The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-25 00:00:00

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tilideitawlieclis rare—
la his eteeletteme Portiseala
Eve ate from which those eit%l.Atins telit
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Witertideed. Irwei impossible to site 121tiestel
Thief Weeded illte that coedit be jestined. • Mit, 104:
*soy of etwelatibe had been, In some degtgef, riestalltel
at Laybeitil. Hi *odd ask, was it possible I. joie Ott
this aekseirledgmemit, the policy that bed Wariged
llsahr Wish* vomit fed that It dedemist IMP
will of Prawn, hat en expeditaity. - Lord
then proieeded he stele the opinions oa the *WO isolate.
The dismission 'bleb took' plate in ParUoesint landed to
prove the diesprehatien 8f the comet/ to tine Conduct
of the Ministers on this business. It was 'BM ninth Ae
28th of January. Mr. Canning avowed openly this se-
qualotaace with the real motives and views of tbe.(on•
pose at Verona ss.regarded Spain. Nothieg eatthL io
every view of the creation, be mote surprising thin the
conduct of his Majesty's Ministers; whether we .snesi-
dned the circumstances under which this wilt" was in
respect to Prance in particolar, or to gorge ginersh-
An the opinion of some person, it might 10,,,neisestasy to
support language, strong ins peering, the feelings
which wen excited; but be thought the object of then
Seconding& was unutterable now the weir had ion-
ionsimq. Pettis part he could not see a moth disastroos
-
nor cabsaiViet state.than that this country was reduced tan
it fit 4bfai" solfsfamilth t sort so
sow
mutation, ear is wbieliqt losiglit be.. I
greatly to bilderrecnksi. Ott the eihreitosed, it was
painful to consider that there dill sot exist declamatory
tensity for &mks, down this 4.slaiwity In the reign oft
Charles the Second, similar plicylka.d been prnictiled
,by the King and Ministry. The Noble laltrd ;said be
could not sappr.ess his fedi ags. While te reflected tHat
was not magenta to the British nation. He alluded to
the struggle Of Naples, and troeted .that every sedellee-,
lion Irma but animate the SpaniardOto a moretijgorono
defence of their liberties. The cane was that of li-
berty. the More that the Neapolitans had struggled for,'
and as this was founded on their Constitutional laws, it
was hot just that they shoUld attain it. The Noble Lord
here observed that " it eas liberty which reign and ele-
vates the mind of man, forms the. heart for the reception
of the most noble sentiments, and reoders it susceptible
of those refined notions which ornaiteept and benefit sa-
ciety. It raises a nation in the estimation of others ba.
first raising it in its own." He hoped that Spain won
trisaph, and called on the noose •tes attend to the view,
in which this country would exhibit herself, by snfierieg
,an invssion of the kind to take place without protesting
against it. Was it honourable for a country, which wee
itself independent, to undermine the liberties of another.
Should they do so. be should hope posterity :Valid have
Mercy on their beads. if they were dedrous of protect-
ing theft own liberties, and see the sovereignty of it
prevail elsewhere. they should carry to the foot of UK
Throne an Address in the language which he wonliread
to them.
"That an Address be presented to his Majesty, of
to Ms Majesty oar liveable thanks for the commutileatioe his
Majesty has been graciously pleased to make to this Howe
of certain papers relating to the late negotiations at Vero-
no, Perla, sad Madrid.
"To espies' our deep regret that the desire result • •
by his Najd* for the preeervatioa of petwarbetween Frame
and Spats has proved thereetual.
" At the stew thee to represent tot/is Majesty that the
course of nembelatioa minima by Ms Majesty's Ministers
was not its ear jaitgeneet ealcnlated to support the bosoms
and jepi biases of the. British people, or to afford-tap
reason** expectation of averting the war which ii how.
SOS
- to Gin we have leant with jost ,
Inalignation (bat the French big, regardless of all such re-
presentation as may bur been made to him on the part of
Pit Majesty, and no less forgetful of the powerful assistance
which had so lately contributed to his restoration, theerra'
that right which all nations gpsSpia. to re date for dater
selves the internal %agitations of their. Goerromeate.lthe
proceeded to make an miploveked end unjustifiable wade
on Spain, the preservation of whose independence has been
snit times, and is. for the most obvious reasons, mots
especlallyjitpreseet, *novenael object of British police.
ea
necessary to the safety of his Majesty's oldept sod aurae'
-faithful ally, and to the aemirlty of MI Majesty's dominion—
" To acquaint his Majestythst we Most highly disapprove
of thoeonduet of his Majesty's Ministers ID haring, tor the
sake and at the desire of trance,. suggested to the tapanisk,
people the expediesey of making !heretical in their Consti.
• tion similar to those which Frence proposed as the alter*.
native of hostilities, even without having received any po-
sitive assurance that such concession on the part of Spain
-would secure her from further Interference in her internal
affairs. Sod in having shown throughout the whole course
of the late gegociations more solicitude to'save the F tech
Government from disgrace and danger than to meiltain the
interests of Spain, which most have been endangered by the
slightest concession on the demand of a Foreign Power..
nod under the menace of a foreign war as the penalty of het
refusal.
"To represent to his Majesty, that on, a review of the
whole conduct of the French Government, during the late,
transactions. we can place no reliance on their disavowal
of all views of ambition and ageraudieement, or on their,
assurances that they will respect the independence of Pot-.
tagal.
" To assure his Majesty, that wheh we reflect that the
successful assertion of the principle now acted upon by
France would endanger the security of every Constitutional
Government. and that' its immediate consequence must be
the re-establishment of that ascesdancy over Spain which it
has bees at all times the undoubted object of France ti,
acquire. we c inapt hesitate to express the most ardent
wishes for the triumph of the Spanish nation In the just and
honourable conflict in which It is engages- To declare to
his Majesty that, in the opinion of this Moose, a more
pews. decider, sad unequltosal policy woold.; ander all
the eirettnestanees of France and Europe, he's afforded the
best hopes of preventing the commencement of a war, Ili
which we cannot but apprehend that Increasing dangers may,
at no remote period, and under circa oast s tiers of accumulated
clinically, compel this country to engage."
Lord HARROWBY said, all that had fallen f eh.* the
Noble Lord respecting the conduct of Ministers was
strange, as the matter might be simply reduced to this
consideration, whether or not it was the interest of this
country to act otherwise than it had done. He would'
state in plain terms, it was decidedly their interest that
those negociations only should take place white might
ultimately operate to the advantage of Englend. What-
ever colouring was given to the Address of the Noble
Lord, it conveyed nothing more than a severe censure
on Ministers, while the question before the lihuse, was
or ought to be, the expedienc,y of peace or war. Was it
for the safety or honour of this nation that taere should
be a war? If there was a doubt on this waiter, that
doubt was decisive against the position of the Noble
Lord, and furnished a great segment to show the con.
elect of French Ministers had not been insidious, and
that the whole transaction was conduct-t 1 on faii prin-
ciples. He could not perceive how we were the dupes of
Ranee. If we doubted of the event of the war, this but
urged as the more to concitiAtory utessares ; and bad I
Mot the Noble Lord bet sight of the question, he might,
bare pursusil a train of tarts and negotiations which
would have shown, that conformably to our professions.
we had-pursued those measures of conciliation to the last
moment: Though every point on which the Noble Lord
was pleased to dwell were admitted, still it could not sp..
Deer that there had been a want of principle in the pro-
ceedings of Ministers. In the yen: 11120 measures hal

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