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The critical fituation cf public affairs fcem- ed to require an extraordinary diffu- fion of political knowledge ; yet, in the common courfe, but lew of the millions, who are fo deeply interefted in the refult of parliamentary debates, can be admitted to an audience of them. Sometimes, the Members fhut their galleries againft the intrufion of any of their Conftituents ; and it is always a (landing order, from the open^ ing of the felHon, to prohibit the pub- lication of their debates. Under thefe circumftances, an authentic account of the firft day's debate, put forth at this date, will clearly avoid any breach of that order, and, without expofing the Conftituents to crowding in the gal- lery, to ivrnifli them with their Re- prefentatives Speeches, taken down with the ftridteft fidelity, cannot but afford them fomc amufement, and in- f , deed ' ^t •ijL'i '''Wtti rtif'''* ,/ ") [vi] i'\- , r Befides, the firft day's aeed real ^^^ J f "^i„d ofoutUn. . debate »g^''"„fle whole feffion; fo «f the debates of^l^w , that a critical o"^'"'. Lji^gj ot this pW^^^^tmtv Sate what Lly '^^°^''TA SeLS they poffefs. de^ee of f^'^.^'^^^^A and bloom, t,ortiinity to thank Aofe^G^^^ tho have furmfced him ^^ ^^^ authentic '""'.'l^^^iW immediate- fpeeches, whi*:'*' ;" .^ ^^,;^ from iy f^^' *"' ^r Jf-id he fincerely tieir nianufcripts^ an .^ ^^^ hopes, their l^^J'^f *PP y^ ^^t deter • *^/n '""'l SLC from delivering. ^xwwi'ore eloquence. November 23. «778- ie t) :ai ir II ic X\ r; i fm^^ T V TT A HE Gentlemen trading to the Eaft-Indies^-i Weft-Indies, and other parts, who intend taking or * lending thither any pamphlets thjs feafon, are here- by informed, that this work is authentic, faithful, and ftridtly impartial ; and as the nice and difcern- ing eye of the Britilh illands and fettlements near * lis, mull feel an intereft in thcfe matters^ good al- lowance will be given for taking quantities — Alfp a:lie hcR. Dutch wax^^ and ilationary wares. j Tii?*.-'. » ^'^ff#^fe^J^": •*^„ui ■■ !^'<\ . -i-*^ ._>'^' ANTICIPATION, &;c. Dom. Comm. Jovis. 26 Nov. die. Anno i^^ Georgii HI Regis, 1778. s IR Francis M- -X, gentleman-uflier of the block rod, having, with the ufual folemnity, at half pafl two o'clock, given three admonitory raps at the door of the H — e of C ns, and being thereupon admitted, and having proceeded towards the table, with three progreflive bows, acquaint- ed the S r, * th:\t his M y com- manded their imm'^diate attendance in the H— e of L — ds, wnere loon after his Ivl y delivered his moll gracious fpeech to both Houfes ; v/hich we Ihould give at length, having an accnrate copy now before us, but that many reafons concur to induce us * It was obferved the S r was remarkable civil to the new Att-rn-y G-n-r-l, as luppofed upon his fuc- ceeding to that great objeci- of his wiiht-r, which leaves Sir F r fome chance of a Chiet Julticflhip and a Peerage. » to '-t^i^g^ijij^^if^ ' ..y v '■/ ( 2 ) rather to give a general fketch of it. It is fcarcely ncceffary to fay, that refped: to that great perfonage is the principal of thofe mo- tives : It is alio univerfally felt, that the merit of thofe fpeeches confiils much lefs in the compofition than in the delivery. Befides, as an authentic black let Ur copy of this fpeech will infallibly appear, we have too high a refpedl for our- good friends MelTrs. the Haw- kers and Criers of this great metropolis, to rob them of any part of the fruits of their annual eloquence on this occafion The Ijpeech began by faying, "> * : - /? . "If That the iltuation of public affairs induced him to call them thubi early together, that they might more fully enter into the various and important concerns which would natu- rally engage their attention. That he had reafon to hope that the fchemes which the natural enemies of this country, in conjundtion with their unnatural dlies, had meditated againft us in the Weft- Indies, notwithflanding fome appearance of fuccefs, might, under Divine Providence, fail in the objedt of diflrefling the commer- cial intereft of his people, which, it gave him fatisfadtion to obferve, had hitherto continued to flouridi amidll the calamities of war, while that of the enemy had received the moll material injuries. That r( 3 ) That he could not but behold with parti- cular plpafure the zeal and ardour /hewn by- all his fubjedts on this emergency, which had fully lecured the fafety of this country, and convinced our enemies that every attempt agamll the internal profperity of Great Bri- tain mult prove inefFedual. That he continued to receive the moft friendly alTurances of the pacific difpolitions of the other powers of Europe. That his defire of re-eftablifliing the ge- neral tranquility could not be doubted ; and as he had not been the firft to difturb the peace, fo he fhould embrace the earlieft op- portunity of putting an end to the horrors of war, whenever that defirable end could be effeded, confiftently with the honour of his crown, and the intereft of his fubjedts, which he fhould ever be careful to preferve. That his faithful C-mm-ns might depend on the proper officers immediately laying be- fore them the eflimate for the expences of the enfuing year. That he lamented that the prefent fitua- tion of affairs fhould oblige him to call upon his faithful fubjedts for any additional fup-r plies, but That his faithful C-mm-ns might depend on the flrickefl cscconomy on his part, in the application of fuch funis as they fhould judec i^ecefTary for the public fcrvice, and P 3 ^* / 5 'h^ .yt i{\ ( 4 ) x.t. [r he doubted not they would fee the cxpedi- eixcy of providing for fuch contingencies as might arife from the continuance of war, and the meafures neceflary to be taken for the re-eftablifhment of peace upon an ho- nourable and permanent foundation. It concluded with re!ying on the wifdom and unanimity of Parliament ; on the good condudi of his Generals and Admirals j on the valor of his Fleets and Armies ; and on the zeal and fpirit of all his faithful fubjeds. Upon the return of the C ns to their Hourc, thefpeech having been read as ufual from the chair, a motion for an Addrefs, conformable to the fcver-^l fentences in the fpeech, and expreflive of the firmnefs and unanimity of the Houfe at this important crifis, was made and feconded by two young Members J the particular phrafcology of which kiding fpeeches we fhall not retail, it being univerfally admitted that the rhetoric applied to thefe occafions, is not very replete with originality. Our readers will eafily imagine the proper quan- tity of tropes and metaphors, apologies for inexperience, alegant timidities, graceful blullies, ftudied helitations, army fafe at New- York, fleets likewile fafe, individuals enriched, perfedt content at home, nothing wanting but unanimity in council, &c. &c. ^c. which ornamented and enriched thefe anniver- 1 1 S'v\i- ( 5 ) anniyerfary panegyrics. We fliall hailen therefore to the more material part of the debate, which commenced by the following fpeech from Lord G ' y *, propofing the amendment. Lord G ly, Confeious of my own j^^^^ inability, and finking under the fenfe of myo — by. little knowledge or experience, totally un- provided with any ideas for the prefent occa- fion, and abfolutely ignorant not only of the forms but even the modes of proceeding in this hoafe, may I, Sir, in this ftate of imbe- cility, ;c per Ditted to take the lead on this fir ft and rv.oft jiiportant day of the feffion ? May I, 8ir, all unequal to fo arduous a tafk, be aiiov/ed to did^ite, if not to the whole houle, atlea'l to this fide of it, the proper and only coniritutioi"Kil metiiod of compelling minifterp to furniih us with the means of dif- coverin? Ibme errors in their condud ; and to enable us to demonftrate to the nation at large their^ total incapacity for filling the places which they now hold ? — There was a time, bir, when this fideof the houfe would not tamely acquiefce in fo dangerous a prece- dent as any minifter's retaining his office for the unconflitutional duration of fcven years. * Exempli gratia, for whether it is his Lordfhip's Speech, or Lord J. C-v-nd-fh's, or Sir W. M-r-dith's, pr Sir G. Y— ng's, &c. thefubje(a matter and llile, with a few excejption's, is of courfe much the fame. • . HavQ '^ ( 6 ) Have we iFbrgot, Sir, the great name of Pulteny ? Pulteny, Sir! the virtuous Pul- teny ! Pulteny, the wonder of the age ! Pulteny, that fteady Patriot^ whofe Hercu- lean eloquence overcame the Hydra of cor- ruption ' or have we forgot. Sir, that inef- timable character of our own times, whofe virtues compelled the admiration of this pro- fligate age ; whofe memory excites the ve- neration of every patriot mind ? Let it not be objeded that thefe illudrious characters were dazzled by the fplendour of a coronet : I, will not anfwcr fuch frivolous remarks : — Sir, I wander from the queflion : Yet let me remind this Houfe, that thofe great patriots were ever foremoft in taking that part which now falls to my lot. They, Sir, were ever ready to awaken the fears, and rouze the apprehenfions, of the Country Gentlemen ; and that. Sir, is my objedt :— They, Sir, jcompelkd Adm-n-ftr-t— n to difclofe the inmoit recefs of official iniquity j and that, Sifj that is alfo my intention. Sir, with this view, I fhall humbly move you, that in place of the prefent Addrefs, which I cannot but conlider as the felfifli penegyrig of Adm-n-ftr-t—n, immediately after the general exprefllons of refpedt for his M y, the following Words may be fubftituted, 'n\ order to our acquiring that full and compre- henlive knowledge of public affairs^ which •' ■ '^ ' ' ': ■' ' i§ < 7 ) h fo indifpenfably necefTary at the opening of this interefting and important fenion of P-rl— m-nt. -r - ^ - '• " Your faithful C-mm-ns, deeply im- preffed with a fenfe of your M y's un- wearied anxiety to promote the dignity and glory of Great Britain, cannot but lament the many unhappy circumftartces which have confpired to difturb your M y's happinefs, and to prejudice the intereds and honour of this country. When we find that the moft libet^liupplies for our naval equips men ts have as yet produced none of thofe happy effe^s which might reafonably have been expe<^ed to be derived from fo power- ful an armament, particularly under the di- rection of an officer of experienced conduft and courage, we cannot but exprefs our fe- rious appreheniions of fome fatal mifcon- dudt, either on thej part of Adminiftration, by forming indecifive and contradidtory in*- ftrudlions for the diredion of the Nivy, or, in the particular department for naval af- fairs, of fome mifapplication of thofe liberal fupplies, which, if wifely and faithfully ap- plied, could not have failed under divine .providence, and your M y's wifdoni, of obtaining the moft falutary ef!edls. For thefe reafons, we, your M — -y's moil faithful C-mm-ns, moft humbly intreat your M— -y to order the proper Officers to m 'i ( 8 ) to lay before the Houfc, copies of the fe- cret inftrudtions for the condudt of the Fleet commanded by Admiral K-pp-1 — eftimates of the quantity of ballaft afed in the feveral iliips of the divifion of the fleet commanded by Admiral K-pp-l—bills of parcel of the number of fquare yards of fail-cloth, toge- ther with famples of ditto, intended to be ufed in the divifion of the Fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Sir H-gh P41-f-r — fuc- cinft accounts of the quott of bifcuits, and ratio of falt-beef diftributed in the Fleet — faithful tranfcripts of the feveral Log-Books of each vefTel— abftra -^-l•: : -•• ' -■• ■- .'? Mr. G—rg- S-tt-n feconded the motion Mr. G-g- for the amendment, beginning with a fimi- ^*"""* lar acknowledgement of his incapacity, his inexperience and ignorance of P-rl— m-nt-ry affairs ; declining therefore to enter into any further argument, the lubjedl having been difcuffed in fo full and able a manner by his mofl noble coufin. Mr. W-l'b-re Ell-s, in reply, threw out iMr. many fagacious and novel obfervations. He \'!:^"'"^ ...f,.- , / C faid ^ i 'pi / t ,<>•- ( 10 ) /aid that he highly commended the cautioit and circumfpedion of the noble Lord, but, that in his opinion, a more proper time would arrive, about fix months after Chrift- mas, for entering into the details propoied by the An^endment; as, at that period, Ad- miniftration would certainly have more lei- fure for furniihing th^ papers now called for. He very properly obferved, that feledting thefe few curious articles of poilitical iutelH- gence from a variety of mifcelkneous papers, would require fome (hort time^ together with no fmall degree of difcernment, not to men-* tion feveral thoufands of «xtra clerks« He faid, he had taken the trouble to make, a mod ferious invedigation into the Journals) the Votes, the Debates^and all the P-rl— m-nt-ry Records of this country > and he v^as free to fay, that notwithflanding it might at Mk ap* pear rather a novel idea, yef it was hh opi- nion, that TJ^i Addrefs on the jirfl day was a matter of compliment. Nay, touching the matter before him, (and weighty and pow-' erful indeed it was) after the moft mattire and ferious deliberation, daily and irightly, he would for once venture to hazard a rfie-^ torical, a figurative expredion, to wif, that the Addrefs was an eccho, as it were, a complimentary eccho, of his M y's moft gracious fpeech.— He hinted, that,, if any . . ' Gentlemaa ^\ ,' \i { il ) Gentleman wiihed for particular enquiries, he would, as an old Member, long converf- aojt with the forins of this Houfe, tell him, that i^ertainly a Committed might be ap- pointed to carry on any public enquiry ; and he belieyed fuch Committees were not un- frequept, — And here he remarked, that, from all his refearches, it appeared to him, that the conftitution of this country was of a triple nature— ^-Ki-ng-^-L-rds^-^-and C-m- m-ns^^-that, thefe three oppoiite and re- pelling powers, reciprocally ballanced and countera&ed each other ; at the fame time that they contributed to the proportion and harmony of the whole,— -^He took occaiioa to observe, that freedom of Debate was clear* ly a P^rl— m-nt-ry privilege, and he would pledge himfelf to prove that every Member in that Houfe was a reprefentative of his ^i)ftituent8, For thefe reafons, he concluded with dif- ientlng from the Amendment as trite, ab- ftrufe, dangerous, and frivolous. D-nj-d H-rtly, Efq. * obferved, that theft were qo times for flattery and empty adula«k . * Here Mr. B-mb-r G^fc — ne headed the dinner troop, which followed him with great precipitation— at the fame time departed Sir John I rw-n and Mr|] Solw-n, with his Honour Mr. B'rd-n>]l, of whom greaf enquiries were made, refpeifiing the.prefent arrangements qf the Opera.— -Nor were there wanting many cries for i^t ^jttcftioflt C3 tion D-vwd H tly V - — s. T — I \ ( I« ) ' tion.— For his part, he (hould enter at large into the rife and origin of all Colonies, ancient and modern, into the hiftory of Taxation, and its effeds on every ftate that had exercifed it over its colonies j and then review the cftufe, commencement, and con- dud of the whole American war. He felt how ardous, how complicated a talk this muft prove to himfelf, and how difficult for the Houfe to underftand. That, to leffcn that difficulty, both to the Houfe and to himfelf, he would adopt the moft logical method to give clearnefs and perfpicuity to fuch a multitude and diverlity of ideas ; and for that purpofe, he begged Gentlemen to take notice, that he fhould divide his fpeech into four and twenty grand divifions, each of which would contain as many fub- dividons, which fubdivifions {hould alfo be feparately difcufTed in equal number of fec- tions, each fedion to be fpilt alfo into the fame number of heads ; fo that with grand divifions, fub-diviiions, fedions, and heads, the number of diftind propofitions would amount to feveral thoufands j but that Gen- tlemen, by attending clofely, and corredly taking down the number of any particular argument, fhould have an immediate expli- cit anfwer to any query touching that indi- vidual number: and he flattered himfelf this numerical logic and arithmetic of elo- « ; . / quence qu un of '««%. ««»«ia^- ■X^ ^,^ his ( «3 ) quence would greatly tend to clarify their underftandings. To follow this gentleman thro' even one of his grand diviiions, was a tafk much be- yond the utmoft rapidity of a fliort-hand ^writer. Indeed the noife from all parts of the houfe was to exceflive, during the feveral hours which he engrofled in this laborious harangue, that it was totally impofTible to catch up any thing beyond the mutilated fragments, and ruins of his oratory. At length however the houfe funk into a fudden calm, upon the difclofure of a fadt, which feemed to flartle even the wildeft zealots of fadtion. — For, after every other argument was exhaufted to fo little purpofe, inflamed }3y dilappointment, and hurried, as we are willing to fuppole, by the violence of patri- otifm, the Honourable Gentleman avowed to the Houfe, that one bf his grounds for de- nouncing ruin to his country was bis private knowledge of Dr, Franklyn's fentiments on that head. * " Dr. Franklyn (he exclaimed) the Cromwell of his age. Dr. Franklyn, Am- baflador Plenipotentiary from America to France, is my mod: intimate and moll cordial friend!" He went on by declaring, he had paiTed great part of the fummer a( * Here Sir Gr-y C— P»il caught at a pen, and begua ^0 take notes, Paris /•' ( «4 ) I I I i \y n Paris, with Dr. Franklyn» in the moft ufi- referved communication of fentiments and fa^Sj and he concluded with repeating, the joint refuU of his own and Dr. Franklin's deliberation that the glory of England was deftroyed for ever!— This extraordinary confeilion produced however no violent tfk&, Minifters feemed to receive it with a contemptuous pity, not unmingled with re- dicule,* when Mr, f ^ ' s findinfi; the little fuccefs of ferious treafpn, rofe, and indulged himfelf in the more ludicrous ftile of it. ICr. Mr. W s % adverted with fome degree ^-ik-a. pf jjumour to the inference pf victory and triumph which might be deduced from the feturn of our Generals and our Admirals, and one of our commiiiioners too. They * Probably, from Aippofing the firft origin of their connection to have arifen (at leaft on the part of Dr. Franklyn) from a philofophical rather than a political curioficy. And certainly, no two proieAors in Seienee were ever more ftrikingly contrafted t the one, like a mo- dern Promethegs, coIle«ing fire from vapour to inflame the terreftrica! mafs by its pernicious infufion : the other employing his ma^ic flate^ to frefze its ardour and quench its malignity. — Happy for tl^is country, if thefe profeflbrs had fhiUed their purfuits! as thaformer, cquld his incli- nations haye been propitiyus tp the peace pf mankind, fnight then have become a a powerful! Extiaguijjfert while the other, however nulignant his intentions, m^ft always have been acknowledged an innotent Incendianr. ' X The Editor was furniChed with copiesof this fpcech fro»i the Printers of the refpedlve News Papers, many weeks ago. If ( 15 ) found (he faid) that being on the fpot inter- rupted their manceuvres, and he Aippofed they were come three thoufand miles off to a& c9ofy. That, the objedt they were Tent to accompliih was confeffedly a great one ; and it is well known, that objects of a certain magnitude are bed contemplated at a dif- tance. Probably, their optics were too ten- der to diftinguiih with accuracy amidfl the finoak and confufion incident to adtual en- gagements ; or perhaps, they reflected on the more imminent dangers of domefttc invaiton, and haftened home from pure patriotifm to guard their native country.— -At any rate. he mud compliment their difcernment in purfuing a line of cpndu^, which could not fail of conciliating the good opinion and iympathetic regard of the Noble Lord, who prefided in the American department. ** If therefore, Mr. Speaker, by any miraculous change,. I were, this day, to become the Ad- vocate of Adminiftration, I (hould mark the inutility of recurring to the written ev^idence, which the Amendment calls for, at a mo- ment when we are fo copioufly provided with * vha voce teftimony. Yet, Sir, I do not think, upon reflexion, that Miniders wilt adopt this ground for rejeding the noble Lord's Amendment. They, Sir, will more boldly tell you — you fliall have neither, — for, in thefc times, it is the fafliion for all modern V y y it i / ( i6 ) ' ( U . r « \< i r modern Statcfmcn, firft to tell their owrt ftory, and then proteft folemnly againft be-, ing crofs-examined— or dire£lly, or indireSily^ anjwer'mg queftion, query, or otberwife, I be- lieve I am accurate' in my quotation.— I am not indeed furprized at thefe declarations of obftinate filence — this is Scottilh policy-?— the example was let by my good old friend, the E-rl of B-te— -for therein I am orthodox, in myfaith, that the Son is equal to the Father; and I am fure I may add with Athanaiian zeal, the father is incomprehenfible, and the Son is incomprehenfible, yet there are not two incomprehenfibles, but one incompre- henfible. ; { (Here a confufed cry of order, and the Chaplain reprimanded for laughing.) There is indeed one North Briton of whom I entertain a better hope. — He feems to hare caught that itch for liberty, which, to our great wonder broke out in the Highlands laft fummer. He, Sir, even in the charafter of his M — i— y's Commifli-ner, folicited the intimacy of General JVapington. But indeed. Sir, if ever a Scotchman can be fufpeded of loving liberty, it is not when he has re- cently become a convert to Adminiftration : Wajhington therefore fent his Excellency, the worthy Commiffioner, a flat refufal.— Mr. Laurens too refufed his Excellency the hearing, he fo generoufly folicited by implor- vs mi :( 17 ) ing Congrefs, " not to follow the example of Br-t'~n in the hour of' her infolencei" the hearing was however refafcd, nay even the **J*ght of the country,' and ** the fight of its worthy patriots" t\ras peremptorily refufed. The Americans, Sir, think that a Scotch- man has neither eyes nor ears for liberty, or, at leaft, they diftrufted the capacity of his Excellency's organs for fuch an objeft.— I have a letter. Sir, in my pocket from my honeft friend Ethan Allen ; I would read it, but I am fure you won't let me : He knows I am fond of fcripture quotations, and telh me Congrefs would have given your Scotch comminioner this hearing, but they knew ** he was like unto the deaf adder, who re- gardeth not the voice of the charmer." Let me then trouble his Excellency with one queftion j who was it fuggefted this fe- cret correfpondence with the enemy ? was it not the Scottifh fecietary of this wife commiffion. Dr. Adam Fergufon I It muft have been one of Sir John Dalrymple's alTc- ciates in literature. The Scotch, if they can get no Englifhman to aft, as they pre- tend to fay the great Sidney did, will make even their own countrymen treacherous in one age, to furnifli fome literary affaffin of the next with the foul vouchers of treachery^ and bafenefs. At all events. Sir, I fh^l heartily give my vote for the amendment, ,*^ D as \ •* * I - I hV ', ( I? ) as the only rrt cans fdconvidt the M-n-fttyo^ what I kncfw they are guilty, weakneis, in- capacity, ignorance, obftxnacy, baienefs* and treachery. Governor Govcmor 'J-hnf-n * now rofc^ and faid jhn.f-a every thing tnat a Gentleman in his melan^ cholly fituation could be fuppofed to urge; Spoke much of the want of candour in put- ting a falfe conArudion on his actions, which he coitld allure the Houie, upon his honour, v^ere all di<^ated by the beft inten- tions ; that he fhould not undertake to en- ter into a full defence of his conduft at prc- fent, as it was a very delicate bu£tnefs, and turned upon a very nice chain of circum- ftances. One part of the charges againft him he would llightly touch upon, his let- ters, and what he luppofcd was meant to be hinted at, his attempts of bribery. That the artftil policy of France had made it ne- ceflary for him to parry her attacks by fimi- lar weapons J that he believed it was felt and wouM be admitted by all parts of that Houfe, that there is no greater fpring of public actions in all political affembUes* :" than /elf-inter, i. That he felt himfelf fuf- tified in his o a mind for every ftep he had taken, for he would venture to afhrm, that ♦ Gentlemen were here defired by the Sp — k-r to take their feats, and the Serjeant to clear the bar — places ! places ! was repeated vvith great vehemence, ia % I i ( 19 ) in tvity negociation true wiiHom and found policy juftified the moral fitnefs of fecret articles, and the honourable expediency of powerful temptations. As to the failure of iuccefs, on the part of the commiflioners, various cavifes had concurred to occafion it. They were fent to treat of peace with a re- treating army, Philadelphia, the phief re- fidence of the moderate men, and mofl friendly hi their negociation, was evacuated by the army, on the CommijOioners arrival, A little after they had got to New-rYork, Monf. D'Eftaign was upon the coafl, Thefe cirtujnflances gave fpirits to a declining icaufe ; and America, /« this hour of her in' folence, rcfufcd to treat, unlefs her indepen- dence was fpecifically acknowledged. . • f * ^* What followed afterwards is avery ferious bufinefs, indeed ; but 1 trud I fhall be par* doned by a noble Lord oppofite to me, high in chara^er, and in the efieem of his coun-* try, if I freely fay, as my opinion, tha| Monfieur D'Eflaign's fleet ought to have been attacked by the Br-t-fh at Rhode- Ifland, as foon as the French came out of the harbour to fight them. And I will fur- ther fay, confidering the fpirit, the gallant<% try, and the heroifm of the Britifh Seamen, the inequality of the force of the fleets was pot fufiicient to juflify the not attacking the l^'r^p^h i)cet, without waiting a length of P 4 tim« .IS ■.- i \\\ ( io ) time to gain the weather guage, and trufl- ing fo long as the Engl-fh fleet did there to an unruly element. Sir, in the a(ftions in the Weft- Indies, between the Englifh and French fleets, laft war, where the former were greatly inferior both in number and weight of metal, the French were beat off and obliged to fly fcr it. So, ia the cafe of the Monmouth, the Dorfetfhire, and feve- ral other inftances, inferiority in the outfet of the coriteft proved vidtoriouj in the end. I will not, however, dwell upon matters which merely depend upon opinion, and upon which the beft officer in the world may be miftaken. But, Sir, after the tempeft at Rhode-Ifland, when the Noble Lord re- turned to New- York to refit, was not time loft ? the very time that might have been employed in feperating D'Eftaign from Bofs- ton harbour ? I might fay. Sir, in the de- feat of D'Eftaign J for, after the arrival of fome of B-r-n's fquadron, the Noble Lord was fuperior to him. It is a very unpleaf- ing tafk to fpeak out, but I cannot avoid giving my opinion as a feaman, and as one upon the fpot, acquainted with the delays in this hufmels. Upon the whole. Sir, my opinion, in a very few words is this : The violent and im- politic meafures of the M-n-ftry of this country firft loft America—the Br-t-ft) r * .. , , army \ i%.: ( s« ) : army might have regained it— — ^nd our fleet has loft more than one opportunity of crufhing that of France, upon which Ame- rican reiiftance chiefly depended for protecr jion and fuppprt. Lord H-ive and Mr, R-gfy now rofej but the houfe appearing inclined to give the former an immediate opportunity to reply, Mr. R-gby fat down, and Lord H-we, in very modeft yet pointed terms, remarked on the unfairncfs which, he muft fay, the Honr curable Gentleman who fpoke laft, had dif- covered both in the defign and manner of his fpecch. That, firft, to avoid entering into the motives and prinpiples of his own condudt, as being more proper objedts for a particular committee of enquiry, and then to launch out into vague and defultory ac-> cufations of any other perfon, was incon- fiftent, and, he was forry to add, illiberal. That whatever prejudices thole refledlions were intended to create againft his conduct, he would not then interrupt the bufinefs of the day, and the more general jfubj efts of the prefent debate, but truft to the candour of the houfe for fufpending their opinipn, until the #hole of his conduct might be minutely inveftigated by g committee appointed for that purpofe j ' which committee, he himfelf ihould be the firft man in that houfe to io- licit, hay demand, . • • ' ' Mr, f'.i LorA H-we. 'ii\ I' I ^ ( 2M Mr. il/A% R-gby,^Tr—l fhould PQt, Sir, have *"£''y |;roubled ^he houfe op thi$ fir(^ djy, but th^t I felt it thie indirpenfajble 4uty of private friendship, to exp^^fs my feelings oi^ the happy return of our worthy Commiifioncr, wpo has given ypu, t^jr, fo full and fatisfacto- jy an accoupt both of his principles and con-? 4u(St.— 1 (halj not troijble you long. Sir; I rife only for that purpofe.— — I ani fure there is v\o Gentleman in thi^ houfe, who more h^^rHly congratulates the worthy Coi^iiniffioiier pn his unen>ba]:rafled coun-« jtenance and his good Ipoks. He certainly has paiTed the fi|mmer y^ry profitably— -the yoyage feeins to have JRjproved his ftpck ojF fpirits— r-I think, I never faw him appear to jnorc advantage— I own, howpver, I fin- cercly regfc^ {he qnpoUtencfs of his Ame-? rican friends. After fuch cpqdefcending }nvitatiqn§ pf himfelf, lit was npt yery civi| ^i thofe Gentlemen to fend excufesrr'If he }iad been adn^itted to their focjety, I haye nq manner of doubj of Ae wonderful ej(Fe6ts his eloquence would haye wrought. Even if they had allowed him a fight of the country^ a man pf his ta^t woqld have brought us home foncie curious Aiperican menlbirs : buc, alas ! he v;ras not only difappoiiit(;d ii^ that wifli, but in one of a ftill gen tier kind, I mean, Mv* ^ FHrtattQn T^naty^ which he attempted to pegotiate wi^J; ^ qe^h^ated fe- 7-.' * ' " ' ^% ."S. |e^ "»f'> I «iwi» i ^^ ^iTacai % ' ( »3 ) xriale f)olitician, the Meffalina of Conp^eji, I fay attempted -, Sir, for unfortunately even- there too his Excellency met nith as cold a reception. Unfortunately ! for, had the Lady indulged him with a hearing, or even v^Jight, what furer line to lay the founda- tion of a more laflihg connection ? But, in fliort. Sir, whether from fate or infufficiency, the affair dropt, and the Flirtation Hreaty fell to the ground — — — ^— . Sir, I trouble the houfe vefv feldom, and with as few ' words as pofUble my opinion continues to be what it invariably his been, with re- fpcdk to America — this country may be de- prived of its interefl^, its dignity, and its honour \ but, as I never can give my affent to a voluntary furrender ( iii' ' l\\ > ' t. Mr. V-n-r. i ( 26 ) years laft paft,) I repeat it. Sir, I will pledge the rcverfion of myfelf, that thefe papers will furnifli us with all neceffary and confti- tutional information. — And, for thefe rea- fons, Sir, the Amendment meets with my mod hearty concurrence. Mr. F-n-r profelled himfelf to be one of the independant Country Gentlemen, and took occafion to inform the houfe, that five Indiamen arrived in the River Thames about fix weeks ago. — He faid he embraced this carlieft opportunity to repeat his offer of fifteen (hillings in the pound, if Minifters would but ferioufly go on with the war, which, for his part, he now confidered in a new point of view— for, as a great (latefmai^ had once boafted to have conquered, in his time, America in Germany, fohe would hope and believe, that we, in our days, might conquer France in America. — And here, from regretting the lofs of that great ftatef- man, he fell into a train of melancholy thoughts, which led him infenfibly to a pa- thetic eulogy on the memory of his dear de- parted friend, the well-known Mr^ Van.-^ " A long courfe of congenial ftudies (he ex- clainied, with torrents of tears and frequent fobs) had entwined our hearts in political fympathy we had but one idea between us !— Yes, Sir, I repeat it, but one—Well therefore may I fay with the Poet, / . Ipers ifti- irea- my ( 27 ) vi^ In infancy 6ur hopes and feara , ; Were to each other known, \ And friendihip in our riper years, Had twined our hearts in one." Here he. broke off, oppreffed with a flood bf tears, while a Confufed noife of encore and order refounded from feveral parts of the houfe. . At length, when the uproar began to fiibiide, and Gentlemen became collected enough to proceed on bufinefs^ Hon, T. L , . . / rofe, and with great Hon. T« Solemnity, addreffed himfelf to the chipir in ^""^^' the following words : ** Notwithftand- ing the gctieral filence, which, I find, it is the fafhien for Minifters 0( this day not on- ly to hold themfelves, but likewife to en- tourage in others, on the important fubjed: of maritime affairs^ I cannot. Sir, acquiefce in fo culpable a filence, nor content myfelf "with fitting *flill, until the clofe of the de- bate, to be numbered with the tacit votes in its disfavour. Sir, the Navy, 1 have ever confidered not only as the true and cohfli- tutional fafe-guard of this infular territory, but as the very fpirit aod foul of all traffic, ihe quinteffence of merchandize, and indeed, I may fay^ the palladium of commerce. With this view, Sir, my fludies have ever tended to the inveiligation of the origin of that flupendbut piece of mechanifm, a fhip. ' " ■ Noah, Sir, was, in my opinion, the i , IV' ( 2S ) firfl; circumnavigator- "(I beg to be" undef- llood, I mean no reflection on the memory of ^iv F'rancis Drake)— he was therefore, ^\v, jullly entitled to the highcft fitwation in the nival departnnent of that early period ---take him f6r all in all, we fhall not look upon his like again — though, in truth, there are traits in his character not totally dilTimi- lar to i'ome leading features of the noble Earl who is now at the head of that department ---But it is not for me to draw the parallel* Sir, The Phoenicians -». . . • '•^•; J ■• , * . :u rvV, i - ' ! ■ I » I m\ /(-if/ It was a cudoni alio amono; the Chaldeans :\nd the Nazarccns > t ' M t r - ( '• i' i^,. / ^ki:f' 'f .,'«■* ' ."■^.■- .''If •Ml to Recoiled/ Recoiled:, Sir, when news was brought to the Perlians \A ■t: A- •■ * So the Macedonians *r ' In like manner the Lacedemonians and tlic Athenians : -t^ " ' r^ ir*. •- Thus \ h' «^ ( 36 ; ThiK too the Carthageniahir tiere let me call ybUr atteiitlort to &d Romans and Syracufians Need I remind you of the northern hive, or trouble you with the Goths and Vandals ? So J >■ jM'!^.,.. ( 3» ) Sfi too. Sir, the Chine/b At length, Mr. Sp— k-r, the Danes, Dutch, Swedes, Venetians, Neapolitans^ Spaniards, French, Portuguefe, Mufcovites, Turks, Saracens, and others, that I ov^r to ;ivoid tedipufnefs ^i4i And to bring it honie to our feelings, the ancient Britons, hardy Welch, Mile- fians, wild Irifh, Saxons, Pids, Normans, Englifh, and Regattaites rufh upon our minds^ and From '11 IW IWHBWi^'r*' ■p*m*»< C 32 ) ' -■ t. ' ..-: o> ) . II M From this hiftorlcal dedudlion, I cannot but think, Sir, navigation highly neceffary, highly favourable to liberty. Jf, Sir, I wanted any additional reafon for oppoiing • the addrefs, it would beft arife from the flvameful negledt and inattention to tliofe brave and humane Freneh otHcers, '(particularly the Captain of the Licorne,) lately on their parole at Alresford, half of whom, indeed, miniftjy have cruelly fuffer- ed to run away. Befides, Sir, let us ad- vert to the wretched deficiency in our late naval equipments. I have it, Sir, from undoubted anthority, that the fe- yeral fliips crews laboured under a total deprivation of Tobacco. Tobacco! that ihiple commidity of our once flourifliing l'ub}e(!ls, now, alas, our avowed enemies, in Virginia, and the Southern colonies. --Sir, "iiot only the quota of Gin was miferably re- trenched, but adultery, fo congenial to the -Ngu/j of this day, pervaded every keg in the Koyal Navy. --Sir, I mylclf know it for a fadt, that the fpeaking trumpet of the Albion was fcnt out in fo wretched a condition, that. ! if i: >3 cannot ceffary, ifon for ft aril'e :tention QtHcers, icorne,) half of r fuffer- us ad- Dur liite Sir, the fe- total that irifliing iiies, in —Sir, bly re- to the in the it for a Albion ndition, that, 1 iS ( 33 ) that, in haling a fifhing-boat, (I believe a cod-fmack) off Scilly, the fecond mate cracked his pipe, and half the crew have been hoarfe ever fince—fome of your (hips. Sir, wanted their complement of Chaplains : —and in others, I will not fay that 1 know there were not furgeons, but I will fay, I d6 720t know that there were. S:», more fatal confequences have arifeii from a ftrange neg* led: of vegetables— Potatoes, radically rotten! —Carrots, diabolically dry !— Turnips, to- tally tough !~Parfnips, pitifully putrid ! Scurvy, Sir, Scurvy, like the angry Dgemon of Pcftilence, has lighted up ever- lafting bon -fires in the blotched brows arid cicatracious cheeks of your fcarified feamen ; fo that every crew has flafiied contagion, and reeked like a floating Peft-houfe, with the baneful exhalations of difeafe.— And now. Sir, that Fm on my legs, sl word or two to trowz^rs— Such is the pitiful oeco* nomy of Adminiftration, fuch the paltry treachery of Con traders, that, what from an original coarfenefs of yarn, what, from the more pernicious and llovf?nly texture of the workmanship, not a trowzer but gaped with lacerations, whofe expanded apertures difco- Vcrcd what the P-rl— m-nt-ry deco* rum of this houfe, forbids me to reveal. Spurred on by fuch powerful incentives, I take thi« carlieft oc^^afion to give notice to r; -; F the * 1 ;):' ii (■.n I .'II , . - . » « „ *, :: * - 1 ^ . .. •'^"'4i^«^»ikauih • **^t.' fj ..■00t'' T * ^ — I . . ij iu i I. . 1 1 .x on ■! i«i m ,i , I [■'■ I n. y ■ ; ^•i Mr. P.-nt- ( 34 ) die houfe, that I fliall move, on this day fort^ night, for the houfe to relblve itfelf into a Committee, in order to take into conlidera^ tion the feveral weighty grievances, the out- line of which I have juft now had the honour" to give you a rude fketch.— When, I fhall alfo moveyou. Sir, that the feveral Malftert, Diilil-- lers of Gin, Venders of Tobacco, Traders in Trowzers, Retailers of Rum, Picklers of Pork,and Purveyors of Potatoes, together with their feveral fervants, followers, apprentices and retainers, be ordered to attend this houfe di die indiem, to anfwer all fuch queftions and matters touching the faid enquiry, as Ihall be put to them by the Committee fo to be ap-> pointed. — In the mean time. Sir, I fhall give my hearty concurrence to the noble Lords Amendment, as promifing to afford fome degree of preliminary information, which may tend to illuflrate the more im- portant matter in the Enquiry which I have now propofed to fet on foot. Mr. P-^nt'-n, in reply, begged pardon ». for troubling the houfe, but hoped they would indulge him in a few words, as he felt himfelf particularly called on to anfwer fome ^efle<5lions which the Honourable Gen- tleman, who had fpoke lafl, had thought proper to throw out againfl that board where he had the honour to fit.^— He faid, that, at the uxati of the fittingout of Mr. K-pp-l's V- '^ • ' . ■ fleet > a ra- nt- ilfo bl- iers s of ^ith tices lOttfe 5 and Ihall icap^ (hall noble afford ation, ; im- have )ardon they as he mfwer Gen- lought where that, l-pp-rs fleet ( 35 ) . *l!eet, he had made it his bufineis to he vtty much at Portfmouth, where, though it was a tafli exceedingly repugnantto his privatefeel-' ings and tafte, he had however, considered it as an official fervice incumbent onone in his de- partment, to perfonally experiment thefeveral provifions and ftores prepared for that equip-, ment. That, impelled by fuch motives, he had, on feveral occafions, drank the fmall beer, not unfre(juently tafted the gin, and fometimes fmoak'd, nay chewed the tobac- co; that, in his humble opinion, they were all fuper-excellent in their feveral kinds. And, as to the imputed delinquency relative to po- tatoes, he could alTure the houfe, he had bought up feveral tuns of the fame fpecies, for the confumption oif his own family- nay, he would go further, he would venture to acquaint thathoufe, that with ibme of thofe very identical potatoes, he had lately had the happinefs and honour to regale a certain Great Perfonage, then his gueftj a perfon- age indeed of tpo high a rank to have his name evpn alluded to, though on fo weigh- ty, and fo important a bufinefs. Mr, B-rke 1 muft confefs. Sir, not- Mr. withftanding my Jong and melancholy ex- B— rk* perience of the preient adminiftration, I «jinnot hear, without aflonifhment, the Ian- ' guage held forth by the fpeech, and echoed in this day'« debate. This feflion, Sir, at a Yz period M ■f w( )l mtr' • ' f .-^., . « .r^«j| ■ f i i jHr>. ( 36 ) period big with horror, pregnant with rain to this country, is ufhered in with the fong of triunriph j and parliament are bid to re- joice at a time when nothing but the lan- guage of defpair is to be heard throughout the nation. Surely, Sir, the hour is at laft arrived, when humility and moderation ought to take place of pride and confidence j when, inftead of launching further into a fea of troubles, \ye might be content to try what little can be faved from the wreck of national honour and profperity. Miniftcrs might at length condefcend to tell us, what means arc left to avert the gathering ruin j how we are to tread back the mazes of error and folly, through which we have been led; sind where are the refources from which one gleam of hope might dawn upon us, in the hour of danger and defpair — But, deaf to tfiQ folemn call of occafion and neccffity,- they rejoice in the abfence of thought, in the contempt of forefi^ht. Like the wretch who feeks in flupefadtion a momentary; relief from forrow, they fmk from a vo- luntary intoxication into a torpid infen- fibility. The illulion, indeed, is not to be conHnecf within the narrow limits pf their own minds; its baneful influence muft be circulated through every corner of the na-. tion ; and, by a mameful perverfion, that aiixicty for the public weli£ire, which, iii -, :. ' * :' times S- V' • ' i ^i [X. times m 37 ) times like thefe, is, in my opinion, the higheft of public virtues, muft be amufed with the pagentry of domeflic warfare, or lulled by the opiate of our American Ga- zettes. I own. Sir, even on principles of criticifm, I cannot but confider the ilile of thefe Minifterial annals, as no very favourai- ble criterion of the prefent times. In hap- pier days, their charadtereftic was plain con- cifenefs. Vidtories were there then to ra- pid, too numerous, to admit of a dilated rcr lation.- — Succefs is feldom tedious, but 1 aiii afraid our higheft atchievements have ar mounted to no more than the inroads of fa- vages, or the depradations of pyrates. UpoQ my word, Sii*, though we may cenfure our .Officers, Out Minifters at. leaft fhew fome generalfhip ji if they cannot deceive the ene- my, they ar { 39 > nings, but burflinj^ forth at once into fall vigour and maturity ; not cheriihed in the- ibft lap of peace and commerce, but (baking off in its oatfet the Ung eftablifhed domi- nion of a powerful inafber, and thriving in the midfl: of carnage and defolation. ** Ab ** ipfo ducit opes animumq. bello." If we View them in another light, as completely enthrojied in fovereignty, as receiving em - bafiies from diflant potentates, as forming^ leagues with the princes and ftatcs of Eu- rope, we (hall find more abundant matter for icif-humiliation— I could wi(h to (hut my eyes on the fccne that follows : The parent baffled and depreded, imploring pardon erf Jier injured and alienated children, yielding to their fuccefsful reliftance, what (lie had denied to their prayers and petitions, and of- fering every concefiion (hort of a total eman^ cipation ; but fcorned and rejected in her turn, not (as (he had rejedted them) with rudenefs and inlblence, but with firmnefs and with dignity ; and convinced, at length,, that the day of conciliation is pad, and that the groundwork of peace can only be laid qa the broad ba(is of equality and independance. Is this the unconditional fubmiflion the Doble Lord in the American department fo prodigally announced ? This is indeed un- conditional fubmidion, but unconditional fubmiiilon froui Great Britain to America. Gentlemen ii iil i^ I* t; ^ i ( 4° > Gentlemen may remember how often ray voice has preachtd peace- ^^ithin thefe walls ; how often it has warned adminiilration to heihng meafures, while the woUnds of A- merica might yet have been clofed. I will ftill repeat it, 'till the echo of this houfe fliall be confcious of no other found ', Peace, Pence, Peace, is ftill my objedt. It is now high time. Sir, that Gentlemen fhould awaken to a fenfe of our danger, that Parliament (hould difcard thofe wretched fchemes of lh:)rt-fighted policy, which can- not, in our prefent fituation, afford even a temporary refuge. As yet, we experience only the beginnings of our forrows ; but the ftornis of advf rfity are gathering faft around us, and the veilcl is dill trufted to the di- rcdion of Pilots, whofe ignorance and ob- ftinacy has been nlanifeft to all the world. -What thanks. Sir, to the vigilance of our Rulers, that we are not already funk beyond the poffibility of redemption ? What thanks to them, that the flower of our army and navy, and with them all the hopes of Britain h<*d not withered before the power of a lately d^jeded but now triumphant enemy?- Is it owing to th^ir care that the rich pro- duce of the Weftern Ifles has n»t flowed into* every harbour of France ? ■•"•,• •( No, Sir, it is the hand of Providence that wards ofr for a v/hite the ruin of this de- M^ to A- n\\ ufe ice, • cncrt that chcd can- i^cn a ience It the •ound- le di- I ob- vorld. anctf funk What army jes of ivcr of nemy?' h pro- cd into* ( 4t ) ning empire. It is Providence alone that has prcferved our gallant Admirals in Ame- rica, by an almoft miraculous intcrpofition. — It is due to Providence alone, that the heart-firings of our commerce are not cut afunder by the fword of our adverfaries. I own. Sir, I cannot join in an implicit approbation of fuch minifters : I mull be a little better acquainted with their merits before I can place an unlimited confidence in their wifdom and difcretion -, that difcre- tion which has led us into a labyrinth of difficulties ; that wifdom that cannot find a clue for our deliverance. Mr D'tin-ng faid a few words, which, ^^i"* from the learned gentleman's being particu- •""■S* larly hoarfe and uncommonly inarticulate, owing (as has been fuggefted) to a violent cold, and a multiplicity of bufinefs in Wed- minfter-hall, we could not colledt with the accuracy that we wifh to obferve on every occafion. His language was neat and point- ed, though fomewhat tindlured with profef- fional pedantry : his arguments feemed in- genious, though perhaps too refined for the comprehenfion of his auditors. He had much antithcfis, much verbal gingle, and many whimfical climaxes. He talked of G the ' it ^ ♦. I ! I J I ' IJ ( 42 ) ^l - » ,{ ,». Mr. "the competency or incompetency of the Houfe to the difcuflion of the prcfcnt quc- flion ; of the materiality or immateriality of the propofed amendment ; ot the relpon- fibiliiy or irrcrponfibility of Miniilers. He fliid, he neither afked, nor knew, nor cared to what the prcfent quellion might ultimate- ly tend ; but of this he was confident, that it's propriety was clearly evinced, and it's neceflity irrefragably proved by that oppofi- tion which purported to baffle it.— Upon the. "whole, his harrangue feemed to be a med- ley of legal quibble aiid qua'nt humour. Mr. S-IZ-c-t-r-G-n-r-/, Contra, began '^ " 'with dcclarhigt that vvhea he tttk his prefent "otlice, he iinAerjhid it to be a General Retain' ery tofieiv caitfc in behalf of Adminiftration : That, therefore, he hoped to be favoured with a few words by way of replication to his learned friend : That he might in this cafe have infifted on iccmt of notice, but, for the fake of candour \a pradtiee, he would waive that objedion i for, that he had no doubt, on the merits, but t\\:\\. judgment iviid be given in his fivour : Protel^ingy that the fpecch was %^\irra}ited by precedent, and had t/je highejl authority in it's fupport : Protejl- i?tg alfo, that no gud objedion cud be made to the addrefs, as it ftridly purfued the ve- ry words of tl]e fpecch. He jujlijicd, under ■ an { 43 ) ifTi immemorial cuflom^ that Adminiftratlon have been accnjlomcd to have^ andjiill of right ought to havCy certain echoes in this Houfc, called ylddrrjlcs, — \\c admitted, tljat true it was, there had been fome errors in our fro- ceedings with reipedt to America ; but he was informed, and believed, that Sir Henry Clinton intended to have a new trial. As to the caufe of Great Britain verfus France, he had been given to undcrftand and be in- formed, that the place in which the irefpafs was fuppofed to have been committed, was, PARCEL of the Illand of Dominica, in parts beyond the Jeas ; which place faid French, with force of arms, to wit, with fhips of divers guns, drums, trumpets, bayonets, hand grenades, and cartridge boxes, had broken and entered, doing never thelefs as little damage on that occajiotias they pojjibly cud: but that he was clearly of opinion, that if the troops of faid France fhould traverfe the Channel, and lay a Venue in Kent or buflex, ijl'ue might be joined by the militia at Cox- Heath J and, in that cafe, qfterwairdsy if verdidlyZz/^ be given in our favour, the ad- verfe party would fuflain heavy and exam- pi ary damages. — He concluded with aver^ nng, that he approved of the addrefs in it's prefent form j and that he fhould demur to the amendment moved by the Noble Z««d', G 2 as ( 44 ) j }. ■! .f i .' I as multifarious, uncertain, infufficient, and in-' Jormal. Mr F-x now rofe ; and, with that extent of information, refined perfpicuity, and ve- hemence of eloquence, by which he fo in- variably commands the attention and admi- ration of the Houfe, entered at large into the fubjedl of debate. To do juflice to the force of his reafon- ing, or elegance of his ftile, is totally be- yond the utmoft efforts of the editor. - — All that he can attempt is, to give an imperfedt fketch of an inimitable original. He be- gan with lamenting the accompliihment of that ruin, which, from time to time, he had too juftly predided. He confefled, that little merit could be afcribed to thofe prophecies ; which, however chimerical and vifionary minifters had aiFefted to confi- der them, were, in fad, no more than plain dedudions of what muft neceilarily enfue iVom their own meafures. He proceeded to recapitulate 'the condudt of Adminiftra- tion fince the prorogation of Parliament; particularly obferving on the impolitic re- moval of the troops from Philadelphia at the moment, when, if ever, their conti- nuance there might have effeded fome good purpofe. The cOiicealment of that intend- ed evacuation, even from the Commilhoners thcmfelves, was a part (he faid) of that fyflem ( 45 ) •■ J tent ve- I in- Imi- into ifon- / be- -All erfedt lebe- ;nt of e, be fefled, , tbofe iierical confi- \ plain enfue >ceeded iniftra- iment ; itic re- pbia at conti- le good intend- flioners of tbat fyftem fyftem of duplicity and deception which pervaded the whole of minifterial condiid. Poflibly, indeed, Minifters were aware, that gentlemen of high charadler and efleem would not have become the executive tools of a plan fo wretchedly concerted. The Commiflioners therefore were not fuffered to participate in counlds, which, if they had known, they muft have dc-fpifed. Nor was folly more confpicuous in the origin than in the profecution of this p.iltry difen- genuous plan, in Henry Clinton, to whofe courage and condudt every praife is due, was ordered to return to New-york. Ei)cum- bered with baggage, and purfued by an amy fuperior in numbers, he made his way thro' almoft impervious foreih of that country ; and, by almoft a miraculous effort, not only fecured his retreat, but in tlie Jeiieyt had the good fortune to reiift the enemy with fome fuccefs — a lucceis hou^jver^ whici-, without difparaging the BriJ:iih troops, muft in great part be attributed to General Lee; who, in confcquence of his rniicondudt in that affair, was immediately put in arrelV, and afterwards fufpended for the {pace of a year. He went on with indicating the circiim- ftance of a fleet of Viduallers having been fent to Philadelphia, after the army, which was to be fupplied by that fleet, had been ordered -*;«* "■*'^^ ■ ;■ l; ( 46 > ordered to evacuate Philadelphia. — That fleet, he faid, had narrowly efcaped being taken in the Delaware ; and, thence, he ar- gued Minifters were as culpable, as if, in confequence of ^the capture of that fleet, the army, then arrived at New- York, had fa- milhed for want of thofe provifions, on which their future fubflftance was wholly dependant. - ' ' He faid, he was yet to learn what plan Admin iftration could pretend to alledge they had followed, or meant to follow, in Ame- rica. Upon what grounds could they at- tempt to profecute an offmfive war ? Or, taking the alternative, how can they pre- fume to fiy they have adled on the defenfive f " As to the iirft, they have thirty thou- fand men to conquer the continent of Ame- rica : admitting then the fuperiority of their army and their navy, ftill he contended that fuperiority had been, and ever muft be un- effedtual and ufelefs j becaufe, as long as the Englifli army and navy co-operate, the Americans will never have th? unnecefl'ary temerity to give up the advantage of litua- tion, or expofe their caufe to tlie hazard of one deciflve engagement. The laft campaign was the clearefc proof of that pofition; and, now, though our fleet was fuperior to the French, yet D'Efl:aign is fafe at Bofton.— , It was, on that principle, he doubted not- . , ' ■ ' - the ■i "•» { 47 ) , the gallant and experienced Commanders of the lail campaign had formed their condu(^>: It was their policy, and, in his opinion, the beft policy, to keep a colledted force, and to avoid any inferior exertions, that might re- quire a reparation, or weaken that fuperi- ority, which, in cafe of a deciii'*e ad:ion, they rightly judged could alone have been fatal to American reliftance. — It remained for General Clinton to purfue a contrary po- licy.— Yet, though (he declared) no maa in that houfe entertained a higher refpepofed they had failed from Corkt*, foiMC '.'.uc icffore the orders were fent jfoir. hei>.ce *ov the evacuation of Phi- l.idclphii; and »: is very lucky they did not fail for Nw'v-York} for, if they had, they would have met with Moniieur D'Eftaign there. " "J ' ^ * -♦ ^ '■" *' ''•* •' . *-' It h\s been ur^cd by tho Honourable Gent: 'i.Tan, that t!ie American war can be no longer w ide otTcniivej and therefore, if a dfilenfive o.^e has tit^en adopted, why not leave a fufi;ci'.rnt number of troops for the def.MKc ol New-York, Rhodc-llland, Hali- flix, and the FloriJas ? and ftrike fome blow at the Fn^nch Settlements ;n the"Weft- Indics. — Gentlemen will recoUedt the little time that h<;s elapied fince the ei'acuation of Philadelphia, the attack and defence of Rhode-ldand, and the tranfadtions between Lord Howe's a!nd D'Eftaign's Fleet, and they will fee how difficult it was to be at a great many places at the fame time. — With refped: to Dominica, Sir, the.lofs of it is certainly . ■*; /»-- ( 57 ) certainly a misfortune, but, I trufl, only a temporary one. There can be no blame laid upon the Minifters for that event, bc- caufe, in the very beginning of the war with France, ihips were fent fufficient to make at lead a fuperior force to the French in the Weft-Indies. I am aware of the force of the argument that will be made ufe of upon this occafion — Gentlemen will fay. You have fo many places and poflcflions to guard, that many of them muft be vulnera- ble ; and therefore it is impofTible to go on in a war with France and America at the fame time, with any reafonable expe(5tations of fuccefs. — This argument will lead me to enter a little into what I conceive to be our adual fituation at heme and abroad. — With refpeft to fhis country. Sir, it is protefted by a fleet fuperior to the French. — It con- tains, to the honour cf thofc who have fa- crificed domeftic eafe to public fpirit, a very fine army, including the regulars, of 50,000 men.--Your (hips of trade and merchandife have arrived fafe and unmoleftedj whilft the Privateers and Letters of Marque have made confiderable havock upon the property of our enemies. — —And here I muft remark upon two obfervations which have fallen from the Honourable Gentleman who fpoke laft.— The firft, with refpedt to the number of failors who have entered on board thefe I ihips \ 1 I ( 5» ; V «-- n 1 1 i i {hips at a time when there was (6 much -diffi- culty in manning the fleet, and which is a charge of ignorance in obtaining them up- on the Admiralty. — Sir, the bounty which has been given to feamen by individuals, to enter on board Privateers and Letters of Marque, has been enormous — I have been told lol.— 15I.— and 2ol. a-man. — This, with the expectation of the larger fliare of prize-money received by lelTer veffels, has been a fufficient inducement to men to en- ter on board thofe fhips. Upon the other obfervation, that the prizes we have taken confift chiefly of Britifh property,/ and arc infured here— I fliall only remark, that the Merchant here who employs French fliip- ping and French navigation, in preference to the Britilh, ought to fufFer. — But, Sir, with refpedl to infurance, let us fee which of the two countries fuiFers moft on that head. — The inlurance upon French (hips homeward bound has been very high.— Up- on the French Indiamen, I have heard, fo high as 75 1. per cent. -- Then, Sir, this being the cafe, if the Frenchman arrives fafe in France, the Englifliman gets 75 1. per cent.— If he is taken, he lofes but 25 1. per cent, whilft his neighbour fliares the prize entirely. — Surely, therefore, Sir, this country has certainly much the befl: of the bargain.~This, however. Sir, great as thefe advantages t,-^ ^ ( i - *- ( 59 ) IS a lich to of leen lis, of has advantages are, is no reafon nor no Induce- ment with me for continuing the war. — I am obliged to recur fo often to what has been iaid, that I beg pardon for deviating from the chief objecSt, at leaft of my con- lideration — that of our adual fituation at home and abroad. — I have alre-jdy faid. Sir,- that we arc fufliciently defended by our na- vy and army at home.~We have certainly a greater fuperiority of both in North Ame- rica—of fhips in the Weft-Indies— fuperior in the Eaft-Indies, and fhall be more fo when the fhips now ready to proceed thither, and with troops, are arrived there. — ijir, there is wealth, I truft there is likewife fpirit enough in this country, to fupport us even in a more embarraffing fituation than the prefent. And, though Gentlemen may have wifhed to impeach the fecurity of this country, I will fairly tell them, that fuch is the confidence, even in the hour of her di- ftrefs, foreigners of all nations have given, and do give, the preference to our funds ; — the falling of which, immediately after the opening of the laft budget, is to be imputed entirely to the jobbing of a good purchafe at a low bargain, and not to a want of confi- dence in the nation. I could deduce many reafons to juftify me in this opinion ; and X could call upon the Dutch, as the beft poli- ticians, in fupport of it. — Nor, Sir, will la I admit «»Ea^K ( 65 ) ,U devoted, that «imfit;liBc?aS ,.hom are >*« "°^,;° ' Jl fee no Secretary documents "^ y°"'^"/Les the American of War in this houfc ? 0°« ^'^j^idate all Secretary monopohze a"^ /°"' _ ..arUke'bufinefs? I W' no'-^^^ j g„d Sir. I beg pardon f"' *^f i^',^„„bk hour rifing withm ^«--^"JJ"diftant , the heavy of vengeance » not tar o load of black ''"'i.,V°°iy S»^,„ ^e thunder all.-The time ^'" <-°"L" rf at your walls. of tlie cannon will be hea"! « X ^ ^j,^ Examples will be mad^. TheTo ^._^.^^^^^_ Block muft expiate the c"m ^^^ The voice of truth w.11 beheard. ^^^^ .^ ^^ bicon is paired.-——: '^s of Ffance. «,mparative ft''«°Vl^''f Neckar. a very and of this country JMonLI^ ^^^^^_ able and a very amiable «»»"' " 'g-,^, o„es. fland. found taxes. »"d noJ^°PLThe reve- for two years i--.s **' ^ *^-„i(hed-it has „„e of this country .s d>>n'«'« ^j^ ^„ been gradually fof ""?. ^Qood God, Sir. ..waf Minifters de°y f G°od .^, ,oft!- what a ftate are we m . 1^ part cu- ^i, Monfieur Boml e - °- "^.^ce for lar fr.end--Sir. he IS r ^^ ^^ft. U bear the lofs of them. Sir, ( 66 ) Sir, I am aftoniflied at the blind credu- lity of Miniftry--can they be fo very fimple as to triift to vague compliments againft thefe decifive words of the Padle de Famillc, the Family Compadt, "Qui attaque unc couronnc attaque I'autre ;" (I tranflate for the country Gentlemen) whoever attacks one crown at- tacks the other. 1 know Count Almo- dovar— I was introduced to him by my old friend, Don Francifco Buccarelli :— I never Ihall forget djnining with him at a kind of Table d'Hotes, in a tavern oppoflte the Ef- curial ;~as chance would have it, many more illuftrious characters dined with us that day J there was the Count, his wife's coulin, and myfelf, on one fide of the table; —Count Cobentzel, and Baron Reidefdel (who were then on their travels^ and Duke de Chartres (who had juft come from Paris) fat oppofire to us— Monfieur de Sartine (who come in the Duke's vis a vis) was at the foot of the table ; and we put Buccarelli in the chair we had an excellent dinner— the wine was good— and we toafted the Madrid beauties in bumpers of Packeretti— hovvever, I was not fo far gone but I can very well re- member what Almodovar whifpered in my ear, while Cobentzel and Reidfdale were drinking Maxamilian Jofeph o^' Bavaria's health. Colonel (fays he) // dte fe volto Vfiremadura cU molto—l won't tranflate it. I ■^.: - ~* feel f i i c I t i i \ « 1 |JV^.: W^ ( 67 ) ■ , feel .he refpc. due - AmbS^-f ^^ wiU Mi"ift'y/"'*",\rfo?a pofitWe an- il roundly, b^'''"'^?,^"' now on the tapis w f«,„-ls there n»/^" [^.hon ?'-l (^Y. «he cede Gibraltar, or l-ort i j.^^ ^^ neutrality of ?P-'" '%';„,X"f '" '^^'^ P"*"' the dilmembring th.s CO'., y ^^^^ ^^^^^^ feflioas.-Here h^P™'=«^f^3 ers, two or op--"": t'S^om gallant Officers three Treaties, lettc ts of Cl-n- in all parts of the w°^l^; " „f Lord H-we, »-"'^ .rf b'EftST Alderman Oliver's and M°»f- ^,|tode lA^nd. &e. &c. &c. letter-affair at ^hoa ^^^ mrmifes. hewentalfomtoaft'^?^,,^, ;„ Europe, recognized *»"°"' i^a, and interfpetfed Afia, Africa, and A^"*';^^^^,; of anecdotes, the whole with a "^"1*'? '= ^ ^ t,on mots proverbs, quota«o«, menace^ ^^^ ^^ •..concluding, that having ^^^,^ houfeall thevan<«s pip«;h ^^^i,^„te coUea, he fo""* '' "",fS only way to get for the Amendment, as inc , ^^^_ at more. „v,f,fved. that many Gen- • Mr. H-,^'--J' "rffromihebufinefsimme- tlemen had d^vated from « ^ i„ hu opi- diately before *« ^°": Vhether this houfc nion, was merely this . ' j^__y and the ^mor will not f«^P^;\^f J,nt. In the en- executive powers of S''^^^'^^ ^„ obedience, deavouts to t«cal the Anientans ^^^ Mr. H. St-y- ( 68 ) and to puniHi the natural enemies of this country ? * That his own opinion was de- termined by a convidion of the neccflity, in this hour of difficulty and diftrefs, for exer- tion and firmnefs. *^ Much h^s been faid of the wealth and refources of France in com-r parifon of thofe of England. I can only fay, bir, from all the obfervations I have been able to make, that France is, with refpefl to its finances, certainly an impoverilhed country. It has not yet recovered the im- preflion made by the lafl war ; and, what- ever Gentlemen may think, neither Monf. Neckar (whom I very much refpeift) nor any other perfon, will be able, at lead for a great length of time, to overturn the old mode of attainment of French money; I mean. Sir, by the vehicle of the Fermeurs Generaux. It muft be a miniller of great courage indeed, and g King of Terrors, that will new model the French finances ; new taxes may be impofed, but I much doubt of the collection of them. When a good con-i trad has been long in poffefiion, it is too fweet to refign eafily j and the Fet /teurs Genereaux are too important to be ofifended, efpecially, when the flate is neceflitated to * Whilft Mr. St— y was fpeaking, Mr. B— g was making numerical criticifms on the flate of the Houfe, which Mr. R-b-nf-n had done before, with his ufual af> fiduity } and had taken his place at the door accordingly. haY« I ( 69 ) have recourle to their afliftance. In faying this, I give full credit to Monf. Neckar for his attempt to improve the revenue of France, and that too, when the attempt is furrounded with fo much diHiculty and dan- ger. The revenue of this country. Sir, has not fuffered by the American war ; the furplufes of the fmking fund, are as great as during the ftate of perfeft peace with America, Other countries have taken from us thofe manufadlures which we exported before with bounties to America. As I think Britain is flill equal to refifl, and, I trufl, to fubdue all its Enemies, I am clearly for the Motion which has been propofed, and feconded, by the honourable Gentlemen, with fo much credit to them- felves, and with fo particular a defert of the approbation of their Country. Gen. C'ti'—y, Mr, Sp r, I beg par- don for troubling the Houfe with one mort c^n^. word. Sir, at this late hour of the night. Sir, when there are many Gentlemen very deiirous and much more capable than I am, of fpeaking— upon fo material— fo im- portant— fo comprehenfive a bufinefs— I may fay, Sir-^— as that which now immediately comes before us— for our deliberation. In doing this. Sir— in offering my poor fcntiments— upon this matter. Sir — —I own, I feel fome degree of warmth, at the fu- pinentfs ( • C 70 ) I .r piticiiefs — at the coolncfs I may fiiy — of the Minilhrs in ih dangerous — i'o hazardous — and, Cod know;?, probably To dertrudive an hour— —And, bir, I hope I may fugged my thoughts at fo critical a period, when, indeed, al! Europe and America are con- vulfed— and lliaken— -by the imbecillity, the inattention, and the indecifion of Minillers ; who have i'o fupinely, fo cooly, snd fo in- decifively fat wk/j their hands before them, waiting id .?vents— and contingencies In faying this. Sir,— I mean not to throw any reflexion upon any of them— Moft of them I know to be men of honour and ability— but. Sir, I beg pardon, Sir, for taking up the time of the houfe. Sir; I think the moment is part: when any fyftem can prevail, I mean on the part of this country over America. Your Weft-India lilands are unpi-oted^ed — Dominica is gone — Who knows but Jamaica is gone too ? What force have you at An- tigua ? I underftand. Admiral Barrington is gone from Barbadoes. What is to become of St. Vincents and Grenada ? Good God ! Sir, will the Nation fit ftill under thefe ap- prehenfions ? Have Minifters taken care of Ireland ? Does the Noble Lord underneath me know the ftate of Guernfey arid Jerfey ? Will they be able to refift Count Broglio with 50,000 mfn ? Is your force, particu« larly ' • ( 7« ^ , ' . ennal to rcfiftance—Sir, at Urly ut S-"; ,X b c for Jerfcy*-" " this nw .'-'"' '" J V,r 1 bee pario" — In on. .iwvt word, .S.r I f f ^. Sir. I do tri.rt in <^'°°',.,;;;u"npv Nation, Sir. Aat we fliall be ^l'^"; ("^s, and that we rhal\ fee once •"o','-^' ';;" drefs was carried in nearly the fame pro- portion. Immediately after the divifion, the H— e were much allonilhed at Mr C s T-rn- -r's calling their attention to a moft libel- lous, nefarious, and enormous pamphlet, entitled Anticipation, calculated to mifre- prefent the debates, and vilify the proceed- ings of P I t i obfcrving, that the pub- lication ( 73 ) If le 3- licatlon of Honourable Gentlemen's foeech- es l?efore they could poifibly have bc^en fj>o-> ken, was infinitely more dangerous to the conftitution than miftaking tbcm after they had actually been delivere,<^^; as not only the public were thereby much more likely to be deceived, but many country Gentlemen were moft illegally hurried up to town be- fore the time, to th©- great annoyance of themfelves and cattle. Befides, what ftriick at the very heart-firings of debate, many good fpeeches were marred thereby, and Honourable Gentlemen ftopt from repeating their own wo»^ls, left they fliould authenti- cate the faid publication. For all which reafons, he humbly moved, that the Publiiher of a pamphlet, entitled, Anticipation^ be immediately taken into cuf- tody by a Meftenger of this Houfe, toge- ther with all papers in his (hops and ware- houfes, in order that this Houfe may be en- abled to difcover the Author or Authors of this very black confpiracy. He moved al- fo, that the feveral ftatutes again ft forgery, coining, and uttering, knowing to be falfe, foreftallers, and regraters, &c. &c. be forth- with all read. And further But, the laughter having now become intenfe, the, remnant of his oratory was cut ftiort by a moft clamorous repetition of Adjourn^ Ad- journ J fo that it was impoffible for the E. JU ditor •Hi ,,l**»^ :"Spfe:i 'y auortoco«.ath!luof this important motion. Ana then the Ho„fe adjourned tiUtho • n. nine of Hhe clock, morning, nine ui ^» 1 N I S, I' jf^S*^ -*^. .^'