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On the motion Of Mr.. Secretary + 4.
the order of the day was read, Tor faSiae
into consideration his majesiy's most gra.
cious message. The message was 'hen
read.
Mr.. Secretary Fox rose, and spoke to
the following efac,: g / am sure that II
j. impossible that the message we have now
read. can fail TO excite ,hessuongess sense.
ton in every temper and disposition or
mind which cae exist id sn!sfhcuse. An the
frss place, wiaen We haar it stated that MS
majesty had ab.tained from appealing 70
: his British subjects, an accounted tne VI
slrnce and injustice which had been doas
60 hin, ia the seizureof his eleciofal don't.
Mons, it is impossible not 20 feel grateiul
$ for that Kindness aud mildness which ms
maiesly has always shewnto the SUBJECTS
of this realm. Ii. was with the naoss ex-
! srcme reluctance, that he could consent TO
invssve them in warupon anygrouad, mat
was rotsi eeiiatelYand directly conoect-
ed with British interests. After the sen'i.
snens of gratitude SO his majesty Tor tins
tender confederation for his subjects OF this
j kisgdom, the ne xt feeling which musf be
.srongIy excited by the message is,a ieehng
of just indignation ar the condactsof the
court of Prussia. IhePe that every me m'
ber,while he feels thlsjust ind' gnation, will,
at the same time, perceive the Proprletyc
of uniting the most vigorous measures WI I. Q
) q lsngsase temperate aud moderate, apd
which does not violate that respect which.
! had been always considered daeto crowned
heads, and ought not, in the present time,
TO be departed from. Indeed, 80 describe
jus;ly the ,measures which have been adopt.
ed bytAe court of Prussia against this conn.
try,, they cannot be called the measures OF
she king of Prussia, for that sovereign IS
known 10 be Of mild and pacific disPosi-
zion, nor could they be called the measures
of his ministers, for no ministers could
freely advise a proceeding so Violent ard
luxurious 10 the interests OF that monaTch..
Fl : E ae measures must be-considered such as
his Prussian majesty had been induced 70
adaas, from the pernicious conhsels OF the
enemies Of this country. Had il been my
6blecs to condenn, rinsthe strongest terms,
the, decision Of tie Prussian cabinet, |
might hasethoughsit necessary today some
additional papers on the table, bet taas.not
being my object, have moved but for few.
More would have been<dunecessary, as It
was not nay wish to give the strongest pos.
sible coleuring to the accusation that the
message contains. If We are tos under.
: atand those proceedings which have terrni-
hated in an outrage, unprecedented 10. she
history of the worst proceedings zof the
worst times Of Europe = will be necessa-
sy to view the transaction "a little carrier.
The origin OF this proceeding is to be
traced 10 the convention, concluded at Vi
emma, on the 18th Of December, between
count .Hangwilz and the French emperor;
burwFlen II is considered, what was the
situation of Prussia, az the time that its So
yereigsv copsldde6 that treaty with France,
il most be recollecsed, tina. its means Of nee.
gociation were still greater than what l, de-
rived from IFS own resources, or its own
armies. The armies of Prussia were IN.
-donbtediy numerous and respectable but
wss ie on them alone tina. the king OF Prus-S
STA relied, when he was negotiating wiki
Erances Certainly it WAS not. He had
strong additional support, whfca gave
weight to his negotiations: he emperor
of Russia, after he hadiefi Ausserlhz gave
the whole direction OF the Russian troops
shat renamed ia Germany to the command
of the kiog-oS Prussia. This country too
had promised him powerful assistance
by pecaniary supplies, i he shoald be dri'
.venfo a war with France. These were
the means he possessed of giving wsiShsso
his negotiations and how did ne 4PPly
sttioae means? Why, TO SEIZE q Passsof the
territories of one of those powers which
had besa supporting him 10 that rank snd
situation, s&aich enabled him to conclude
his treaty. fLo,il cries Of hear! heart
Af,er thistreaty was signed, a considerable.