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we are not, guilty of the charges which sliave been
imputed-to us, andthat we -have the confidence of
the 'House of Commons, so that:me may again pro-
ceed cheerfully to the dicliarge'of our duty-, which
we cannot be expeited to do while there is a lutk-
''ing disposition :in the House: to blame us. If. we
are to be 'stigmatized by these Resolutions, and
which we must if you adopt them, :let it be in direct
terms; and then we shall know hoW io retirees—
All that I ask of the House is to pronoutice aye-or
no upon this charge ; if you say no, we-shall enclear
your to spew our gratitude, not by any words, but by
anions----if you say ayes, I shall even then,feel a con.
solation of which nothing can deprive rne, that I
have. served my Sovereign, and my Country with
Loyally, with Fidelity and Zeal;
,but if the- House
of Commons thinks the unworthy of its:Confidence,
1 shall sicritriese in the decision and retire."
Mr. pn-T said, that the view: Which he had
taken of this.subje&,- Was one Which he had adopied
from a cOnsideration of public duty, which was a
duty at'the same time which'he could not discharge
withourfeeling peculiar pain, more especially after
the forcible, appeal with which the Right Hon.
Gentleman bad concluded his Speech, pressing, .as
he -had clone, in a manly imanner far a positive deci.
sion of the House (you the 'Motion, that had been
made, ilf he • Was prepared to give his opinion
Other way, to the extent tilt Was called fir by the
/Vinci-tin, he should ot:riairdy give that decision ac.
cording do the diClites of hit cOnseience,. tvhotever
his orionte: feelings' aright he. If he' mild be per.
witted with :i Right Hun. Gentleman (iv r..Gst
set i.er,) and with Many others who had supported
the motion in the ,course of the debate,.:that the
first and most important step tltat•ought to be taken
for the public safety, should be to enter into' a re.;
trospeClive examination of. the conduit of His
_Majesty Minister; if he Agirc'd - with them
in thinking that' sett'!; 1 reirospeift proved suPeli
a • degree -Of - miseondetFe, et 'eriminO7
lit y on 'the part of Administratcon, as to jus-
tify the House of Commons in addressing His
Majsste for their removal ; if, he said; he nreid
With those Gentlemen in'entertaining such opinions,
painful as'it would be to him' to' express` such senti.
{rents, he hoped he should be ready in the discharge
Of his public duty to make a sacrifice the most pain.
fit!. of all others, the sacrifi:T dipersoreal
If, .61,1, the other hand, he felt as the Right Hon:
Gentleman who had' just sat down; and as many
Pilfer Gentlemen in the House no doubt felt,- that
the explanation which hadbein Made 'of the conduit
bf Ministers was throughout (he did not 'mean cri.
iicttly and minutely, but in all its leading points), .
0' clear as to justify a decided 'and Unqtralified
gative to the Motion, which; though nor a Specific,
SvOnld yet be an implied approbation' of the conduit
ofsMinisters ; for if or such a period' they-had been
able to steer clear of blame, it would give them a
fair title to approbation ; thishad- been
Made out 'to los satisfaClieo, he shOuld have another
and :t much more pleasant task to perform, and one
Mitch 'more congenial to his feelings. He, however,
c`etdd neither concur with those Who gave an unqua---
lified support, or ,an Unqualified negative 'to the
Resolutions, ile riot only did noeconcur in the let:
ter or iii extenrolmany of the charges which were
brought torw.ird, but he thought that many 'of the
vehleh they contained were either
ateiti, ur I.xagzi:r.:.teti, or unfounded. Hi did feel
broad and general objeetion to the very natureintheepe and intention ofthis Motions unless-there
ei:4tid: that urgent necessity for a measure,
-Willett those who. brought forward' the Motion pre.
tended to see, but which he did 'not. He was' of
Opinion that,- littlest in cases Of extretne. necessity,
nothing could be more mischievous than to exercise
tlut right which Parliament undoubtedly, poesessed,
of censuring MiniSters; and-of, thus' rendering ine-
vitable-the displacing of ethose whom His 114ajesry
honoured with his confidence.- - He waS far from
disputing that the House had h right of doing so if
it pleased; but in every right they were "to exert
rise, they must, use their di%cretion, and in to u.
lating that dikietion,' they ought t(i lie pitied-11y
s'iews of ,Public Expediency and Public Safety.
There might be questions of this sort, in which
Silen 'Might feel more titan it might tie possible
Mr- them to express, ' fie put it to the 'tititise
(iliongh it might be' 'their opinion that 'there
Was • 'Considerable ground for diatatisfaetion in'
iiime points), whether they believed that they
*quid at this moment, and under the present tier
OUrtiStances, best advanee the public service,'- •and
accelerate those exertions which at this time were
Most likely to give us the chance of providing for
mar Finance, and fur our national defence, by corn.
ibg to *solutions Which- must suddenly cut, Short
the period of that Executive Gtivernment to %chichi
as' he had before said, the Crown gave ire confi..
deuce ? put it to the House, whether they
*Mild at such a moment agree to, Resolutions, the
effea of which would he to displace Admitistra.
• lion P They would recolleCt; that the choice of
ast6tilet Administration was not the work of a day
i3t of an. hour. He begged they would recoiled
the interval of interruption which such ,a measure
would produce ; it would stop' all the funetions,ofe;,
Executive Gosernment, and 4uspend all its corn-
munixatiota% -With chit, House, and sacrifice days
and weeks, which were now invaluable. •He
Would ask whether (unless 'the necessity was strong
' indeed) this would be the best way for the House
perforni the pledge which it had given to His Ma:.
4esty iwhether it' would be the best way of perform.
fug -Ail. in -their-power to second His Majesty in his
exertions against thoe whose ambition .and whose
violence had driven us ipto a War P He put it to Gen.
tlemen.seripusly and conscientiously to consider this
tiubjett.Feeling as' he did, this to be a time when they
ought to look .to- the bottom of subjeCts, he would
ask whether there was any set of men-in this Conn-
n), whO,would feel that this was the way that an
opening should be made for them, to introduce them
into dike, even if His Majesty should approve of
them ? fsle would ask, .whether such a 'in sure.
would afford them the best prospect of discharging
their duty, and of anstt Bring the expectations of
ttle tionSe And of the C4ntry _Then considera.
deeply upon his mind, both with
regard to 'the CrsowO 7arid to the Public, and-must far
outweigh arty -fecliogsof a private nptute, a cep.
tzinly (lid feel that the situatign .of MinistsTs was t!‘ .