Excerpt from The Parliamentary Register, or History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons, Vol. 8: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Speeches and Motions; Accurate Copies of the Most Remarkable Letters and Papers, of the Most Material Evidence, Petitions, &amp;C<br><br>Lord 701m Cavendi l'ecoaded the motion for the amend Lord meat; pointed out t e inconfifiency of thofe fentiments ofwfi humanity in the King's fpeech, which the meafurcs of ad miniftration fo openly con radiéted. He faid, that, for an ideal revenue of five or fix undred thoulhnd pounds, fifteen millions had been already expended that great profeflions had been made from the throne two years back, of what was to be done; but, infiead of finding them fulfilled, he per ceived that fallen: er cfibgere g/i triumpbus with the minifiry 3 for that lafi fummer our coafts (warmed with the American privateers and how much their force was dreaded by go vernment, he could rove, being himfelf an eye-witncfs of the fortification of ublin harbour, which had never been deemed necefl'ary before, even in a war with our natural and molt inveterate enemies that (0 far from our fucceeding. Every campaign, in his Opinion the prefent meafures ferved only to lead to an eternity of war; that he could have no delight in the intelligence of the fuccefs of either force, as it mufi' naturally be defirufiive of the dearelt interefis of this country. His Lordfhip (aid, he had no objeetion to the congratulatory compliments to his Majefiy contained in the addrefs, but wilhed heartily for the propofed amendment, thinking it the only ftep that could lead to the wifhed-for te conciliation. He did this, he faid, with the greater readinefs, as he trufied it would be univerfally allowed that the prom fition came from the pureft and molt liberal motives and as the young nobleman by whom it was offered was (0 circum fianced in pomt of fortune, family, and dignity, that it was impoflible for any caufe to atl'efl the {late in general, without having a fimilar effect with refpeft to him in articular he therefore hoped the motion would be confider by the Houfe with a more ferions degree of attention. He then went into the conduét Of the war during the three lafi campaigns, and from the little effeét which coercion has produced, as well as from the tics Of humanity and relative duties, deduced the expediency of adopting the meal'ures recommended in the motion.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.