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London, England, 1806-01-28 00:00:00

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r failurepas math, refs& of any. fatality that was
ly attributable to him. If they failed through the'
keels of thole Courts with whom we wereto co-
rate. or through the incapacity of thole to whorls
eaecotion of their plans was tntrufted ; if it was
the fortune of Mr, Pitt to meet a correfpandent
rgy in dm& who wete equally interefied in the
moon caufe, whole effective aid was effential to
atcompliflonents of his projelts, Curtly that was
to be afcribed to him as a ground of incapacity.
far as his arrangements could extend, as far as
influence could operate—as far as he was impli-
ed. there was not the fhadow of doubt that his
%du& would provei upon the fullefi inveftigation, to
re been nett merely free from blame, but entitled
praife. Paffing, however, by the whole of this
'Rion, he faw quite enough in the eventful life of
r. Pitt to jultify the highe It eulogium. The judg-
tot.ailivity and refolution manifelled by his deceafed
dead, during the progrefs of the French Revolution,
as amply fufficient to tußain even more than the
opolition before the Houle. This, however, he
as aware was not a ground upon which he could
R any claim to praife from the Hon. Gentleman
ho fpoke lea. or thole friends who immediately fur.
mad him, becaufe they uniformly oppofitd his Right
lon. Friend ; but certainly it was one which entitled
im to tape& the acquicfcence of the Right Honour-
hie Gentleman on the lower bench (Mr. Windham),
red others, who at that period thought it their duty'
feparate from their prefent connections, and rally
hensfelves with Mr. Pitt, wbofe energy, wifdom and
atriotifm were, for revere) years, the favouritetherne
f their panegyric. Surely thole Hon. Gentlemen
ould not confinently deny that the adminiftration of
dr. Pitt, during that important period. alone war-
anted his friends in clairn:ng for him the mod ha
mumble and elevated dillineion.
As to the objeltions that were made to the parti-
als: terms of the motion, he felt that it would be
mite impeffible to draw it up in fuch a way as at once
o meet the Withal of Mr. Pitt's friends, to correfpeod
rith th e feelings which his death was fo peculiarly
skillet to excite, and at the fame time to be per-
Wily' liable with the fentiments of thole Gen-
lam we the other fide. who had been in the habit
if wiling in dine oppofttion to him throughout the
risk of his public life. Upon Inch a fubjee it WAG
Midi lobe regretted tbat any diffention &could wife. It
was ihisemly the with of Mr. Pitt's friends to avoid
t. TWIN It was felt that Mr. Pitt's friends &mild
we Adak Ikea their duty—!Could not fupprefs their
sot withhold from great public me-
fir • lOUs of Pablic refpee merely to avoid the
mead efipearrlas fame difference of opinion.
thelimport of the Hon. Gentlemen ea
ItailLsta was an ea he misdated upon. he had
ip:irlihat the motion "add beadopted. Indeed
Millildeatthat it would. The Houle would ata
.nokti its own °plain, repeatedly ea-
r k ed to reassign the merit—if it
to Magni& the niesaory of Mr. Pitt. Such
;dike want to be fuppofed potable. That Hook
Itili bad through a fides of unexampled difficulty
MI amen honoured Mr. Pitt with the moR diflin.'
ledfepport—which had teßified an approbatioa
meafares by majosides unparalleled, in coon
dusk, charafter and talent—.which appenved
YosMooediags in peace—which wentalong with him'
usip..—iboe to withdraw their regard from a long
iiied Friend now that he was no more. He bad
nfion that they would—a jut} reliance on
their ur and generofity forbid the fufpicion.
Useability upon fuch a quell ion was, no doobt, high-
ly *Arable I but that he clearly few was not to be
obtained. It was evidently impoffible to model a
notion of this nature, Co as to be agreeable to the fen.
imrnts of the Gentlemen on the other fide. Yet. for
himfelf he mutt fay, that, were he -to have framed a
IDOtiollfrombis own, perhaps partial feelings, it would
have been touch Rronger than that now before the
Houle. Impreffed as he was with the eminent trio
tee %the tranfcandant uleeta,thedißinguithedfervices
of his decided friend, he had no difficulty in Rating
that he Mould have felt the, compliment paid to bts
illuilrious father, and which his Honourable Ftiead
had copied, rather cold and inadequate upon this
11111116015 ; but it was deemed advifeable to follow the
peosedent chalked out in the cafe of Lord Chatham,
end the precife words were adopted ; becaufe, even
highly as Mr. Pitt's friends, with juflice, elleemed his
Mite, it was not conceived right to take any novel
etestraordinary proceeding, to mark the public de-
litmeice for his character. It was not thought jug to
than the name of Mr. Pitt on fuch a peddle', as
by its comparative elevation deprefs the dif.
itiftian and confequence of other meritorious public
area. With refpee totthe obfervations of a Learned
Gentleman on the other fide, (Mr. i'onfonby) that
the Olken porfued by Mr. Pitt Ihould be altogether
abandoned--that it Stolid be interred with bum. he
begged to remark to the Learned Gentleman, nay,
he would advife him, if he wifbcd to attach the con-
dence of Parliament aad the country to the party
with which be Reed, to adopt a different tone. For
he had little doubt, that if dangers fhould arife fimilar
to ;hot* againft which Mr. Pitt contended, the coun-
cils of the country would feel it necdfary to recur to
the fyliem of Mr. Pitt. The efficacy of that fyßem
had been experienced, its benefit to the country was
univerfally felt and acknowledged. To that fy Rem
we, in fie, owed the internal peace of England
amid the convollions of Europe, and the fecurny of
the Englifh Contlitution. To that fy Item the Learned
t;entleman owed the confequence he poffetled, the
honour. that awaited him —Any deviations, there-
love. from fuch a fyltem, under fimilar circuos
Itances. it WAS not wife to recommend ; and fore he
WAS that fuch recommendation would not be gra-
cionfly received among the refpeeable and intelligent
part of the people. Adverting to the remarks that had
been made on the allcdged !adores of Mr. Pitt, the No-
ble Lord challenged any Gentleman to mention a
Manilla in the hiltory of the country, who, if fuccefs
WeiC to be the criterion upon which public honours
were l() be voted, was by any means entitled to fuch
bestows ai Mr. Pitt. Had ant that dittinguifbcd petfon'
faved the Conflitutinn ? Had not the tne.ifures of
his Adminithation been productive of unprecedented
otofperity I And were not the fuccefs of our :::ms
war infinitriT more fplendid than any thing that
had beat achieved during the admininration of every
one of his ptedeceffors, not even excepting that of
hi. illattrious father ? Whether we looked to the
atnouut cf our military fused, and their efficiency