The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-06

chS'tSeu, 10 nave gathered new resources
from disaster-new spirit from defeat.
vigour from overthrow. Il was not Sc
much the resistance us the manner of the
resistance TO tyranny, which would coisign
the character OF the Spaniards to the glo.i-
Gus applanses Of posterity-andi it was this
manner, also. which when considered in all
the wonders 1t had produced, was even a
source OF sanguine hope to them of fortu-
nate result to the struggle in which the natl
ons OF the Peninsula were engaged.
Looking, therefore, at the kind of militia
ny possession which the French had of
Spain. and seeing the quiet and stedfast pos
session which the English had Of Portugal,
he did not hesitate to say, that the affairs
OF the French were deterorated, while those
OF the allied nations were unprecedented
there were fainter hopes for France, and
greater hopes for Spain, than there were a
year ago. The honorable gentleman had
asked, what had our troops and the waste
OF our resources achieved? He would an
swer, that they had at least showed, that
the honorable gentlemen were mistaken
and that they contributed to prevent that
contamination of power to France, which
the honorable gentleman anticipated as Ger
tain.-Ihe next question which the honora-
bic gentleman put, was, whether Lord Well
lington himself, approved of the plans by
"hiNh thC Wat was SotTiSQ vi LID Tile
honorable gentleman suppose, that, even
allowing the views of Lord Wellington to
be ever SO Responding, it would be wise or
Just to disclose them There was nothing
which military Commander could so much
deprecate as the disclosure of his opinions
or his views. The honorable gentleman s
next wish was for information with respect
to the connection between the mother coun-
try aud the Spanish Colonies-and also with
respect to the intentions of the Prince Re-
gents ministers towards both. He had on
ly TO state, that the British government
wished for measures of Cancellation, and to
act as a mediator between the colonies and
Spain. AS to the delay of Sir X. Wilson &
Mr.. Liston from going out on their rcspec-
tive stations, certain circumstances had oc-
Cured which had hitherto prevented the
carrying OF those missions into effect
Another point insisted on. by the honorable
gentleman was, what he called the exhaust
eel state of our military force. The homo
rable gentleman asked how we were to re-
place the waste of our resources 1t was
sufficient and satisfactory for him to state,
In answer to this question, that, notwith-
standing all our waste of men, our military
force was stronger by 10000 men than it
was at this time last year.
lU5- Here his observations on American
Affairs, already published.)
AS to the observation of the honorable
gentleman, on the omission of any mention
at present of the affairs of the East India
Company, that subject he considered as
most improper to be now introduced, and
any mention of it as most ill-timed.-When
1t would regularly and according to parlia-
mentary usage come before the house, then
1t would be competent for the honorable
gentleman to favor the house with his opin-
he INN ~.
pany. As to the very heated remarks of the
honorable gentleman, on his noble friends
speech last night, with respect to the per-
sonal character of Bonaparte. he was glad
that the honorable gentleman was set right
by his noble friend, before he had the honor
OF rising to address the house. His own o.
pinlon as to the propriety of identifying the
personal character of a ruler, with that of
the nation which he governed, was. that a
any tyranny in as mGee6 as the Sr in IF
person ought not to be considered as an
obstacle to negotiations of peace
IHr. Whit6read said if the income of the
country were increasing, SO were The expen-
SEES: but IT it should appear, that while the
expenses are increasing every year, the in
come was not only not inc. asine, but was
positively falling off, the righe honorable gen
leman must be, indeed, a very bad fnan-
NM ho@ eiiHiA IL lllSn time to look
ABOUT him, and see from what source this
growing expenditure was to be supplied. It
appeared to him, that the amount of the dn.
ty on customs was much fairer standard to
Judge OF the state of our trade by. than
the excise. Did the right honorable gen
tieman suppose, that if our trade. and CON
sequentiy our customs, should decline. the
excise would not decline also? He wished
that the right honorable gentleman would
say whether he imagined that the revenue
Could either continue at or arrive to the
prosperous state in which it was in the wear
1912 Ii this was not to be expected. he
DID not know that he could agree to the
same same expenditure for CARRYING on the
war III the Peniniusula in the same manner
IN which it had hitherto been conficted
AS to the mention of the nourisb;nq state
OF the revenue last year in the opening of
the session, he believed that it had been in
common practice for many former years to
aiiude in the speech to our financial pros
perity..
1heChancetior ofkhc Erchrquer exnIa;n-
ed, that he had been misunderstood in the
expression he had employed, that the Brit
'ish army In Portugal was stronger at this
time by 10000 men than it was at the same
period last year. He did not intend tn he
understood, that reiDforcements to the ex-
tent OF 10000 men only, had been sent ont
put that on calculation of the whole force
IAe augmentation was to that amount.
he report was brought up, read a fret
ana second time, and agreed to. 1t was or
icred that it be presented to the prince re-
ma IL, ll,f,-c