The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-14
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, February IL.
SPANISH WAR DEBATE.
CONCLUDED

! Alta late hour Mr.. Fox rofe, and began by
obfervng that it was tie leis neceffary for him
TO occupy much of their attention, iince the ar
guments urged by hishon. friend who moved the
| addrefs remained completely unanswered: and
the hon. and learned gentleman who had Eat
down, had not at all fucceeded in overthrow
ing the doctrine laid down in the fpeech of his
| hon. and learned friend near him Or. Lawrence)
"a fpecch not only replete with good feDfe, but
what was far more valuable, with the mof en-.
hghtcned and liberal maxims OF policy. But
what fill farther lnperceded the neceiiitv of his
going intoNany length of difcufiion was, that the
hon. and learned gentleman had not, in the
conr'e of his reafoning, attempted to uphold the
dininct'on betwixt fufPenfon Of hoftiliies and
| tyttem CT neutrality, by which we were to be
placed in more favourable ftuation, and en-
abIed to take whatever advantages we thought
proper whenever convenient opportunity Of
| fered itfelf He confeiIed that the language he
had heard on this fubied from the right ''''
gentleman who opened the ditcufiio,: .'''a o,hef
gentlemen on the fame fide, e-.'ck MN w'tn a.
itoniihnent. 1t wds.re!.ner more or ieis Inah
the Language of lrofS fraud. When he heard the
right of putting an end to neutrality atie!ted,
;uf at that period when we could take the
greateft advantage of the fate with which the
neutrality previoully exiited, he could not help
Iconiidering it AS altogether monftrous. He was
Happy to find the hon. and learned gentleman
had MT attempted 70 fupport fuch doetrin2 as
this, that we would be juftifed in entering into
an implied agreement with another power, by
which that power conceived itielf fate from at
tack, merely with tie purpofe of renewing hof-
tiIities, at the rDn,ent when they were leaf ex-
peeled. He was glad TO find, at the fame time,
that the '.arned gentleman WIS not difpofed to
deny :iie eXtrncc of that agreement, which
fOIne other gentlemen feemed 70 anxious either
TO deny altogether, or to miGeprefent its nature
and extent. He hoped the houfe would hear
no more of the idea OF appearing to acquiefce
in All arrangement, and afterwards dilclaiming
its eSifence, when fore finifter or criminal pur-
poie was 10 be promoted. He had read in an
Ilpcient tragedy of one of the characters exptef-
ling VIII 70 Iypiter, that for the purpof- of
}preve''iaF The eeetfs OF deceit, man had been
FrovidefTqish twn voices. the one for the utter
ance OF PSFthe other for the utterance OF
3al'rhood- ifhad nor, indeed, pIeafed the
! government ofske world 70 form fuch an ar.
rangsmen;, butE there was not an actual DIFF
Ference VI voice, theIe was sn eternal difference
OF hnauaae, and if the,g sss any dictionary 70,
this language it would be In, ortant to have i,
underGood, that TO pafa over wa not TO acqui.
) eice in-l-that to wayGfhe exercif # RICH. was
49, Z" var Eoiefhe convenient ;nonent tc
lempioylt With greater effect. IF he had ,uder
food the honorable and learned geo.Itn,n.
he ccafned his grounds of the war chiefly :
TWO rcunftances. The firh of thefe he ba
y lt'ied inc remote caufc, and the armament, ;
me opanuh ports he had dcfcribed as the v,ro.
, III; tie canie of the renewal OF hoftilties. VII,
felpect TO the remote caufe of war he had a
c,ihcni'Y IN laying, that if the treaty of Tide
{ Phonio was ofeniive treaty, and he had alf
; as mt hei'tah in adding, that he did conf
= oer IT that "g' its exihence was unquefton
$ any = ticaf ground OF war aEainft SPAIN
r. The hon. and learned gentleman had ao,sd
that this treaty was fill more hottie r. mi
country than the family compact, as the fuccomr
"opuiated were to be given without anv r;cht r
= AK Tor explanation as tothe grounds of the wa
" winch they might happen to be emploved
= ne vas not quite ture that in the family commas
there was an abfolute claufe to this effca bn
ce'EaiRly this peremptorylpower of demand;n,
tne luccours had always been urged as one !
the mott powerful ARGUMENTS aeainft that trea
W. However this might be, it was not yer,
material 10 me pretent areument. But thoupl
he conceded entirely with the hon. and Iearnes,
gentleman, as to the right of fhis countr 49, s.
compel SPAN TO renouDce the treatv of Tlde
D., pix 10, or to declare hoftilities againf her h.
Il took up his grand obieStion TO the condu4 -
= llmters, IN not coming TO an immediate ex
, PAna'ion on the fubjett as foon as ever boRil;
tee were renewed between this countrv ,n'
y france. Admitting our right to declare war
: II became queltion Of policy whether fome ar
: engagements could not be formed by which N,
good understanding beswixt the two countrie
might be Preierved. SAch an arrangement, h,
conteled, appeared to.fiin confident with i;
oeral policy, and miniRers appeared TO have en-
Ier'7ined a iimar opinion. When war viii
france became inevitable, it was eafy enougb +,
foreiee that Spain mutt, from hor engaremen
~'fh France, foon be brought into dic,srea,
Die dilemma; and what he complained of was
that no feps were taken by mininers 70 mai,
provliion for the confrqaences. In the fri Iet
ter OF Lord IIawkefbnry, he found our mini
ter at Madrid, orderedto make the iriac0 in
quiries reipe6ting the views of the cont 81
SPAN, and afterwards it did not appear that h,
ever came to any explanation on the ii,h;eSt A.
non member on the fame bench, (Mr. Rank
had' IN his fpeech, attempted to point out wba
were the relative duties of the two countries !,
rather novel lyle. He had fated that frank
D neis, openneis, and esndonr were renpired' NJ
0 SPAN that vigilance, circumfpeaon. and ira.
,ouiy were the duty Of this country. lie CON
fehed he had ever conceived that franknefs wa,
= quality which could only be mutual. r. wee
> wIlhed Others to be frank, we nun be- fra f-,nL
ourielves. 1--we expected full and candid ex
y Panation, It was frit incumbent on us to evbi
h,t in Ct,r