The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-15 00:00:00

trality, that therefore they were indifferent. " Indifferent,"
said the Right lion. Secretary, " we are not.—(Cheers.)—We
most earnestly hope and wish that Spain may come triumph.,
ant out of the struggle."--{Reiterated cheers from all sides of
the House.)—The first symptoms of that success which he so
ardently wished, he did believe would be those changes in their
civil institutions which had been recommended by this country.
—(Hear.)—He knew it was a point of honour, nor did he
blame it ; but whether Spain or France were eventually suc-
cessful, viewing the calamities of war, he must be allowed to
regret that they had not given way in the first instance. It
would have led to the.with&awal of the army of observation,
and now he would have had to congratulate the House;On the
pacific relations of the two countries, instead of deploring this
disclosures he had found himself obliged to make.—(lsoud and
continued cheering.)
Mr. BROUGHAM did not mean to enter into the moment-
ous topics which the Right Hon. Gentleman who hail just sat.
down bad brought under the consideration of the House, fur-
ther than to state his reasons for not at that time going at
length into the subject. His desire to state his reasons in the ,
first instances was not so much with a view to that House, as
to place before the eyes of the country, who, he believed,
mere impatient fur the dieenweion ; and who, tie knew, Were,
animated with many of those eentineents which did so made
honour to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, and who he
was sure did not understand why so great an abstinence bed
so long been observed on that side of the Mute. He (Mr.
B.) was one of those who, at a distant part of the casuistry:
when the netification was given, did not see the reason why
the present papers should not have preceded thostatement of
the Right Hon. Secretory, instead of baring the explaitatiore
of his conduct first, and the information afterwards. Ha
hoped he should be forgiven if he declared that his opinion
of that inconvenience had not been changed by the events of
that evening ; for he had listened with all the attention lee was
master of without having been able to discover what was the
coot se Government had pursued. Helnuld see plain enough
that the line of neutrality was that in which it eras their inten-
lion to walk for the future; but he mothd nut learn what had.
been done, or what had been the effect eel what was done at
Verona aurrelsewhere. He had witnessed with surprize the
light and easy manner in which the Right Huts. Gentleman
had gone over that.part of, his case which 'elated to Verona..
All that they beard of it was, that the Duke of Wellington went
to Paris to renew the remunstrunces he bad mink at Verona ;
but what these were, he repeated, was nu where,tu he found in
the speech they had heard—that omission formed a perfect and
remarkable hiatus its the discourse of the Right Hun. Gentle.
man. lie leaped, therefore, that the papers presented to them
Could thew something beyond vague generalities, and expres-
sions of good will to the Spanish cause-toll-leer, hear'.)--He
trusted they would there fuel the record of some strung i moo-
strances against the invasion of Spain. lie did nut curate to
say, that a menace ought to have been-held out. That had been
blown Ilium by the Right Hem. Gentleman; although be could
not admit that any one on his side of the House bad ever ileitis
hearing advocated holding out a threat not meaning to' fOlfil
it. He could never persuade himself that it was enough foe
this country to have told the offending Powers—" Remember,
that if you du this act, we shell not join our forces with yoties
for the conquest of Spain."--(Hear, he arl)—*That missies more
than Saying—, we are nut such unprincipled. inibecilee as
you." It was do more than saying, that we were not such
infatuated and such ignorant i wheelies as those men who were
untaught by adversity—a teacher of wisdom, in no Case, hope
ever low or desperate, ever before known to fail.--(Heat.)
—This was only draweug a single, line of separation betel*
us and those despicable Ultres, who were at once a slienee
to themselves anti the enlightened people over whom they
governed, and a-misery to the rest of the world,—(Hear,lear!)
—What gratitude could they owe the Minister who bad
merely distinguished. them front such wretches as these ?. If
this was all the chauge that had been effected in that systeet
pursued by the late Foreign Secretary, and which, it had hero
hoped, would never be continued nor revived, they held no
thanks to give. If this was al4 they had but little to rebuke
the'Brumuregem orator on the other side of the,water-;-4
writer of hail verses, and worst tnatsilestoes. This, lee con-
tended, was nothing, for bia .Majesty's tslinisters dared.out
have dune less—they dared nut tor their very placit, which
they loved so much. Even Mr. Pin, ire the plereitude of bis
power,would not lease elaieJ join ins 'eh a daring seheme.What
then would the country say when tiny bested that the Mini-
ter standing up in that House, and mixing up this inforMa•
then with few generous sentiments, spread oelight the-41,1;0i
his audience, receiving applause tram this side. and *het side,
whilst a death-like stillness pervaded the assembly in all MTh-
ments but those given to tumultuous esultat ion---(Hear'!).—
Till he saw the Right Hon. Gentlreassies statement .ti a corn.
pressed state, be-ebould be quite .unable, to determitit
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long belted continued to be the dupes of the rienefe Govern-
ment. That he had been duped there could be: no 4100141-
that was his case, and that lie lead nut made muchof it was
the fault of. the case, Ile had contrived, betwixt his expres-
sions of contempt and ahuse, to insiauate a little well ereant
courtesy ; but till be knew how lung the Right Hon. Geritle-
Man was the dupe of this Government, he should be nicsala
to say whether it were that finished specimen 0 perfidy ter
Which modern Italy send ancieut Greece,
.with all the wiles
of the one, paving the a' a)i for thee atrocity of the other,stair-
nished no parallel, The whole meaning of what lead fallen
from the Right Hon. Gentleman was, that a setpf mete snore
cunning, more wheedling. more devoid of honour, whese
words were less to be relied on stover existed its the world chart
this French Government with whore hy loot been negotiating.
No doubt they would see by the Papers, that till the apirCar.
ante of the Speech of the King of France the French Govero-
went had succeeded by unexampled perfidy in keeping up a
constant and sanguine expectation t hat there would be sees war,
How then one so acute as the Right Hem. Gentleman could
• have dictated such a dispatch as that front which, lee had reael
a few passages to the House, be could nut understand.; Ha
knew et was to be rioted, and that it was to be press-ate el
tee that. House with the very doctonents which would pre% o
its weakness, and yet he admitted in it that nothing to Ilse
shape of ambitionno thought of aggrandizement, eines eel
into the motives of the Bourbons in making 1116 lief:trims%
tiggression upon Spain, To be sure itu one ire bit sitesea
would he so tetchy, see foolish, ai to Suppose they would over-
run Spain with any feeling of aggrandissement. l( this had
not been read by the author, be should have thought et was=
the invention of his enemy, and a very burgling eneusy Ivo.—
WI he had an opportunity of seeing the Papers, however,
he would not say one word us, to the cause to which tins
country was pledged, further thantlrat lee never for one no
ment could eminteinance a plan Which was wallet of sense,
more than want of principle, via, that of holding out it
threet, which it was not meant to follow up. If he approved
of neutrality, it was because he hated war.—(Hear 0--Shut
it should not he It mock neutrality. For aught he could tell,.
it might he our eel his reasons for wishing that war had here.
resolved on, because hi might think that to prepare forwar
was the sure way of keeping the peace—(Hear, heat 1)-1 he
question was not whether they should leave peace orrtwer,'
but whether war now, or be dragged into it hereafter when
less prepared, and our enemy in possession of the grouted,
and in full strength. If we slid not go to war we should ha
left tote gratification which the people of this country knew
only by description—he rut'ant the exercise of the rhart of
visitations hey the Belligerents. With, the extraordinary ire-
West whichthe people of this country took in those 'inns
were abroad, exposed to tier dangers of the watery elernent.
' it webs not likely they would regard this fruitful source whys-
' nuyance with very indulgent eyes. He kol.rd they woad
bear it with cell patience. Ile hoped that they Who had le,
long taught others the. delight of blockading squadron.
• would patiently enjoy the satuethemselves--atbat theyesvould
with the same complacency regard. that system which placed
.thent under the right of search of every boat that could
.carry five mere and a gun. And he ma little &milted they
would is he did that the beauteous and bewitching ora-
tory of Sir William Scott, his ingenious recondite sea-
sorting, so congenial to all but .nentrals, would make it
palatable.—(blear, Inter, and laughter.)...-It seem, d al-
ready to have bewitched the, Right lion. Gentleman, (Mr.
Canning,) as indeed it had tawny: been found tee du with the
het ligerents.—(Hear, hear !)—This he seated onlyas a foretaste
of what he beeped they would hear with resignation,-tipatt of
the painful neutral process motet which it was not imps/While
they might break out, and then would come amputation its the
. semblance of a true war.—HratEt!eir !)..eHe would refrain
from going further into the sohjes:t sit reseed. Ile knew t here
were many in that House who wished to plunge intediscossionl;
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