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and on the very last occasion on which he addressed
them to speak of him in those terms, but because, as
one pr ;nape of the older members of their Lordships'
House, h e (the Noble Marquis) remembered the time
of the wl sole of the Noble Duke's military and Parlia-
mentary caeeer. (Cheers.) It bad struck him (the
Noble Marquis) that he stood in a somewhat peculiar
position in addressing them upon this subject, for it
might not be known to many of their Lordships—for
there were not many living who could recollect the cir-
cunastanco—but forty-six or forty-seven years ago—then
a young man in official and parliamentary life—he was
permitted and authorized by his colleagues of that time,
to call upon the other House to do justice to the me-
mory, and to provide for the family of one of the
greatest heroes that ever lived, and with whom alone in
the military history of this country, the Noble Dnke
was to be compared. (Cheers.) It was in 1807 that,
at a moment of great di culty, and at a great crisis in
' the military affairs of this nation—the country was
condemned by the stroke of fate to lose the services of
the greatest admiral that ever distinguished this country
and who had fallen—

" --From his high estate,
And welt'ring in his blood."
(Cheers.) There was then, as now, but one unanimous
feeling on the subject; but when he (the Noble Marquis)
addressed the H 01139 of Commons both he and arose

whom he addressed were bat imperfectly aware that at
the very moment when that great man who had raised
the naval power of this country to its highest pinnacle
Hof lyingf perfection and glory was dead, there was rising
in the east another man who was destined to perform the
saline great service to the army of England, and whose
unremitting energy and great practical skill were after-
wards to assert the dignity of this country, and to esta-
blish that character which the British army—as well
under his peaceful command as under his military
career—had never since forfeited. • (Loud cheers.) Such
were these two great men. Differing undoubtedly from
each other in various details of their characters, they
resembled each other in all that was excellent and noble.
Both directed their attention to one great object—neither
of them was indifferent (as who was ?) to the praise of
othees, bat neither ever allowed that praise to divert
him for a moment from the service of his country, the
honour of the crown, and the safety of the people.
(Loud cheers.) He (the Noble Marquis) felt proud,
and any man might feel proud. to have lived with such
contemporaries. (Cheers.) He had been reminded of
that expression which was to be found in one of the
most English poets we had, when he adverted to the
great men of his own time. Speaking of the character
of England and of Englishmen, he said that it was
enough for him
" That Chatham's language was his mother tongue,
And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own."
(Loud cheers.) He (the Noble Marquis) felt proud, and
he thought an Englishman ought to feel proud of his
times and of his country, when he had lived to see in the
same age such men and such actions directed to the
public good. (Great cheering.) In selecting these
great men as the glory of our age and of our time, he
slid not mean to overlook the fact, that during the
same period there had arisen genius of another
kind—that the arts and sciences had not been dormant,
bat that men of great capacity, industry, and intelli-
gence, had essentially contributed to the prosperity and
wealth of the country. But let them recollect when they
were culled upon to do honour to the head of the mili-
tary profession, that that prosperity and that wealth
would cease to be secure unless it was protected. (Loud
cheers.) For, be it remembered, that to whatever pitch
or height the mateuFacturing and commercial industry
of this country might be raised, and whatever accumula-
tion of capital might find its way to our shores, that
capital and that industry would disappear at once, and
instead of attracting the eye, would attract the repacity
of the world, it it was for a moment supposed to be de-
fenceless. (Loud cheers.) Let them be assured that,
in the present state of the world, end in that state in
which it must long continue to remain, it was not merely
to industry, science, and art, or to anything of a pacific
character, that they could long look for the glory end
safety of the Crown and of the realm, unless they made
up their minds to protect it efficiently. and to show that
we were not only the most industrious but one of the
most powerful nations in the world. (Cheers.) Ile had
thought it right to say so much, and he associated these
observations with the names of men who, in his opinion,
had done more then any men ever had done to bring
forth and to strengthen the power and efficacy of our
resources. (Loud cheers.) He did net think himself
called upon to dilate more particularly upon the actions
of the illustrious man whom we hod lost. If that were
requisite he should wish to leave the task to noble lords
of greater eloquence and ability; hat he did not conceive
that it was at all necessary, for those actions had taken
their places in the history of the world—they were pre-
sent in all our minds—they were familiar to all recollec-
tions, and they wore eneroven upon all men's hearts.
(Loud cheers.) He (the Noble Marquis) was not inclined
to enter upon the various topics which had been se care-
fully introduced into the royal speech, that he did not sup-
pose the house woule have to pronounce any distinct opi-
nion upon them. He certainly could have wished there
had been a less faltering declaration of the views of her Ma- I
jesty's Government with reF.pect to those great questions
of commercial policy which had been alluded to. After
the time which bad elapsed, after all the experience they
bad had, and after all the facts and the arithmetic which
had been brought forward since the question bad first
come before them, Ise should have thought that not only
the country, but her Majesty's Government, might have
been able to form an opinion on the subject. (Cheers.)
Aiding himself in the construction of the speech by the
remarks of the noble Marquis, he thought that her Ma-
jesty's Government had at length been satisfied that
what they now called the "recent legislation," had had
its fair share in producing the prosperity of the country.
(Cheers.) Perhaps they did net wish, as the officers of
the ship, to be the first to abandon her; and they had
the gallant feeling that when the ship was sinking, they
ought to be the last seen on deck. (Cheers.) He did
not see any desire to keep the ship afloat: he did not see
any desire, either in that House or the country, to en-
courage them to stand by what was called the good old
cause. He was ready to take admissions in any way,
direct or indirect admissions, admissions by insinuation
or admission by hint; they were all equally valuable,
coming as they did in different shapes and in different
degrees, from most, if not all, of the leading persons in
and out of that House, who had for years advocated
protection. He hoped he was not mistaken in supposing
that her Majesty's Ministers entertained the view not
only that the Free-trade legislation had been attended
with the happiest effects, but that it was necessary to
pursue that legislation in the same spirit and on the
same principle, and then they would be entitled to the
support of every man in the country who had advocated
free trade. He did not wish to enter into discussion
as to the details of the question. Other opportunities
would arise. He had heard with great satisfaction of
the support which had been given for the last two or
three years by the Government of Brazil to the efforts
for the suppression of the slave trade, and that in conse-
quence our Government had been enabled to suspend
their restrictive measures. There was no amendment so
great
as that which sprung from a Government itself be-
coming convinced of the duty it owed to the cause of
humanity. That was one of the objects to which he
attached great importance, and one which he knew would
give great satisfaction to the country.
Lord BROUGHAM said upon the subject of the
slave trade, and the other subjects to which his noble
friend had adverted, be entirely agreed with him that
they could better discuss them on a future occasion. It
might be misconstrued if he were not to say a word on
that at once glorious and painful topic to which the
Noble Lord had adverted. There would have been no
risk in foretelling that when this day unhappily should
come, when he whose loss they all deplored was no more,
every whisper of detraction would be hushed, and one
voice would reverberate throughout the kingdom to ac-
knowl,_,,dge his transcendent merits. Tho result had sur-
passed expectation. All classes of his fellow. citizens, all
descriptions of persons, without distinction of rank, or of
sect, or of party, at home and abroad, the countries he
served, the allies he saved, the adversaries he encoun-
tered, partly on a just recollection of benefits, partly on
a generous oblivion of differences, had all joined in one
unbroken, uninterrupted accord to acknowledge his
teanscendani merits, not the merit of genius merely,—
not that which dazzled men—his extraordinary and
almost marvellous fortune ; but, what he placed first and
foremost in this great character, and that which was
worthy to b© ever held up for the attention as well as the
admiration of mankind, his great public virtue, the con-
stant self-denial, the constant abnegation of all selfish
feeling, that distinguished his whole career, and which
never for one instant interfered with that strict, rigor-
ous, and constant discharge of his duty, whatever station
he might be called upon to fulfil. (Cheers.) Ho had a
right to say that this public virtue was even more to be
revered than his
genius and good fortune were to be ad-
mired. Deeply
more as they now felt his loss, they would yet
"
s""Dly feel it. He entirely agreed with the noble
mover and the noble. seconder of the address in
what
interferest said
•
st as to our having no right whatever to
W© had no p
theeeysible right to complain the internal affairs of other countries.
Lion which
ruler whom of any institu-
theratt have adopted, or to disparage any
them, but noble K,r4d chosen to set in authority over
that we lay under no wouldoil forgive him also for adding
words rather than
ligation whatever to regard the
our own Governmentee "aro.'" of any Government, be it
t,ay other. And he could not
help thinking that hferziomci e
alsewhere, where there was G rational desire for
vided for thet unspeakable blerassight security was pro-
the p,3opientl, by ere© discussion
subjects. Now,
being allowed among
by
whatever prevented free discussion, eltrYthat
Was impaired
discussion,Thos,
he was bound to admit, that that
teezl:.
great secu-
rity subject and in whate,:ny
upon -
measures to a certain
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rity of fragom.
might bo right or they might be wrong last, they
necessary to prevent riaiscliijr(T teight
be absolutely `Pith
they
y impotent to prevent it.
might be absolute
Was no
We it was wholly and entirely foreign to
had and could have no possible concern •it that
business of ours ;
us. We are bound, as bystanders, as spectators, not to
interfere, not even to object, but to lament, that anything
should have happened in the policy of any foreign state
which in any way lessenednd trusted that all
H fear the revival of war. that prdotection. He did not
He hop
t further, and (Wen
such days were far distant ,e be wen Nevertheless, it
said he believed there would be none•
was our right, it was our bounden duty, to take
should fully and all such
measures, and all such precautions, as
effectually serve for our el fence against
happily occur. (Hear, bear.) And not only shells.,_ a
it, should it twin;
discharge our duty by so doing, but we should render
very proper tribute to that great man whose less we now
deplore—that tribute which he hicaseli would have
praised—if we promptly and strenuously set about fol-
lowing the advice which he so often and so urgently