HISTORY OF EUROPEY / 
justicé, Lebon, one: of> the most’ 
wicked) and execrated / associates 
ef Roberspierre.:Other» instances» 
might-be mentioned to»prove that 
tyranny and terror, were far from. 
being laid aside, and-that the vio- 
lence: and audacity\of those who 
opposed the ruling. party, were 
supported by such numbers, that. 
its duration was daily becoming 
extremely precarious... In such a 
state of uncertainty, no confidence 
could be placed in the faith of 
negotiations, framed, with either of 
the parties. No peace, therefore, 
was desirable in the present cir- 
cumstances of affaivs, and he would, 
for that reason, move a. vigorous 
prosecution of the wary; as; the 
most effectual means of arriving 
at a solid and secure peace. 
This motion. was opposed by 
the duke of Norfolk, and support- 
ed as earnestly by the earl of 
Darnley. The bishop of Landaf 
took this occasion to make an ani- 
mated discourse on the subject of 
the war. Though Scripture, he 
observed, did not condemn, in’ 
express terms the pra¢tice of war 
among nations, yet few were the 
@ccasions when it could be law- 
ful.. Justice and necessity were 
indispensable to authorize the use 
of the sword: but what might 
be just, was not therefore neces- 
sary: no war could _ conscien- 
tiously be undertaken, without 
previously employing all the pos- 
sible means to avoid it. He 
would not assert, whether we had 
r not exerted our utmost endea- 
vours to avert it; but he would 
declare himself of opinion, that 
the close of the campaign of 1792 
had offered a fair opportunity to 
event the calamities that tol- 
ed, After the attempts of 
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Austrid.and Prussia had, been frus- 
trated, Great Britain might,: vith 
great i:propriety, have interfered, 
so far, \as. to have» insisted. that 
France, should have used her suc. 
cesses with moderation; /.and, con. 
formably..to her.constitutional prin. 
ciples, have confined herself with. 
in- her ancient limits... But this 
interference should; also have been 
accompanied with ;a solemn ens 
gagement, on-our part, to; have 
abstained from, obtrusion. in their 
domestic affairs, and. to have left 
the’ settlement of them entirely. to 
themselves. It was. absurd to 
consider the war as indispensable, 
to step the propagation of repub- 
lican:principles. Armies and coer- 
cion were feeble instruments 
against opinions that were accept. 
able to mankind, and. lenity 
alone. could render royalty desi- 
rable. In this country especially, 
while the crown remained withia 
the limitations .assigned by the 
constitution, a King had nothing 
to apprehend. ‘The. disaffected 
among us were few, and could 
easily be contained within bounds 
by. the existing laws. The title 
of republic might be assumed in 
France, without causing any alarm 
in England. The-history of those 
nations that had adopted repub. 
licanism had nothing fascinating 
nor enviable; and neither the con. 
stitutions of France nor of Ame. 
rica, however founded on the po- 
pular maxims of universal rights 
and equality, could be proposed 
as objects of imitation, . till the 
experience of many years had shewn 
they were deserving of it: this 
experience was -conspicuously on 
.the side of the British constitution ; 
andthe people of this country 
were so well convinced of it, that 
there 
