nds, I say, of savage war! Spain
armed herself with blood-hounds to extirpate the wretched natives
of America, and we improve on the inhuman example of even Spanish
cruelty--we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren
and countrymen in America--of the same language, laws, liberties, and
religion..... endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify
humanity. My lords, this awful subject, so important to our honour, our
constitution, and our religion, demands the most solemn and effectual
inquiry; and I again call upon your lordships, and the united powers of
the state, to examine it thoroughly and decisively, and to stamp upon
it an indelible stigma of the public abhorrence. More particularly I
implore those holy prelates of religion to do away these iniquities from
among us:--let them perform a lustration; let them purify this house and
this country from this sin!" These were noble sentiments, but the effect
of them was in a great measure lost by the remembrance that Chatham had
done the very same thing in the war with Canada; and that under his own
immediate superintendence. But even if there had not been this drawback
upon this fervent burst of indignation, uttered by the great orator,
it was not in the power of eloquence to alter the determination of
ministers. _They_ daily expected to hear of victories which would stop
the mouths of their antagonists, and therefore resolved to brave the
loud storms of opposition. Public sentiment was also still on their
side; for Chatham's amendment was rejected by a majority of eighty-four
to twenty-eight, and only two peers signed a protest. Thus, in both
houses, the original address was carried by an overwhelming majority.

DUKE OF RICHMOND'S MOTION FOR INQUIRING INTO THE STATE OF THE NATION.

On the 28th of November the Duke of Richmond moved for a committee of
the house to inquire into the state of the nation. The debate on this
question was postponed till the 2nd of December, and the Earl of Chatham
was there to support it. In his speech, the Duke of Richmond once more
asserted, that the nation was in a rapid process of decay, and that it
could not support the burden of war. The inquiry, he said, should be
as extensive as possible, and he proposed the 2nd of February for the
discussion; and expressed a hope that all papers called for might be
laid before parliament. Ministers assented to the committee; and the
Duke of Richmond then moved for returns of t