Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England Volume 25; From the Norman Conquest, in 1066 to the Year 1803. Comprising the Period from the First of February 1785, to the Fifth of May 1786 (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. 1815 Excerpt: ...had been altered, and how very, 'very different they stood now to what they had stood originally. A stronger proof need not be adduced that their confidence had been ill placed; and it was plain, the right hon, gentleman was now convinced, that the form in which the resolutions stood, when he first called on his friends to vote them, had appeared to him to be exceedingly incomplete and improper to pass. Mr. Fox argued upon the complicated nature of the resolutions, their number, the great variety of important objects which they embraced, and the serious consequences they might lead to, as reasons that ought to induce the House to accede to the motion. Mr. Biickdtde was also an advocate for time, and stated the extreme satisfaction it would afford his constituents, if the House were not hurried to an immediate decision. Mr. Harrison spoke on the same side, and urged the necessity of their meeting their constituents, and talking over the subject with them before they decided on a matter so deeply interesting to the whole empire. Mr. Taylor, on the contrary, pressed the House to take them into consideration then, while the evidence they had heard at their bar, and the numerous debates that had taken place, were fresh in their minds, and they had it in their power to assist their recollection. He said/, that for his part, if he were allowed five years to consider and revolve what had past lately, he could not make up his mind more completely upon the subject than he had already done. A great deal of matter well worth attending to, had been started by gentlemen on the other side of the House, and most ably had they argued it: the consequence was, he was as ready to vote the resolution that hour, as he could be at any future moment of his life. The House divided: ..