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Show r 62 I [ 63 ] been f0 permitted) a lafiing peace to this whole empire. _ It is now given out, for the ufual purpoles, by the ufual emifiaries, that Lord Rocking- I flare, Sir, thefe particulars, becaufe this ham did not confent to the repeal of this aft until he was bullied into it by Lord Chatham ; act of fpirit and fortitude has lately been, in the circulation of the feafon, and in fome ha‘ zarded declamations in this Houfe, attributed and the reporters have gone fo far as publickly to afl'ert, in an hundred companies, that the Hon. Gentleman under the gallery *9, who If, Sir, the conduct of minii'rry, propofed the repeal in the American Commit- in propofing the repeal, had arifen from timidity with regard to themfelves, it would have been greatly to be condemned. Interelted timidity difgraces as much in the cabinet, as perfo« nal timidity does in the field. But timidity, with regard to the well-being of our country, is heroic virtue. The noble Lord who then conducted affairs, and his worthy collegues, tee, had another fett of refolutions in his poc- to timidity. ket directly the reverfe of thofe he moved. Thefe artifices of a defperate caufe are, at this time, fpread abroad, with incredible care, in every part of the town, roan the highef'c to the lowel't companies; as if the indultry of the circulation were to make amends for the abfur- dity of the report. whilf'c they trembled at the profpeét of fuch Sir, whether the noble Lord is of a com- difir‘efles as you have fince brought upon yourfelves, were not afraid fteadily to look in the face that glaring and dazzling influence at plexion to be bullied by Lord Chatham, or by any man, I mufi fubmit to thofe who know which the eyes of eagles have blenched. looked in the face one of the ablef't, and, let him. I confefs, whenI look back to that time, I confider him as placed in one of the me fay, not the molt fcrupulous oppofitions, that perhaps ever was in this Houfe, and with- molt trying fituations in which, perhaps, any man ever flood. In the Houfe of Peers there {tood it, unaided by, even one of, the ufual were very few of the minil'rry, out of the fupports of adminifiration. He did this when be repealed the Ramp-act. He looked in the face a perfon he had long 1'efpeé‘ted and regard- noble LOrd's own particular connexion, (eig- He ed, and whole aid was then particularly want- ing; I mean Lord Chatham. He did this when he pallbd the declaratory 216:. It. cept Lord Egmont, who acted, as far as I could difcern, an honourable and manly part,), that did not look to fome other future arrangement, which warped his politicks. There Were in both houfes new and menacing appearances, that might very very naturally drive * General Conway. any |