If then the House believed that to the blessed Reformation we owed the temporal as well as the spiritual liberties of England—if they believed that the Church of England, in her articles, homilies, and other formularies represented that Reformation—they would permit no temporizing policy, no fears, no threats, to deter them from doing their duty at This Solemn Crisis.

Sir, the House has assembled at a Solemn Crisis, when, in the words of the Royal Speech,— 64 "The ravages of the war may be renewed, after but a few days more, unless moderation and forethought, prevailing over impediments, shall sway the councils of both the parties, whose well-being is so vitally concerned".

I say it creates a most Solemn Crisis, and that hon. and right hon. Gentlemen opposite will not be able to wash themselves free from the great responsibility they have undertaken in the matter.