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British Parliament.
The situation in which we are placed , unhappily renders the continuance of heavy expeuces . indispensible for the public safety . But the state of our resources , and the gpod sense and public spirit which prevail through every part of my kingdom , will , I trust , enable you to provide the necessary sup- , plies without essential inconvenience to my people , ami with'as little addition as possible to the permanent burdens of the state . The progress made towards such a system by the ' measures adopted in thejast session , and the ,. aid given topiiblic credit by the plan for the redemption of the Land Tax , have been attended with the most . beneficial effects , which you will , 1 am persuaded ,-omit no opportunity to confirm and improve .
My Lords and Gentlemen , T rely with confidence on the continuance of your exertions to enable me ultimately . to conduct the great contest in which we are engaged to a safe and honourable conclusion . ¦ We have surmounted many and great difficulties . Our perseverance in ajust cause , has been rewarded with-distinguished success ; and out- present situation , compared with , that of other countries , sufficiently proves how
much , in , a period'of general danger and calamity , the security and happiness of tiie British ; nation have depended ( under the blessing of Providence ) . on its own constancy , its . energy , and its virtue . After his . Majesty . and the Commons had withdrawn , Lord Darnley moved thq . ' customary Address , in the House of Peers . His Lordship expatiated upon the . prosperity of . this . country- comparatively with all other nations in Europe ; Upon'its unprecedented elevation , both in warlike success and commercial prosperity . By such . exertions as the brilliant a £ Hon of Lord Nelson , said his Lordship , we were . alone to look for a termination of hostilities . At no period , during the war was this country so advantageously situated for
carrying it on with - success : —the principal powers of Europe , convinced of the perfidy , and aggressions of France , were eager to ioi . n in a firm confederacy to . reduce the power . of . that country . Heconcluded with moving the Address , which was seconded by . Lord Craven .
The Marquis- of . Lansdowne , although he should vote for- the Address , wished to have heard in his Majesty ' s speech of a great and well organized plan-formed by all . the continental-powers of Europe to check the career of the . Frehch , and save the world from the horrible calamity to which they were likely , to doom it . Such a confederacy , if not distracted by views of a mercenary kind , by plans of rapine and aggrandizement , by feelings of jealousy and distrust , and by the intervention of all the little despicable intrigue ' s ,
which ought never to enter , into great combinations , would be adequate to the accomplishment of that end . But when he considered the . temper and views of the coalesced powers , he was not so sanguine in his hopes . Between Austria and Prussia .-the entviity was so great that itdescended even to . the- , private soldiers , and actuated the ranks of their armies . The mutual distrust and jealousy between Russia and the Turks exceeded that of all other nations . It isjiereditary ; the . child sucks it in-with his mother ' s milk ; it is made a part
of their education , and becomes a habit of their nature . Who is ignorant that the famil . y ; upon the throne of Russia ; have uniformly cherished the idea that Constantinople is a part of their inheritance- ? - AMd yet the Ottoman and Russian Sovereigns are-the only powers specified in the speech to have entered into . this , combination ' , ; r Fhe . unparalle- ] ed victories of pu'f naval Commanders he .,, in conjunction wit , h all ; true . Englishmen , admired ; but he , wished ^ those advantages to . ' be derived . from them which . form the legitimate end . of . warnational . tranquillity , ' by a safe . and honqut able . -peace . It is particularly dignified in the moment of conquest to , make , manifest to . all '' : the world thlrt England looks for nothing but security and honourahle peace ' - ; that it . looks
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British Parliament.
The situation in which we are placed , unhappily renders the continuance of heavy expeuces . indispensible for the public safety . But the state of our resources , and the gpod sense and public spirit which prevail through every part of my kingdom , will , I trust , enable you to provide the necessary sup- , plies without essential inconvenience to my people , ami with'as little addition as possible to the permanent burdens of the state . The progress made towards such a system by the ' measures adopted in thejast session , and the ,. aid given topiiblic credit by the plan for the redemption of the Land Tax , have been attended with the most . beneficial effects , which you will , 1 am persuaded ,-omit no opportunity to confirm and improve .
My Lords and Gentlemen , T rely with confidence on the continuance of your exertions to enable me ultimately . to conduct the great contest in which we are engaged to a safe and honourable conclusion . ¦ We have surmounted many and great difficulties . Our perseverance in ajust cause , has been rewarded with-distinguished success ; and out- present situation , compared with , that of other countries , sufficiently proves how
much , in , a period'of general danger and calamity , the security and happiness of tiie British ; nation have depended ( under the blessing of Providence ) . on its own constancy , its . energy , and its virtue . After his . Majesty . and the Commons had withdrawn , Lord Darnley moved thq . ' customary Address , in the House of Peers . His Lordship expatiated upon the . prosperity of . this . country- comparatively with all other nations in Europe ; Upon'its unprecedented elevation , both in warlike success and commercial prosperity . By such . exertions as the brilliant a £ Hon of Lord Nelson , said his Lordship , we were . alone to look for a termination of hostilities . At no period , during the war was this country so advantageously situated for
carrying it on with - success : —the principal powers of Europe , convinced of the perfidy , and aggressions of France , were eager to ioi . n in a firm confederacy to . reduce the power . of . that country . Heconcluded with moving the Address , which was seconded by . Lord Craven .
The Marquis- of . Lansdowne , although he should vote for- the Address , wished to have heard in his Majesty ' s speech of a great and well organized plan-formed by all . the continental-powers of Europe to check the career of the . Frehch , and save the world from the horrible calamity to which they were likely , to doom it . Such a confederacy , if not distracted by views of a mercenary kind , by plans of rapine and aggrandizement , by feelings of jealousy and distrust , and by the intervention of all the little despicable intrigue ' s ,
which ought never to enter , into great combinations , would be adequate to the accomplishment of that end . But when he considered the . temper and views of the coalesced powers , he was not so sanguine in his hopes . Between Austria and Prussia .-the entviity was so great that itdescended even to . the- , private soldiers , and actuated the ranks of their armies . The mutual distrust and jealousy between Russia and the Turks exceeded that of all other nations . It isjiereditary ; the . child sucks it in-with his mother ' s milk ; it is made a part
of their education , and becomes a habit of their nature . Who is ignorant that the famil . y ; upon the throne of Russia ; have uniformly cherished the idea that Constantinople is a part of their inheritance- ? - AMd yet the Ottoman and Russian Sovereigns are-the only powers specified in the speech to have entered into . this , combination ' , ; r Fhe . unparalle- ] ed victories of pu'f naval Commanders he .,, in conjunction wit , h all ; true . Englishmen , admired ; but he , wished ^ those advantages to . ' be derived . from them which . form the legitimate end . of . warnational . tranquillity , ' by a safe . and honqut able . -peace . It is particularly dignified in the moment of conquest to , make , manifest to . all '' : the world thlrt England looks for nothing but security and honourahle peace ' - ; that it . looks