The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-07 00:00:00

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casks. when .he might eater spore' theft ' mode at
large. The' coninsunication from' the 'Thermo; that's,
reduction had been made in the estinurteSforthirseeitiesi,
of the Year and the recernmendatiow .f sod
!Sege remission of telethon, ceesistent leitli the maintl
tinliance of public credlUmust have been highlyantiefie-
Wert° the House. He (Mr. Peel) woulduew • Omagh
•perhaps somewhat irregularly; give rodeo of the
den of his Right Honourable Frimsd (Mr. F. Robi lien)
et the earliest day' after his returt, to •enfor into a
'general explawation of the state of the corniteyi• and*,
before the House the detail of a system of reduction
and
retrenchment, which the House amid net fail to' heir
'with satisfaction. He (Mr. Peel) weal& forth*" take
this opportunity of informing the How, that a consi-
derable part of the reduction would be applied to the
remission of the Assextd Taxes. He could net cosine,
however, with the Honourable and Leased thatiensaus
that meek was Whit expected from the reesimioo of tax-
ation. It was in the eacreasieg prosperity-of the epa•
nuts-flaring and commercial interests of tills mote,.
that he (Mr. P.) looked for the relief of the agrieelteral
interest from its present depression. Anxious tells felt
that the House should come to an immediate decides on
the Address proposed to his Majesty, be would refrain•
from makingany farther observations. lie greeted that
nothing had fallen from iris Honourable Fries& or from
himself which• could provoke diecessietit sad that
deferring the consideration of all other saispota, the
House would, at least on this night, agree it offering.
their unanimous thanks to his Majesty for the Speech
which had bees delivered to them through hie Commit.,
dotter".
Sic J. MACKINTOSH said, he did not rise to
occupy the attention of the Horse for any eonsiderable
time. He was willing indeed to rest his own opinions
on the excellent speech of the Honourable Mover of the
Address, for that Spero!' exptassed the sentiments and
principles he (SIT J.) entertained, in terms, which it
would be impossible for bins, oe any- man to improve.
He should hare been content wititthatSpeeeh, enforced
as it hail been by the eloquent and irresistible speak
of his Honourable and Learned Fried, in which be bad
animadverted with sarcastic justice, be would not say
ieveritr, the character of those who claimed a
monopoly of the principles of honour and equity, but
whose viaduct exhibited a gross violation of all those
principles; if he had not felt himself called upon to
deliver an opinion, however shortly and fseblye at a
crisis which he could not but consider as one of the
most awful in the history of mankind—at a moment
when the despots of the Continent avowed principle*,
subversive of the Law of Nations, destructive of lbw
rights of independent states, involving Zurope In hosti-
lities so greatly to be deprecated, affecting the,
security of his Majesty's dominions and the bootee
of his Crown, and levelled directly against the glory,
liberty and safety of Great Britain. In one point, bow.
vet, he differed from his Han. and Learned Friend. His
Hon. and Learned Friend bad said that his Akin Chris-
tian Majesty, who hail been most unfortunately advised
to undertake this war, had carried the monarchical prio-
ciple even further titan the Holy Allies at Verona. Now.
the monarchical principle, broached from the very com-
mencement °film Holy Alliance, and which be (Sir J.)
deemed to be the most sarcastic reflection ever cast on
Monarchy, was this—that no ethendment in the instil...
tions of absolute Monarchs could be legitimate, enlist
they flosii•il from the alitiolute Monarchs thrmsetteenis
was the principle on which his. Most Christian Majesty
relied, and if Ws principtek be admitted the Kisigisof
these realms is an usurper. It arraigns •to the-
Crown--it brands King William as a conspiseter, and
our ancestors who seated him on the throne as a
gang of banditti—it brands our ancestors who
extorted Magna Charts as conspirators--the
ost solemn acts on which our constitution rests,
become null and invalid—every privilege of this house
is annihilated, and his Majesty's occupation of the throne
is nothing but a continued usurpation, and a violation of
that pretended monarchical principle, which is applied ti
the affairs of Spain by those whom lie was sorry to hear
called the allies of this country.—(Hear.) He could not
conceive how an alliance could mist between a
Government, which had advised the Speech they
had heard this day, and the Governments who had is-
sued the Circulars, introducing a new law of nations,
inconsistent with any doctrine of international law
which had been ever before promulgated. They ilis-
tinctly laid it down as a principle, that three or four
great states of Europe had a right to treat every amend-
ment in monarchical institutions. not flowing from the
trill of the Sovereigns, as an usurpation, and to make
war upon any people who adopted such ameadments.—
A government adopting this principle was, in point of
fact, at open war with all independent states, and it be.
came a mere question of policy and prudence, when
such states should chute the time and opportunity of
asserting their rights, in defiance of a boilyof conspirators
against the rights of all nations. He did not know when
thee the Hon. Member for Bossiney were In his place, but
he believed lie laid it down as a principle, is the debate on
the transactions in Naples, that certain declarations
might be considered as overt acts of hostility. Thus the
Declaration of the National Convention, in November
1792, was considered by the Allies at furnishing a le-
gitimate ground for the resistance of other nations to
the encroachments of France. The Right Honourable
Gentleman opposite had misstated .the aground_ upon
which Austria maintained her right of interfering with
Naples. Austria did not jostify the right of interfer,
ence on the score of vicinage—she did not. justify.it on
the ground of danger, to her own doMinions, but be-
cause she claimed the Lordship paramount over Eu•
rope. The vAllied Sovereigns then declared that they
had the power, and consequently the right, to strike
other•states, bat that they would confine tbeloselves for
the present to Naples and Piedmont. They might have
marched their troopregain into what, according to the
new system of Muscovite Geography, is tertneo
the Western territory of Europe ; it arose solely from
the moderation of the Allie•I Powers, that they did
not then advance their Cannock' and Croaks into France
and Stain. It arose entirely from their tender mercy
and moderation that they adjourned for a year or two
their operations .gains the Western territory of Europe.
Spain and Portugul were graciously respited. Spaiq
anti Portugal -had the privilege of beitig last devoured.
The writers of the Ultra Royalist faction in France had
appealed to the authority of Louis xty. ; the object of
the present war being' to subject Sp do again •to the
power of Frame. If this faction appealed to the con-
teloptible anthority of Louis XlV.—tlistOotaae would
respect —Eorope. would, listen to the, dying. words of
William 111. ['rear:]. In his last speech front dethrone,
the Champion of the imieoentlence of Europe explained
the policy of Louis XIV. the terror of his neighbours,
the oppreabor of l'orope, who, daring his whole life,
was engaged in endeavouring to establish a system of
universal conqn-st. He begged to call the attention of
the House to the words delivered by Wilily). 111. on
this subject in his hot Speed from the throne, anal
within..tive months of his demise. They were most
itnportaw!,• and: wonted eltsost prophefie,. far they
applied tastily very-situation in 'chick we now stood
with regard to f rant* anal. Spoils :—!‘ by the, French
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