The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-25 00:00:00

FP R ICE SIXPENCE.

fidence for a glotiotes result. Did they sacrifice by
such a change, that whiCh was Valuable, or even
tolerable ? Without entering into the consideration
of the conduit anis Majesty's Ministers, he .ainta
aSk, whether if the wisest Men in the Curt ry had
been at the head of affairs, if it Were possible:tlett
they would have suffered the last two months of pne.
tratted Negotiation, during which we experienced not
a Peace but a Truce, in which we disarmed whilst the
Enemy armed ; in which, we were called upon to
give up our Conquest, whilst the Ehemy teas ;ir.
suing a system of Aggrandizement, and completing
their Military Preparatines, to be afterward, Car-
ried into efreet against this Country ? Was it to be
said, that we were to wait till they had completed
all their arratigemente—and were wet° be taught to
believe, that we were to wait patiently: the evert
of the attack, and nor to take those-means whidi
we were called upon by God and Man to take foe
our own security ? It might be lard, that even at
the moment ofethe.atreeee discussions we had gain.:
eel an advantage of gra( since"iiie &eat
and mighty Republic of France: Ii thought fit
to abandon a great acquisitnm, namely,- that
Louisiana. It might he risked, was not that a
fresh indication of a pecific spirit ? but he could not
conceive that any one would be so childish as to
ask such a question. What was the cause of ire
the War ? However paradoxical it might seen),
he considered that cession as a fresh indication of a
hostile mind on the part of France.- It was ev.i.
dent, in his opinion, that it was the object of
France,: in this cession, to do away one enemy
more, and to endeavonr to prevent an alliance be_
tween the United States and this Country: It had
been said that we were without Allies : he did not
see any occasion for treating our former Continental
Alliances so lightly as they. had been treated..:-.
But_however we might he without Allies, to those
Countries with whom we might wish to ally our.
selves, it would not be unimportant to spew our
readiness to repel a clanger which was' common
to all, to sleety our disposition courageously to meet
the, difficulties which presented themselves, 'and
bravely to overcome them. He would now say a
few words with respect to the Amendment : it ap.
neared to him diet there was no duty more incum-
bent upon them, when representing the spirit and
sense of the Country, upon the present occasion,
than that they should speak with an unanimous
voice. Thete was. no sacrifice which he would not
make, consistent with conscience and honour, to
obtain that. unanimity.. If then he saw in the
Amendment no material difference, must he not
complain, that without any essential difference, it
should have the effed of weakening that unani.
mity ? Though there was not one word in that
Amendment that he would not . willingly sub.
scribe to, yet he could not but lament that '
it would have the effeet of preVenting.Parliament
from speaking with an unanimous voice, The
Country was placed in a veep aidoous situation, but
he was confident that
fthe spirit of Englishmen were
amply sufficient to encounter successfully the perils
which surrounded them, and that there would he
found means, and mind, and spirit to meet the
contest in which we were engaged. If the Coun.
try. was true to itse:f, and Parliament was true to
the Country, there need be no fear for the issue of
that contest.

Mr. WHIM PE AD sail, the Right Hon. Gen.
tleman had called foe unanimity in the discussion of
this subjeCl, and lie (Mr. Wit ITB niko) also called
for unanimity. The Kiglit Hon. Gentleman had
said, that there was nothing he would nut sacrifice
for the sake of utenAmity, except honour and tone
science. He put it to the Right lion. Gentleman
under the gallery (Mr. NTT), and to the Right
Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken, or to the
Hon. Gentleman who sat upon the same bench with
that Right lion. Gentleman, whether they could
with a sate conscience vote it direct approbation of
the conduct of His Majesty'; Ministers, to which
the present Address wonid pledge them He called-
upon them to. say, whether His Majesty's Mini»
stets hal uniformly manifested a desire for the
maintenance of Peace Whether those Ministers
had contluaed themselves well, and whether they
had not committed the Honour of the Country
The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mi. Gait N I. )
had distinaly admitted, that Ministers had corn-
mitted the Honour of the Country, , and if the
Right Honourable Gentleman could not approve
of them, he could not approve of that para-
graph of the .Addiess, which went to the approval
of their condufk. Let those, therefore, who call-
ed for unanimity, vote for the Amendment of his
Honourable Friend (Mr. Gatv) which went the
full length of pledging Coeir lives anti fortunes in
the support of His Majesty ,in the contest in which
we were engaged, without pledging themselves to
the approval of the 'cambia of His Majesty's Mini.,
stern. He trusted the House would indulge hi,n
when he previously confessed that it was impos:Aille
for him to take that narrow view of the quesiieet
which 'was proposed by the Right lion. Gentleimo.
He thought it absolutely necessary to comment upon
those ,steps which Ministers had taken during the
Negotiation, since it was imposSible 4:: discuss the
steps ultimately taken by those Ministers,whhour in-
quiring into the previous Negotiation. in doing this,
hate ver might have been his feelings with tespett to
any Party with which he was conneeted, he aCIA
perfettly free from all Party bias. He had hailed the
accession of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ad.
dington) and his Colleagues to power, as the only
chance of saving the Country. He ackrowledged
the brilliancy of the Speech made by a Right
Gentleman (Mr. PITT) on the prt!cedingvtening,
and he so mach the wore. regretted the part that,
Right Hon. Gentleman had taken, for as -it ha
been /aid that one person in France bad abiotb::ti