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countersigned by the king. Finding that Chatham's veracity could not
be established, the lords, in opposition, now turned the subject,
and endeavoured to justify his employment of the Indians. There was a
difference, they maintained, between the two wars--the one having
been against our old enemies, the French, the other being against
our fellow-subjects. They also argued, that the French having set the
example, we were justified in following it. But this argument applied
equally to the present war. Arnold took with him into Canada the very
savages whose services we had refused; and one of the first cares
of congress was to secure the alliance of the Six Nations. It was,
moreover, understood by all, that the treaty was not to stop at
neutrality, but to engage those Indians as auxiliaries in the war. Want
of means, coupled with the animosities which existed between the Indian
tribes and their American neighbours of the back settlements, and with a
species of reverence which the red men entertained for the name of King
George, had prevented the success of congress; but the Americans had,
to all intents and purposes, set the deplorable example of using the
tomahawk against their Protestant brethren of England. The Earl of
Dun-more, indeed, declared that he had himself, while governor of
Virginia, been attacked by a party of Indians who had been instigated
by the Virginians. Evil examples should not be followed; but the present
ministry had, at least, the same plea to offer for employing the Indians
as Chatham and the opposition lords had for employing them in the war
in Canada. The man who endeavours to blacken the characters of others
should himself possess an untarnished reputation. Chatham's motion was
lost by a majority of forty to eighteen.

ROYAL ASSENT TO SEVERAL BILLS.

On the 10th of December the royal assent was given to a bill for
continuing the suspension of the _Habeas Corpus_ Acts in certain cases
of piracy, and also to the Land and Malt-tax Bills--those standing
resources of government revenue. About the same time, likewise, the
royal assent was given to a duty laid on goods sold by auction, as well
as on inhabited houses.

PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED.

On the same clay, after the discussion of some unimportant motions,
made with a design of embarrassing ministers, Lord Beauchamp proposed
an adjournment to the 20th of January. Burke proposed an adjournment
for one week only; but ministers repres