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The opinions and sentiments of Lord Liverpool are 

 invested with the authority of experience, of station, and of 

 talent ; and the deep impression produced, in particular, by 

 his Lordship's Speech upon Lord Lansdown's motion, 

 gives additional interest to the examination of the impor- 

 tant topic of that speech embraced by the passage now 

 cited. 



Lord Liverpool states, that " great as the distress 

 is in every country in Europe, it is nevertheless greater in 

 the United States of i\merica, than it is in any country in 

 Europe," and then proceeds to desire Noble Lords, or 

 any other individual, " who may be disposed to ascribe the 

 distress under which we at present labor, to our debts, to 

 excessive taxation, to tithes, to the poor-rates, or to any 

 other cause of this nature, to look at the United States of 

 America;" and his Lordship adds, " 1 think that they will 

 then pause before they ascribe the distress which we, or any 

 of the other countries of Europe are now sufferin"', 

 exclusively or principally, to any or all the causes which I 

 have mentioned." 



An individual who did ascribe and who coTititiues to 

 ascribe the distress of this country to the Public Debt, 

 to excessive Taxation, and to the Poor Rates, has paused 

 and examined the argument thus publicly and generally 

 addressed and directed, by the First Minister of the coun- 

 try. 



lie achnits (his observations having reference to the date 

 of his Lordship's Speech; that distress had been common 

 to the United Kingdon), and to the United States of Ame- 

 rica ; but although each country suffered distress, the two 

 countries stood directly opposed to each other in the par- 

 ticular the most essential to internal national prosperity. 



