Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-24
FOREIGN,
FROM AJoNDoN PAPER OF JUNE IL.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

EbliSttneht BILL.
Sir. Alderman Wood rose and, pre-.
s,,hied petition from the lnhAbitaut
Huusehoiders ofthe city OF Westminster.
praying thM inns BIll may uol pass INTO (
law. Laid on The liable. -, ed
Colonel Davies opposed the Bill, or
the ground. that Ferdinand has faiihlcss-
y imposed duties on British commodi-
Ties after larger expectations OF them had
Detn made 10 Cadiz, in the expectation
Of miller duties. He also noticed the.
great number OF Otfit ers, whom this bill
would subject to be treated as ielon..
MT. l.. Robinson concluded, that the
biii Was wise and salmiaIy measure
| lie would not take uD the tine of the
| House by replying 10 the many allesa-
tions which had been thrown out agalns,
The GuVerniDeni pt Spain bul should
| merely observe, thar II one hail of them
were well founded, we could .not without
| uisD0ner avoid an imhe'iiate war with,
that couniry.-( Hear, hear Nvtwi,l...
standing ilie gloomy aspect, OF rather the.
DARN colours IN WHICH that conduci had
been painted, he had no doubt thai the
| House woult see the necessity and i'm
| portance OF the present measure. If
there was 40 other argument IN lis favor,
was there not spe chic treaty, which ex-
pressiy provides against all interference
on The part OF this country, bewixt
| oPain and her colonies. Gentlemen on
| iiie opposite side of The House were in
The habit OF presuming that his Males.
| ,ys ministers Systematically opposed the
liberties of mankind wherever they az.
| peared. (Hear, hear This however,
he would deny, as utterly untrue, He
Knew very vel how easy il Was for inge-
nous men.to find arguments against the
most sell evident truths, and the very
4 /
| eHeci had been produced against TIE pre-
sent one. Hear, hear from tie Oyposi.
a0n but he conjured The House not 10
suiier feeling aud interest To take TIN,
| place az faith and honor. Was ii noi
lime, lie would ask, Tor HE Government
10 ihteriere In ihis question, when whole
arfnamenis were equipped In oar ports,
anu when orr disbauded soldiers. even in
Tie BRUSH uniform, were fiocking, by
hundreds to JON The standard OF The M
| sufgehts II We did moi interfere 10 pre-
Nrh' sucil open and extensive acts oihoS,
iiiilS as tins, how could the Spanish Go
Nernmeni. or any other, believe las Sn-
tere IN our professions oi neutrality IL
had been sd Id that this measure Was Of
io1eign orlsM--tbat we had been callr j
upon TO enact 1t by the Spanish Soyeni-
meDi, but this also Was equally untrue
lDe TACT was, that il WAS inperalheiy
called tor by every principle oihonor ayi,
good policy, aud there needed not ;,i4
suggestions oil any foreign power 10 sh0ws
It's necessity. lie was not al all surprised
at TIE feeling which was manifested on
the subject, for no man who loved liberty
could remain uneXciied by the great
struggle between Spain and her long op.
pressed Colonies.
Sir !. Macintosh said, that, difirrise
as lie dld from the opinion of the Rlsli,
non. SIentieman opposite, he deprecated
anu condemned measure which decIaT-
60 war against the liberty OF South Ame-
rica, in orderto corciiate the good wishes
OF Spain.-( HeG,', Aeur y lie did not,
however, object 10 this Bill, because il
Was The FIRST that was ever attempted 10
J be pun upon our Statute Books by a
: Spanish Ambassador, Ia laugh, and hear,
= heaf but because lis principle was ou-
u posed 10 the noble energies of peoule
!, sirug ling for freedom against power by
. which they we're invariably oppressed.-
tI"se's y lie was by no means inclined
5 10 dispute Tie proposition OF the Right
!, non. Gentleman with respect 10 The right
which The King had OF regulating The In
b trc0nrse OF his subjects wilIi belligereut
d powers, but 10 uaintain that rigbI, the
proclamation oil 1917 was quite sufficient.
Tor IL vent 10 restore the country TO a
: state OF perfect neutrality, whereas Tie
Bil no" before The House - as u manifest
violation Of II.
' tiere Tie Hon. Member took a vie,y
OF ne progress ct our laws and cOuuuci.
IN cases oil neGlrahIS.J
). Walter Raleigh, anu whose power pro-
tecttd Tim from the punishment he ue-
= served, yet dared noI 90 so Tar as To- call
l. toT such "a measure, a. that NhICb las
> ! Majesty : Ministers did not now hesIIaie
{ ia prOpOse.-( Long and toud che0fag
., This measure was no less Injurious 81
/, = commerce than dangerous asa pIeccdents
e oiher nations would make similar appI,-
d, cations, and the plea fhey would have 10
=, urge, would be" YOU welded 10 tl,,
u wishes OF ferdinand VII. With a comic
=, scendlng facility; and we cannot believe.
4 ildi our claims, which are equally strong
a VIII be denied" Ii Was reserved, for tho
> Ministers OF Inc present day, To grsnt
u such man as Ferdinand, wilal had been
e refused To Tie most tyTanuical dcspoIs
d IRON Philip II. dOwh 10 himself iylm
e Telgnng Sovereign of Spain, whose cha
" Facier !e would noi trust himself 10 de
scribe, had achieved an object in lHhi. 4,
his predecessors had failed
= Suos nee 1itides ueC LarIsS.eus Achilles,
:, HE Right Hon. Gentleman had sail
re- that sir Gregor M'l5regor, being ouiv
y military adycniurer, he was whom
weight or influence and that there was
- 30 Court in South America, TO which
b. British subjects, In case Oteny grievance
could appeal Tor redress.
" Nm habet 9IaTiun, non habet eonsiiign non be-.
bet l.csm, iny,rii"
ID But lie tSr James Mackinlosb) would
CT say that there VAS tIibUnal TO which
le thew ulfUif aupaaI and that ~.