the glorious event, commonly called 
the Revolution in England ; and the 
conduc of the foldiery, on that oc- 
cafion, compared with the behaviour 
of fome of the troops of France in 
‘the prefent inftance. At that pe- 
siod, the prince of Orange, a prince 
of the blood royal in England, was 
called in by the flower of the Eng- 
ith ariftocracy to defend its ancient 
conttitution, and not to level all dif- 
tinétions. To this prince, fo in- 
vited, the ariftocratic leaders who 
‘commanded the troops, went over 
with their feveral corps, in bodies, 
to the deliverer of their country. 
Military obedience changed its ob- 
“ject; but military difcipline was not 
for a moment interrupted in its prin- 
ciple. 4 
' But asthe conduct of the Englith 
armies was different, fo was that of 
‘the whole Englifh nation at that 
time. In truth, the circumftances 
of our revolution (as it is called) 
and that of France, are juft the re- 
verfe of each other in almoft every 
particular, and in the whole fpirit of 
the tranfaGtion. What we did was 
in truth and {ubftance, and ina con- 
Aitutional light, a revolution, not 
made, but prevented. We took fo- 
lid fecurities; we fettled doubtful 
ftions; we correéted anomalies 
m our law. In the ftable, funda- 
‘Mental parts of our’ conftitution we 
de no revolution; no, nor any 
ration at all. We did not im- 
€ monarchy: perhaps it might 
be fhewn, that we ftrengthened it 
wery confiderably. The church was 
Hot impaired. The nation kept the 
fame ranks, the fame privileges, the 
franchifes, the fame rules for 
property. The church and the ftate 
re the fame after the ion 
they were before, but b fe- 
every part. 
dingly the fate floprithed, 
HISTIORY OF EUROPE. 
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Inftead of lying as dead, in a fort of 
trance, or expofed, as fome others, 
in an epileptic fit, tothe pity or de- 
rifion of the world, for her wild, ri- 
diculous, convulfive movements, im- 
potent to every purpofe but that of 
dafhing out her brains againft the 
pavement, Great Britain rofe above 
the ftandard, even of her former felf, 
An era of a more improved domef- 
tic profperity then commenced, and 
ftiJl continues, not oniy unimpaired, 
but growing, under the waiting hand 
of time. 
This fpeech of Mr. Burke was 
received with great and general ap- 
plaufe. As foon as he fat down; Mr. 
Fox rofe and faid, that his right ho- 
nourable friend had mixed his re- 
marks upon what he had {zid with 
fo much perfonal kindnefs towards 
him, that he felt himfelf under a dif 
ficulty in making any return, left 
the houfe fhould doubt his fincerity, 
and confider what he might fay as 
‘a mere difcharge of a debt of com- 
pliments. He mutt, however, de- 
clare, that fuch was his fenfe of the 
judgment of his right honourable 
friend, and fuch the eflimation in 
which he held his friendfhip, that if 
he were to put all the political in- 
formation which he had learnt from 
books, all which he had gained from 
feience, and all which any know- 
ledge’ of the world and its affairs 
had taught him, into one feale, a 
the improvement, which he had de- 
rived from his right honourable 
friend’s inftruction and converfation, 
were placed in the other, he fhould 
be at a lofs to decide, to which to 
give the preference. 
With refpect to the approbation 
he had expreffed of the late conduct 
of the French military, and his ex- , 
ultation upon the revolution, which 
had taken place in that country, 
Mr. Fox faid, he fhonld ftill main- 
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