The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-29 00:00:00

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niisslon oLord k,sit k NV Of or:any other. per.
son into the Cabinet.. All that. Kr..Plre.requirett
was, that he should be at:liberty to! subinit,,to Elks
Majesty, whatever he, thought best ,for I-Jjs. Ma-
jesty's service, unfettered by, any,:pcevious, condi-
tion, and he positively deelinedcomMitting himself
upon the question of, particular arratigements..until,
His Majesty's pleasure Kati been distinctly' signified
to him.
8,14, I may venture to assert, was the sub-.
super and spirit of Mr. rear's conduit, 'through
the whole of the tfa,os#tiort.,-,Wleit was that
of Mr., ADDINCroN ? In: bringing forward the
proposition of which have spoken,„ he endea.
voured _to make it a preliminaryr that Lord GE EN.
VILLE sbotild nor, in the first instance, be included
in any arraugetrieur whatever. 0o -the grounds, al.
ready, stated, Mr. PITT refused to.listen to such. an
exclusion, or to any Other. particular • stipulation
previous to laying his ideas before His Majesty.
How far, after knowing Mr. PITT's determination
upon this point,.Mr. Apo t NcloN,,,for a time, felt, or
expressed, a disposition on. his part to accede, to
I will not take upon me to assert;
.but' it is-,'I, he,
p'retty certain, , that after an interval. of;de.
Ii ,erasion, and after consultiog.with his colleagues,
he declared: ultimately, that nothing could induce
hint to afford even ;bailee of admitting. Lord
.Geartv,it,t.e, into tote Cabinet; .and that' this, deter.
tninati3O odd 'oll9w of no,change. His Majesty,
of was not advised to tend to Mr. Ptrr,
and Mr. Aout NGToN's proposition fell to the
ground. -
" if this be a correct statement of this transac-
tion, (and if it he n0t,.,1 again call upon . Mr. AD.
DING foN or any of big friends to comtadia ony
part of it) .1, ask what graond is there for describ.
ing it a Nrgoiiation ,Sitt
,on /apt ay fir. PI l'T
Jra his retits,-n to Ifrop iletv,nce is Ahem
for calling it ' a scramble for phi t' What foun.
dation for, the base insineatioij, that to the. disap.
pointment occasioned. I?), the failUre of this negotia.
Lion, not. to fair and honest,.opinion upon public
groundS,:i,s to he imputed the disapprobation which
Mr. Pure has at any time shewn of any of the
measures of the Government I Mr. PI re was ;eve/.
d, (without any previous step taken on his part)
to renegotiation, the professed ()Wed of which was;
to place him at the head of the Government ; in.
, stead of impatiently grasping at; office, he declined
the proposal, because it was coupled with condi.
lions inetinsistent with what he felt due to his pub.
lie siteation, and with his views of the public set-
vice. 'With resped to the motives tar his sake.
quent condua, I have 'sufficiently answered all un.
worthy insinuations on that head already, by men.
tioning fad which will not be eontraditted—rthat
Mr. ADDINGTON knew of Mr. PIT r's decided dis-
approbation of some of his principal measures, be.
fore this overture was made.
• " Mr. ADDINGTON evidently wished for the
assistance of Mr. PITT to strengthen Ails govern.
went, and 'this desire increased with the difficulty
of his situation: It is equally evident, that' Mr.
PITT haduo inclination, whether from disapproba-
tion of their general measures, "from objection to
any to'-' the steps taken in ,the 'negotiation . with
France, or !from any other • cause, to agree to take
office mercy as an accession to' the present Admi,
nistration.. Amidst the difficulties with which we
are surrounded, many persons may naturally wish
that Nlr. PI rn had lent his assistance to the Go.•
vernment: in any manner in which it would have
been received ; because the insefficiency of the pre.
soot Administration, bi our critical state, is very
gerierallyfelt, 'and 1)r-elitist Mr. PITT would have
iefLesed energy and vigour into their Councils, and
would have been a fctoweeolitrength" to them at.
this pcolous inoment. , '' But surety it was fit him
to appreciate the talents and qualifications' of these
with 'whom he was to risk his charaCier, and to
consider upon what terms he could return to oflive,
consistently with his own credit tind with the'eublic
itfterest.. None can question his tight'. ro deter-
mine alien this point fur
The filed much to satisfy their minds
upon ,very- important points this Plain Answer,
arise tutich that mint yield complete gratification, as
tending to.rescuellie Charaeler of the I'Vlan to Whom
the' Nation-owes so. pitch, from-the grosSest calum-
nies and most unfounded obloquy that ever issued
froOf the Press. '