Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-08-06

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government, and the real happiness and
PROPERTY Of Ireland, than his right homo
rabie friend who made the motion Object
ed to: and he hoped the honorable and
learned menoer had witnefed no proceed,
ING IN that houfe in the final.ei degree
,derogatory TO the hopes he profe1ed for
the people Of Ireland, and its lrnient and
parental attention. He was free, howe.
yer, to own, thar his perfonal opinion
was psrfe Ally concor len, TO the argument
Of the honorable and learned member, and
thar he was for giving the hou!: an oppor-
runi,y of conddering the. mealure as to its
neceGlty from year to year, and re-enaf-
ing it, if in its wifdom it ihoald feem ne
cedary, rather than pais it to the extent
propoied by his right honorable friend, of
whole intention to move its continuance,
in the way ititood,by the Preient motion,
he was no, aware.
IF his right. honorable friend was dif-
poied 70 take his advice, and withdraw
his motion, the amendment he hould have
the honor 10 move would be 10 inte.t the
s,h ofMarch next; but even if.the mo-
tion ihouh continue word>a in its pre!ent
form, lie had every reafonable hope, The
did not with to excite fanguihe and pre-
mature exp-;fa.ions,l that the period Of
Continuance psbpoied by the motionwould
by no means extend tc the petiod his a.
mendnent would go to. The honorable
ahilearned gentlemen had given another
inv argument in favor of the bill, for nc
had acknowledged the country to be In
feited with rebel banai,ti, who were
therihed BY the people, aud unfabdued
by all the Efforts Of The gosernment. He
noticed the diipoition OF iome honorable
gentlemen to excite alarms in the public
mind, upon the uncertainty of peace. He
knew the motives that astuated to fuch
arguments; but though he by no means
withed TO ra;e eager and perhaps Gnwar-
Ianted eareeationsNof fuch' an event, it
was, in his own expectation, by no means
70 improbable rs TO warrant ally thing
like deipair.
Mir. Ponfonby explained by laying the
right honorable members accuracy forfook
him. when he ftated him (Mr. Pohfonby)
TO have reprciented all Ireland in fate
which he had only afcribed to that of a
Jingle county. He was extremely conGol
ed BY the expectations of peace expreGs>:
by the right honorable gentleman; bu, a,
he fpoke win hope only, AMI not with
confidence, he was forty the country could
no, look to his declaration with all the
confidence thar could be wihed. With
reipett to thehon. gentleman whomaie the
motion, he could not mean any thing per
ionaIly applied, as he really did no: know
VINO he was ill informed by the right hon.
gentleman.
Mr.. Grey rots, and in anfwer to what
he conceived lone alliGon, perlonally to
him from the right hon. gentleman, charg-
ing him with win TO deitroy in the pab-
lie mind the hopes Of peace, afared the
houfe tina, in any argument or motion he
had brought forward on that flbjees, he
had no other view than with to bring
fairly be!ore parliament, previouly to- its
prorogesion, the real ftzte Of things, and
the ground on which the country food as
to the hopes peace. However, for any
thing the hon. member had alluded in per-
sonal aGperi,y to hinleit,, he was highly
contoled in the declaration of the honorable
gentleman, as TO the p:ofpects of peace;
and ttill more 70 by his having difclalmed
all privity to the prelent motion previouf-
" to its being moved By the right hon..
iecre,ary for Ireland. Againf the princi-
PIE of this motion he inveighed in the
>itroagee terms Of reprobation, as UMPIRE
'eedented, and unparalleled in the annals
of legiaation in the worn of times, and
the mott dsipo,ie countries; and if any
thing could ineseafe his afton,ihment at facu
= motion coming from iuch man as the
RICH, honorable gentleman who introduced
il, it was hard,hood of his venturing to
come forward to that houie with 1uch a
propoition, withouS any previous commu