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Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
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Lord Holland protested in the British House of Peers on February 19 against an address approving treaties that guarantee the French government against its people, implying broader European guarantees, deeming it unlawful and contrary to 1688 revolution principles.
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PROTEST OF LORD HOLLAND,
In the House of Peers against the Address, in approbation of the treaties, on Monday, 19th ult.
'Because the treaties and engagements contain direct guarantee of the present government of France against the people of that country; and in my judgment imply a general and perpetual guarantee of all European governments against the governed. I hold such a design to be unlawful. I believe it to be impracticable, and recollecting the principles on which the revolution of 1688, and the succession of the house of Hanover was founded, I cannot give the sanction of my vote to a system which, if it had prevailed in those times, might have deprived this kingdom of all the benefits that have resulted from a national government and a free constitution.'
(Signed) HOLLAND.
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Monday, 19th Ult.
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Lord Holland entered a protest in the House of Peers against the Address approving treaties, arguing that they guarantee the French government against its people and imply perpetual guarantees for European governments against the governed, which he deems unlawful, impracticable, and contrary to the principles of the 1688 revolution and Hanoverian succession.