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BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
House of Commons. March q.
AMERICA.
MR. WHITBRF. Ars's SPEECH,
Concluded.
Rut then we are toll! that the
etr\t>argo was determin
ed upon by that government be. j
fore they were acquainted with the
issuing of the orders in council j
here. Surely the right honorable j
Kcntleman will not now insist upon
this j surely in defending thr mea
sures of this administration he is
not reduced to such a pretext of
falshood and misrepresentation.— :
With the documents which they {
knew to be in existence, and j
which are now before us, it iu to i
be presumed they will not ven
ture to set up such an arbiter,
by relying on which heretofore
thev have floundered and have
been beswamped and be.Stne&red.
It it be apparent that Frcr.ch ag
grandizement is not limited that
the European population has not ri
sen, that America has not acquies
ced, and that our imports and ex
ports have not eiicreased ; if ( say;
all those tacts are true, but are
still not sufficient to convince min
isters, not alone of the failure bat
of the ultimate ruin of the course
they have pursued, let them look
to other authorities, let them dir.
ect their view to the numbers of
your starving manufactures redu
ced to that siate which the honor
able baronet (sir Robert Peel) on
the Irish distillery bid so justly
described when he entreated this
house not to aggravate their dis
tresses, by depriving them of the
very scanty meal which was left.
Ido admit, that even by BUC h a
system some will be found obtain
ing a profit even from the general
calamity in the same manner as
we know that by the late confla
grations, though many are thrown
out of bread and employ ment, oth
ers are receiving from the Very oc
curence, support & additional ear
nings. But that can bo ho com
pensation tor the sufferings enduf i
cd. If you wish to ascertain the
extent Os the injury inflicted on
this country by these orders, I
call upon you to reflect upon the
condition of ihc extensive town of
Manchester, where out of iorty
nine thousand persons employed
before the issuing of those orders,
afar greater proportion are thrown
out ot bread, where of the numer
ous cotton mill* which wer c for
merly employed thirty two are now
idle, and six only at work. Cast
j-our eyes to Ireland and behold
the state ol its linen manufactures
lor the wans of flax.seed. Whtricr
can it be supplied l Not from
America or from the Baltic. And
as to the probability of an advan
tageous intercourse with the Brsl
l am not so sanguine a* to ex.
peel in ihc course, not alone of my
«de, but cf many persons in this j
houie younger than myself. But
suppose that such advantages
should arrive much sooner than I
*11! induced to believe, what, I
i« to be done for the supply j
°* lhe l jas *‘ng year, or of the year j
that succeeds f Unhappily the evil, ;
of «hich the friends' who set
round me lor warned the right
honorable gentleman opposite have
arrived, without convincing ihetu
ot the absolute necessity of re
tracting their disastrous progress. I
Was it not natural to expect* that j
when every prediction of ours was
iulhiled, & every promise of theirs !
falsified, that tile), without appar- ■
emiy yielding to the opinions of
their political antagonists, would
have embraced some pho of rx
tricaring the country from the ;
dangers ih which it was involved
by their toxduct i No such thing. I
Unappalledby thu ditficulres which
j ihev provoked, & elated by a tern
j porary success, they disdained
: to take advsn'.agf of moment (
' of that tuctess’ of ib jlttftft by <hr
“ hold the mirror us to nature.”- Shakespeare.
concessions which the Amercan
government 'offered, liideed Under
anv circumstances the present ser.
van:s of the crown coul(! nor divest
ihemselves of that po;uical "m
--cour Against America Which secuis
to foste r in their breasts. From the
i period of their appointment to of
i ficc, this sceths to be the prevai
| ling feeling which characterized
j their conduct towards that nation. <
j At the s*me time tdo admit,
that or. the unauthorised and Ivan
ton attack on the Chesapeake, the
secretary for foreign affairs did,
as he ought lo do, on a communi- j
j c *tio» front the American minis' I
1 ter, declare, that it was an act on- :
j authorised, promised
i on- But there the propriety ends.
A gentleman whom I see in his
place (Mr. Hose) was sent to af
ford that reparation. Still it
was both from the time
when he mailed, namely, the- day
after the issuing of the order of
the 11th of November, and the
maoner in which he executed the
commission, that any thing but
conciliation Was meant.—No in
timation was giver! by him to the
American government of such or.
ders having befeo issued by his ma
jesty’s government ; whilst the di
rect object ot his mission was un
accountably coupled with lhe pro
clamation ot the Arnei icau govern
ment relative to the interdiction
of British ships of war from her
domestic waters. Great Briuia,
the aggressor in an angravaied at
tack upon a neutral power, refuses
to enter into a discussion of those
means ot reparation which were
due lor such an attack, unless as a
preliminary America consented to
withdraw the very measures of de
fence, to which that power had re
sorted in her own defence against
that very aggression. Couta min
isters seriously ex pec t that any j n .
dependent power could have BU b.
muuc! to such a degrading propo
s..,o„ ; Did the right honorable
gentleman fancy that he could
call ou the American government
to crouch at his feet, in .he sam
manner as we read of Louis the
Hth calling Upon t | lc j <lf
Venice . l u adjusting the intricate
relation ol empires, wcre Wc tD
go late our conduct by a studied
attention to etiquette ?--Were na
tions, in their adjustment of dif
ferences, to advance with mea
sured footsteps, as you sir, in mo
ving at the head of this house in
company Wl th t h ß lord chancel
lor, each attentive that the other
should not precede him ! Me.
thinks d such be the views of pre
sent statesmen, it wou j d be bul
proper to revive that which
prevailed under the the See of
Rome, where W cr c four different
folding doors for different e.nbas
j sat ors to enter at the same time,
that one should riot complain ol
the precedence of the btliers. I
: dismiss this subject with one ob
servation, that although for that
aggravated arid wonton attack Up
pou Chesapeake, Admiral
1 erjcley vva» not only not brought
lo trial but immediately dispatch,
ed on another command, still w c
find the secretary of foreign affairs
in that master-piece of diplomacy
o( the 23d of September, 1308,
finding fault that no overture was
made to repeal an interdiction
j which was the very effect of this
| unauthorised & cruel attack of the
j Leopard on the 1
We now proceed to the order of i
the 11th of Nov: this drowned!
j child, which seems to have no fa- J
j ther. The gentlemen opposite will
probably answer by referring to the
order of the 7th of January prece- s
; ding—l tell them, that it is they
; who raised the superstructure,
; where ho edifice was ftecesjgrv.
But the house must recollect, that
at the time I opposed that very
i order ol the 7th ol jauuary as both
■ Improper and nugaiory. And
here again, wc were terrified with
tf>e Rertin deeper?. £ n ( | IC | as(
session we told you from this
side of the house that to contend
. that America Acquicsed in that de
jcrec. was fslse & untru-, whith is
j now fu«iv proved. It is now pro
| ve(, » ’baton the issuing of that de
j cree by the emperor of France, A
; mria t'td all that she ought to
do tn defence of her independent
rights. She did every thm£ ne
cessary for her object, without be.
ing so foolish and insane us this
country had proved itself on this
very Subject. America took no
noticr, of the idle menace, so long
j as she felt it ineffectual. She knew
! l, ’e same object had been frequent -
j ly held out to inveigle her into hos
tility with each of the belligerents,
lull the moment that decree was
put in torcc against her neutral
rights, which was in tue case of
the Horizon, general Armstrong
immediately demanded a lull ex
planation ot its intentions front tne
government, accompanied with a
remonstrance against the dicision
in case of the Horizon. But such
decision could be rio motive for
the order of the llth of Novem
ber, in as much as at the peri
od of its issuing no such event
was known to his majesty’s min
ister. What course did the Ame
rican government pursue, when
acquainted with the diet si on of the
Horizon ? It immediately ordered
its minister at Paris to renew his
remonstrance, and at the same
time put m force its embargo laws
against France. Then followed
your orders in council, ft wili
not now, I believe, be argued, that
Ihe American government were
not in possession of your orders
in council, before the embargo a*
gainst Great Britain was passed
into a law* That knowledge it
had ; and the immediate conse
quence was the adoption of the
lat'er measure. But what was
the most extraordinary feature tn
this transaction, was Mr. Rose
i sent out as on a mission of fcoti.
ciliation, after you had issued
these order* was totally silent up
on them in his Various communi
tmus, for the purpose of adjusting
our diff-repce* with Am c rica.~
What other feeling could such a
circumstance provoke in the breast
of any government, when it learn
ed what had taken place here, but
that it was the object of this coun.
try by a specific mission for con
ciliation, artfully concealing other
maesures which vitally affected
the independence of America, to
insult and deceive them ? Added
to this, although an official notice
was delivered on the 22d Novem
ber, by the president to Congress, J
that such orders were 2»aucd by
the Brit I *!’ government, vet it was
hot until ’be 23d of the following
February tiiat his majesty’s minis
ter to the United States commu
nicated the existence of such or
ders to the neutral government
most interested in their operation.
There may, perhaps, exist in the
minds of the great statesmen Op
posite, some good ground, s o s the
delay ; but in every plain view m
which I have conjidei«tl t p e #ub
jeet, I could find no other mot ,v c
than a desire to deceive to i n sult
fe irritate America ; and <},j s j a the
course of policy which ministers
thought proper to adopt towards
that country at a time w |, en Ame _
rica was irritated uga', n , t France.
ao irritation of which t h e French
! government w* awhr e , as we find
1 in the note of general Champagny
ito general Armstrong, a strong
| complamt of the inclination anJ
| partiality of America'toG Britain.
I a partiality to either belligerent
i was peremptorily denied b<r the a
merican government; & ‘perhaps
the vet y best proof /t could afford
of its impartiality } t » being
accused by both at the same time
of being subject to aa undue ioflu
cnee to its antagonist* This war,
not the first time that such charges
were brought against America*
[No. xxxni.]
MONIXAV, May 29, JBO9.
inn w* I IM ■ . g
Similar complaints were marie du
ring the presidency of the imtnor
tal W ashington. The enlighten
cd patriot disregarded such acus »-
tions—he scouted every partial in
fluence, end solely looked tu the
interest of his own country.- I
now'proeeed to the off?r of Attbri
ca, rtiade bj T Mr. Pinkney, to
suspend the embargo laws, a rtd its
supplements as regards Great Bri
tain, provided you repeal your
order* »n council as f aT as they re
garded the United States. She
had continued lies* embargo with
firmness St ri!oderatiou. She did
however avail herself of a proper
opportunity tc make to Great Bri
tain a conc« ssiou—a concession
which the right honorable gentle
man Opposite (Mr. Canning) haa
pi uni ply refused, A though oue of
us most salutary consequences
would baVe beet! to arm ihe mer
cliant ships of America against
France. What in God's name
would you have ? What do you
want of America ? Have yoti any
defined object in.your policy with
that coitritry, and what is it ? The
blockade of the continent is raised,
the system is broken up a$ harm
less and comtemptible j the evil
on Which your orders wefre to re
taliate its own injustice has disap
peared, as the foreign 4 secretary
has assured us : vet, in' the same
breath lie avows the determination
of adhering to this unjust and dig
astrous system of retaliation.
Whatever consequence* may
result from the perseverehce, I am
convinced that such a system
will descend to posterity as astri.
king illustration of arrogance, im
becility & political felly on the part
of the advisers. Men who could not
see whit Mr. Pitt had so frequent
)'l Seen before that the Belm, frC
cree was a stratagem bn the
pa s t of the enemy, ft mere ru
se de filter t'e, tending to produce
they very effects | >y j Dur j-ctalia
ting decrees which he had ineffec
tually Hoped to produce by his
own. No; even calamity canhbt
conquer the perverness ol his ma
jesty's governtileht nor can fcotices
sion induce them to retrabt their
errors. Most Unfortunately; the
last cbncCiiion wits niade when the
Spanish cause Was forturtatfe and 1e
presented l oocs of ultimate success.
The right honorable gentlemeri
eleva*ed by the temporary prosperi
ty, disdained this conciliatory pro
posal & expressed the refusal of hit
sovereign in a note, which certain
ly savoured much of himself (a
laiighy) for whether he is employ
ed in discussions in this house—
whether engaged In pacific over
ture* with hostile, or in adjusting
difference# with neutral nations
in every aefitence & in every point,
you are sure to see the author. It
is true He possesses all the stores of
eloquence that we cannot fail to ad
mir* the corruacations of hi* gen
ius, and the flashes of his fancy.
For my part, when considering
the concerns of ftaiions.l would
prefer a portion of common sense,
for how do all his briliaat qualities
tried by that terminate \ They
terminate in clouds, m vapour,
& in wind; yet even he complains
of the tone of Mr Pinkney’s note ;
like a joker, who, dislikes io bo
joked m return, particularly when
ihejoke is against him, he fetlt
uoe.,s y under the tone of a com
munication. With sir Anthony
Absolute io the comedy, the right
honorable gentleman cries, «
t e Devil ar, you £ passiori
; ; ar «Vou not aa cool as
\ **"*-. (Z* l \ Uu sfcngJ In
lA that wt t h Murry deference sos
he talents a/J acquirement, of
the right honbpsbk secretary. I
"‘ U * t • r ' ;’ in f ttimating the «bil.
c o sta^*f Aen ; n their political
contrasted with
-adison ot» the* subjet, ( must ex
pres* my preference for the#oiid 6l
a ale reasoning of the latter, i h*#e