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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In London on Nov. 25, report of Mr. Wilberforce's animated speech opposing Mr. Grey's motion for peace with France, arguing that French war inducements were based on false claims of English unrest, and current agitations hinder fair negotiations.
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In regard to Mr. Grey's motion for peace, we cannot do better than give the very animated speech by Mr. Wilberforce, in observing on it. It was made just at the moment the house was rising yesterday morning, and we are obliged to a member for it.
"Good God! said Mr. Wilberforce, that these gentlemen should talk of peace at such a moment! What have they to do with peace! Do they not know that one of the strongest inducements on the part of France, to declare war against this country, was founded on a false representation, artfully circulated in that country, that the people of England were dissatisfied with their form of government, and were ready to take up arms against it, and establish another founded on the same principles of anarchy as the French revolution? What then have they to do with peace, while they are attempting to raise a ferment in the country against the established government, and thereby rendering it impossible for us to treat with the enemy on any fair terms, by representing us in a state of insurrection."
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Nov. 25
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Mr. Wilberforce delivered an animated speech opposing Mr. Grey's motion for peace, made just as the house was rising yesterday morning. He exclaimed that discussing peace at this moment is inappropriate, as France's inducement to war stemmed from false reports of English dissatisfaction and readiness for revolution like France's. He argued that current attempts to ferment unrest against the government make fair treatment with the enemy impossible by portraying England in insurrection.