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eti s.,:aismst tlwforeissn enemy, this country should
he alms ions thatiin Aabge should deprive them of
their ;;IMertiOs tie had heard with great pleasures
ct the beginniess of this. session, an linn. Geetle-
rn" Orr. C. Grant) elmjnently stating, ", that
the events Of the Wit year shev:ed clearly that there
is Hi the breasts- of ,all human beings an instiee-.
!ive patriotism, which leads theni to defend their
homes and their country against a foreign in-
however speCitimis May be their pretexts,
ar whatever may he the organiiatidn of their
tosernaietifs." if there was any philosophy
taught us to reject that noble in •
Pact of patriotism; it was philosophy. which
Pe should despise. Bat, besides this instinctive
Isstriatistri, there was mittorher and a higrter degree
ut patriotism, which teaches us to love our coun-
try, because it eught to be loved ; Isecatoe in it
Our liberties are secured, and our hest interests
promoted. If tiny philosophy should undervalue
this higher degree of patriotism, the last place
that smich sentiments should he uttered in was that
"s'es and 'Eaglets(' was the last country that
Elmould countenaace such a doctrine. He could
ts'`tite wished that the petiple of Holland had ex-
',pressed their ()pinion, either by their legal or their
!coral representatives. If this could not have
?sell obtained, he should have been better pleased
If he had thought it the act of the whole of the
acting under their natural leaders, and not
"le act of a few Gentlemen, however respect-
slits
; that formed the Provisional Government.
i 'Ye tretted, however, that the Prince . of
Stange 'would take care that the promises
lat. his proclamation should be carried into
and that a wise Constitution should
6e frttpt,,l, sufficient to secure the liberties of the
Penile. It was certainly 'a subject of congratula-
tion, and he Understood it to be a fact, that the
rdity of the administration of justice in Holland
;a survived the storm which swept away its nes
independence. There were still in Holland
s'd!ttuous and uncorrepted. Judges and Lawyers,
f"tiagoished for probity and talents. He there-
:" lid hope, that the other institutions necess
'"y far the liberty and heppimmess of that people.
Hot be neglected. He conceived that, upon
this occasion, he was at liberty to discuss any of the
taeasures of that Confederacy of which oar Sove-
tte, i!za formed a part. Ile 'ihistda, therefore; take no-
Is'ee-of that part of the conduct of his Allies which it
to saenosed they intended to•pursue with respect
woo"" ic Body. It appeared to hint, that it
111,01mtmrsalubtey'a violation of public law to disallow the
of Switzerlauml). Time Helvetic _bOdy
:tre las he understood) bound 'to Franee by no
other treaty than
.a convention similar to what •
el existed for two centuries, binding them to
lama' a certain qaota Of troops. He believe'd
.)(i'n' the complenseat required from them was
QQ tnen. fleunderstood that there were noW
owitzerland amhassatiors from Austria ar :I most_
the enufederated powers, and he, therefore, •
hdated. that Swiss neutrality would not be vin.
:telt/. He believed, that by the public law aP.d
Oaolished usages of Europe, it was no act of
',Tttility to eepply a vote limited by treaty..
9ellarld heti furnished this country with a supply
1.745, and yet that was never considered by
14oce as an act of hostility; Many instances
"1014-sto ateetioned of this being considered the
law o` Europe. As to the neutrality of
,t'vitzerianit belog at present diutdvantageous to
"e Allies, that did not alter the question of
wv; and it might well happen, that at
4tinther time her neutrality would be disadvan-
tivaams to France. If he himself 'had been a Na-
tive of that country, or if he were called upon to
"elide for Switterland, he must say, that nothing
\m aid be to him so strong an objection against.
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t'eportme• the cause 'of the Allies, as their appear-
,s
to consider such support as a matter of right.
,''ere those who professed to have no other oh-
-it" than to-restore the independence of Europe,
t(il'egin with violating the independence at Swit-
eeta„nd As to the manifesto which had been
i
he thought it one of the-wisest which had
ever "en .published by ally government or eau-
ecle"anon o- f governments, and he tnost cordially
tJ?)rov princi;.les contained it.
.He
hoped thatel of all the
they would act upon those principles,
Rnri 118 Great Britain could never think of a sepa-
r.ate Peace. or a separation of interests, he thought
her duty to take care, that those principles des
eiHredinthe name of all the Allies should be
"eathly pursued: He thought that when the time.
eae should coame it suss the duty of Great Bri-
r;'" ac
bring all Amer acquisitions into the general
4" of what was to be settled by the treaty. Al-
11lough, those places were taken by British arms,
tiq
,th' should not be considered as exclusively
atafeisitions of one power, but as time con-
hilide by one of the members of time
'itl'ent confederation of powers. The balance .of
iwer, Which had been so long maintained iu
Is„:;„r7Pe. was a word which had first been used in.
4,--;-"d;. and until the disgraceful partition of
m("Erati, it had been well preserved for many years.
h"-t event would probably never have taken
Palricivi if two of the first countries in Europe (Epg-
Prance) had not then deserted time pulse
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Ill'lie, by allowieg this balance to be despoy-
n the preservation of this balance, the inde•
teemlence of the smallest power should not he neg-
met". A former Minister of this Country, the
e ""13 flfliaOsdowne, had made a most sermons
SrPossulation,with France, on account of the con-
quest
aud annexation of the Island of Corsica, and
tonsfdered this point of so much coesequence as
civc liberty Mice. -In feeling strongly for the
Zoe 1 e,--l'erLY of the Dutch, he hoped that it would
e conceived that he was at all insensible to
• d great blessing of their national indepen-
epee, -
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e -"me apologies. forso
trespassing_ lon on
(Ittetion of the House, he concuded by nun-
., 41. as atm amenthnent, " That the House, at its
e 'lit adjourn to the 24t0 d January."
th (/).Tcrnel Sr. PAUL. observed, that the speech of
amt' ,011. and Learnsd Gentleman might apply to
heV.'llats in the world except to time Amendment
IL`la Proposed. Had there been a notice entered
. se hooks „f the House. for a ,notion to inquire
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tito the stair of the Britisih Const.tution, into
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I'oo. . e Constitution' of almost any State in Eus
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pre speeth might have applied; hut, imm the .
sent she, it • nu foreign to time
(Nits_ oustauces, Was totally
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. and Learneil Gentlenten had been deprived of an
opportunity of inekisigei !liked) on thiekmet ludia
r Questioq; and a sip ed! he mmist have; which had
;! esesidneed the present effusioo. He rids gladeliciw-
s ever, thaf the Hcitiourable ;bldg Lemiened Getititer
niansin hii Observations, had given Min an I,lu
titnity of doing justiCe. io the. conduct of
Mi-
nisters, into whose Bands he f6lt udt the sniall-
est hesitation of trusting the maaagenien: of
ptahlic busineit during the • proposed adjourn-
ment. He could hardly express the Warnith of
feeling; their conduct had excited hi' his breast)
end considered the attack made. ilium them he
the Honourable and Lessened Gentleman, .es ooe
of the most finical he had ever heerml
laugh.)—He had expected that the House should
meet on that day enerely ro COngratulate pine
another on the unanimity %which had hitherto pre-
vailed in Parliament. He had heard with the ut-
most satisfaction on foemer occasions the candid
explanations of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh},
the manly declarations of the Member for Bed-
ford' (Mr. ‘Vhitbread), and the eloquent speech
of the Member fur Liverpool, (Mr. Canning);
all coinciding together towards one great object.
He had expected something similar on the pre-
sent occasion, instead of which, he had been
compelled to listen to the speech of the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman, which he could not suffi-
ciently reprobate, as destroying all hopes of met-
nitnity in Parliament.
Mr. WHITBIMAD congratulated tie e• Hon: Gen-
tleman who spoke lnst, that he had at length an
opportunity of giving expression" to his feelings,
which there was mussel to suppose must, not-
withstanding his long silence, have been exceed-
ingly warm. He thanked the Hon. Gentleman
tar the compliment which he had paid him,
but he was astonished to find himself asso-
ciated with the eloquent Member for Liverflool.
The Hon. Gentleman appeared to chime in with
both of them, and yet theme were no two persons
'in the House whose political 'principles were
more distinctly opposite. Ile could not see what
could justify the warmth of that Hon. Gentleman,
sin his animadversions on the speech of his lion.
Friend, on whose -tie-cession to the
Honse he congratulated both Pasliament and the
country at large : there was no, person more qua-
lified to explain and apply the principles of public
law, and to judge of. the propriety of great mea-
sures of state ; and yet time Hon Gentleman had
thought proper to call his speech a finical one :
this was not seiry usual Parliamentary language,
and perhaps the lion. Gentleman would have time
goedness to expieirewhat be meant by time expres-
sion: As to the question before the House, though
he concurred with his Hon. Friend in every prin7
cipie of his speech, and pertieularly in his wishes'
'the mastaiit vigilance of Parliament,. yet he
Should nsit act consistently with the whole tennur*
of his emiduct during this session,, should he vote
his Hen. Velem! agninst time Noble Lord.
;Ciecumnstances might have arisen to 'diminish his
confidence in hie Majesty's .misters, andstoln
duce him to withdraw his concurrence ; yet 'he
was free to confess that, instead if this, the telop-
tion by them of the wise principles of the splendid,
State Paper, issued by the Allies, had greatly in-
creased hie confidence in their moderation and
good intentions. He had abstained during the 1
whole sittings from any opposition ; and had con-
curred in teeestires Which, es he hail at the time
explained, he should have resisted under any
other circumstances. 'Ou the Mutiny Bill in par-
tieuler, when the Noble Lord had mentioned this
proposed adjournment, as a reason for its early in-
treduction,ime had on that eround consented to give
a power to the crown ,wll ieh, he trusted,would never
again be required of Parl;ameet. Though lie-never
wished to see the vigilence of Parliament relaxed,
yets.on the present occasion, he was disposed To
give confidence to to those who merited it; and he
thought, that, byte full and enreserved-coafidence,
he entitled himself hereePer to 'a more strict in-
quiry into their exercise of the discretion allowed
to thorn, than if he now withheld it in any de-
gree. He concurred with his Ifon—Friend in re-
gretting the change in the ancient and venerable
(internment of Holland ; he regretted that its
long-established form was abrogated, and trusted
that some provision woeld,speedily he made to
embody Constitution. Vet, even if Parliament •
ware sitting, he thought it would be impossible for
Parliament to interfere, or take cognisance of the
proceedings of another State : so with respect to
Switzerland, It would be impossible between this
time and Marcb, even if Great Britain (which he
deprecated) should become party to any scheme of
aggression, to print; the matter before Parliament,
even in thesordinery course of Parliamentary
proceeding. He consented to give this support to'
Ministers, because he saw the march of Great Bri-
tain, and the march of the Allied Powers, was
,
now iu u direction opposite to OA adopted at the
beginning of the Continental war against !France.
He was heartily glad that the manifesto of the,
Allies had been so published, as upon question
asked, enabled the Government of this country
to recognise it publicly : he was pleased with it,
because it put a stop to those wild, wicked, and
Mischievous notions, which had formerly been
entertained of devastating mind dismembering
France, by way of punishment. The.,Allies had
proceeded course worthy of a magnanimous
confederacy, and bad shewn that their victories
had not induced them to alter the principle, nor
even the basis anal: conditions of the peace which
they bad before proposed. Relying on the wis-
dom of their proclatnation, he did confidently
hope that peace would at length he achieved ;
but if not,' and the Allies still adhered to these
principles, bethought there could be no person in
Burope who would not concur with them in the
prosecution of further conquests for the attain-
ment of their great object,--(Hears hear f) For
these reasons, he was disposed to concur in the
Motion of Noble Lord.
ABERCRoMBY heartilyconcurred in the im-
portant principle that nothing could justify the in-
terfereoce of one state in time internal government
of amither. 'He regretted; however, that time re-
cent treesections in Holland had been unacemns
panics) with such explanations as might give ge—
nera eatiefeetien to the friends of the-gond "me.
. Mr. Paseriteeoe said, that though he was averse
in •gentee'sti to the system of mleteyee; time functions
of Perliensente and
,especially to that unnatural
perversion of Re season of sitting which had been