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London, England, 1807-02-11 00:00:00

FINANCE.

Lord CASTLEREAGH having found opinions dif-
ferent, in many points, from those.contained in the
Resolutions lately moved by the Noble Lord op-
posite (Lord H. Petty), with respect to the Finances
of the Country, thpught it right that the substance
of his opinions shoyuld be before the. House as early
as possible. Wishing to a& with the same liberality
the Noble Lord had shewnin bringing forward his
statement, -he gave notice that -he should move his
Resolutions pro forma on Thursday next, 11,4 with
the intent that the 'House should be then called upon
to decide upon them, but that they should, be print-
ed, and takdri into further consideration on a future
day.

On the Motion of Lord HOWICK, the Call of the
House, which stood for this day, tbr the purpose of
insuring a sufficient attendance of Members to form
,-the Ballot for the Maidstone Ele6tion Committee,
was deferred to Thursday, the next day of ballot.

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IVIUM/1.1
IL WC" •-•.‘"‘-...'.3
63t the Rev. N. Marian, 1.).D. be invited to preach
before the House on the 25th inst. the day of Public
Vast.
The LORD ADVOCATE of hrCQTLAND deterred till
Til•sclay his notice of motions forleave to bring in
I;;;is relative to the Scotch aer.
W
On the motion of Mr. Roit•WaS ordered, after
sos'i.e observations from Lord TE1448, that there be
iald before the House Copies of the Minutes of the
T,:priaster-General, and certain explanatory Letters,
relative to the Clothing of the Veteran Battalions,
:;gad .the Prices thereof, fforn Ist August, 1004, to
st January, 1807. • •
On the ,Motion of Mr. MEr..4lsit, ,it was ordered,
that there be laid before the House several Accounts
stating the quantity of-British. Manufaaures import-
f-:(1 into Ireland, distinguishing England from Scot
land, -with the drawbacks and countervailing. Duties
thereon, for three years ending 1 st. of .lanuary last
also au Account of the Irish Spirits imported into
Great Britain in the like period, distinguishing Eng-
jnd from Scotland.

MAIDSTONE ELECTION COMMITTEE.
Hon. W. Maule %V. Loftus
T. Ewen I. Fuller
Hon. F. Robinson Hon. E. R. Stuart
Hon. I. Cust 1 T. Godfrey
1. Patterson 1 T. Shelley.
1. Palmer I

The parties having waived their right of appoint-
ing Nominees, the Committee retired, according to
the Provision of the Aot of Parliament in such case,
and themselves chose Sir R. PEELE and the Hon.
W, WELLESLEY POLE.--,-The whole were then
sworn at the table.
ABOLITION OF pLAcEs AND OFFICES,

Mr, BIDD ULPH rose to make his Motion re-
lative to the Abolition of-unnecessary Offices and
places. It was of a similar nature with that which
he had made in 1797, , and 'supported by thoSe in
whose 'principles he concurred,: he was entirely un-
impassioned now as be was. then, and rested, his Mo-
tion On its obvious expediency. All theSe who bad
looked' into the Reports which 'followed rritist be
convinced of the great pradical benefits that bad rel.
suited from . them' ; and What he wished
.for now
was, a Committee to examine into what remained
to be done, and consider what new measures 'kid,
been rendered necessary by a change of time add
circumstances. Much good had been done by the
attention which-bad been paid,to the Reports, and
many things had been suggested which had not 'been
Aaed on. To some - things the inquiries had not
been directed, particularly with regard to the Offices
in. Scotland: These things rendered the expediency
tyf another Committee, 'obvious. One object which
was particularly calculated to strike the attention,
was the great emolument derived from Ofliees in
the Exchequer : he thought much of this was un-
necessary ; and it would be difficult to make others
believe that there was any. necessity for them. The
Act of I 782,certainly confirmed_ to two Tellers their
encienf and legal 'fees, limiting the two others'. to
40001. a year. He- conceived thaCthese Offices
were subject to-regulation.. It; was necessary to in-
quirewhat had been the.peactice of, the Exchequer:
elt was true, that some time -after the 'Revolution
their right to the ancient fees had been confirmed
by the 4th of William and Mary ; but, in -a mead-
- cf t:ris sort, usage must be attended to as- well as
yaw ; 'and in 17Q2 the practice had been changed,
and the fees lessened by agreement, Owing to the
increase in the expenditure. In 1744 the fees were
lowered one-third, in consideration' of the great in,
crease of expenditure for army services. lf -regula
tinns were then 'adopted in these Offices, notwith-
.yeandieg the law, why not fibw, when the eXpen-ili-
tine was so much greater The.MotioL Thch he
Wa's about to make embraced all Pleceseand Of-
fices.; but he particularly adverted -to the 27th Re-
port of the Commissioners
,-of Accounts—which
stated, that unnecessary Offices, to the amount of
26,0001. existed iv, the Law Courts, which were
proper objects of regulation. The CominissiOners
quoted with approbatioe the opinion of Lord
Hales on the subject of reformation in Offices ; .Which
Was, that they should net he abolished at once, but,
that the property of individuals should be secured.
They farther, stated the necesSity,ef preserving the
public faith with respect to those who were then
ie possession of these Offices. He did not see that
any thing had been dbee in' consequence of this
Report. The reasoning of Lord Hales on this point
vas certainly just and apposite. If these Offices are
not- necessary, why should they, be continued If
they are necessary, why should they not be exe-
euted at the charge which is foundsufficient for
the Deputy) Every thing farther is needless., He
would not wish to interfere with the emoluments
which were necessary for the discharge of the -duties
of any necessary Office ; but here was a list 'of of-
fices:the duties of which were performed by Deputies.
in the other Reports there were instances of the
same sort. The Committee which he would 'pro-
pose would therefore embrace every mode of expen-
diture, and be as comprehensive as.those,of 17.79 and
D.
.The word "' Pensions" did not occur in his
*Motion but he conceived the Committee would
-embrace this objel also; and if any thing itnProper
should appear in the Pensions, would report accord-
ingly. He thought it unnecessary to say any thing fate-
ther, as the propriety and expediency of his Motion
must be obvious to concluded by moving,
't‘ That a Committee be appointed to examine what
&wings may, be made to thee Public by.the abolition
of unnecessary Offices and the regulation of others.;,
and to inquire into all the other predicable and pro-
}per .modes by which 'a sedation might be effealed
in the Public Expenditure."
Lord FOLKSTONE said, that he had the honour to
eceend the Motion.
Lord HENRY PETTY rose and' obSen'ecl, that
it gave him the highest satisfation, that.. What-
f:‘,';,:r difference of opinion might exist between
himself and the' Honourable Gentleman on some
.points, yet between' him and-the Honeurable,Gen-
113Mall, and not only that, but between the Honour-
able Gentleman and all his Mejesty's Ministers, there:,
was a perfed coincidence 'of sentiment upon the
9rounds of the present Motion. For if there was
nub thing Upon which it might be expected that all
should concur, it was this—that the stri&est -eco-
nomy should be preserved in the management-of
the'public money, and that all Places, Offices, and
icnsious Should be reduced to the smallest charge,
(Insistent with the proper *administration ,of the
ettiirs of the nation, Therefore any measure •which
.11ad that. ebjed in view came Tecomineredgd by a

his Majesty s Ainwers, a-; well as amongcto,thers.
But if he had the satiSflnaion' to concur 'with the
Honourable Gentlemanif solar an union of sen-
titpent' preivailed-4;he hoped pat!there 'wonld also
be an union of sentiment ,upon another position,
essential to the welfare and stability of Goftrniuent,'
which was this, that in every Country there ought
to be rewards- for -services ".performed—that it Was
not 'fitting that means should be wanting of grant-
ing adequate remuneration for general, services, and
that such rewards ought to form part of the esta-
blishment of all wellregulatectGtniernments. ; The.
only print then to be considered was,:‘hotv 'far. these
rewards 'existed in the manner they,pught; for
though places ought to exist' for the purposes above,
mentioned, yet it
.was right that they should, be
limited, and confine 4 to their proper objea,.and
that .they should not be allciwed to run-to excess,
either through abuse or neglect. That Such excess
did formerly exist, especially with regard toisinedure
placeS, a point to which the Honourable Gentleman
had particulaq adverted, he was perfeetly aware.'
But he begged leaie to remind the House that dur-
ing a course of twenty years 'it had been a constant..
Work to reduce and confine such places to their pro-
per limits. Such was the,object of the Committee
of Accounts, established at the close Ofthe.American -
War, when there was so great and so just A public
clamour on this subject—a Committee which had'
in the most able. manner discharged the duties en-.
trusted to it. In the Administration which suc-
ceeded and concluded the peace ofl7B3—an Adini7
oistration, of which a near arid dear connexion of
(his father,. then, Lord Shelbrirne) formed. a part, this
object was not lost sight of, and the plan was laid
for an inquiry,'which'waS carried biro effect some
time after. 'it was not lost- sight of during the admi-
nistration of Mr.,Pitt,'a Committee having been ap-
pointecrin 1786, and then another in 170, over'
which he (Mr. Abbot, the Speaker) had presided
with so much credit to himself, and so much ad-
valitage.to the countryy. Why,- then, this exhibited
an incessant care on the part of the GovernMent to
reduce the amount of sine Cure places as far as was
compatible with the- other principle that he had
mentioned, which was, that there ought to exist
certain places of this description, in order to reward
real aifd substantial services. He was aware that it
might be- said that sitiecure places might be altoge-
thee destroyed, and that large pensions should be
subitituted in their stead. He was rather of Opi-
nion, that if the whole. fir?aucial system was to
commence again, this would be the preferable mode.
But when he considered that sinecures were correct-
ed with the antiquities, . the forms, and the Whole of
the financial'system of the country, he thought that'
this order Of things. ought not to be el:zinged, but
-that altogether it would' be •better to allow such
places' still to exist, :as the rewards of services per-
formed to the, public. He thought that the result
of the whole of the Inquiries, of the Reports, and the
-observations,• had been to restrain the number of

-places, and confine them within the proper limits.
The'faa that these places were not always properly
Conferred, was not a satiSca6toryground for,abolish-
ing them entirely. Thotigh every individual, should
not approve. of the manner: in , which - they were
granted; yet that was not asufficient reason' to prove
that they ought not to exist. at. a. ~Though occa
sionally a Judge might be appointed; who should
in, the opinion -ofScitne persons bean imprOper per-
son to fill the office assigned him, yet that:.was no
reason why. no salaries should be given to' the judges.
In the army, WO, tholigh persons should be appoint- .
ed to situaiions for which-Some. might think them.
unqualifieci, yet this (lid .no,t,prove that IIQ erllolll-.
• meats ought-to be'attached•to these situations. •,In
the .degree then in:Which kith- place 4 were necessa-
ry to rewarcl,pubiie:. services, these places ought to
he maintained. Why, then, what had been the
result of all the inquiries on-this subjea He might
state generally, tir,4, that all sinecure places in the
Customs had, been abolished.. Such' also had been
the case with regard to the Excise.. With regard to
the great offices of,State, souse had been abblished,'
such as a certain Chamberlainship in the Exchequer,
ail the offices, with the exception of a very few,
had been•regulated by commutations -being agreed
upon, instead'of fees, which were liable.to a perpe-
tual increase with. the increase of the public expen-
diture. They profits of the Tellers and-Auditors were
thus limitted. For the purpose of being perfeelly
correct in What' he had stated with regard to the abo-
lition of sinecure offices in the Customs, he ought
to have observed, that one plaee of this nature, that
of Collet:tor Outwards, belonging by patent to a
certain Noble Duke (Manchester) had been reserv7
ed. The fa& was then, that sinecure places, to a
certain number, were necessary to be retained-in or-
der to'reWard those whU had given their time, their
industry," and their talents to the public service, in
offices which did not afibrd an. adequate re:l-where-,
tion, and to afford them a proper support, in their
retirement. But 'he could not quit this part of the'
subje& without alluding to the principles whi6h had
been admitted during the progress of Mr. Burke's
Bill. The. principles then admitted were,' that
those who held offices by grant iiom the Crown
had as strong a title to 'them as any prOp"rrefor of
land had to his landed-. estate,: and that to destroy
the one title would: be as great an iavasirmi,of pro-
perty as to destroy the - other. But there:was no
'necessity to go a. great way .back. • Reforms had
'heen extended. to the high. offices, except in a few
cases where they „were, granted is revthrsionsuch
'as the Office of Register of the.. High 'Court of Ad-
.Miralty, and that of
.clerk .of the 'Parliament,' held
'by a Right-. Hon.. Gentleman ;.(.111r...Rose) over the
way, and of which the reversion was in his-
But when these reversions'expired, he hoped that
measures would be 'taken to regulate- these Offices
nlso.—So much with regard to Offices in England,
. _

_ . .
where a good deal had been done, except in the Law
Offices, which fOrmed the subjeCt:of the 27th Re-
port of the Commissioners of- Accounts. It was
true that there were*.a great number of Law Of-
fices which had\ been, stated .by them to be unne-
cessary, and • which alight be snbjeet to ameliora-
tions ; tho Ugh they had stated, at the- same t-.tstne,
that these being perquisites of the great Law tO-
ficers, the Lord Chancellor and the Lord.-Cliiel
Justice, they ought not to be deprived of tile p.,-
tronage and the means of providing for their firlii-
lies.viihich they afforded without a material ,incr,
of their salaries. It was true that the salaries of toe
Judges had since that time been.augmented ; but•he
did not know whether the salaries of the Lord Chan-,

as to compensate for a loss of this sort; and it
was obvious that the augmentation of their salaries
ought to have been particularly attended to, in case
of their being deprived of these places and this pa-
roaage. However this was a case which.lia&:cer-
vainly been less.attended to than others ; and, there-
fore with resped to this, the Hon. Gentletnan's.Xlo-
- came-irecViiimended by all the autheriky that
could be derived from this Report. fl: great deal-
then had been done with resped to England : but
as to Ireland, he admitted that much as yet remained
to be done... But it would be recolle&ed, that a.
Commission bad been appointed three years,ago, on
the Motion of the Right Hon.. Gentleman who.then
held the Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer for
Ireland, the obje& of which waslo-inipirc-iinfuthe
mode of colleEting the Revenue M Ireland ; and al-
though he (Lord H. Petty) was then on the Oppo-
•sition side of the House, yet he 'took an opportu-,
nity of expressing his perfe& appiebatiOri of that
measure, and of promising all,the support Which he
Could give. That Commission was. now acting at
Dublin, and its RepOrts were on the table of the
House; and the House must have seen with satis-
faction that his Right Honourable Friend (Sir John
Newport) had broil& in a Bill to abolish no leSs
than thirty-eight offices, in pursuance of the sug-
gestions in these Reports. Whoever knew his Right
Honourable..Friend, or the.person at the head of the
FiLanee 'of that •Country, or the Noble Duke who
was at the head of the Government there; Would
. feel satisfied that all useful : suggestions • would 'be
taken up by them and immediately acted upon.
Why, then, great progress had been made here also.
The: only point of difficulty: was the practice of
granting officesin reversion, which he 'highly dis-
approVed of, especially in the cases of Offices where
the fees' were liable to increase with the Mere* of
expenditure, as this was in some measure entailing
abuses. , ,He knew it would be 'said that Mini;;terg
were unfriendly to Offices in reversion, and I.7otild
iv ish to abolish them because they could not get them
for themselves. To those Who were ofthis opinion
he would,say, that they thight.diScover a more
Vious method by ,which Ministers might. secure such
advantages, if they were so disposed, and that was by
making other Offices reversionary. But he, had the
satisfaction to-state, thatisince the'liresent Min-r3try
had come into power no .Offices had been grafted in
reversion.. ~They 'had,abstained :from this prae!•ice,
having in 'contemplatiOn the means' by which' re-
forms -might be accomplished here also, and, an end
put Ito the
_imperious effixts that ..resulted from
such a mode: of 'proceeding. Things, , then, being
in this state, there remained little to be done, except
With respect 'to the 'Courts of Law, the Offices of
which formed the subject of the 27th .Report. He
was not aware. that any sinecure of this description
had been created. since that. Report had been made.
But that other more loose abuses had not takea place
• he'was not prepared to deny, knowing, as he did,
the .tendency to abuse which existed where the
expenditure was so large as -it was--in this Country.
All, therefore, that the Government could da was to
use every effort to prevent *he growth of such abuses,
and to check them where they existed. It had 'accord-
ingly given aulnstruction to the Auditors of Accounts
to observe such abuses, and 'to report upon them
ftoth time to time: to'the Treasury. He would read
the words of the warrant in which this instruction

was conveyed. [Here he read the-words; which con-
tained an instruction to the Auditors to attend to
and report especially upon all abuses and frauds com-
mitted at home- or abroad.] This was part cif the
:Warrant under which the Auditors acted, and by

this means he' hoped that a strong and permanent.
check upon abuses would be established. 'Why,
then, it appeared that great progresS had been made
in destroying Offices, and that there was a- disposi,
tion in the Government to prevent the unnecessary
renewal of them. But though little retrained to be
done, yet he did not contend that that Laic ought
to remain undone. He had no objection, therefore,
to the appointment of a Committee, which should
finish a business in which so great a progress had
already been made. He was of opinion then, that
with a slight alteration in the words -?he motion de-
served the assent of the House, and that a Commi,--,
tee should be appointed to inquire into what had
been• done, and what remained further to be done
towards the accomplishment of this great objea----.
Whatever mig-htiae the 'merits of former Commis-
sioners,. it would be recollected that they werelalli-
ble, and that in the best institutions there would -be
some failure. He expeaed from this examination'
that a foundation'would be laid for finally eradicating
great abuse's in the management of the public Money,
and that the most material benefit would accrue with
regard to the system of public economy. Therefore be,
not only agreed in the principle ofthis motion, but also
approved ofthe policy of SppOinting s'UchCOMtnitteeS,
at different successive periods, -to examine into. the
real state of the Public Expenditure. He trusted
that he bad satisfied the House that all.dne atten-
tion had been,paid to econo»y, and that there. as a
disposition in the Government -to promote that
portant object; to the utmo.st of, their pdwer:.... He
concluded by proposing, the- alteration in the Mo-
tion-,,;•50 that as amended it was ,in -substance-
-" That a Committee should be appointed to inquire
into the progress that had already been made in the
abolishing of Offices, and to examine what could
fUrther be done in this way.without detriment to the
Public, and to report, with their observations, to the
House."
Mr. CALCRAFT asked whether this would include
an examination into all public offices ?
Lord H. PETTY answered in the affirmative..
-Mr. IVILBERFORcE thought the liberality-and
candour manifested by his Noble Friend who had-
justsat down, peculiarly-entitled him to the thanks of,
the country. But at the same time he must say,-that.
his Noble Friend's:opinion as to the necessity of sub-,
stituting-pensions for the established sinecures, struck.
hi in with surprise, If the Committee so properly moved:
'for should be appoiftted with the- impression which.
such an opinion, from so high an authority was calcu-
,lated to produce, he confessed that his good wishes to-
wards thit appointment would be considerablyabated.
No principle would be more injurious in its opera-
: tiou, according to his judgment, than that--of voting .
to ,ach Public Officer a certain remuneration for leis
services, instead of leaving those sinecures to be tip,
piled to such purposes—tor which alone they could
be allowed to exist.—He disapproved of the system

of voting pensions, because he very much :feared
Otat under thatsystem the ampilia of reward would

clamour—or might be too mdch calculated to la:
duce the one or irritate the other. He w:shed ratheL
that the sinecures might remain to those to d,r
pose 'of who were best qualified to appreciate t.
'
merits to which they ought to be granted, and there
l
was more likelihood that they would be prOPer,
'granted. That talents devoted to the service of ta.
State were by any :means so well rewarded as- th 7.
same talents would be
.in any of the liberal profes;
sions, either of the church, medicine, or the bar.,
was fully prepared to deny. He meant of coot'',,
pecuniary reward ; but that was not the objea a'
public men, for their great and generous mind'
must look to views of a higher nature, and be aaa.:
ated. by motives of a nobler chargter. Indeed, "
was fur the Country to mention that there we
many who had given up the most lucrative profes'
to follow the course to which these lefty motive
Were calculated to lead ; , therefore- such men Well,
entitled.to the liberal consideration of Parliament and
the Country when there should be no longer OCCir
sion for their services, and when they should-happeri
froth their. circumstances, to require such liberalltY'
Men who had long occupied, and ably aced in, 01,6,
high offices of the State, should not be alloWed to {ail
from the connexions and rank to which they bad been
accustomed, in consequence of the illiberality of those
Whom they had served. Such .a thing would'be de:
grading to the chara&er of t lie Country, and he trusts"
it would never be allowed to occur. Of. the principle
avowed in his Noble Friend's speech he most sin'
cerely. . approved ; he the nxore 'rejoiced to heel
the principle stated, .because from the-knowler
he had of his Noble Friend's disposition, he was per'
tetiy confident' that it. would. be. afted IMP
was upon, "'
was fillty persuaded that his Noble Friend was
well disposed rigidly to apply the principle of eco"
nomy as any Minister could be. At -the sat.°
time 'that he mentioned this, he could not 0014
• stating, that which might be unknown, that hi'
Noble Friend's predecessor (Mr. Pitt) carried th"
principle of econom-y as far as was practicable, never
i
overlooking any opportunity of retrenchment, or °:
the abolition of useless places. Indeed, he knew that
his late Right Hon. Friend had, without mentioning
a word about it in that House, abolished between 32
and 40 placel in the CustoMs and Excise, to whic"
his Noble Friend had alluded in the course of has
speech, although his Right-Hon. Friend was at the
time solicited by many of his friends and conneXio°
to grant those places to others. But no, his latt'
Right Hon. Fi-iend preferred the principle of ecoa°:
:.:Tny, hi the gratification Of his friends, and lie id saCri
meritorious things without having it ever knowntY
the would. Litre the .man of Ross,. he


" Did good by stealth, and I'lusk'd to find it fame."
The Hon. Member conceived that motives aid
that before the House should not be at all consider'
as ads of opposition to Ministers. From the
duct of his Noble-Friend this evening, it was evidei'•
that Ministers themselves did not so consider thera;
.On the contrary, their candour clearly shelved tt';
alacrity with' which they were. ready to recelo
proposition of economy from any quarter of itistlt,
House, which must, encourage every man to sUe
tq them the means which might serve to catty
their acknowledged principle into circa, Wi,t
however, this concurrent wish of all, to,purstle e'/lA
nomy with every praCticnl industry,
the application of it to the purpose cat pe9df
ing any reduction cf the salaries allowed to our aver;
lic Officers, who, so far from being over. paid, wera
many of them, he was prepared to say with reei
to Money, very much under paid. Consideq:
their situation, connexions, names,' and talent, t'
he deprecativ-
remunerationVas., he had almost said; quite too lit;
de: . lii rewarding such men; Parliament should eve
eat, in mind fidelity towards the People, and liberaV
t' towards the. Offieers, both which tending to tfi°
same point, must urge them to provide that the CP'
rafter_ of the one should not be degraded, by alloo
ing the comfort and interest of the other tq be
eleaed.
Lord H..P.ETTY rose to explain a point °Pc°
which he had been evidently, without any intention
misinterpreted by his -Honourable Friend. In 1'
observations with respeot to tire 'comparative Pkrult
priety of pensions and sinecures, he was in fee v,
endeaVouring to answer an argument which ar‘
peared to him likely to arise in the discussion. Ptl4
be expressed no opinion. His argument' o,ae
merely speculative upon the question- --whether,
we were about to constitute a new systero/
would not be better to invest, not that House,
his Hon. Friend' seemed to think, but the Co''it
with the power of granting pensions as rewards t°
meritorious public Officers, than ,to create notilir°:
o ffiCis for the purPoSe of such rewards ? But these
offices being already in existence, rendered the ose,
different, and their continuance was cenneaed with
`the honour of the Crown, and. with -the inters''
and good faith of tip Country.—lt was, howeVeri
;the duty of that Honie.to take care that such a st"
•tern was not carried to any unjustifiable excess, by
:The appointment, from time to'timee of such C°,,°,l--,
mittees 'as that which was now moved for.----""i
NOble Lord concluded with moving an Amer-sit-Ile°
to his motion, that Ireland should be _included l°
the
Mr 'WILBERFORCE professed his unwillingness td
mis=state any sentiment of his Noble Friend's, a°
that heWas quite satisfied V his explanation.
Mr. FAIVKES said, that he could not feel cot,'
tented in giving a• silent vote upon this occasion,
it was one upon- which hiS mind was peculiarly
terested; he would therefore take the liberty 015°13;
witting a few 'observations; in which he hoped If.
the indulgence of the House. otwithstandiog t
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numerous' bnrthens Which Parliament had thou,
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proper to impose upon the Country, _and the extra'
ordinary efforts which bad been already made, to re;
pel the danger that threatened us, and to protein
nations around, it still appeared that our resource:
were amply sufficient to provide for the great contest
in which we are engaged, if these resources wer
managed with judgment and economy—of conrsef_
every care should betaken to keep those principl!
in view; hut economy must not b.: merely professe.cle;
the principle must' be manifested by action, in or
to satisfy the people, who were entitled to that sau'o.
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"fadion from the manner in which they had so 0°
borne their grievous butthens.- When he recollet-
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the spirit with which the people submitted to the °re-
pression of taxes, he felt that he should not justify.tl:f
expedatiens which his, Constituents had foratc.°.:o
him, ifhe were not forward to second such a Ar°"4
as tthee{liefote the Howe—if he were not sclico:o