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London, England, 1810-12-07 00:00:00

i-ry, because that enthuisiasm which a'u Engl;shinan
''ta- jrisCy feels at the recbil;etion pf this event, ap-
; 1 Nears to have 'winced some considerate and reason-

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1 it mensto wish that we should' not only ,adrpt the
I pading principles of that tiansaction-,4principleSio
:hich'We4cannot too oftvti recur--but th'e . we
hold alSo adhere to the exact forms of those pro-
eedings, in points In which they appear to me by
lo means to apply to the circumstances, of the
;resents se —SVitti this view it' has been proposed
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9 1.13, not as a duty resulting ,from any princtple.of
aw, in which light I have already considered.it, but
i; a point of- expediency, that we should copy the
,-)recedent of the revolution, by addressing the Prince
• at Wales, to take 7, upon hini the Royal authority;
and that we should then proceed, with his conctir-
tence and consent, to the establishment ot, such li-
mitations as the .circumstances may appear to re-
Inire: - • 4'

But in order to see how clearlyethiS example is in-
applicable to the present cate,' we have only to ex-
amine what 'was the nature of. that necessity miler
which our' ancestors were:compelled- to a6t!at that
mamorable period. They were to 'supply the va-
eaecy of the throne, occasioned by the forfeiture of_
a Sovereign, 'who had violated the fimdarneetal
law:s, and had labouijed to subvert the'constitution
and religion of his kingdoms: They were. to pro-
vile for the immediate administration, of the go-
vernment which -he had abdicated;• and which
would otherwise have fallen into utter and irretriev-
able confusion. ' ilot they had another and a More
,iroportant duty, which they owed to thetnSelVes
mid-to their posterityeand in-the dischar"g„e of which
they, hazarded every -consideration orperSonal iti-
terest, and personal safety. The preservation of
our laws, religion,- and liberties, had rendered it
necessary for them to drive their Sovereign into' ex-
ile. A sill, stronger necessity required ' tlliatAhey
should .effetenally provide agninst the‘revival of that
inauipiciourisysrern• which he had 'pursued ; and
that they establish the r new gOvernment on
such- a rise and -Solid teundation, "that he might
neser afterwards tee lb ae,i!uation •to ee-assume his
authorityead- reveng,t4'-hlinsell on -those who had,-
o:'t fovivardi tre'oisti,;)Setillis tyranny; and to seize
some more ittrou'rab,:e iipi)Ortuttily for deSiiOynee'the -
consfitutionY:and overthrowing the religion 'of the
c,ouatry.;, Und-'r surer circtirrettances aat.tieseeth,':re
was-but one itep that Could' he taken Fernpriety
or salet-'. To pee:tile/Crews.) immediately, with
all its full power, • prerogatives; and'atiihority, on
the head Of, tile incA of Orange, the only' person'
who _could, byllia' wisdom of his councils, and 'the
vigoureof his arms; deft.ret the nation against any'
atteitptsee WheAer origiearing at home-or abroad,
to rebtbreithe former Sov,«lreigii to the exercise of ari
authority wri-ich he bad so justly forfeited.
If- we ;compare these transaesitins win cur pre=
sentesituaeion; shall see t hat they hate ' but one
point:in cemirion ;'namely, the 'right and duty of
the [..ordseand Commons to provit!e legislatively for
those cases where the concurrence of the, three
braucles of the Legislature 'cannot otherwise be
obtained._ But that with -respect tb the' particular
ciretsmstances of this day, the necessity which com-
pels -us to' ;10, and by which our mode of acting
must be reaulated, has no relation to that which
existed at the Restoration, and is in every material
circumstance opposed to t:iar of the 4evolatidn.
The duty which is now incumbent upon us is not,
as in she first -rase, that of putting a King into the
imniediate possession of an authority which has de-
volr'ed upon him by the course of inheritance, aro
the,limits of wleelt are c;early ascertained by the
existing, laws ; but it is that of Cleating a new and
delegated trust, to be exercised for a temporary pur-
r-se, and to be vested in an office unkuowar to the
constitution of the country.
Nor are we, as in the other case, called upon to
supply a vac.tucy in-tlie throne, by the eleclion of a
Sovereign, or to preserve our laws and liberties, by
placing the sceptre in thoSe hands most likely to
maintain it against its former possessor. We are to
consider by w hat, person, in what form, and with
what degree of authority, it- may be proper that the
government of this country should be administered,
during the continuance of the indisposition of our
Sovereign,-, and how it may be restored to him,
without delay or difficulty, immediately upon the
happy event of his recovery. In deliberating upon
this subjea, weshould always bear in mind, that
the throne is not vacant, but lull;- that it is filled
by a Monarch whose virtues liave justly endeared-
him to his people; and whose speedy, restoration to
his health is not only the er\d to which all our wishes
and 'prayers are directed,
.but is also an ohjeet of ra-.
tional aid well-founded hope., Instead, therefore,
of hastening, as at the 'Revolution, in create and to
strengthen,a power, .which may effeaually prevent
Iris re-assuming the government, we are bound by
every consideration of allegiance to him, and of Con-
cern tor our country; to adopt a line, precisely the
reverse of this. We are bound to.consider well the
natureof our situation, and the consequences of our
conduel, and to weigh the etfeCts of every separate
step* we take, before we canted ourselves at liberty
to give into other hands any portion of the supreme
ana.sosereige authority of these kingdoms. -
• It is, indeed, an ariluous and awful 'duty which is
'imposed upon- us by this kalarnitye The guardian-
ship.ot the; rights of our Sovereign, the care and pre.—
servation of his lust pterogative.se have, 'under the
affeeling circumstances of the present moment, de-
volved upon the repiesentatives of his faithful. peo-
pie. We should certainly not be unmindful of this
.sacred trust, even if, we were animated .only 'by our
feelings towards him; to whom we are bound not
oely 'by the ties of dwy and allegiance, but also by
those of national attachment arid national gratitude.,
Butif we wanted an additional inducement to the
discharge of such a duty:, it would arise from this
consideration, that we cannot in this instance, be
wanting to our Sovereign, without being in The
same degree wanting to the, most essental interests
'of, our constituents and our country. We are at-
tached, and ‘Ve,have infinite reason to be so, to that
part of the 'British constitution, by which the CroWn
of these kingdoms is declared to be het cdhary. The
4nischiels of a contrary form of gov.erntnent are so
universally known and acknowledged, that 'it would
be ntrpardonabie to, waste the time of the Commit-
tee, by. a welling on such eetopic. But let it be re-
manbered, that. every argtiment which can be used