The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-09 00:00:00

i;IIIDITAIwe piesuinejhAaddeclated
that he should be . rather for War than Peace, or if
'"e tried to preserve Peace, we should soon be forced
into a situation of War, and then he shoUld have
4IG regret
_that we did not enter into War sooner--
dtstiri lion the General 'looked upon as being
cutout a difference ; but such men could not
eP Peace with France if they-were Ministers
t the present moment, anchhat he was aware
re°lild not be acceptable to: the :People of this
oiutitryo,
so that the -Noble -L rd and :his Ad-
tnnistration Would want that confidence, -without
hi:11- no Administration in this free Country could
le. Permanent. He had. but one observation more
ever he gave a Vote:in Parliament
Ith flea-this h vote ---for it was for the
was t e vo
's'thlislunent which he belie Wed would have the
t,e
1," .
't!l of real economy, and of securing to us. Peace,
than-any Seal that ever was-yet affixed to any
Treaty,
~Gewral TAR LETON observed, that the Debate,
°n .a former oceasion, had produced a great deal of
I,,in'eenoe of opinion, and, yet the Vote had been
of this.
and so he believed would be the event
this. night. He said, he was One of those who
'jell in the conclusion of. the last 'War, upon
,t 'jell the Ministers of this Country, in agreeing
:1„-terrts, and the PeOple Of this Country in ap..
'fi-jve'nB of them, gave proof to .Europe of our paci_
ia-CTPosition, a character which we had not at-
-1111-eer-,' Previous to that event. That the People of
eist4ottntry were desirous of Peace at that time,
of She doubted,: they gave proof of it soon
thealus in many instances ; and among the rest,
R' testified 'great satisfaction at the Repeal of the
Re ce°l4,e Tax, which was a dire& War Tax. This
real the People would have received in time of
W
144pr' With great comfort, as a breathing time; but
theeeacet they regarded it as a solid comfort, and
IV- rejoiced at the occasion which gave it birth.
*e People had now the assurance, an assurance
(1;;I'ch they wanted to have, that if this Country was
d;:ven to the fatal extremity of War, they would be
net
to it from the 'insatiable ambition cf our
Ohbours, the French. The Vote now before the
use he regarded as a Vote for the security of
,4s Country ; and what it was constituted that
t=a=tty, could be judged only of by considering
te Present relative situation of Europe ; and here
begged leave to go over shortly the state of
.:trope, which he did, comparing it at former pe-
xt°ds with its present condition, and especially the
et'dition-of France, and observing it had at all
Plods of our history been 'much the policy of this
teuntry to oppose. the -aggrandizement of France.
le, then asked, if there was any thing in toe pre-
sent state of France that rendered it less the object
°f our joalousy than it had been on fOrmer occa-
prits ? 'Most indisputably not. We should there-
.e watch that Power, and.prepare fur any event
emit might happen. We were a People who still
ini°Yed touch happiness and perfeet freedom, at
east more happiness and more freedom were enjoyed
still in Great Britain than in any other nation upon
.:Atarth• It was to preserve that freedom and that
.happiness the present Vote was proposed, for the pre-
sent Vote might be called ,
. a security for the carol-
nuance of those• blessings which we -so eminently
"JoYeti. Frile
4ltlttiz e was now raising two men out of
ozrin, flora iti e.ll;yle eiripplotion, capable of.bearing
leectually, under the tremendous terms of z5l.
sterling a man, to, he. excused. This was much
too to al4rraing a preparation on the- parr-of France to
a matter of indifference' to Great Britain. For
his
t part he regarded it with, great apprehension,
Sul 1Y Istlequate to the Vote which . was proposed. to.
isetairLeund of this sentiment did lie believe
.the,
keP ° rirticri-TOF tower er rent were
the-
rrors of war, some of which he stated, yet the'
te'rrors-of seeing the French Flag on the Tower of
4,°ndon, were much greater, and they were equalled
Ate- Itoc,ros-- of making current in this Country,
the political principles and 'sentiments of Bonaparte,
held
of his - political associates. They were indeed
°tit by some persons as- "pacific men---Tas
eiri"ds to agriculture and cotninerce, such as were
lttermined only to run a race with us in the way of
, trade!"—But tho believed it Were we to be blind
cverY action, and credulous to-every profession on
tne.part of France ? No, no, they were nut able so
t°l:, deceive as ; we know how to look at the State of
ur°P,e; to see the gigantic power of France, under,
eh
e'nod of a person, who, if, not the greatest, was
eeldedly tbe most ambitious General in Europe, ;
iI
19t that he meant to over-rate or to under-value
ils-ralents. Soine had called him the great Disciple
t )f I\l4homet ; some had called him the invincible
A
t• ngel of Grace. He should tall him by no suchtho.
for be he what he may, his Flag, Invincible
u.gh called, was struck out of his hand in.
t,FYpt by a gallant British Officer, who was now a
ember of the House of Commons. lie observed,
that he had voted uniformly against the late .War,
„I'd he had
.done so conscientiously. ; but not more
tie
than he was now -about to vote, for
e considered this as a step necessary forthe safety:
kithis Country, as well as tbr the, security of its
°flour.o • •
of ARCHDell.L.said, be hoped that the Vote
t°-night would be understood both at
,home and
abroad as the effect of a deliberation of the Represen-
t'ves of a great Nation, who were acting according
to
the Spit it of the answer which they gave to their
s)
vereilen, corresponding with him in sentiment, al_
r. having heard him express from the Throne,, his
paternalLu solicitude to preserve Peace, if possible,
it t Honour certain, to all his people ; and fortunate
• Was to us, that the form of our ConsLitution was
.
:o4se
eionsvthraeigtthe sentiments of honour expresed either by
nor his People, could-not be mistaken, dis_
ed,or doubted. With us, if War was to take place,
fr 41d not come in the shape of a dark manifesto
perpetual Dilator, affecting to aft for the
of those whom he never consulted ?it
m nili ..e1
ce‘as
eh t. s. No,
eted:berations of the British Senate were in-
. e their sense consulted, but not controled, by
senitthority which assembled it, and when as
bled
thin they spoke with -a free voice, which no-
Vg,coulti appal, and that a voice worthy of a
re,, reptile
aielLnuatelv represented ; and he would
ntute to sad , that acigrately represented, the.
';110.: e fjo—fttkfle' 'm would not be, if the
• use.d
the A ,10 opt now vote agreeably to the Spirit of
er\odrescwhich itoett6troed in answer to His.
,tatesto.„
• s.ir 4 qteCh from the Throne e and agreeable.