It  was  not  given  to  that  house,  to  bdiold  the  objects  of  their
compassion  and  benevolence  in  the  present  extensive  consider-
ation, as  it  was  to  the  officers  who  relieved,  and  who  so  feelingly
described  the  extatic  emotions  of  gratitude  in  the  instant  of  de-
liverance. They  could  not  behold  the  workings  of  the  heart,
the  quivering  lips,  the  trickling  tears,  the  loud  and  yet  tremu-
lous joys  of  the  millions  wbom  their  vote  of  this  night  would  for
ever  save  from  the  cruelty  of  osrrupted  power.  But  though
they  could  not  directly  see  the  effect,  was  not  the  true  enjoyment
of  their  benevolence  increased  by  the  blessing  being  conferred
unseen.-'  Would  not  the  omnipotence  of  Britain  be  demim-
strated  to  the  wonder  of  nations,  by  stretching  its  mighty  arm
across  the  deep,  and  saving  by  its  Jiat  distant  millions  from
destruction  P  And  would  the  blessings  of  the  people  thus  saved,
dissipate  in  empty  air  1  No  !  if  I  may  dare  to  use  the  figure,—
we  shall  constitute  Heaven  itself  our  proxy,  to  receive  for  us
the  blessings  of  their  pious  gratitude,  and  the  prayers  of  their
thanksgiving. — It  is  with  confidence,  theref(»«,  Sir,  that  I  move
you  on  this  charge,  "  that  Warren  Hastings  be  impeached."


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