HEIST O.Ro¥ > OF 
assignats, and the assignats that pro- 
duced the revolution, with all the 
miseries suffered by France, and in 
flicted on our neighbours. To shew 
a disposition, even a zeal for the 
settlement of a government in 
France, that should respect the 
rights of men and nations, would not 
be a greater blessing tothat country, 
than to all Europe. The motion 
before the house had a happy ten- 
dency to harmonize the great body 
of the French ard English people 
(who could not be said properly to 
be at war with each other, though 
their governments were) into peace 
and good neighbourhood, by dis- 
countenancing and disapproving the 
insinuations of insincerity, on the 
part of this country, in the late ne- 
gociation. It would assist ministers, 
m proving that the prolongation of 
Vou. XXXIX. 
EUROPE. [177 
the calamities of war did not rest 
with Great Britain. Yo a motion 
of this tendency, he did not see 
why any objection should be made 
by either side of the house: as it 
was calculated to procure an essen- ~ 
tial advantage to the country, while 
it contributed to strengthen the 
hands of government. On these 
grounds, he thought himself jus- 
tified in supporting the present 
motion. 
Mr. Johnes could never forget 
- theignominious manner in which our 
ambassador had been dismissed, nor 
forgive the insult offered to the na» 
tion, The objects for which we cone 
tended were, our liberties, our for 
tunes, our religion, our God, and 
ourking! Ona division of the house, 
there appeared for Mr. Pollen’s mo- 
tion, 85: against it, 291, 
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