The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-14 00:00:00

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err , the! rude of this. 'connt4 ; and that it was, in
f:.-1, the trade to America which was of more im-
p..r:ance to tut than the trade with ail other nations.
11.. shtiold be mod happy to join in putting an end
to this American war; but he considered•the present
'epintioir as distinct from it ;and his object at pre
•sent was to get rid of an unjusttruives, and-oppres-
sive tat. He concluded by proposing a number:of
Hmsgutiosrs ; and intimating that, if approted of, he
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~ Lr•pythePseetitioholtu'orParsliintent, agreeleg ic
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r: Waithmatt's -speed! was heard Weighed;
.. an. at the. doe with great applause.]
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Mr. KavELL seconded the resolutions. He thought
• the Cate lad •been so clearly stated by his worthy
Friend, that it would not he necessary for him to
▪ Make many obSereations. The subject went so 41-
reetly to the feelings and the pockets of all who heard:
. • Min, that he supposed they were nearly unanimous
Ati their opinion about the tax ; and that it would
have saved moch of their time if the Officer of the
Court had been directed to call out to know whether
, titeri;Was any man who had a word to say in its
110our.-11.aughter.] —The cause for which the tat
4 **IL first unposed having ceased, he thought that
,'• theArect should cease also. He was not in the
. ' titbit, neither were those friends with whom he 4444 d,
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'riliSing.fi' clamour against any particular tei:-
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47, . . dmmetulteg reform and public ecottotipys;
•• • • • -by. rec '
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.. ,aluidlo.loy the axe to the root •of the evil. He
',..ivesits-linpes that, the feeling of the country welds!
'Se so strongly expressed on this subject, that one
great constitutional principle would be soon fairly',
brought to the trial. It had always been considered
tie distineitishing feature of a free people, that they
taxed themselves. Now, if the voice of all England
should he raised against this tax, and yet the Repre-
set,!atives should persist in imposing it, it would
then 'ie evident that., for the most essential purposes,
those Representatives did not fairly represent the
people of % England.- I Applausellte former Mite-
rican war was but ton popular in its commenceinent;
end it was not until the people began to feel the•evila
of war, that it gree.unimpular. • This should be a
%yarning to bb on the -present occasion. In the 3414
' 1792, 'the people were told that if the country 'did'
no' go to war, there inlaid •be soon an inquisition on
. Orif prePerty, welt as took plaCe.in France. The
pebplo were persuaded to undertake the war, and in
- —1798, 'this very inquisition with which they had been
• etlarmed wit; ,establisl,ed as the law in this catintryq
-anttalmost eterisinee they had been subject to it.—
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ile thought that the example of the pest shooldde.
O'r them hem countenancing Ministers ift dory
. lira,inwhich they chose to involve the nation; or to
• protract unnecessarily. .
'Mr. Natty/a regretted, that the 'subject of the
American war had been brought forward; as it might
• dleturit the :unanimity which would otherwise have
• prevailed. The American war, it would be recolr
bruit!, had hfen forced zpon us Capplaisse, and cries
of sop moll. It was the general feeling that the Ann-
' - times had taken advantage of ti time when we were
• iMbarrassed with another war, to stepforward against
• us
,; end with respect to this contest we should not be
guided by ideas of trade and commerce, but by the
. wi•Osef bringing it to an Numerable issue [some ap.
plottsc]. If the country was dtltrmiued to rapport
• the- war, it Wig of course necessary to provide the
- Government With the means of Afectually carrying it

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