Excerpt from Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Delivered in the House of Commons, Monday, February 3, 1800, on a Motion for an Address to the Throne, Approving of the Answers Returned to the Communications From France Relative to a Negociation for Peace Iabi induced, at this period of the 'debate, to ofier my fentiments to the Houfe, both from an apprehenfion that, at a later hour, the atten tion of the Houfe mull: neceftarily be exhaufied, and becaufe the fentiment with which the Ho nourable and Learned Gentleman began his Speech, and with which he has thought proper to conclude it, places the Queftion precifely on that ground on which I am moft defirous of dif cufling it. The learned Gentleman feems to afiume, as the foundation of his reafoning, and as the great argument for immediate treaty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.