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' 3) Dear Sir, DAILY Experience but too plainly fhews, that this Na- tion abounds in Men, who under the fpecious Veil oi Patriotifm fpare no pains, and avail themfelves of every Delufive Art to render the Prince on the Throne, and all thofe employed under him, odious to the People ; fetting their Conduft in a falfe and malicious Light, with the Ible Viev^ of ftirring up Confufion, A 2 and * ,• •• • ^ "I* . - ' (4) and bringing Things to a melancholy Crifiis, that they may advance their private Intereft, which they know entirely depends on the Diftraftion of the State ; like that of Incen- diaries, who fet Houfes on fire, that they may rob and plunder unobferv- ed, in the Tumult and Confufion that fuch Accidents naturally oc- cafion. I What a pity it is, that this Ifland iliould harbour fuch ravenous Vul- tures, to prey upon her Vitals ! But fince it is her unhappy Lot, I think it tjie Duty of every honeft Man, left the Venom fhould fpread, to fet things in a fair and clear Light to his Fellow-Subjedts, that they may judge for thenifelves; (^nd the People of It ^ ■ ;■■ . ••■•••■. .■'?v;... ■ ( s ) of £;/^A?W always judge right, when rightly informed.) And as I now perceive, among the many villanous and diabolical Schemes, forg'd and made ufe of to inflame the People, and alienate their AfFeftions from their Sovereign, the chimerical and black Inlinuation, That our Prince has a greater Regard for his German than his Britijh Dominions, and that thefe are fubjefted to the Meafures of thofe : I thought the proving that Af- fertion to be falfe and groundleis, would be of the utmoftConfequence towards quieting the Minds of Man- kind, and cementing an happy Union between the King, the States, and the People ; and it is for that Rca- fon I undertook to anfwer the Au- thor of the Review of Germanyy whofe /:• • *Tr if {6) whofe whole Pamphlet is built upon the foregoing Infinuation, and is an Eccho to the Ca/e of the Hanover Troops. When I advife my Country-men not to be feduced by crafty Incen- diaries, and not precipitate themfelves into a Sea of apparent Misfortunes ; I would not be underftood by any, (by you I am fure I fhall not) to be a greater Friend to the Crown than the People : for if ever any Compe- tition fliould arife, no Man in BH- t-ain would more zealoufly cfpoufe the Caufe of Liberty ; which you, my Friend, know to be true, from being an Eye-witnefs of my oppo- fing both the laft and prefent Mini- ftry, when in the wrong : and I can ; , promife ^w ii sr .'imw:^ TT (7) ' promife you, as long as I live, I wiil follow that Maxim inviolably. What Approbation I meet with from any Party, I am carelefs of, as I am fure I fhall have yours ; an^ likewife the Satisfadlion of Voting as you do, which will confirm me that I am in the right. I would advife the People to be circumfpeft, and not jealous : An honeft careful At- tention to their Intereft is abfolutely neceffary to the Prefervation of our Happy and Free Conftitution ; but Jealoufy can tend to nothing but to in^ flame, divide, and weaken the whole Body; the ConfequeB^ of which muft be, that wicked and ill-defign- ing Men will avail themfelves of fuch Oppor- 'f' (8) Opportunities, and both Crown and People mu ft fuffer. i I ■ I- ? ; i| . I WILL finifh my Letter with a Remark of a favourite Author of yours: / ^ '' — aSV ^uid novijli reSiius iftisy Candidus imperii \ Ji non^^ his utert mecum. Your bumble Servants h York, Sept. 30. ^743- ;| !l ^ 4 I. » . (9) REMARKS i ; : Upon a Pamphlet, entitled, • « . . . i ■ • . * ■ I "< 1 ' ^;/ impartial Review of the prefent "Troubles of Ger- many, ^C. ; J . . . .: J itJ'^fU .'> ,.ll f 1 *.. CONSIDERING how modeftly the Author of the Impartial Review of the 'Troubles in Germany pretends to think of his own Abilities at firft fetting out, in the Sequel he is exceeding bold, not to fay rafli, in giving his Opinion 5 which, I pre- fume, he docs, to (hew he is no lukewarm Ja- cobite, or Friend to the Pretender, whatever rifk he may put his Judgment and Integrity to, as a Politician. B But i^ H (. ' . i J '•„>. ',*. "1 ■, ■•■*■ ( 10 ) B u T as the faired and fureft way of ex- pofing an A ithor, is by (hewing how Weak, contradidory, and groundleis his Propofitions, Arguments, and Aflertions are, I (hall rather take that courfe, than follow his own Example of vilifying and calumniating by harfli and boorilh Invedtives. I fhall calmly, and as concifely as poflible, endeavour to anfwer every malicious and falfe AfTeveration contained in the numerous and bitter- turned Paragraphs of the Pamphlet : And tho' I will not take upon me the teazing Drudgery of anfwering Para- graph by Paragraph, many of them being only the Ecchoes to one another, having the fame Matter in them ; but only a diifereat Jingle of Words and Rolling of Periods, to ilun one into a co-inciding of Opinion, as the ancient Bacchanalians by the jingling of their Inilruments and their confu(ed Cries and Clamours, made thofe they met as mad as themfelves : But tho*, I fay, I will not take fb great a Drudgery upon me^ I will Itiowever, fill •<■:„'■-■■-'■ '■' f^ as a proper Antidote againft the Poifon, con- fute every material Argument and Aflertion. H E begins with pretending to give us the Senfe and Opinion of all the foreign Minifters at Ratijbon, which mud be as ridiculous, as it is falfe ; for at Raiifion^ where then were met foreign Minifters from all the different Princes mEuropey and no two Princes having the fame Intereft in, and confequently not the fame manner of judging of the Affairs of Europe^ how is it poflible that all the Mi- niflers fhould be of the fame way of thinking with our Author? For tho* Truth is but one, and there is but one right way of judg- ing of Things, yet fo are Men and Bodies of Men hurried away by Views of Interefl, that fcarcetwo private Perfons, or two Princes, look upon the fame Thing in the fame Light, each endeavouring to turn it to his own Advantage. The Germanick Bo>iy is certainly a very great and powerful Body v^olledively, nor fhall any thing the Reviewer has faid make me change or lefTen my Opinion of it ^ nor does the Pro- B 2 perty '; \[ l-i,-' I C 12 ) pcrty of fomc particular Territories pafiing from one Prince to another, both belonging to that Body, any ways weaken the Body itfelf. Did not Englandy after the Civil War was end- ed, nay, before that was quite extinguiflied, when the Property of the whole Nation al- moft had changed Hands, and the Seat of Power totally changed 5 nay, the very Effence of our Conflitution, the Parliament, the Eng- lijjj Diet, was annihilated ; I fay, did not this Country then make as great a Figure, and fhew its Power, with regard to all outward Operations and Tranfadions, as much as ever it did fince it was a Nation ? And it is only with regard to its outward Operations, that the Power or Impotence of the Germanick Body is, or can be, of the leaft Confequencc to an Englifimatu n HANOVER, he fays, fliould have been kept in its original Subordination. I don't know what fome People may idly and wan- tonly imagine 5 but in my opinion, as an EngliJJman, and an Englijhman that thinks well. in) ■■'- ■r^K 'if^ m w well, and wifhes mod heartily well to my King and Country, Hanover now is under the befl Subordination ; nay, under the only Subordination it ought to be to Eitgland^ and to EngUJh Meafures and Maxims. Before the A. " ' Such is the Malignity of our Jacobite Author, that to afperfe the prefent Family upon the Throne, even the facred Afhes of that Great Prince, General and Statefman^ King William^ muft be rak*d up by the foetid Malice of his venomous Pen j and the mod confummate found Maxims of Policy confounded, to fupport wicked Hypothefes, as fcandalous AfTertions and falfe Interpreta- tion. But here, and here only, the Gentle- man feems to have fome regard for his own Charader, by not infifting long on this :. Topick, ^ in M i' I, ^^.: i'«^ V •'r* W' .-.v V ,.. ,' ;. •*«*■*'• ♦, Topick, remembering the Fable of the Viper and the File, and fearing to difcover himfelf too much. But tho' he does not diredtly ca- lumniate that Prince, yet he endeavours to vi- lify every Adion of his Reign ; the Partition- Treaty is trumped up, and laid as a Crime to the Charge of that Prince, and as a Slur upon his Memory. But any one, that can remember what was doing at that time of day, muft know, that the Partition-Treaty was forc'd upon him 5 I will not fay, by whom 5 by the not fupporting him in Meafures he was encourag'd by his Parliament to undertake. For if ever there was a Prince that had a thorough Averfion to the Tyranny of the French King, and a hearty Zeal for the common Caufe, it was King William*, and whenever he did not fucceed, the Fault will eafily and clearly be found to be in his Want of Support from tliofe who were moft interefted in the Suc- cefs of his Undertakings : but thofe, who ading the Part of Friends to France ^ hinder'd him from being fupported, were the firft to lay the blame wrongfully upon him. The > ■ H l{i K.^ •^; ?v Ni^rl* -^•i» ( '5) The next Fault laid to that Monarch's Charge, is his having eikblifh'd this Family on the Throne of England j tho* there feems to be a double-edg'd Malice in this Accufa- tion: yet, upon mature Confideration, it is the faireft Paragraph in the whole Pamphlet, as it Ihews the Author's Intentions plainly and undeniably, the whole Party-man flands confels'd, by this he declares himfelf a Ja- cobite, and fets a Mark upon himfelf and his Writings -, Hie niger eft^ hune tu Romam caveto. The next Paragraph is a fort of Self-che- rifher, and Compliment to his own extraordi- nary Abilities and Judgment, hinting at fome- thing none but himfelf can comprehend, that would better have brought about King ^/Z- iiam*s Defigns than what he and his Council, «ay, C 3 whole Nation, after mature Confi- deration, could find out. The Objedion rais'd by our Author, againft the Family, was fo far from being an Objedion with our Anceftors, that I I' I! '1 ; u III ./ ^ that it was a principal Inducement to court them to accept oF this Crown ; I mean, the acquiring of an additional Strength in the Empire. And therefore if our acquiring, by this happy and eafy Means, an additional Strength in the Empire, was fo delirablej furely the more the Eledtorate increaies in Riches and Power, the greater Benefit muft accrue to us of courfe, from that Increafe. And it is no- torious, that this has never been attempted out of the Spoils of the Houfe of j^ujiria, at the Expence of which one Eledlor has at- tempted it, and fucceeded ; another attempted, but mifcarried ; and mifcarried, why ? through the means of the King oi England^ and Elec tor of Hanover, conjointly : for if they had not been both one and the fame, the laft hinted-at Eledtor would have fucceeded as well as the firfl. As to the raifing a Spirit of Jealoufy in the Empire, every powerful Prince will be jealous of a powerful Neighbour j and all Princes, great or fmall, whether in Ger- many or out of Germany, will purfue their Interefl clofely, well or ill underftood, ** - - J :U , LEWIS w •."Wm" IT, .fi»W^':-'j .-^h-v..' :*<)■ ■^^ *■" { '7) Lewis the Fourteenth comes next upon the Carpet, and it becomes necefTary to fdlfify and mifreprefent his Condudl, in order to bring our Author's Syflem to bear. (I am furc our Author is no French-man^ or ehe Ihon'^ neur du Roy would not have permitted him to have done that, nay, he duril not have attempted it.) But I (hould be glad to know, how Lewis came to take ib much Pains to induce our Minifters to accept of the Treaty of Utrecht, in a fecret (though now well- known) Article of which, he Hipulates an4 agrees to furnifli Men and Money, and if neceffary, totis viribus, to aflill the Pretender to mount the Throne of England, after the Queen's Death : I fay, I (hould be glad to know how came Lewis to enter heartily into this Engagement, if he knew the Hanove^ rian Succellion would turn out (b much more to his Advantage ? But as a Proof of his not thinking fo as long as he lived, he did all that lay in his power to accomplifh his Roman Catholick Engagement 5 and had he C lived 'A '■1 :..• . t ( i8 ) lived much longer, I doubt whether the prc- fent Family would have preferved their law- ful PoflelTion of this Crown j fo many Jaco- bites there then were in England^ and Lewis fo inveterate to this Family, fo enthufiaftic a Bigot, and fo great a Tool to the Priefts* ]\ i nit What might haj -^n after the coming of this Family, I don't believe the wifeft Man could have foretold -, in fuch a lament- able Situation did our Author's Jacobite Friends put us, and all the World, by the never to be forgotten, nor forgiven, Treaty of Utrecht : nay, had our double-fighted po- litick Juggler been as great a Statefman then as he is now, I defy him to have guefe'd. The next Fault he is pleas'd to find with this Government is, our having a6ted in Con- cert with France^ during the Regency of the late Duke of Orleans -, which is as malici- oufly interpreted as every thing he has under- taken to criticife upon. It is a bold Word to fay, but I will aver, France was not France for t^^ ■; " i %^ 1*- ( 19) for that Time ; it was not then following its wonted Routine of Politicks, in opprefTing the Liberty, and confounding the Property of Mankind, nor aggrandizing itfelf, and every Branch of the Bourbon Family, at the Ex- pence of the Houfe of Au/iria, and the reft oi Europe : No, it was, confonant to Treaties, and, beyond Expedtation, fupporting the Or- leans Branch againft the Houfe of Spain, What could be more natural, nay, more ne- ceffary, than for England to join in Meafures fo well calculated for the Prefervation of the Liberties of Europe^ and to prevent the Uni- ting and Jun(ftion of which two Branches, io much Blood and Treafure had been fpilt ? nay, on our fupporting ^t Orleans Branch, depended the keeping this Family on the Throne. ii Nor did we, in this Conjundture, negledl our own private Intereft, for we feiz'd on this Opportunity to deftroy the Spanijh Fleet; which has never been able to give us the lead Umbrage fince. But before I finifli my C 2 Anfwer I I" :ni: f I f i ' "T'y.;-' ... .A- ( 20 ) Anfwcr to this Part of the Reviewer's Argu- ment, I beg leave to knov^ whether this Fa- mily had any Hand in that infamous Treachery, the Treaty of Utrecht j whether it was not made by the fame Set of Men who hinder'd King William from bringing (at half the Ex- pence) the French as low as they were be- fore that Treaty j which left them very little weaker, nay, I believe I may fay, ftronger than at his Death. Surely, the obftruding the Fall, and the propping up and aflifling the Recovery of the Power of France^ is of a piece ; and by the Work, the Workmen may be known. The next Paragraph burfts forth, big with Venom, and pouring out the genuine OfF- fpring of our Inflamer's peftilential Principles j at the Head of which ftalks that Hackney Lye, the Parliament's not having governed itfelf according to the Senfe of the Nation, fince the Expulfion, or rather cowardly Ab- dication of the worft Prince, of the worft Race of Princes, that ever harrais'd a Nation. A /H".^ '^>-^' j^ • • i ( 21 ) A great Compliment this to both Houies of Parliament, and likewifc to the People in general, for their repeated and confiderate Choice of their Reprcfentatives ! Now comes on a moft arduous Tafk, the endeavouring to give the fame Turn to our Politicks, from the Queen's Death to this Time. As all his Knowledge and Subtilty cannot help him to account for them in his own way, he makes ufe of an enchanted Key, to unlock all the Cabinets of all the Princes in Europe j out of which he extracts this Maxim, (borrow'd from a late Pamphlet, famous for the Truth of its Predidions) That Hanover has guided the Councils of Eng^ land^ iince the Acceffion : and to prove this Maxim, he has turn'd an old Mortgage, the Eledors of Hanover had on Bremen and Fer- deny into a Purchafc made with Englijh Mo- ney : This every one, who is thoroughly ac- quainted with the Affairs of Germany ^ can teAify. But the Infinuation is one of the moft artful 3 for when two Countries are under one Prince, m «»--v rr »/^ ■w (22) Prince, and their Interefts become the fame, it is in the power of any Man to fay, this takes the Lead, or that, though in efted nei- ther; both being guided by the common Good : and, I believe, nobody can now deny but that they both exert themfelves for the Honour of their King, and the common good Caufe of ail Europe j and confequently their own. • It next is alledg'd as a Fault, the late King's not having a more particular perfonal Regard for the late Emperor, the proudeft, mofl ungrateful Prince in the World ; who always ufed his beft Friends worft, when he no longer flood in need of them j of which we ourfelves are a home Example. i 1 1' ■p'l I THINK it would have been moft fur- prifing, if the King had had any more Re- fpedt for him than Policy forced him to, after the good Offices the Emperor had done that Monarch, at the Court of Berlin, by his Minifter Count Sinzendorffy which, in its Con- fequence. ■-4> r>-% ■^i. ^:*^ *^ X 7w . ^i ',.^^:/';^^,' -r*S i^^Tj ( «3 ) fequence, has been the mod fatal Stroke the Proteftant Intereil has felt thefe many Years; and I believe I may add, the common Caufe : it having been, in a great meafure, the Occa- fion that it has not been in the power of this Eledlor of Hanover to aflifl: the Queen of Hungary fo foon, and fo effcdtually as he earneftly wifh'd. fur- e- to, ne his n- cc. I s H ALL not trouble the Reader with any more than the two following Reafons for England's not declaring War againft France^ and affifting the Emperor in the iaft War : Firji, That the Dutch (without whom we ought never to engage in a Land- War) had figned a Neutrality with France, before any Meafures could be taken here 5 which any one that knows the Conftitution of our Go- vernment, muft acknowledge, can't be exe- cuted as foon as projeded. The next Reafbn is, that we are not oblig'd to be the Houfe of Auftrias Hedors, an J make every Quar- rel they are wicked or foolifh enough to draw upon themfclves, our own j efpecially, as we \ and m ( 24 ) and all th^ World knew, that the Minifters and Governors of that Court were then under the Influence of France, and the poorer Prince fold to the richer. I niilr m ' 'I il i^i i. But now a new Scene prefents itfclf. We are now ading vigoroufly, according to our Treaties and Obligations, which niuft like- wife be deem'd a Fault ; and what is moft ftrange, a Fault of the fame kind as our In- adivity. This Remark at firft made me think the Author was a Frenchman j ^ut Upon mature Confideration, and finding his Words and Sentiments to be literally the fame with thofe ufed by the Jacobites a- gainft the Adt of Succeflion, and his par- ticular Hatred not only to the prefent King, but all his Family, convinces me he is an Englijb Jacobite. For a Frenchman, that believes the Remarks in the Pamphlet, and the Inferences from thofe Remarks to be juft and true, would never have tried to raife a Spirit (which is the Author's Intention) in England, either among the weak or un- found. i -'"r- 1WV *■■ 'm ■'SOW- **y'*i'l' . .'♦^^V' ( 25) found, that might any ways obftrudl: Mea- fures, which he concludes hurtful to Eng^ land', and of confequence, of the greatefl Advantage to France, a- that and juft ife a i) in un- lund. I SAY, this Pamphlet is wrote to raife a Spirit, I may fay a Flame in the Nation, and to deceive Mankind, and cover the black lurking Defign by artful Accufations on our Minifters, and fair Profeflions of Patriotifm. The worft Caufe, by Men of Parts and Cun- ning, may be fet in a light to dazzle the "weak Eyes of many, and by being finely Ipun out, and drawn oft' from its plain and obvious Tendency, may afTume a fidlitious Shape, even pleafing and enticing ; but when ftripped of its Plumes by Men of Penetration and Judgment, its real and natural Deformity {lands confefs'd. CATILINE, and his Alfociates, in the blackeft Confpiracy that ever threatned a State, '^eil'd the horrid and bloody Enter- prize with this artful and popular Pretext, D Vindicamui i ■ I If I' i: ¥^r^^^. ..-^■•V/R T\ ( 26) Vmdicamus m Libertatem j and many fwal- lowed the enfnaring Bait. But even Catiline adted more openly and fairly than thofe who now follow his Example j he own'd, he was entic'd to perpetrate this wicked Deed, by the Lull: of Power and the Hopes of Plunder ; {Divitia, GloriaiDecuSy in Oculis fitafunt.) I wifh our Cati/ines would be as candid, and own the Truth. Nay, if any thing can palliate Parricide, he had diflrelTed Circum- ftances to plead in Alleviation of his Crime, Inopia domi^forisMs alienum : But what Ex- cufe can they plead, who out of meer Wan- tonnefs would rend in pieces the Bowels of their Mocher, their Country ? I T is now evident, we are ading vigorouf- ly J which, like the reil, that our Minifters and Prince may be rcnder'd difagrecable to the People, is reprefentcd as folely for the private Advantage of the Iiledlorate ; which is under a Neutrality, and has nothing to fear, and nothing to gain, as it has no Pre- tenlions on the Territories of other Princes. I M f /' ■}■<■ f;^' •at' i 'U ■>- .^ R. I ( 27 ) 1 lay, nothing to fear ; firji, from its Neu- trality ; and Jecondly^ from its Pofleflions be- ing well guaranteed by its powerful Neighbour and near Relation, the King of Pruffia, It is for the Eledtorate our Troops, conjointly with our Allies and Mercenaries, for fach I look upon fixteen thoufand of the Hanove- rians ; as for the other feven, *hey are the free Gift of his Majefty to the common Caufe : A much greater and more beneficial Gift, than the fo much and fo often boafted one of a former Monarch j the one coming out of another Country to the Afliftance of England^ the other rais'd and carried out of England : It is, I fay, reprefented to be for the Eledorate, that we were all led to' the Main ; and the Reafon given, is one of the moil curious of the fort That the Dutch might not have a War drawn upon their Backs in Flanders. A mighty good one, to fliew that the Eledorate is at the bottom of all this ! If the Hanonjerian Mercenaries had remained quietly and xnadively in Garifon, there might have been fome Shadow of Pre- D z tence fl'i jw:^:?^-' i.'^:' ^. V Ik ^7T^)' -'M (28) tence to have infinuated, they had Xak^nEngUp) Money for nothing. But fince their Pay was lefs this Year, in proportion to their Number of Horfe, than the HeJJiam^ and confequendy lefs than any Troops England could get, and almoft half ai cheap as Nat ionalT'r oops ; be- Jides the free Gift of Seven Thoufand, with compleat Artillery I repeat again, fince they went to the Main^ fought bravely, and even rifqu'd, according to our Author's Opi- nion, the whole Electorate, without the Profpedt of gaining one Inch more of Territory, the whole Argument is glaringly abfurd. I: '■ But, before I clofe my Anfwer to this Head, I would be glad to be informed why the Dutch fliould be uneafy at our (laying in Flanders^ and defirous we fhould pafs the Rbme. I am fare of the contrary. By all the Steps the States have taken, they have (liewn a great Backwardnefs to a War with France j and nothing but the utmoft Neceflity has made them take Meafui'es the leafl condu- cive f •/*.„>' f ■^.•;r r-^ *2V'?Sji ( 29 ) clve to one j and as they were mod: defirous of keeping out of one, nothing could more have coincided with their Defire, than our Troops remaining quietly in Flanders ; where they were in no danger of being attack'd by the French y the French being as unwilling to draw Holland conjointly with England upon tlxemfelves, as the Dutch were them. The only way to induce the Dutch to ad vigoroufly in Support of their Treaties and Guaranties, was that we took ; the go- ing to the Main, and giving that remarkable Check to the Arms and Power o( France^ at Dettingen ; which is chiefly, if not wholly to be afcribed to his Majefty's perfonal Bra- very and Condud. A Check, with which France is vifibly affeded and difplrited, as file has not felt the like thefe thirty Years tho' (he has been frequently within that Pe- riod engaged in War. I fay, it was his Majefty's perfonal Behaviour, he ading the Part of a brave Soldier, and experienc'd General, that gave that happy Turn to the u !!< •% -% 1 '^1 :,^'^' t , I J: 111 I (TIM- ( 30 ) to the Affairs of Europe ; notwithftanding the little, low, malicious Arts and Infinuations the Reviewer has made ufe of, to fully his Ma- jefty s Glory ; and to prevent, if poffible, his reaping the jufl: Harveft of his Valour, the People of England's Love and Affedlion for his Perfon, and Zeal for his Family. But I can (thank God, to the Jacobites great Mor- tification) knowingly aflert, that never has a King of Englarfd more thoroughly won the Hearts of his Subjedts ; which can never fail him, as he means what he ads, and confirms his Intentions by the rifque of his Life, . to raiie the BritiJId Nation to the higheft pitch of Glory. I (hould be glad to know, if any one of the four Monarchs of the Sfuart-KsiCQ ever hazarded their Perfons in a Battle, fought for the Honour and Interell of thefe Kingdoms, and in Support of the Liberties of Mankind 5 whatever they may have done againfl: Liberty, and to enflave a free Nation.- i;! The r ..-^ t. :■•> '-^Ul (31) The Argument the Pamphleteer brings, forth, to take ofF the Luftre of the late Vic^ tory, is a Mafter-piece of its kind That we fought the Frenchy not to find them ; and that the beating therrj, fo that they never have dared to look us in the Face again, but have ever fince fled before us, was Mif-condudt and Confufion.— Fortunate Blunder ! Lucky Incident !— .The French would have been very glad to have as happily mifcondudted them- felves. But almoft afhamed of this, fo great is hlsModefty! he immediately finks to the Examination of our Magazines : which, as there was no Occafion for our going further up the MaiUy were not provided and fur- nifli'd, as if we were to have gone into Ba~ varia, as he fuppofes we ought. And gone, for what ? — To have left an Enemy behind us, obftrudted Prince Charles's coming down to the Rhifie -, and carried our Troops where they could have been of no Ufe, as the Au- Jlrians had done the Bufincfs long before. rl !'■( -n 7*^ -.r,' (' ^i l\ ■p-;^^' M T :t ■,. ^- riff : ••wi&--*.:s ( 39 ) and as to the Cbnfequence then, no Man, God alone can foretel : But the Probability, that the Forces, that on fuch an occafion would be brought into the Field, might fuc- ceed, is very great. .',r The Conclufion, drawn from Mr. de Noaiiks^s Condud: in attacking us, that he mufl: have been inforni'd of an ofFenfive Al- liance, (by offenfive, I mean one refolved at all Events to attack France) is anfwer'd by the Author's own Argument : For, fays he, Mr. ISloailles muft have known his Mailer's Intentions of evacuating Bavaria, and re- moving the main Obftacle to a Peace between the Emperor and the Queen of Hungary^ If Noailles had been fure of the two above- alTerted Fadls, (one of which he could not, it notexifling) he would never have attack'd the Allies. That would have been demon- ftrably contrary to his Mafter's Intentions, as laid down by the Author ; for then it would have been openly and fuigly declaring War ?gainft England^ and the Queen of Biw^ gary ; Ml :ii 'f (11 I 'im n.. u M m ^*n..- m •> ^ .figjf fv*; *»■ 7 TT^. 4 t?:'' ■ ( 40 ) ^<7ry ; and, of courfe, forcing the Dutch^ PruJJia^ and Ritjfia to declate themfelves for us. For Pruffia and RuJJia both, are, by their defenlive Alliances, obliged to affift us, if War is declared againfl us, as well as the Dutch : And it was for fear of this, that France has not openly dared to declare War; and to preven*: which, every body knows, they have left no Stone unturned. This Con- clufion therefore is of no weight, and abfurd. No, Marfhal Noailks's Intention was plainly to ftrike a bold Stroke, and force his Way, if poffible, into Bavaria^ to defend and fupport Bn^40S tatter'd Remains of an Army 5 which, had he beat us, he would have been able to have done ; and likewife would have given fuch a Check to the Meafures of the Allies, gs might have difcouraged the Dutch from coming into them. > I As many fubfequent Paragraphs are calcu- lated only to diminifh the Glory of the Vic- tory 2ii Dettingen, I iTiall, as I faid before, leave it to the Officers there prefent j who are more 4 I ■'*» '^v- '^"k^ S ^4 ^\ Cy :y (40 more nearly concerned to vindicate the Condud of that Day t Tho* Vidtory is generally al- lowed to be a good Juftifier of a General's Actions, But Malice itfelf can't deny, that his Majefly behav'd with the utmoft C^alm- »els and Intrepidity j commanding the Right Wing in general, and not at the Head of any particular Regiment, or Corps : And that the French^ that attack'd, were greatly fuperior in Number to the Allies, actually engaged. A J J our Author's Number of flain and wounded, it is more extraordinary than that fet forth in the Paris A la-main, printed pre- fently after the Battle ; and every one can plainly fee, the Advantage is intirely on the Side of the French ; fince they quit their Ally, the Caufe of the War, in the midft of his Enen' i^^. j and retire quietly home, after having v''i iiouily failed in their Scheme; having fpeni jive Hundred Millions of Livres, and loft above an Hundred Thoufand Men, h. trying to perpetrate their Defigns, — Biit before I quit this Topick of the French'^ Vic- tory s Dettingen, I can't help taking notice, F how t ill 'Si U. !MI 1 %».■■ ■^F" ..%V V^ fri V*' ,,^' « ■«■« -i^r^ &.m I.I ( 42 ) how contradidory our Author's Opinion is to itfelf, of Marfhal Noailles's Condudt. He firft fays, every Part was conduced with the utmoft Prudence and Judgment 3 and then, that he might have deftroy'd the whole Army of the Allies, if he had pleafed.— - How nicely do the Elogium and Accufation a- gree ? The modeft Offers ' France are now to be extoll'd ; her Moderation and peaceable Inclinations to be blazoned in pompous Co- lours, and England and Holland (I am glad he has join'd us) to be vilify'd for not ad- vifing as Mediators, clofing with and coming into as AccefTaries, fuch kind Offers 5 which would have been the moft fatal Blow, the Li- berties of Europe ever felt. Let a Man but look back to the Time, and refled on the Circumflances of Things, when a Peace was offer'd, according to the uti poJJidetiSy only calculated to fave by Stratagem a perifhing French Army, et il lui fautera aux yeux^ that the Balance of Power in Europe would have n •t*lf •V m- r^J. ". "^T v»* y.^ i (43 ) have been deftroyed by it. After praifing the Offers of France, and condemning England and Holland, pour n' avoir pas donnez dans le FanneaUy one can be furpriz'd at nothing : otherwife I fhould, at the accufing the Queen of Hungary of a devouring Ambition j who is forced to fpend her inmoft Treafure, and make ufe of every Friend, to defend her lawful Polfeflions ; while France, to obtain Univerfal Monarchy, has fet the World on fire, and brought into every Country Dcvafta- tion and Ruin ; and has wantonly ^ilt the Blood of Millions : And, tho* failing in her Projedls, even now meditates the Means again, to ipread Defolation and Slaughter throughout all Europe, What Powers may join to oppofe fuch diabolical Schemes, I am not Politician enough to know 5 but I am fure it will be pro Aris & Focis : And what- ever Hopes E«^/tf« ■ 1 •y 1! 1 m Ifv- k •' i III H^n ■^.■" ^ ■-■-,J n r^^^^r (4+) Months. For at the bottom, we and the Dutch Sire the Mark the French aim at. It is our enriching Trade and Wealth they moft defire. Extent of Territory they want not : But as they can't attack us dircdly, by our Situation fo well defended, they arc forced to take round-about ways, to divide, weaken, or conquer the reft of Europe ; which, when done, we muft fall an eafy Prey to their fu- perior Fofce. I would have them, notwith- ftanding the great Confidence they have in their Strength, remember ; that the vain- glorious Trojam, with all the rich Princes of the Eaft their Allies, were conquered, and totally deflroyed by a Confederacy of the little Princes in Greece^ when their Perfidy was known, and their wicked Arts grown ma- nifeft. I call it the Confederacy of little Prin* ces, becaufe each was a little Prince, in compa- rifon of thofe they attacked, and likewife little in comparifon of thofe by whom a Confederacy might be fram'dj againft a Nation more perfi* dious, treacherous and inhuman> than the Trojans were. The (+5) '»^^ "V *»» 'k^*^ « The Ablurdity of attempting to fupport the Queen of Hungary, till Tvnjjia was drawn from the Alliance made againft her, I have before expofed : but fhall it be faid, though we cannot preferve all her Dominipn^ whole and intire, that we fhould give up all? 1 will not ^retend to fay, it is meerly out of Good*Naiare, that England is for keeping the Houfe of Auftria as powerful as fhe can ; but likewife out of the Regard they have to their own and Holland' % Security and In tereft, in preferving Flanders in the Hand& it is in. And had we not affifted the Queen of Hun^ gary, (he muft have complied with the Terms of France j and to preferve her more profit- able and nearer Poilefllons, have given up Part of Flanders : the fuj^rting of which, cod her as much or more than the Revenue of that Country— Hk latet anguis in herbd — -Here centred all the Views of France-^ Hence all the AfFcdtion to the Houfe of Ba^ varia-^ Hence come the co-inciding with Frujfia*-^^ As long as the Schemes of thcfe Princes i !* .-li •1 % I. m ■4- ♦ T' t*-'^ a -T-^l ( 46 ) Princes tallied with thofe of France, fo long {he aflifted them, and no longer. Pruffia has made her Peace ; the Emperor can no longer keep up the War in the Empire, and therefore no longer ufeful to France, And as a Mark of their Fidelity in keeping their Treaties, they leave him to himfelf (fur- rounded by an Army of Enemies) with the greateft Part of the Empire not very well dif- pofed to him as Eledtor, whatever they may be as Emperor. "I H Our Author, determined to find fault right or wrong, fuppofes, that we fhall draw a French War upon ourfelves, at all Events, (which, it is apparent to the whole World, we have endeavour'd to avoid as much as poffible, confiftent with our fulfilling our Treaties i) and then proceeds to give Reafons, why no Prince or Potentate will affift us, in cafe Neceffity Should force us into fuch a War ; though the fame Neceflity muft drive other Princes into one as well as us, they being as. much, if not more nearly concern'd. The •f ., y^grv^ 1 > ^ * V,- ;*^ 'lL\(.i !: (47 ) The firft Prince he pretends to anfwer for, is the King of Pruffia j and his Reafbn is, that that King would not wifh the Qupen of Hungary (hould be powerful again : But I believe if, by entering into a grand Alliance^ he could increafe his Dominions, in a greater proportion than the Queen could hers, that fo political and ambitious a Prince would not let flip fuch a favourable Opportunity of Ad- vantage to himfelf, out of Jealoufy or Envy to her. But befides, let us refled: on what is founded the Defire of Extent of Territories, (which is this Monarch's darling Vice j) is it not to become more powerful, and be of more confequence ? If that is true, I will be bold to fay, that fliould Prujjia let France didtate to the reft of the World, and fuc- ceed in her Schemes, get the better of us and the Dutch, and feize Flanders., the King of FruJJia will foon find himfelf of lefs Confe- quence, than before he acquired Silejia and Part of Bohemia. The Dutch are now our declared Friends, and aflift the Queen of Hungary^ ■\ ■1 ■i I -^ ■», I '9' I III ,1 ■ 1 hi .ij. 'I 1^ i r^ Ir T^ . ' • .VT",!- ' ^/\I ;r^ ( 45 ) Hungary J both with Men and Money ; they , garrifon her Towns for her, that ihe may ufe her Troops elfewhcre -, give her a voluntary Subfidy, and Seventeen Thoufand of their Troops have march'd to join the Allies* My Friend may give as many Rcafons as he pleafes, for the other Powers entering, or not entering, with us ; I can afTure him, we fliould delire no more than the King of PruJ/ia, Queen of Hungary ^ the Dutch^ and the King of Sardinia for Allies, (hould France pufh the Joke fo far, I believe we five could give a very good Account of Monfieur^ ali being thoroughly in earneft. The King of Sardinia I look upon as the moft hearty in the Caufe, he fearing nothing fo much as being coop'd up with the Houle of Bourbon on each Side of him, without Hopes of increafing his PolTeflion, and almoft a Cer- tainty of being a Sacrifice to each of the Branches of that Family, alternately, The mutual Guaranty and definitive Al- liance between the Kings of Englajid and I Fruffta,- \^0r 1. v;^; \"' u ;i (49) Phffid^ near Relations, and the two greateft Protdftant Powers, is made a Crime to the E- ledlorate : Good God ! that a mutual Harmo- ny between thefe two Princes (hould be found fault with I Was ever any Objedtion fo wild ? and the Reafon alledg'd for that Objedion is much more fo, viz. That fuch Alliance can be of no ufe to EngJaitd^ becaufe the King of PruJJia is not a Maritime Power. If I un- derfland what is meant by the Maritime Powers, it is England and Hollajjdy and of late France has fbmc pretence of being en- titled to that Denomination. So, according to this way of Reafoiiing, we ought to have no Allies, but the Dutch or the French j the latter the only People that are, or dare, be our Enemies, and as they are f ), all our Schemes and Alliances mufb tend to the making and keeping them as weak as poffible : The firft are, and mufl be our Allies j therefore this Argument proves a flrange Solecifm in poli- ticks, that we ought to have but one Ally in the World. I remember its being objeded G to ,15 i r T. a'S yi^ -T^ 11 flfi M 'J1 l^«' ( so ) to the late Minifter, that wc had no Ally but the Dutch ; and a Perfon remarkable for his Wit, faid atth.it time, they were our Allies in fpite of our teeth, or elfe we (hould not have had even them. But let us confider of what confequence this defenfive Alliance is to us, as the Dutch can't be our Enemies, we fear nobody by Sea j therefore all we want is to have Allies on the Continent, that if, in confequence of our endeavouring to obftrudt the Aggrandizing of the Houfe of Bourlioriy War (hould be declar'd againfl: us, we might be able to fucceed in our Endeavours, and be fupported. And every body muft own, that at this time the King of Prujjia is one of the moft powerful Princes in Europe j and confequently greatly able to aflift and fup- port us in fuch necefTary Meafures : I need not repeat my Opinion on the Neccffity of them, having already given it in the fuUeft manner. How 71 W^ (so How great a Compliment foever our Po- litician may think he pays their High Mighti- neiTes, every Step they have lately taken is a flat Contradidion to his chimerical Sup- pofitions and Reafonings j for the Views of France are as well known to their High- MightineiTes, as they have been long fince to England, They have often experienced the Equivocations, enfnaring ProfefTions, and falfe Proteftations the French ufe to lull Powers afleep with, when they have fome gr and wicked Defign on the Carpet. The Dutch, by our Author's Confeflion, don't feem fo peaceably inclined as they were -, and the Reafon is manifeft, they would not be for undertaking ImpolTibilities no more than we : but now they fee they can fave the remain- ing Part of the -^^y?r/^« Dominions, and their chief Care, Fh7ickrs, they are wifely taking every Step that may bring about that great and defirable Effed. But to leave our Juggler to wander alone through his Labyrinth of wild Hypothefes, I fay, I will again affirm. That if G 2 France .1 f,i J' l'«t*- Jtfi ■ ;■ M ' ' ^ '■A& 1 '. ■■■ -■» ■■ (5? ) France will leave the Emperor to the free Empire, and not affifl: Don Philip in his un- warrantable Pretenfions in Italy, there will be no French War. But if France will pre- tend to difpole of the PofTeffions of the Houfe of Aujiria to whom (he pleafcs, and by every Ad declare (lie aims at Univerfal Monarchy the Dutch will be alarm'd a^ much as we can be, and will be as jealous of Franc:, as any one Potentate in Europe : Little private Views of fmall prefent Advantages in Trade will never divert that great and wife Body from keeping a Balance of Power ^ the at- tempting to perfuade EngliJJ.'men, let their Debts be never fo great, that they {hould tamely look on, and permit France to become jiowerful enough, hereafter, to enflave them, is I's foclidi as it is wicked ; Englifj-men are the Lift People in the World to imbibe fuch a Doclrine, who prefer Liberty to all other BlefTings of Life, and even Life itfelf. No falfe Suggeftions, That Hano'jer may reap ibme Advantages from a War (which ihe cannot) will ^^ ..^ .5"" '^' J: WW^-r •w*^* .r ^:- (S3 ) will divert an EngUJh-man from ipending the laft Drop of his Blood, to put it out of the Power of France to enflave, and make a Pro- vince of their native Country, the iineft and richeft Ifland under Heaven j and, thank God, as yet, one of the moft powerful Kingdoms in the World, hi Most of the remaining Paragraphs are Panegyricks on the French^ and the French Emperor of Germany^ and Elogiums pf their Honefty, Candidnefs, and Juflice 5 to which every EngUJb-man muft infallibly ftibfcribe, they having been, for a whole Century, io remarkably the Promoters of Harmony and Tranquillity in Europe, Blood-fhed and Ra- pine their ^vow*d Detcflation. Towards the Cloie of the Work, it is with great Pleafure that I find our Author himfelf feels his Arguments too weak to draw over his fenfible Readers to his way of think- ing j and is therefore obliged to have Recourfe to n \ \