HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
every thing that is dear to every man 
in it, would be tor ever lost. We 
were now in a state, that we could 
not stand still, and therefore with 
us, as well as the enemy, the motto 
should be “* aut Cesar, aut nullus.” 
He did not wish wantonly to spread 
alarm, butif an enlightened rational * 
fear was first felt, it might be soon 
followed up bya proper manly spirit : 
itis necessary the country should be 
made sensible of its danger, before 
it could be saved. He hoped the 
present ministers were not the du- 
gustuli under whom the British em- 
pire was to fall: he spoke from a 
deep sense of the calamities of our 
situation, from seeing that the power 
of France was growing round us, that 
this country was labouring under a 
complication of disorders both chro- 
nic and acute, and that unless great 
sacrifices and exertions were made, 
it must inevitably be ruined. He 
concluded by declaring, that the 
dying words of Lord Chatham, “‘ that 
he would pawn the shirt off his back 
_ before he would consent to submis- 
sion,” expressed completely his 
feelings upon the present occasion, 
Mr, Fox, in explanation, said, 
he had been completely misrepre- 
sented by the right hon. gentleman; 
he never said that France was not 
most formidable ; he regretted it as 
much as any man, but he always 
imputed it to the measures of that 
right hon. gentleman and his col- 
leacues, that France had grown so 
powerful. He thought that they 
were gravely responsible to. the 
country for the aggrandizement of 
France. 
Mr. Windham, in a few words, 
declared it was not his intention to 
misrepresent the hon. gentieman, 
and he must submit it to the house, 
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whether he had misrepresented him 
or not? 
The chancellor of the exchequer 
(Mr. Addington) could not hear it 
stated, that we were running rapidly 
the race of ruin, and hurrying to 
destruction, without making some 
observations on thoseexpressions. He 
could not allow himself to suppose, 
that sentiments so disheartening and 
so unworthy of the situation of the 
country, were held by many men. 
He would not rise to apologize for 
the peace his majesty’s ministers 
had made; on the contrary, he 
could not think, without the most 
heartfelt satisfaction, on the share 
he himself had in bringing about 
that peace. As to the influence of 
France upon the continent, it was 
nothing new; except in Holland and 
Portugal, theinfluenceof France up- 
on the continent was always greater 
than ours. There was no period of 
our history in which the government 
of thiscountry ever thoughtit advise- 
able to go to war with France singly, 
for continental objects. He was 
surprized to hear the government 
accused of reducing all our esta- 
blishments. “The fact was, that the 
army is now double what it was in 
the year 1784, the year after the 
peace. There had been no reduc- 
tion, except in the cavalry and in 
the disembodying the militia, a mea- 
sure which necessarily took place, 
at the conclusion of every war. Our 
naval establishment in 1786, was 
115 ships of war, now it is 207 ; 
in 1792, we had 18,000 seamen em- 
ployed, now we have 46,000. In 
the discussion upon the peace, it 
was insisted that our commerce end 
manufactures must sutier considera- 
bly ; whereas, on the contrary, our 
foreign export trade had increased, 
from 
