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was at the commencement of*acontest like the.,pres.
sent. He felt no diffienl‘y in saying, that if he were
disposed to oppose a GoVernment,, he should-aronce
fairly vote for their dis Missal. He .thoughttliere
was no medium. The effect of the Motron AI his
Rightllon.,Frieod would be in died to throw,..a
discredit upon the Ministers, although he was not
prepared to give a decided opinion upon the -
whole of the case. It
.was. not his intention to
enter into any detail respefting the Negotiation,
as his Right Honourable Friend had: avoided dis.
cussing that part of the subject. His Right Hon.
Friend had stated that he might be in a situatitin to
disapprove of certain parts of the conduct of Mini.
sters, and yet not to go the length of voting
for the whole.of the charges which had been brought
forward : he again lamented that.he,had not: stated
those parts of their condud of whith he disapproved.
It -would be absurd to.deny that there must not be
minute. points in the conduit; of every Government,
which might be liable ;to some degree of CeftSlitc
but he aiways understood that praffical Statesmen
milde up their minds to support or to oppose, not
upon minute points, hut upon a general system.—
He did not .complain of those who criticised the
conduct of Ministers; he hoped there-would always
be men to criticise the conduct of every Minister.—
What were, the grounds upon which Gentlemen sup.
ported or opposed Ministers I. Those who support.
ed Ministers said, " we approve of the general
system of your conduel, though not perhars eeery
minute of which you do, but with a. view Of giving I
support to that general system of which' we apprOve,
we must overlook something." `Thos c who opposed
Ministers said, " we disapprove of your general, sys. -
stem, and though we may approve of some at your
,;
acts, yet we must view your condi; with jeahotsy."
These were the pfinciples whiCh he had learnt, and
upon which he had always at-led. Ile could not help la.
menting that his Right Hon.,Friend b,,) not made ,
up his mind upon this question. He did riot ark hid
Right Hon. Friend to approve of every individual
aft of theii administration, but he only asked wile-
tiler,. upon a. review of the whole of their condina
during a most awful and critical period, under cir_
cumstances of unparalleled difficulty, he could not
determine, when it was proposed to censure I
Ministers, to. give a vote Aye or, No,. upon')
the subjed. Ile declared again, that- he ne.
ver rose with. more painful, sensations in his life.
He was sure his Right Hors. Friend had aired with
those sentiments which had uniformly marked his
condua, but he felt that he should no; acquit him-
iellof what he owed to,himself, to the Country, :led
to the House, if he acquiesced in, the compromise
which.had beet. offered by his Right Hon. Friend.
—He was sure he could say truly before God and
his CoUntry, that lie had no desire to remain one
hour longer in office than ;he could, remain con.
sistently with his duty. tOlik King and Country-s-
-he wished not to be. a! useless: and discteditable
servant.—He was , wiliing to .estert'.his. services
as' ong :IS lie could .do it, :with credit and ho-
nour ; hut he would. not sacrifice .any .of those
principles. which were dear to him .as a .man, and
which must be' the foundation of every rational and
honourable system of conduct. Upon these grounds
he trusted- the. House would ,not, agree: in the Mo-
;ion of his Right Honourable Friend,
.but that
they: would. give a decided vote one way or the
other, uppre_the condua of His. Majesty's Ministeris

ifr.:rCANN AiG said, hc felt great regret at the vote which
he was compelled to give that night, but he felt himself
Catlett upon, by his duty to-his SPvereign and his Country
to deClare, that he considered the conduct of Ministers since
the terminatim or the late %Vat as ..11,istifying thefesolutions
%%llich had been proposed by,bis
.Friend. He then pro.
eeed,,:d to comment upon- the paperS wind) were laid before
the Hon*, and-contended that Ministers hart aetedimprolser-
ly in mishralling the Public into aJjelief that therewas a pro,
bability of a (4)1161111511Se Of •Peace, when they had reason to
expect the coMmencernent-of hostilities; io cat makink ear-
lier communications' to Parliament of the events that 'wets
taking phice-, and itinot making remonstrances with sufficient
ipiiit, to consequence of the insults and aggress;i'ms Of France,
Upon all the* gieunds, be thoogirt the Ministers V%'ere Cut",
pa hie, and, therefore, he could freely-and conscientio tasty give
his vote for the censure that %vas proposed',
Lord CASTLEREAGH lamented that lbr the first time,
he had to differ-from his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. PI rr)-4ut
hethought.the Ministers hail a right to claim troth the klou
a positive opinion upon their condud, because if they were.
left in doubt, whether they did or did not possess the.conti,,
dente of Parliament, ittwouldneeessarily tend to damp and
check all their exertions ; he lamented the More his dif-
ference from his Right Hon. Friend, because he considered
hint as brined to. 'save this Country, andhe was Convinced
that to his esertions,anct. abilities the Country was indebted
lot its satety.while he was in Administration..-
Mr. $ ,aid some coMpliMents to.the.Right HOn.
GentlenianiMe. FiTrkand said he'should support his Mo.
tion.' • • 1.. ,

A the tri •
SIC
.I.'..STL Y, apposed Resolutions.
The 111 AS r.l the ROLLS, in a speech of considerable.
length, contended that Ministers were justified in expeaing
a positive decision upon the Motion which had. be.. 41 ina4le,'
because if on the one hand,
,negativing the Motion would
imply an approbation of Ministers, ,on the other hind get-
ting rid of it, without any decision at all would imply a
tacit censitte upon,their!cotalutt. Fie then calved into a
reply to the arguments it the Right lion. Gentle Man,
(Ma. Gat.Nvtt.t.z.)
Sir R. PEEL rand, be had originally given Ministers his
support ; but he confessed he was dissatished with many paris
of their cotidnd sihee the Treaty of Peace, and expressed his
unliinited confidence in the talents of thb Right Hon. Gen-
tleman (M vy.l ) he, therelbre; sheitatl supporthis Motion..
The h&c a STARy,at.W4It altered intoicompari%on of the
Naval and Military' Force of the toiintiy at the commence.
ment of the Late and the present War, in order to shim that the
Count y was in a lIM_Ch better situation in those respzeis at
the hitter period.
Mr. J. C ss FORD spoke in favOur of the Resolu-
tions. • .

Atter !tome observations by the AtAstrat of the Rol, LN.
Ser...NVET C'ALFF, LEtt Mr. Dater, and Mr. Sn.s.
Liu iv 41, the I louse divided,
For theflrderol the Day
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