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L E T T E R U7 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE (("W ■omci t);i :it =, V'< Ch — s T- ND, Efq; ' ' ;-:'y Sir, './» Ti ^HE Propriety of this Addreft will, I prcfume, be generally acknowledged, when I declare myfelf a foldier, and that our prefent military Eflablifhment is the fub- jedl of my Letter. The repeated AiTu-* ranees of yoar AfFcdtion for the Army ii^ general, your Zeal for the Interefts of the Officers, your Promifes of being an Advo^ cate in their Caufe^ whenever a Peace ihould render any Redudlion neceflary j your favourable Opinion of our Loyalty to the Crown, and our Reverence for the ^' "; A 2 Conftitution. ( 4 ) Conftltution, made us rejoice in the Power tl^at you a^liHued in the Execution of your Office : A Power, unknown to any for- mer Secretary at War. We looked upon Mr. T d as the J&oldier's Friend, his Patron, his Prote<5lor. We were alTured h% would employ his Abilities in covering us from any unneceflary Severities, and liis Eloquence in reprefcnting our Services 'i in the in€>ft favourable Ligiit lo our •Sove- \ icign and our Country. If he fome- • times, perh^s indeed tqo ofjten, feem^d to overiook^ fh6 Merit of Seniority and Service, or gave Rank and Preferment to younger Officers, who are to deferve them hereafter, yet a partial Error was forgiven fot . Kis Regard tp the wbpfc : Tha prixat^ Vfce-Wii^ lipjft in the publick Virtue. *"' ...,^uT'in wihat manner, ' Sir^ (hall w« aipf p,u»j: ' tpr y pui .prefeot tOt^l Chaiige. gf Cbara(3icf^ r-^^^er indeed a dircjft Co«rjf t^^didiop tQ.a)i youT former Sentiments and Condudt ? By what new Arguments i^ the Rj^aibniflg of Years in a few (hort Days confuted? Is it frqm the Variety gf Gepiu% the JFlexibility of Spirit, or the ijuttuxal IJnceriainty of ajl human Under- fl^pdiug, ih^i v\'e thus ftart. from one ^x-. tK^ijjtQv jjljepther ? Qr^ inftead of thefe fubtile "V ;."■ I w« ( s ) " ftibtile »nd luctapbyfical Refinements, does it not merely and fimply proceed from firft admiring our own Parts, and then raifirg the admiration of others, by fliewing the facility with which we can difpute and argue, and only not convince, on both Sides of a queftion ? However, certain it js, that another Mr. T d now appears upon the Scene. It is con- fefTed, he ilill pron^sfes to fupport Admi- niftration in the full Vigour and Extent of its Meafures. He iliil fwears by the Re- volution and the Hanover Succeflion. He is ftill a ^big in Blood and in Sentiment, His uincefiors were IVbigs* But, behold ! a weak and wilful Oppofition is formed. He gives it all private jblncouragement, yet treats it in publick with the Contempt it deferves. Some honeft well-meaning Country--gcntlemen are alarmed at the . dreadful Name of a (landing Army. They bad formerly been diftinguiflied by the Name of Ivories, Mr. T dy however, defcends from his hereditary dignity of Whigjrifm, enters into their Councils, pro- fcffes his Apprehenfions of evil Defigns in the Miniftry, and his Terrors of adding to the Power of the Crown. He promifcs his Afliftance in Parliiment ; bqt when he finds a certain Right Honourable Per- ^m t fon. ( 6 ) fbn, hardly to be fufpedlcd of being par- tial to Adminiflration, not only fupporting their Plan, but wifhing it had been enlar- ged, he prudently declines entering into the Contefl, gets a convenient Fit of the Cholick, and retires. >ii t »- ** But what a lamentable Figure have our Minifters made through this whole Tran- fadion ? Is this the Manner in which they propofe to maintain the Reputation, the Dignity, the Power, of their Adminiflra- tion ? They have fuffered their Deciiions to be canvaffed at Sir F j D ^s, and even to be made the Subjedt of poli- tical AUercation at a Tavern. They have raifed a Party fr6m Infignificance and Ob- fcurity, to controul their Meafures, and difpute their Diredtions. A Citizen and Broker harangues againft (landing Armies, in the neither Profe nor Poetry of his own Heroicks. He ftands in the Pafs of L berty, like another Leonidas at the Pafs oiTbermopyla, Yes, Sir, 1 fay, another Leonidas ; and I am authorized in making the Comparifon. Mr. P — / has been compared, by a Right Reverend Divine, to Scipio Africanust for carrying the Parifli of Hayes to 'Church ; and a late Vinegar- Merchant is another HanJiibal^ in his Paf- .1 \ . ; ( 7 ) fage over the Alpes. Thus fpeaks his Epitaph in St, Pauh Church-yard, Hie jacet tile alter Annihaly qur, per montes et a/per a vita^ a ce to fibi viam patefecit. But what could our Minifters propofe to themfelves by fubmitting the Determi- nation of this important Meafure to the Vivacity of Mr. T— • and, I truft, wrll ever be out .uv-^vVij*A -D beat m . it m .i>. ( 10 ) •^eat of Enipire. Here therefore an am- bitious Monarch, if indeed a Monarch's ambition can ever confift in en^daving his Subjeds, will endcavov r to form an Inte- reil, and eredt an influence eithi^r dange- rous, or dcftrudlive to Liberty. Ireland has given Proofs of her being as jealous of her Freedom as England^ and a;S apt to rcfent any fecming Act of arbitrary Power in the Crown, under whatever Title or Appearance of Prerogative; yet the gentle- men of Ireland are willing to receive a*, ve- ry confiderable Addition to their military £Aabli(hment. Our Colonies are at too great a Diftance for the Soldiers or Offi- cers to feel any undue Influence either of minifterial or fovereign Authority. Wife- ly, therefore, either to prevent a real Dan- ger, or obviate the Sufpicion of Danger, to our Liberties, has the Mafs of our mi- litary Strength been transferred to Ireland and America, It is not, however, without a juft In- dignation, that I think my felf obliged to repeat thefc abfurd Sufpicions ; thefe fenfe- lefs Infinuations. Yet if I could believe they were generally received, I fhould be more afhamed of the Ingratitude of my Countrymen, than angry at their Injuflice. However, 1 am- . arch's ig his Intc- lange- reland ealous apt to Power Ltle or cntle- ff. ve- lilttary at too Offi- her of Wifc- Dan- anger, ir mi- reiand iftln- red to lenfc- jclievc uldbe of my uflice. wevcc. ( >' ) ' However, it would not be wholly incon- fiftent with the Spirii*. of Gentlemen of the Army, who have the; honour of fitting in the Houfe of Commons, to vindicate the Charadler of their Brother- officers, as well as their own, from the' Malignity of fuch Sufpicions. 1 do not mean, that they are \ worth relenting, but perhaps they (hould not be wholly unnoticed. But, we are told, that the Liberty of Rome was deftroyed by a diflblute, li- centious Soldiery ; or, according to mo- dern Language, a landing Army. No ; and beware, O Britain ! by a venal and corrupted Senate were the Liberties of Rome deftroyeH. Long before the Ty- ranny of Cafar did Jugurtha exclaim, O urbem venalem & cito perituram, fi emptorem invenerit ! Though private Per* Tons might dill maintain fome feeble Sen<^ timents of Honour and Probity, all pu* blic Virtue, and efpecially that peculiar Roman Virtue, Pairiotifm, was totally loft. Intrigue and Padlion dictated the Decrees of the Senate : all popular Elcdlions were carried by Bribery and Corraption ; all Offices were openly bought and fold ; the Provinces were given as Plunder to repair the broken Fortunes of an extravaeant B 2 Nobility, ■i i :» H ( 12 ) Nobility, and Luxury avenged the World, that Ambition had c<3nqucred. . '^^ But Oliver Crorr.j^el, fo fays that cu- rious Colk<5tor of hiflorical Fads, Mr B d, enllaved t'nii Country by a {land- ing Army. No ;, by Parliaments alone can the Liberty of this Nation either be oppre'^ed or enflrfveJ. The fclf denying . Ordinance of th*.,* Parliament alone placed Cromnel at the Head of the Army, and could alone have given him that Power, upon which he founded his Ufurpation. Yet indeed al'i Liberty, all conftitutionai Liberty, was deftroyed before he was pla- ced thus uncontrolable at the Head of the Army. But a thoufand Circumftances befides CromiveN own extraordinary Cha- radler, that concurred in producing this wonderful Event, muft render our Ap- prehenfions of ever feeing fuch another, perftdly ridiculous. .^ '^ c •'* • Yet is this the Crifis chofen for fu- fpedifjg either our Loyalty, or Love for pur Countiy ? Boafting, I confefs, is not among the Virtues of a foldier's Cha- raderj yet in the very Mocjefty of Fads we may venture to afferf, that we have carried tlie military Glory of this Natiop » \,i { 13 ) ■ to an Height (he never knew before. We fupporie4 the Fatigues and Dangers ^f War, and purchafed, with our blood, an l^pnourable, advantageous Peace. Wc are now to be reduced, becaufe we are no longer neceflary to fupport the Great- npCs we have raifed. Be it fo. If the Poverty of the State requires this little Saving, this frugal Difference between the half and vv'hole Pay of a few Officers, we fubmit to our Fate without murmur- ing. We will not repent us of the Blood we have (hed. F.^tigue and Danger are the Honours, as well as Duties of our Piofeffion. BiU let us not be flandered * ' _ with Difaffedlion to our Country. Let us not unjuflly, I had almoft faid, un- gratefully, be charged with Crimes we abhor. Wc have fought in every Climate of the World, with 9i Spirit, that diftin- guifhcd us from the Wretches, who fight for a Mafter. We conquered in the Spi- rit of Liberty, ai d are we now fufpeded of fubmitting to an ab'ed:, voluntary Sla- very; of being ourfelves the Inftruments of Tyranny and Oppcffion? But what are they, who at once infult their So- vereign and the Gentlemen of the Army with fuch Sufpicions ? An Orator of Monofyllables and Adverbs, with his this, that, here, there thing Defcriptions. Then, that 1" if ( H ) that other convulfcd Prolocutor, who mouths the patriotic Heroics of his Leonidas againft a (landing Army. The Tories too have joined in thefe Clamours of Oratory and Patriotifm. They had been ufed to make Speeches againfl (land- ing Armies, and in the Wifdom of their Integrity they dill make Speeches againft Aanding Armies. Let us, be(ides, acknow- ledge their pious Firmncfs in the Principles of their Forefathers, for they too hated (landing Armies. They had long frightened themf Ives with iome (Grange AfTociation of Ideas between the Words Soldiers and Slavery^ as Children are terrified with f hofe of Darknefs and Spirits. They could not itrimedictely get the better of habitual Prejudices. Befide?, they would willing- ly go down to their Conftituents, as Country-gentlemen, determined to cor- re5l the ErrotirSy and ^ppofe the ExceJJ'es of Admim/iration, Such Keafons may per- haps juilify thefe Gentlemen, but furely will do very little Honour to the Wifdom of the Minifters, who have rendered an infignificant Party, capable of oppqfing and controling their Meafures. I BELIEVE, Sir, it would give my Rea-? ders a very favourable Opinion of my (in- cerity, • ( '5 ) ccrity, whatever they might entertain of my Prudence, if I (hould afTure them, as indeed I may with great Truth, that I here propofed to give them your very animated Declamation at Sir F > • s JD— < — ^'s, in Aid of Mr.B ^'s Oratory. Mr. G— r*s Patriotifm, and the ohftinate Integrity of the Tories. But impoflible ! Impoflible to give them even any Idea of the varied Tones of Elocution, fuch as yours ; or that agitated Adtion, by which you talk, from Head to Foot. Then the Argu- ments of reafoning are fo very different from thofe of declaiming. However, I can affure them, That you treated the Army, the Minifters, and the Crown, with equal patriotic Diffidence and Sufpi- cion. You urged the Necefllty of pre- ferving the Independence of Parliament, if we mean to preferve our Liberties j but impoflible to preferve the Independence of Parliament, if we allow the Crown a Power of granting fuch numberlefs Com- miffions. The argumentative therefore followed in very fillogiftical Conclu lion ; Wejhould not allow the Crown, &c. You clofcd the Debate with a lingular Proof of your own Self-con vidion. Yoa were not afraid to talk of dying. You promi- fed /t ( i* ) fed to maintain your pfefent Sentiments to the Hour of your Death. I SHALL not prefume, Sir, to queftion the Force of this Reafoiiing ; yet I could wifh to be informed, whether the Inde- pendence of Parliament be not in equal Danger, and the Influence of the Crown equally extended by the prefent. Scheme, as that propofed by the Miniftry, Fathers, Uncles, Brothers in Parliament, will fol- licit for putting their Relations on full Pay," whenever there is a Vacancy. Thcfe follicitations will probably be more earneft, the Obligation in granting the Favour more binding, and the Officer, who re^ ceives it, may be tempted to be more grate- ful. But here let us return from the Con- fideration of partial Opinions, and examine the Meafure before us in its own proper Merit. It was propofed by Adminiftration, to maintain eighty-fix Regiments on the Mi* litary £ftabli(hment. The Number in- tended for Great Britain was confiderably lefs, than that after the Peace of Aix-la- Cbapelle, The Remaiader were to conti- nue in* and to be paid by, Ireland and America. The firft of thcfe Countries 4 had ' ( 17 ) had maintained 12,000 Men fince the Year 1749, and it was prefumed that, cither in Gratitude for the Protedtion, which (he has hitherto received from Great Britain^ or in her Wifdom of de- ferving it hereafter, (he would chcarfully confent to an Augmentation. The Num- ber propofed was either three or fix Thou-^ fand. Her Abilities to fupport fuch an Augmentation could not be doubted ; her Inclinations were prefumed. She had grown opulent during even that "War, by which this Country was almoft impove- rifhed. She had extended her Trade, without any Addition to her Taxes. One particular Reafon made it her Intereft to receive an additional Number of Troops, provided (he was only obliged to pay them while they continued in the Country. It would prevent the Surplufes of her Reve- nues from being drawn out of her Trea- fury for foreign Purpofes, or idly fquan- dered away at Home, in infamous Jobs, or vilionary Projedls of Navigation and Canals. The Proteftant Gentlemen of Ireland are, in general, willing to receive, . and have often foUicited the Government to build Barracks on their Eftates. They conlider the Soldiers as a Protedtion againfl the too formidable Numbers of the Rpman C Catholicks, i ( 18 ) Catholicks, The Money they fpcnd i( very fcnfibly feltj they are greatly iifciiil in the (hort Harvefts of an uncertain Cli- mate j and their Living almoft wholly I'eparated from the Natives in general, prevents all Apprehenfions of military Oppreffions ; all Caufe of Altercation or Quarrels. Such Ideas uo the Gentlemen of Ireland entertain of a (landing Army, The prefent Extent of our Conquefls in America ce; t-iinly requires a proporti- onal Addition of Forces, for their Secu** rity and Defence, But there are other Confiderations to evince the Necellity of maintaining fuch a Force. Our new Sub- jel I if ( a2 ; raifing new Corps. In Point of DiTcip* line, the Men, (o blended into the old Regiments, would have certainly learned their Exercife fooner and better, than if they were commanded by unexperienced Ofhcers, and all placed togcthe'* in new- raifed Corps. This wife, important, falutary Mea>* fure was loftby the Puiillanimity of Ad- miniftration. They meanly fubmitted it to the Declamations of Mr. T *d, the Talking of Mr. B publick Virtufe o^ evc^y Pu- M tttwiM&^twitfflte life, anri r^nniriFvl /m* Wwf* ■W [ate life, and required j'^A'Vwr . _ tho moft upright, the nipft .'i? dffir^iMc^i indl moft publick-rpirlfed ^^Migabur to render it juilifiable." ' ■' 7^V f^ --u (? ^^::^ ■ '''^ .J ■■'■^ » J*, *^i I f«- ) 'W^. -'44 ' mull^m iii of Clu. t Ibr th& Virtue'^ • fd 3K>ur rcrtjohgif ) k Sgnai for ever the mpft ♦^"^ Ic." H s*^J.> Vf. vt-. nl; itc&s' m ^^yi^&ttUi^ttiii^fiuii