The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons Volume 13; From the Restoration to the Present Time Containing the Most Remarkable Motions, Speeches, Resolves, Reports and Conferences to Be Met with in That Interval as Also the Most Exact Estimates (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1743 Excerpt: ...this--- Parliament will, I fear, end in nothing, but granting more Forces and more Money, than has been granted in any Parliament within the so much talked of Pwiod of twenty Years past.' Mr Wilmington spoke next: Mr Wilmington. Sir, 1 In all Countries, especially in this, the People expect to be protected by their Government, they expect to be secured even from the Approach of Danger, and yet they grudge every Expence which becomes necessary for that Purpose: This renders it popular to oppose all publick Measures, because every publick Measure m ust be attendedwith a publick Expence; and thisveryosten, I believe, createsa Prejudice in Gentlemen who are fond of Popularity, which makes them judge amiss of almost every Measure, and every Precaution that can be taken by the Government. It is to this Prejudice that I must impute the Opposition which the Measure now under our Consideration has met with; for if we consider it impartially, and without Prejudice, there can nothing, I think, appear more prudent or more reasonable. That the Queen of Hungary ought to be supported, that she ought to be assisted, has been for some Time almost the universal Cry of this Nation: We ought, they fay, to assist her, not only in Consequence of our Engagements bat in order to preserve ourselves, by maintaining the Balance of Power. Whether I concur in this general Opinion, it is not now necessary to declare; but now when it is resolved to send Troops to her Assistance, and some of those Troops are, for our domestick Security, to be replaced by others, Gentlemen begin to find Fault with both these Measures, because both must be attended with a publick Expence. ' We are told, that it will be mad and unaccountable to send our Troops abroad, unless we are well assured that tho...