Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-19

Pfdue, Jealousy seem 10 DC thC prevailing
features Of his party; they canno. forgive
Mr.. Pitt for having Withdrawn his stay and
support from their administration they
cannet forgive him for having displaced
their leader; they forget that he first rais-
ed that leader from the ranks and made
him what he is. All their conduct to Mr..
Pitt has the air and stamp of jealousy and
anger. Granted that they were right in
opposing him in the case of lord Melville,
were they right in opposing him in that
most offensive manner possible? Did they
even communicate to him the conduct they
meant TO adopt upon the motion for in-
parchment! Wee they justified in orpos-
ing him in such way as almost 70 encou-
rage suspicion that they thought him not
quite clear from the offences imputed to
lord Melville? Were they liberal or even
Just in the subsequent conduct they adopt
ed to him, after his complete acquittal from
the charges brought against him ! But the
case Of lord Melville is not, as some OF
their supporters would have it supposed,
the only difference of opinion that exists.
In both houses their dissention with MIR.
Pitt has been allude9so, and has not been
denied. Lord Grenvife pointedly asserted,
that "they were completely disunited a.
mong themselves, and more annioas TO dis
cover and rake adOantage Of the faults Of
their colleagues, than to watch over the o.
perations Of the enemy" Was it not OBJ
yious that he alluded solely to the Adding
ton party. Did one of them, did lord Sid
mouth deny or even take notice OF the al
fusion? Mr.. Fox made a similar assertion
in the house of commons. The Adding.
ton party there did not contradict it, and
MIR. Pitt, who replied to Mr.. Fox, did not
once touch upon that part of his speech.
The dissention in the cabinet therefore
stands confessed. 1t cannot then be ex-
,pected TO remain as it is. Who musty yield!
Need we ask the question when the contest
is between Mr.. Pitt and Lord Sldmouth!
Lord Sidmouth we suppose will speedily
retire. The opposition will make use OF
his party to form a coalition with Mr.. Pitt.
Will they succeed? A considerable de.
gree of discussion has been produced by
report of some expressions which re-
spectacle morning paper stated on Saturday
to have dropped from Mr.. Fox; the im-
port of which was, that he formed areso-
luton never to accept of any public sltua.
ton. We know the authority upon which
that paper stated those expressions, and it
is such as we should think unquestionable.
But the opposition writer's are in the utmost
agony lest they should obtain the slightest
belief. They contradict it in the most po-
sitivc manner. But they say he did declare
that no personal vie7Vs OF his should stand in
the aVay Of 50 desirable an object, "a COM.
prehenslve Administration
II may not here be unreasonable to ad.
vert to the sebiect.of MIR. Fox's exclusion
though any obstacle which hat might in
terpose to the formation Of any ministry,
seems now to be removed by MIR. Fox's
declaration. A grea. deal of clamor has
been industriously raised against the crown,
for its unwillingness 10 avail itself of MIR.
Fox's talents IN the csbinet. But eu.ely
SOW YER franscendent those abilities are,
the crown could not expect that they could
be very serviceable in the cabinet, when
the ,possessor oflhem was known to be de-.
cdedly hostile to the system pursued by
that cabinef.
War had been entered upon; Mr.. Fox
was known to be hostile to it. Could the
crownseppose ihatth bestway of carrying
On a war with vigor would be to select a
man to conduct it who was known to be in
favor of peace Indeed could Mr.. Fox,
with his principles, have conscientiously &C
cepsed seat in the cabinet? The sen.i-
Raents OF the king were for war. Mr.. Fox
howeperhe might cealesce with every one
else, had shewn that he would not coalesce
with him IN his opinion of the necessity of
war, to make him member of the cabi.
net and one Of his confidential advisers
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