The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-01
EXTRACT
from Cohlett's Political Rcgyrf,
Far january 1907.

10 Hanover, and ] tiall give tNeD terc, AL
find them in the ffeech puhiiihed unoer the
name of Lord Grehyille. ss follows: q" Nov,
asto Hanover, this was a me" ami al I,nh point,
and no INTERPRETATION Ntould be allowed TO
go abroad rcfpet,ing it. Never was the inue
of the negotiation connected with its fate
Meyer did any infereRed feeling arye jicm i.
Bn' fhcHid it he aliena,td for orr ES'? What
if he thought that we owed fuch a debt as that
we acknowledge to Rufia, to Sweden, to Ma
pies, bosv much higher The debt we owe 70 our
own Sovereign ? And furelv we would avoid
the difsrace of fuch a facriGce, which would
copfnund us with thole who made fuch fharne-
fui f~acrifres TO their own fears, or their own
tin,erees.
Hanover was attacked not a5 German ter
ri:ory, rot as. connected with the Cermar'ic
corps, but IehJ 6eeaue Frame evns at aoar Foifb
England 4; and while we were imvn'rerab!e here,
The enemy was determined TO zcounG us through
Hnnover. But TO adopt the fayine and maX'rns
of a great RateGnan, it feems to he, that, I'M
der fuch circumstances, Han0vsr yGoa9 be as
dear 10 rs as HambE5iye ; and whenever IT Was
attacked, for Brifjb infercFs, it Nhouid be de-
Tended by Brit,h magnauimity-Dnt fDeJr"-"
feelings reoeaiRg RaneVer. PreOoie9 at EA'1f
az here; and from the EP moment OF the nc
| gocistlon, it wa. rtfulvrd it Giould be refored
to its lawful fovereicn. Indeed it was need'sfs
70 do otherwiie for thev well knew that Brit
in horror qrouM neTrr bave eon%S"fsd TO JhTren-
der 1T" Now | do not fay that Lord G'euviIie
uttered theie words IL comment upon them
becauie ] find them puhliihcd in P n~ewtPapct (;
and becau!e ] am coUvined that they eXpris
doctrines which, if adhered 70, myf accomP"th
tie extingulnlment of the reInaius Of Brinii'l-
berty. Wko the "great tateiuan" alluded TO
is, l know not bu, be he who he may, wide
ly do i differ from him in feeling ard IN oP'n'-
on I; and, whatever may be the feelings ct the
author of this publication, / can allure him,
til at Hamplhirt will thirE itfrlf as little indebt-
ed To him rs to Lord Temple.
Hanover as dear 70 us as Hampih're! TO
him, to this author it may he, but, for my part,
1 truf i fhouid be ready 10 fhed my blood to the
lat drop rather than fee the latter a department
of a vafal Kingdom OF France, While ! have no
tcruple to lay, / care juh as much about the
former az / do about tine Dutchy ot Bruriwick
or the Principally of Heit. Hanover as dear
70 us as Hampfhirt I! know not what The peo-
pie in the North may think ofthi'; but really
and literally comes home to my ire-hde and
a great confalation it mutt be to one to hear,
that one is confdered, by this author, as having
70 greater claims upon The government than a
Nanoverian hero WHEN the people OF Eng
land, with the king which they had introduced
at their head, made the iettleneat OF the crown
of this realm upon the family that now wears
it. they made the p%rosiion reci.ed in our mot
to.* The makers of this law fOrefaw the con-
ftquences that would unavoidahly reiult from
leaving it in the power Of the crown to make
war for foreign pofcf ions, belonging foley to
the King :; and the fair contribution of the law
is, that war hould not he waged by this cOun-
try, without bJe7iouJ content of Parliament, for
the fake of any foreign ponerion, the private
property of any prince fitting upon this IN rone,
whether he were t6en born abroad, or whether
he hou'd thereafter be horn in England. The
words 4" not being Maine of this k~inrdom,"
; arDiI.i ~ ,eIiat l, 70 49,. E,~Cs ITnr rf Cn..n
Anne but they alto applied to his defendants.
They applied TO him as the head of the houie
for the p~rov'fon made part of the compact with
his fucctdors as well as with himielf. The
doubtful expref1ion of " in cafe the crown
ihouId hereafter come, &c. &C." was u'ed be-
canfe it was not, when the act WAS paItd, cer-
tain, that Queen AnRe would die without chill
dren +; and he whole tenor Of the aGt clearly
fhows, that the ohje6e of the proviion was, TO
prevent this nation from being involved in wars
for the fake Of dominions, the property of the
prince, and totally feparate III interef from the
Kingdom of England, Yet we have been at
war for Hanover, and that the previous coufent
of Parliament was not obtained, we all well
know.
Nay, if the French had food out, we are
plainly told by this author, that we fhould have
been at war for Hanover now, and Ek1 for
Hanover (; for, that, under fuch circumstances,
Hano1er is as dear 10 us as HamANUeI And
what are thefe circumGances. Is there any
thing peculiar in them ? Were we in alliance
with Hanover? Had that gallant and generous
nation lent us any aid, either in men or in
money, previous to its being conquered No,
this is not pretended. There IS no pretext of
obligation, either expreis or tacit, fet up. The
circumstance (for there is hut one) ia" fIano-
yer was conquered becaWc France 4Uaj at zvar
qOifb Fngianl." Wei, and will not Hanover
alaVdy5 be conquered undsr imilar circumfsn-
ces? And muR we make war (or continue
qUar, which in effect is the fame thing) again9
her, every tine fhe conquers II mover And,
NUT We never make peace without obtaining
the rehitution of Hanover, cot what it may ?
During the IqR war, Hanover as well as Eng
land was engaged agaihft France but Hanover
thought proper to make peace without con-
fulting us or our interefts. Then it was loudly
aud vchemently contended by Lord Grenville
and the whole of the m%ini1ry, that Hanover,
though his MajeRy, our gracious King, was the
Sovereign of IT, was, and ought to be, regarded
as a nate totally feparate from, and having no
connection whatever with the kingdom Of G. Is.
and | remember well, that when fome perlons,
amongt whom was Mr.. Sheridan, regretted that
the pacific example of the Eleetor of Hanover
was not followed by the King of O. B. they
were called Jacobins and Jewellers But now,
behold, when Hanover is conquered ; when
France has gotten complete pOtIefjon OF ii : or