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V9LUNTtERS, • • •
Mr. Secretary Yo KE tti'sve.d th:"'Orderrifirt;
Day for the f-fooie `to. res'AVe itskir'irrto :d Corp:
nriitee on 'the' \ ()hint-err Bill. ..1-Ie? exilttttli 146
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opiilion that as there Were stver,ii„ anu noir-Lot-I.s to
make and se.verai_ cia.tises to-briig-'tip,- it m.s.orrci bc.
pjr,sr dakit:tble tai go th'rough those. artrendments-and
clauses, in order ihat printed,
and deli;ite'rhe principle, if it was tliiiught-necessarY,

on the, report.
Ois the question 'being put for die SPaloca a's
leaving the Chair,'
Mr. FR AN( said, that when a Bill -for •the
defence Of the Cotibtryi'tvltyrnii,C4i.ti, it naturally
"pre:. snoposed danger, and ondotihtt'dlV tho C.:aantry
was in danger. There were,' therefore, a variety Of
,titer considerations'uptin'a question of tht.'n
which pressed upon: the attention Of the Ft/ave, ;tail
he i•eaaaaal :La w al'a s firm! itaga,:tli`aoagh
another Stage before the House had diseesed
danger' of the Country, ":ind 'What had been 'dime' for
its 'security. The War had-h.:4n contnieil-tetrfOr
FOreignPossessions;pWer 'alt)'?e'thi'ee'ntontk 'af-
teiwaras, V was Pt'orsed to fortify' LontiON. We
seemed only to have lbOked. to li-Otrierie
rity ; -the War had "Seen 'carrid On as 3" nudely
Defensive War, and nOthing'erse. With fine' dr
bootooo Men' in Arms, ay.F thought of notl.l-aa-g'44dt
of defend ing'Grea.t. Britain' and ' Ireland Deficit-
sive War thus carried on was 'the highert degree atf
folly, nor, could we end 'it .without "disgiate; Yn
which Inch kind of Wais had alWays'. terraina-iiet4.
lilvalop was confidently. preditied so' long
last June and July,..jost in the same manner; thOialli
We Were now told that the Predielion was -afiergfli
about to he • fulfilled. There Was another: circurn-
w liich pressed upon their at tendon ;
midst of the danger with which the'Cliti:ltry'rwlas
surrounded; they did not know at didt Whir :Wlieditr
• there was a-capacity toe'xtreise'its•funtiliih's'in'tite
ExentiVe Power, and surely they' 0:u-01i to kn;sw
btfliate ' they proceeded to the---Contii,lerAtiiin
any measttie of thii nature; "Wert
the state Of the Executive 'PtaWer'. With 'res peer Io
the V luhteers, it liatf been stafed:thl'Oif any! bbfps
persist in clainiing the i-i-kfit'alii-Othirilatirig tits
Officers, SueliCorps; woUlcf be altsirtfased -;but' ifkalhh
a right was gerWbl!y.petsiateil in, 'it
a'thatter.of serillas cOriaideraricina-allffel
a large proportion Or the V rinteer's ar:rlfeva-9'rriO_
-meta of danger. He 'was eirldtbieft4re
they went- into the Bill; (-6 l.heral-stite-,lEtile
Country ought-to be discussed, •
Col. C R.,4IVk'JRD said,
.4y. hen he O;ris id'er'ed
.the magnitude. of the snhjodi swhiela pressed .'ufon
their attention, and the insignificance of the pre_
sent. till ; when he corsidared the magnitude of
the sobjea, as relating immediately to die whgte
of the Irregular Force of the COuntry, anci
motely .to the Regular Force, he
.did opt thii;k
it possible that any thing useiul c :old be grafted
upon the Bid, particularly as to d 6. thaf,woUld be
construed into an approbation of the Whole SyStei.n.
When lie considered that wehatl to prepare-au-meet
the most formidable'attack that ever had been made
against any country; when he con'side,red.thg,tiod
fortune of the man, .and the excellence of the, •tro•ps
who were to be opposed 0) us,-.lle did not think:that
every thing had been done which might to have been
done for the Defence of the Country. Yet, he did
believe that the great means given us by God, wou.d
be exerted in the hour of danger to rescue us from
conquest ; but it was disgraceful to the Country' to
rely merely:upon .the moans of preventing ultimate
. conquest-. aWe ought to be ptepared, not merely to
preventnlaimateconquest, but to hurl instant destruc-
tion upon ,thetFajetny whenever lie should dire to set
his foofupon Briaish ground. He did not conceive
.that any enlarged system could .be engrafted upon
'the_ present Bill, anti he. should therefore oppi)se- the
.IVlotion.for. the' Speaker's leaving the .Chair. His .
Majesty's iVlinjsters had.had a great outline .inarked
outfor t
proceed'by,
but they had miserably
tauntgel.ed Hi a'
mismanaged .the details illeY had to ex.
eu
opposing the Motion way,cfliil to
.s9n
for
that the. present measure.
was, confined -within so
narrow, a limit, they . might as Well 'attempt to
-build a first.rate ship of the line upon the keel of a
jully.boat, as t 9 attempt to engraft a comprehensive
system upon the present
•. It heCaine necessary
however when a_ measure like 'this was
.biotight for_.
ward, to discuss the state of ;Ile generardefence of
the Country. .0n this. subjeft. the Chancellor of
the Exchequer had, on. a former occasion,' 'thrown
doiyn the,gauntlet, and challenged Of One prove
that every thing had not-been done which ought to
have been done for the flefence.4" the' Country : he
thought, on the ,contrary, that a great deal more
ought ao have. been done. One species, of defence
:presented itselfmore immediately tollisebnsideration,
namely, our naval force. it was very from his
intention to bOngfJrward any aceUsatioO• against the
Admiralty, but he could not help expressing his
astonishment at the modes of derence which li'ad been
set up for that branch 'orAdminiatiatipti. Prie.inode
of defence was, by a•cornparisoh between- the pre-
sent period, and a corresponding Peririd 'in the late
War ; but the present situation of the Country was
so wholly unlike what had ever occurred at any for-
mer period, that he should insult the common Sense of
the House if he were to argue the question.
.Another
mode of defence had been adopted in which it was
-implied, that the Public were satisfied, because the
rate of Insurance was low. What did this prove,
but that there wete few of our Vessels taken at sea,
. and why, because the Enemy was nor at all aaxi.
ous to capture our Trading Vessels, but to cut up
the sources and roots of our Commerce, not to
nibble at the fruit cr the branches. France sent