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People,. out e;wn. People. ' the unitettwiida*.Of.
this Parliament,' he doubted nor, would .guard
against the recurren'te of a similar pressure:
Upon the other topics of the Speech, he should
not say much. He would content himself with
expiessing his approbaJibn of every exertion in
order to preserve our Maritime ascendancy ; he
meant that. ascendancy which was necessary for
security of 'our Commerce. But this could
not be maintained • if the Enemy were suffered

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td receive supplies from Neutral Powers. He
saw no ground eo dispond, when he considered
the spirit of the.Country' and the magnitude of
our Navill Force ; and if His Majesty's wish for
the restoration of Peace should be disapeointed,
by-the gigantic-ambition of France, he; trusted
thi Country would still -rely' one the wisdoM of
Parliament, -and the spirit of the People, to resist
the combinatioreof all our Enemies:.
'GgE I'—“ I must confess, Sir; that my
feelings Are.stronvon the present occasion, but
they are not those of despondeecy, but rather
. they are such apprehensions 'aS the present state
of' the Nation may naturally. excite in the most
confident. Such confidence has not been increased
in me, by the tenor of His Majesty's Speech, in
Which I perceive no hope held out of any change
of thatlolicy, which has brought' upon this
Country. such calamities unexampled ; and still
lesi can 1 hope for Peace, -when we 'are- calledao
mist to the. same declarations of wishing . for
Peace, which, :front year to year havedisappoint-
ed our hope, and increased the calamities of War.
I agree,•Sir, that-it- 36--be.E44l-T not-toter-at pre-
sent, upon subjeas not immediately 'before the
House: --a God knows,-there is enough .
. within, ()tie -oveppi4tior,:.:, But if the
Honourable: Seconder of the jarOposed Address
has passerover stiSjett of the TriiibliTtrikh
Ireland at -11e;wishaa. others - also to pass it parer,
I must :beg that .no improper - inference may ;be,
drawn-, from, my silence, as if, althOugh I
'Opposed the Union when becatit6 'subjea of
rarliammiiirydiscuslion, no :v cenfeased'My
former error.l do not tvi-sh noiv to triter into
a debate as- to the. policy which induced that inea-
Sure,. bUt this I Mutt say, that notwithstanding
all I have heard end seen on the subject, is con..
iin'ujs -to be my film and constieUtiont opinion,
that the most likely Union 'to be peinvnicht, an
union of heart andairettion; Would be "(Jule' formed
on the basis of the udjiiiirnent;'of 1782. 1 have
niVer been able to irate the 'Stated as the
cause of the nekissiey of this Union;-to the Deela.
ration of Irish
_lndependence ; but I trace them
to that systeni; .which, from the Moe-lent That the
Irish Independence was.deelared, made the sub..,
version of that Independence the °hie& of all
its measores. Honourable 13aronit argueS
the good effetl. Of the measure of Union, from
the quiet of the r eoplt- of J Ireland ;" bui let me
ask,. is that the quiet of affection ? Or, haVe
we shevtrii. any .dispositic,u. to repeal .aby of those
Laws so obnoxious to the titilk. of the People of
Ireland ? If, in virtue of the Won, any of those
f,evere Laws were to be repealed, the svptri of
. iwperiouS.pOlicy tb be ee‘laxed,• and the blesiitigS
of BritisitConstitution were to be extended
46-the 'People offirelatid;•-thtn indeed- we- Might
4-title-from the toaeffea.of this' tneasore.--e
-Ireland was quiet even a year before the Union
rd's adeeddd to; • Shall it theabe argued on-a mea-
sure so recent, and' whilstanore rernaiiis yet to be
settled, that this quiet is a proof of the•satisfae.
lion of the Peeple-ef Ireland I lam, however,
ty look forw;ard,
,rather thau- backward,
• .and.l roust aa.y,• that I heartily wishany opinions
_may prove to be mistaken, and that all the-good
affeats may result from this Union which are
augured
.crom.'iti. .by the. honourable Mover
and Seconder of this Motion., --=- One thing
of ‘‘,.•tizh am :persuaded is, that the inode
be.,t calculated to
.promote thoie'effe4l.s, :is by
.adoption- a - system ,of *which
,rtsay extend to all.deseriptions of People in Ire.:
land; anti may impart to them the benefits of the
British Constitution. 'The Meyer hitited
:itimething of a dubious tendency; wherrhe talked
..of's.ectiring the Liberties of Itelaed bY'maintain-
iitg the Protestant AscendCpcy. On this' poiet
-I•tan only eepress My hope, that-the extending
"ito Irish CathOlicS the 'Privileges of Other Irish
stilijeets, will-lrebne Of the first measures olthe
United-Parliament. The next tbpic'iiiiverted to,
is the melancholy situation -in which-this Country
is now placed reSpeaing the War •in -Which we
at enow engaged; and which
,is• new enlarged into
a contest with :eirrioseeVery -Power, iii Europe.
And here `I think it is not fair to place the con-
dud of the. Courts of. Sweden Denmark, Denark, on
a legal with that of ihe Court of Russia. -In my
-opinion, the Etorlitoit'ofßoiSlA has.been guilty
of an aft of great injustice and vidlence towards
this COUntryi in'tho detention of-British-Ships
and Subieets -eottdut% in direct violation of
existing treaties ; an as requiring ample repara.-
tion-and satisfaelioni And yet, I•eitottotaagree
with the Hon. Mover, that His Majesty's Mi-
nisters are free from all blame. The conclua
which has plodated violence, may' be censurable.
I have seen, Sit:, a Manifesto by the Court of
*-ittinitie -Containing an allegation that His Ma-
kitty's' Ministers have broken a precise:stipule-
'llan,- that Malta should be surrendered" to Ruts-
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~ateßut disposed as I am to acquit Ministers,
-yet, 'I think, the subjea,is deserving inquiry ;
.anda..,particularly,*hether the stipulation alluded
to, 'Was, or was not of a reciprocal nature ; and
must'say, that if they were apprized of the 'Per-
sonal charaaer, of the Eatisaoa of Russia (on
the- importance-of-an alliance with whom,, anueh
was formerly said) they should also have seen
the prudence of avoiding a dispute with him, by
kiiineeding to this
,Power a' Port in the Mediterra-
• means for stich,. I consider, would have been our
true policy. • Our efforts lo preserve the Balance
POWer an 'Europe, have. 'ended, Sir, in the
total destruaion of that •Balatiee:,.. Eis• Majesty's
Ministers ought to have considered hoW they
could have found nut another- Power -to :have
brought into. the stale, in order to :obtain this'
balance. Such a Power would have been Russia,
which, by gettittf albeting - in -the Mediterra.
Lean, ty-the•cession of Malta, would have been
a counterbaice to that'Of France, At all events,