You stand, my Lords, on the brink of a great event—you are in the Crisis of a Whole Nation's hopes and fears.
"This is the advice which, when consulted, I have given, and I rejoice to say that I can rely upon the entire, the cordial, the persevering support of the same opinions from M. Piscatory, the Minister of France," I ask, is not that alone a decided proof at such a Crisis of a Nation's fate, of the great advantage of agreement between two such countries as England and France?
Was there ever an instance of such a question as this being discussed at such a Crisis in a Nation's history?