, and Irma: him to keep his legion; at home. where traey must
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I he nail too! in dotainthl by the Treasury of France ; but have lett him
-i1 ful•I lib oty to prosecute his plans at the expense of out allies. or
in the wart most conducive ta his interests: and, surely, none could
,• suit him better than or fix the little army of England in the cantre of
the Peninsula, where its movements are not of a deaultoi y nature,
Aid where, admitting the great ability of its Cowtnander, r cairn-
; partitively sm ill portion of the- etiemy's force is tai y aocolo .:e to
i counteract its known MOVernelltS ! " Just as haotari Ina tieree At
; " boxing, so you make war with Philip ; for wheel ill t; ei :,;,,c le-
i " ceives a blow, tint blow coleages him : it struck to alootiar part,
"to that part his hands are shifted; but to ward Oil the b;.-w. or ro
" watch his •antagonist, for this he hath neither skit) tai r soil it.
" Even so, if you hear that Philip is in the Chersocesus, you mold
" forces thither ; if in Thermopylae, thither ; if in any other place,
" you hurry up and down, you follow his statidard. Btu no us.- ul
" scheme for carrying on the war, no wise provisioos are ever thoto,ht
" of, until you hear ut some enterprise in executten, or already
" crowned with success. They who conduct a war with pima-roe
64 are not to follow, but to direct events. Hut You, A thcntans i
" though possessed of the greatest power of' all kinds, Nli,11:•. lii.
" f;n:ry, Cavalry, Treasure, yet. to this day, have n vet eiripicned _
I " any of them seasonably." " It is oot in our power to poivole a
I " force able to meet him in the open field, but we must harass hint
' " by depredationa; thus the war must be carried on."
Gentlemen, as the duration of war, by iocr asing the taxes, will oe.
casion the permanent decay of our commerce, you will toreice inv
transcribing; these observano-s, delivered by one of the ablest Illiit of,
former times, as they are very applicable to our situation; What
part of those kingdoms would he secure from auto ks if the Franco
possisesed a naval superiority, with only 20,000 troto•a at their, k 00...
posal—it is obvious, that there must be in every chat riot a foat; cq ..1!

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