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    fity ; the unison of the Officers , of the Crown , and all he placemen in the House , in favour of the accused ^ th e promulgation of a design in some . General Officers , to address the Duke , oa ? Ijis meritorious conduct , as Commander in Chief , which was very propWjy censured in strong terms in the House ; the extraordinary , concurrence of unexpected incidents in proof nf the charges ; and , above all ,, the . manly and constitutional speeches which this occasion produced in the housa , displaying a degree of talent and integrity , that has not been

    surpassed in any age or country ; besides the obtaining of the peculiar object in view , the countLy is iikely to he a gainer by the promotion of a general spirit © £ inquiry into the corruption , which is said to prevail in many other offices . And , we may observe , that it is not jacobinism ,

    • which produces such inquiries : corruption is the grand aUy of jacobinism . It is this , which has , overturned kingdoms ; and jacobinism has no chance , where government is administered upon wise principles . , Th 4 wor&t of jacobins are those , who encourage corruption , rand thus underriiine she throne , which they

    are pretending to support . The debates in the House on this question began on March , the 9 th , and terminated-on the aoth 3 a greater number of members giving their opinion , and more hours being consumed in the discussion , than have been known from

    the ftrst formation of the House of Commons . JUr . "Wardle commenced very judiciously on the evidence , and ended a very excellent speech , by proposing- an address to the King , stating , the astonishment of the ] tiouse , to find , that very corrupt practices and abuses had existed iq the disposal of commissions and promotions , under the

    Qvvnmandcc m Chief , which could not have existed £ 0 the extent they have done , without his knowledge ; and if they ha 4 » such a presumptipn would not "warrant the conclusion ?; t hat the command of the army could , with safety , of ought m prudence , to be continued i » His hands ; and they therefore submit their opinion , that

    the Duke ought $ 0 be deprived of the command of the ajfmy . This option * vas seconded T > y Sir F . Burdett , and opposed witfe more subtlety than argument by Mr . Burton ; it was supported fcy Mr , Cur ^ ren , who called upon the House to perform its dwty manfully ; $ 0 Stop $ he torreoft of eruption * and tfri *

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    obtain a victory oaore glorious than any qf Bqnaparte ' s . The Chancellor of the Exchequer made an elaborate , technical defence * of jj ^ p ^ ke , and proposed first , a resolution , by which the House should declare its determination to pronounce a distinct opinion on the charges , which he should

    follow up with another resolution , that there w ^ s nu ground to irnpute personal corruption , or connivance , to the Duke , in the evidence produced at the bar ; he should then propose an address to the King , inclosing these resolutions , and stating the concern of the House , that a connexion had subsisted , "which exposed

    Jrhe Duke ' s character to calumny ; and that frauds should have been practised , with which the Duke ' s name had been coupled , pi a most disgraceful and dangerous tendency ; that the deep regret at this connexion expressed by tlie Duke , had afforded great consolation to tl ? e

    House , which trusted , that the Duke would in future keep in view the uniformly virtuous and exemplary , conduct of His Majesty , since the commencement of his reignr and which has endeared His Majesty to all his subjects . The Attorney General was equally technical and elaborate . . Mr . Bankes was for

    substituting a different kind of address , stating the existence of pernicious practices , but without the Duke ' s personal participation ; but of such a nature , that the command of the army-could not b , e continued in his hands , as the inquiry had unveiled conduct in him , highly

    injurious to the cause ot religion , and the main springs of social order . Mr . Yorke opposed fepth the resolutions arid the address , an ^ jl- ' maintained , that nothing had appealed to claim the interference of tlxe House . His speech , li ke a preceding jP *) $ * was marked by tjh e insinuations , on the effects of a popular

    c&y i which were very judiciously and properly combated by £ ord Eol ^ sjonq , who observe ^ , that the disgust at a P ° pu > iar cry c ^ me wit ; h a very ill grace from ^ quarter , which had so successfully rai ^ e ^ themselves by the ili-faun 4 ed crjr of N $ ? Popery . The noble JLord very property animadverted on Mr . Canning ' s % m *

    proper language on the subject of in * - famy , which cojdd now be shared qnlj by the person who ftad advanced th ^ j fc language , and the . accused , U « tfm a , o cu 6 er ha < J Xipfcly per . forrnei his duty , and , in the estimation qf tfrc whole comnry , w ^ s entitjod to the utmpst praise foe hi *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 169, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/49/