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I fill AFTER a tcfidehctf of near fdrty ycari in the Metropolis, fludious at length bf eafe and H purer aiir, I withdrew to a tcmote corner of the ifle, where, for thefd two years paft, I have uninterruptedly ehjoyi ctl the f\Vects of peace atid tetireilient; But as fuch a ehange of fituatloti might be ex^ pcdcd to opetatc ftrongly on the mind of One fo lately involved in all the feveral in- ijuietudi^s attendant on a public tharaifter, it may not be improper to obfcrVe that ih my opiniott, the former is not to bfc put in competition with the latter, the bne produc- ing but ideal and imaginary bappihefs, and the other What is real, folid, and fubftantial. This daily experience redders indubitable. However, I muft confefs, I have not yet fo much=.of the re^lufe, as to have totally cst- cluded myfelf from the political world, hav- ^ jpg as it w6re a natural pTopehdtf for this w it r: [ ^ ) my once favourite idol. I therefore, as an amufement, take in feveral different newf- papers, pamphlets, and other political mate- rials. But tho majority of opinions feem, to deddc irt favour of the meafures purfued by the minority. Great and immeafurable encomiums hive with profufion been be- Aowed on fome of our late Commanders in Chief, witnefs the cautious, inadive and mercenary General in America. Long- Ifland and New York, I grant you, were conquered ; great was the conqueft I be* caufe the enemy made little or no refiftance. King's Bridge being then the enemy's poft, t&e dijlance was Jo great y and Report Jaidy that the pod was impregnable ; and confi- dering the great fatigues the few thoufands had fudained by the flubborn conqueds juft mentioned, the cautious General, out of pure tendernefs and affedtion to his Ma- jefty's troopsj did not choofe to purfue con^ queft, and expofe the ardour of his men tp a cruel and unmerciful enemy, who ccnfc- quently were left to themfelves, and now»- rifhed with juft ideas, that th^ Britiih troops were afraid to face them! A very natural conjeiStur^ 3 ^ But '\i\- .^'^x:^ Ui *■ , I ;•:'/; HMtK But '(;3 ) But to proceed, give mc leave to refer to the examination of Mr. Galloway, Speaker of the Houfc of Aflembly of Pennfylvania, before the Houfc of Com- mons in a Committee on the American pa- pers. This gentleman proves in the cleared light, that if the Commander in Chief had purfued the viftories gained on Long Ifland and New York, the rebels would foon have been brought to a proper fenfc of their duty, and peace and harmony long (ince have fub- fifted between the Mother Country and her ungrateful children. According to Mn Galloway the people throughout the whole of the provinces were fo pannic-ftruck with the defeat of their troops, that when Mr. 'Wafliington croffed the Delaware, and Sir W H marched to Trenton, Mr. Wafhington's army did not confut of more than 3300 men (a very rapid decreafe from 20,000) and that the difpofition of the people in general at Pennfylvania in- clined to peace — that numbers even of thofe who had been the -firft promoters, and fore- moftin tile rebellion, began now to relent — that thofe of defperate fortunes, who ftill remained obftinate, endeavoured to get the militia out, but to little purpofe. In fliort, to enumerate the whole of this gentleman's evidence >' IT i H ( 4 ) evidence woul4 lea4 me too far, yet I could >vi{h to recommend the pe^-ufal of it to all ^hofc who are diffident of the condud of the Minifter, and \yiih to difcoyer on whom the blame fhould lie, I flatter myfelf the cheat would out, and every imp^^rtial piaii readily allow, that had Sir \V . .. .. Hr — r- but properly cultivated the great advantages . put into his hands, the vpice of oppofitiqn had long iince bpen hum1:>led to the du(V, and funic in oblivion — Ne tan/i facinorU immanitas aut extitijfe, aut non vindicata fuife.-mdeatur. ' .,,.^,,:i., .^■,^..,: , The General's noblp and near relation is jicknowledged in France as well as in Ame- rica, to be a good-natured, peaceable map, ^nd not lefs humane than the General hini» felf, who purfued the enemy's fleet, under the command of M. P'Eftaing, two days after they fet fail : but, alas ! he too had tl^e mortiiication to be outrun ! / ! If ' •f Another popular charadler, in the ma- rine department. Commander in Chief on the ever to be regretted glorious day of the 27th of July, juftly merits our attention. The flpg of Britain never ap- < -^ / :( 5 ) peared fince the eftabliflifnentof the marine, at any period of time, to have fufFcred fuch difgrace as on that day. Alas ! when I look back, and fearch the annals of Britain ; when I read of the atchievements performed by Englilhmen, and with infcriour force, and compare thefe modern chiefs before me, with thofe of our anceftors, I cannot help blufliing for their conduct, and ftai:tle at the idea, that men, in my opinion the moft con- tcmptible,'whcre the intereft of their country is concerned, (liould be thus extolled and idolized !— and for what ? — Becaufe the one was afraid of Washington's imagined fuperi- ority, while the other pleaded the dangers they were expofed to, on a lee Jhore — hence the former is ftiled, the faviour of his Ma- jefty's troops, and the latter the fteoiour not only of his Majcfty's fleet, but of the nation in general 5 * though I prefume they were ♦ As it is confidered as no part of a general's bufi- nc fs in an enemy's country to lecurc a retreat, I ihall pals over the Saratoga ConvtnUon unobferved \ it was but an error in judgment, and the brave Cornwallis has made a very proper apology, and convinced Mr. Gates, that where Dame Judgment is not at her after- noonV napj much midhief may accrue to the American caufe, and the do^rine of independency. i. H %■ ( 6 ) • , {o called, by our modern phmfeologcrs, in op- • pofition and party cnthufiafm. Thefe falVc appellations, the inconfiflency of fuch mad wanton applaufe, have, I confefs, been the -chief caufe -of my venturing forth from my retirement, to give my opinion on fo impor- tant a fubje^. — Having frequently read in newfpapers and pamphlets, the moil fulfome praife on tkefe great but modern chiefs- Letters o«t of number, fufficiently ftuft with the word faviour^ and many other fimilar and equally prefumptuous titles, I am not a little afloniflied that the partizans of this favourite Admiial, (hould fufFer their zeal to mifguide and carry them fo far, as to give him fo unme;rited an appelUtion, which cannot poffibly he taken in any other light, than as a forgery and a downright infi'lt on the public— and muft inevitably entail on themfclves the ccnfure and ridicule of the fenfible and unprejudiced part of mankind, and juftly, fince they would affumc to them- felves the (iicred name oi favmr^ where the oppc Ite ftigma had, with much more pro- priety, emblazoned their names.— -If there- fore an cxpreffion of charity may be allow- ed in an age like this, of diffipatiori and' envy, I muft beg leave to reverfe the allu- * fion. *^' :,y d'\ ( 7 ) fk)n> and corredt the almofl; unpardpoabls miftake, by infixing, as is but too plain, that he had an eye to his own fafety, and that of an expiring party, rather than that of ei- ther his Majefty's (hips, or the inconjQder- able fpot, commonly and juftly failed, Great Britain, by handfomely * and bumamly poft- poning the conflict to the ntxt morning.-^ If he mufl be a faviour, let it be of a moil diabolical and unreafonable party I a party, the moil unnatural and outrageous in iti proceedings ; a party that was infeniibl^ mouldering away with the maiiy load of its own infirmities, until the gloomy and in- glorious 27th of July brought forth a trial for tiegledt of duty. Tht accufcd, beyond doubt, was honourably acquitted; but by whom and in what manner ? by an inflamed and partial jury, and the moil prejudiced evidence that ever appeared in the annals of hiftory. However, this acquittal, fuch as it was, added luflce, animated and re-> * The flrft inftance thit ever was known of a Com- mander in Chief of England, to give credit to, and rely on the honor of a Commander in Chief of France, to renew a fight, and particularly, if there was a poffibility^, of t retreat left-*fo it handfomely came to pafs. VI vcd M!) I : I J ' ( 8 ) vived the dr'vjping and confumptive party, and gave them a farther opportunity of fa- bricating falfehoods, and publi(hing ac-^ counts, that adminiAration fought his blood as a facrifice to their refentment ; though the contrary has iince been cleared up irt the fulleft manner, to wit, that admini(lra<* tion was perfectly innocent of having pre-» ferred any charge againfl him. The ac^ quital of our modern hero, naturally pro-> duced every fpecies of enthuiiatic joy to hid formidable party, which fo intoxicated them, that it produced the unparalleled frocejum at Port/mouth ^ where judice, good' fenfe, and decency were banidied, and folly and riotous diforder warmly embraced in their ilead. Now fadion was all alive, and thofe concerned marched triumphant all over the kingdom, fo decorated with rib- bands, the eniigns of difloyalty, that every vagabond tkey paft, admired their hatle-* quia appearance with adoniQied awe and* admiration. But to bufinefs. The wor- thies that compofed this extraordinary pro- cefHon, were, as I meaii to prove, indefa- tigable in the intcreft, peace, and good go-, vernment of the whole kingdom 5 and no> fponer was this procefliou difTolved, than they hi :;;i ♦ ■ I t ( 9 ) ihey fot-mcd themfelvcs into diffcrcttt fqiia^ drons, and by difTcrcnt routs marched with wonderful fp«ed to the metropolis, and there without lofs of time, entered into a treaty ofFenfive and dcfenfivc with the mobility at large. ,r V, Thefe fquadrond being ranged under men of various delcriptions and extentive know-^ ledge in domedic wars and nightly broils, their extraordinary caution is not fo much to be wondered at, in that they arrived un-* der cover of the night, and very judicioufly dividing themfelves^ took their refpedivc Commahds accordingly, with a determined refolution to bear down before them, every obflacle that (hould dare impede their pro- grefs, and in this they were punctual ; they made good and fupported their flations with great vigour, and all that unremitting fury, peculiar alone to a difaffedted party. However, before the different attacks were made, it was necelTary to call a council of war, the refult of which wasj that rein- forcements were expedient, recruits not joining the ftandard fo fall as had been ex- pelled : it was, therefore refolved, that a voluntary fubfcription be made for the bet- ter recruiting the fervice, and that during^- C this .1^ i ■iii i ■ ( 'o ) this juft and neceflary war; the fupplies being granted, proper ofHcer6 /hould be ap- pointed and difpatched to every quarter of the town, for the diftribution thereof, and the fupport of their feveral ftations, on pain of incurring the difplcafure of their general officers, and other dignified agents in this glorious expedition. , ^i c^^*-;^., n^.^.-^.* .. From this wonderful ftroke of policy, the Squadrons were foon compleat, as the fubfcription- money had produced fuch tor- rents of the never-failing balfamics, porter, gin, 5cc. that not a Billingfgate could reiifl the fervice. 7^^-^.: hi I All on a fudden, a profound iilence en- fued at the Ue Jloore Jiandard* to make room for a fenfible and pathetic fpeech, which had the dcfircd cfFcdt, in words of this fort :—— " Injured Britons I we have called you together to ferve yourfelvcs and your injured country; you arc unreafon- ably taxed, chained and fettered, by ad- minidration, and this is the grand feafon pregnant with your relief, and the means of making you free, that you may hurl thefe damnable chains from you, that you I I ; ive ( n ) may breathe the air of liberty, and enjoy all the neceiTaries of life in more abun- dancC) and ihmt free from taxation, like the undeiigning Annericans. NoW) my lads, is the feafon to exert your flrength ! ^ A Jlmig puU% a hngfuU, and a full all toge* Sif€r, can alone prove th^ falvation of your bleeding country." This rebellious potion Was well received, ' and foon h^d the de- fired effedt, as the young recruits highly jipproved of this excellent mode of reco- vering what thfey had often heard lamented 9» totally loft); tbey much commended both the fpeech and the ingenious fpokef- man, and unanimoufly determined to at- tack the enemy wherever they could find him, if properly fupplied with the liquid The plan of operation being (fettled, and th« fignal given, the engagement became general in every quarter of the town, and was fupported with warlike fpirit, to the great ailoniihment of the a^righted thdu- fands; fome of the nobles, and others of inferior rank diffinguilhed themfelves be- yond example. The troops were led on with fuch fury, that whole lanes gave way Tl ■ ii.^% to li' ( 12 ) to their fuperior bravery, and fuch a ter^ rible havock enfued, as is generally allowed to have furpaiTed every thing recorded inth« annals of mobility. The tallo^r chandlers and glazierSytheir.bcft fricndstdiftinguiihed thcm-^ felves, in a particular manner, feldqm haying fuch extenfive opportunities of extendiiig their commerce, he one party crufliing th^ windows to atoms, With (h6w«rs lof welU dire<5ted fliot,^ while the other commandr ed an immediate exhibition of lights 3 an4 every window that did not (hew )ln eniign of applaufe, and oompliy with this Imming JJbame, became ^ vidim to the enemy, and fell a melancholy facriiice tp th^ir unrelent^ ing fury, ir fiiiW The majority of the people were, forced into thefe enormous abfurdities of illumina* tions for their peribnal fecurity, and the fafety of their dwellings; the aged, the infirm^ nay, fuch as were breathing their ?.■'/ •li* The mafter fcavengers of the diflfbrent wards, in qipnaze and diftrds, bewailed their fevcral loiTes, their gleanings thus violated, but or) looking ^roynd, and feeing the houfes (6 profufcly fet forth, they confoled themfelves under the idea, that it muft again retuiji frorn whence it c^me, were peace h\\% once reAored. laft '■1,-!..- ( 13 ) hft, even in their expiring moments, and Mi^ the eve of eternity, could obiain no ref- pite, no relaxation, but were hurried away in a whirlwind of didradion ; numberlefs pregnant women frightened to abortion* yielded up themfelves and infant hopes, a miferablc facrifke to the boiderous rabble; others of the tender frame were fcen to fink down in fell defpair, at the horrid ouu cries and ill-treatment of thefe modern^ Reformers 5 ' numbers forced from their warm and peaceable' beds to obey the (hame- (u\ fummons of illumination, falling in their fright over whatever chanced to obftruft their way, either broke their limbs, or were otherwife maim^dj or expofed to the cold and chilling air, contracted diforders of va* rious kinds, the which they nfver recover- ed till fnatched away by the rigid unrelent- ing hands of death. U muw i «i; : pi^ >i ti. Can we point out to view a r.nore Arik* ing pidture of the meannefs and wickedneft of thofe men, that dare ad thus diforderly, in contempt of all good government!-*- men, too, who have a right to aflume the fad oonfequence and refped^, agreeable to iheir honorary titles, fortunes^ and families. '' ■'■-•" "^Y'-r-^ But , ',', v>.- ■'T*:'^ ■■■ i m- 111 it! i V li i' . ( H ) But what avails I when they become mere Hallatbores to the meaned of human nti- ture, baniihing the gentleman for the poltron J when they can demean thcm- felyes fo far as to enter into a league ofr feniive and defenfive with the outcails of mankind, fqueezing, with raptures, the moil filthy hands with overtures of bror .therly love, . friendship and protection, if they would but fupport their Aandard ! -Hence came it to paf$ that Jews, Turks, infidels and villains of every defcriptiony were the leading men in the kingdom at this jun6lur«, „j/v.. > jv;*j*.tiv/ jjvr. Jijij.it }j{. In fuch tn afTociation it Wfis nfcefTary the porter puncheoni and powder barrels (hould be dealt out profufely, in order to keep up and nouriih the rebellious fire .- — A motly fcene this ! when the duke, the Urd, the fquire, the link boy, and fcavcnger of St. Giles's, were all upon equal footing ( Hence a coalition of tribes, that en the fubfiding of rebellion, mutually avoid and deteft eaeh oth^r. Hpw disgraceful and contemptible mud fucb outeages appeal^ to the cool,^ fen* fible> and difpafiionate part of mankind, to require, nay, even force the peaceable, in* : y>* ofFenfivc 9' ■ [ii 1 m\ ( «5 ) o/Fcnfivc inhabitants, to the ridiculous pro- ject of iliuminations : And, for what ? to commemorate a phantom, the mere fliadow of vi^ory. I am of opinion,* that the(t public fpirited acknowledgments fcrved ra« ther to depreciate than commend, becaufe they were but involuntary and imaginary exultations to the people at large^ : There- fore, the dye became fo much the blacker, and the (lain had penetrated To deep into the minds of thofe who are capable of dif- tinguiHiing right from wrong, that had it fo happened the blaze had continued even twenty nights longer^the rebellious fiam# could not poiTibly have difchargcd the foul cad of (hame incurred by the inglorious 27th of July. wt ■'3>l( \h But ere we quit the commander in chief, it may not be improper to our prefent fub- je^, to make an obfervation or two, on the vice admiral's conduifl. To fay he is not an injured man, and moft cruelly perfecuted, would be down right detra^ion : The im- • The city of London excepted, who, as a token 6f cflcem, prefcntcd him for approved fervices — for his mighty exploits, the freedom of their diftinguifhcd city, in a tobacco box of ftcrling oak. . 4. . >. V ., partial ' I 1:1 i[ ill > 'i i partial and unbiafTed fay to this moment, that had the Vice Admiral not fired a fingle gun on the 27th, there vould have been no excufe, no plea in Aipport of the Com* mander in Chiefs not deftroying the ene- my's fleet, IS he had one hundred guns more, better manned, and heavier mettle than the French. However, that was not the cafe — Pallifer is allowed to have fought bravely, nay, that his condu(ft on the 27th and 28th, of July, inftead of being rc- reprehenfible, was, in many parts thereof, eximphrly and highly meritorious', and if JMr. K ^1 had diftinguiflied on the da/ of battle as clearly as he feemcd to do on the day of trial, why not put him under an ar* refl immediately, and give the command to fome other officer ? or, why did he not ^ give orders to fhift his flag on board fome other ftiip, as the Formidable could then but barely float ? But the Vice Admiral^ notwithftanding his Ihattcred fituation, was preparing with all poffible difpatch, to re- ^ pair the damages received, and take a part . in the line a fecond time, had not the fig« nal for renewing the fight been ordered down in a very (hort time, and in as hand-- fome a manner, -\-* ■. ^" ■; ■' V - ' ;., Much ( '7 ) , . , Much has been urged by dppofition, m favour of the cautious and peaceable Gene- ral, touched upon in a preceding page, whofe condu(fl has re-echoed from every cofFee-houfe in the kingdom, as well as in the great council of the nation, with enco« miums of praife for his care and humanity: but as for his oeconomy of military ftores, ' there never exiftcd his equal, for during his reign in America, the favings were great to government in the article of powder, which as a Commander in Chief, does him the highefl honour. But what avails to be concerned for an ungenerous, ungrateful nation I when the people prefume to fay, that his fuccefTor has done more for his country, and in half the time, than he chofc to do, though it is proved by experience, that Clinton, by a certain caft of condudl, has fuffered the article of powder to encreafe to the enormous and fliamcful price of three-' ; fourths more than when the oeconomift had the management of the affairs in that quar* ' ter J befides, the expenditure too, of his Ma-' jcfty's loving fubjeds, has been coniiderably more. But it is fair, to argue in fupport of the abfentee, that as more of this fiery ele- ment has been ufed, and more bufinefs '* - D ■ '■ ' done I mmmmt IS ( 18 ) done fince he had the honour of the chief command, the mere difference as to price is but a cowardly evafion, But enough of OBconomy, let us return to that obje(5t of terror, Kwg*s Bridge, and you (hall have my. idyice gratis. .^ ^. .^ V Every , man that is bleffed with fcnfp enough tr know th^t 2 and 2 make 4, muft be convinced, that had the oeconomical Ge- neral purfued the yidory the Great Omnipo* tent put into his hands, the world would havp been juft enoucjh to have attributed ipor« lifeful ppconomy and real humanity to every : poor foldicr he had thereby been the means pf faving, than to 100 barrels of gunpowder jinprudeiufy, or maliciou/ly fp^red. Which faying of men had certainly taken place, if he had cultivated the advantages oiFercd ^ liim in the early dawn of the war ; the rc- ; hellious flaq:ie would long fince have been i^xtingufhed, and the bleffings of peace re- ftored between the mqiher and her revolted, children. The moment to cruili a rebel is to attack him vigoroufly when in his in- fant ftatc, when green, undifciplin'd, and ignorant of the qfc of arms : tjut this r^tio, nal rp^oic the commercial general did not ('19 )> .. « It' choafe td :idopt, for vActccnity rcafohs * diid not having the intercft atid th(i welfare of Ertgland equadly at heart v^ith that of his own private coffers, he faffered his country t6be (harti«fuJIy trampled on, and defpoijcd df her beft blood and trcafure. But no doubt he adled as much in compliance to party meafu res as in obeditnce to the die* tates of Mammon* Accurfed oppofition I ^ Inhuman fadioti ! thou banre of fociety^ and fole deilrUdtioA of Britain !, ^TYt^-\ Whence come thefe indammatory ahd de- luiive fpeeches, day after day^ in the grand council of the nation ? Whence this per-* petual dating of queflions, and ftarting the mofl inconfiflent motions^ but from oppofition? Motions that are pregnant with rebdlion^ tumult^ and diforderj mo'' tjons as foreign to the bufinefs for which they claim a feat in parliament, and the Welfare of tfie nation* as caft f»om weft* Such are our flaming patriots, that havtf the infolcnce to ftile thcmfelves the fup-.^ porters of the rights of the people^ whereas oti titc contrary they ftrain every m «mflJ" D2 nerve,' ?:1 ( " ) nerve, and that with Aicceis, tp render themfelves her moft corroding enemies, un- der the jefuitlcal mafque of real patriots. Car. there appear a clearer proof, a niore ftriking evidence of their villainous defigns than their unparalleled exultations on the pretended yi^lory ofv the unfortunate 27th of July. Again, where was their public fpirit and vigour, their enfigns of joy, when the important news of the conqueft of Pon- dicherry arrived, and that of St. Lucia, Sa- vannah, fort Omoa, Charles Town, the gallant Rodney's achievements, and the diftinguifhed condudt of the heroic *Corn- wallis •, all thefe actions were confidered as trivial, and of no confequence when com- pared with Mr. K — pp — I's hand/ome ma- noeuvers and decent retreat i •■■■■■ ' •^ f.' The ranting conteniptible republican,* had loft their vigor and public acknowlege- ♦ The minority in loud tcmpeftuous declamations exclaimed againft the rafh, inconliderate, and prcfump* tuous fool hardy Wallace, for laying his fhip on the mud and filencing a French fort, and taking withal and deftroying feveral of the enemies frigates. Indeed fuch men fhould not be trufted, they have no oppofitioii blood in them, they can by no means prove themfelves the genuine offspring of the Utflarejiandari* I 21 ) mcnts in the lec-(hore flame ; and iuch « total relaxation enfued, that they were glad to flink away under covert of the night, and bury themfelves in the gulf of darknefs and otjUvion. Gratitude fo poor was grown, {he could not fpare a farthing candle, nor a pot of beer, not ieven a charge of powder, nor a fliout of joy was heard to difturb the now lilent ftupidity of the late clamo- rous rabble ; a happy circumflance indeed for the peaceful inhabitants, fince rebellion alone can tickle them to m/rtb* But the honourable commanders they had ferved fo faithfully, had now forfaken them j th^ir purfes were not now to be penetrated as in fupport of the 27th of July, when fliadows were turned into fubftances, and even the very ladies themfelves were feen to take an adivc part in fomenting rebellion, by diftri- buting from their fair hands the deftrudtive means of riot and diforder. Alas this was the day that ofTered the^ faired opportunity of revenging an injured country's wrongs 1 This was the day to have hurl'd a nation's vengeance on the foe! But terrified with the idea of a lee- ■' ' , ■ Jl^re, „ ,/'. 1 i! '' f- ( 14 ) jhore^ and fomc other pit^I/Hf fearsj h6*p?6» fcrrcd a blind fubmiflion to his party to the commands and favour of his fovercign, and the intcreft and welfare of a diflreHTed na- tion. This condu(!l of his has frtice ap- peared a mod fatal Aab to Old England, and will ever ehtitle him to aflume this ignoMe motto, England's impo/ior, which will ever remain unfac'd, and handed down tb the •-(».»■ • uuUi itiu' I latcft porter ity, ' ' Here we cannot conclude without a rta** tural rededlion on the warinefy, or pre-^^ fumption of human ftaturej when wecon- fidcr that this fame Admiral had the affu- rancc to wait on his Sovereign, with a de- mand either of his own difmiffion, or of an entire change of the miniftry. What a pretty modeft way this of rating his own fctv*ces ? Could his Majefty be fuppofed to do lefy in return for the glorious 27th than banifh his prefence all that wCiC deemed faithful to their king and country? However, il goes for current at the weft end of the town, that this was not fo much the efFed of pre- fumption as oiforefight and antkifatton. *!:.'» V* "0% Another ;''--,'^f>K;;:, M i Z3 ) ^ ' Another bone to pick, — The fadiouscry out aloMcl, and ^ven proteji again ft a Dutch war; they would have thefc gorging infa- tiate leeches ^eep in a whole skin, fince they arc kind enough to fuck out and drain the blood of their beft friends and alliest through the mean and greedy chanr.^i of fccretly aiding and aflifting our avowed enemies, the periidious houfe of Bourbon, and the rebellious Congrefs, an unprovok'd and infernal combination ! that tx)editate$ * our total ruin, merely for the fake of pelf,, commcrcial.jcaloufy, and a ftrong malicious propenfity to eviK However its to be ho-, ped, notwithftanding all their villainous con- certed plots of bafe ingratitude, that thro* the bleffings of Divine Providence, the fpi*»: ' rited conduct of Britain will not only ftem the prefent impetuous torrent, but reduce them to the poor diftrefled ftates we for- merly found them when Britain generoufly faved them frona perdition, foon as her blood (hall be fermented * to its ufual warmth, and her fpirlts animated to their • Indeed wf a mi^ft ^nfyie* unlcfs fpiritefi exertion intervene, and dan- gero Jijw thefe, to Vring u« to pur fcn^^. ii ^^rf}pod (jfpd, th^t wp qannot (^xiflt on this tottering theatre without poifeiTmg theff corroding n>pn(ler§, envy, jealoufy, and prir- vate pique. But thefe gcntleiDen .fhpuld jconlidcr, that by thefe falfe flcps they arjj E blafting ct I- , • < /. • - ( *6 ) blading and plucking up by the roots, and cutting afiunder the very (inews that keep to** gether and uphold the nation's profperity, and confcquently their own ; but alas they are jealous of men that fill thofe places the Sovereign thinks jufl and prudent to con- fer on them. They, at the rifque of anni- hilation, are determined rather to fubvert all good government than tamely fubmit to be (liled, out of place j here lies the myftery, the great evil, the fountain head whenco party rage and difafFedtion fpring. aoini -ioloi ^t\0 fhame to man I devil with devil damn*4 ii rii Firm concord holds, men only difagrce Of creatures rational ! ''h; May I ask the nation at large what I deem a pertinent queftion ? Do the mini- fters receive more pay, or enjoy more ho- n6urs in office than their predeceflbrs have heretofore done ? I may boldly anfwcr ho, nor more than is peculiar to their refpedlive employments. J am firmly of opinion, that if the difappointed gentlemen in oppofition heM the fame honourable pofts the prefent minifters occupy, they would naturally ex« pedl the fame privileges, the fame advanta- Iges they enjoy ; and if overtures were xn^dt y to the majority of them, at Iea(V, I verily believe, the chance of reverilon would be very inconfiderable, like the fox of eld, //&» grapes are four. ..f;u:^^.r^ ...*, But men in defperate circumftances, ai the rebellious Congrefs, will have recourfe to defperate remedies ; having nothing to lofe, nothing to hope for, they angle for chances, and fcruple obedience to authotity. Anxious for the fubverfion of the ftate, they falfely, and unjuftly endeavour, by artful mifreprefentationSy to criminate and vilify the minifter's conduct, in order to render hipi obnoxious to his king and country, and make their boafled innocence the more con - fpicuous} yet notwithftanding their mod in- famous fallacies, their unconnefted explo-^ (ions of oratory, atid their iitipioUs cotnbi- nations againft him, they cannot make good or realize a iingle charge to impeach his charader* I 1 ' ■ " feafily the proud attempt Of fpirits appoftate, and their counfch vain, Ht huth repelled, while impiouily they thought Him to diminilh, and from him withdraw His mmberleji. adherents. *3«»»pulent amongll them, expofed to all the feveral cruel- ties tliat would confequemly be pradtifed on them by order of the infernal Congrefs.— Of is it tobe fufpofed tire Ainericatis, by bcjtig left to tliemfclvBs, will become i:na£tivie>MOn the • contrary, every pwt m 'America would fwarm with Ihips of force, and every po^le afHftance be given the perfidious houfe of Bourbon— The Newfoundland fitheries too would inevitably be loft, whence flows fuchcdmrhercial wealth, and which is juftly reputed our firft aftcl grtind nurfery for ftainen. — Ahotlier important objtft, bur Weft-liKiia friidc tnuft of courfe bit fen'fibly affe£led t)y this grand iciieme of politics, as they would thereby be enabltd to fit out fuch fleets to the annoyance of our numerous merchant* • * - incD» \' ( 29 ) ' •■ . ' What a hue and cry at the Gommence* tntnt of hollilities, agaitid the rafhnefs and feverity of the parent country ! What pal- liatives were advanced in behalf of Ameri- can difobedience ! though it v^as obvious to all, that long before they had, by commit- tees of affociations, fimilar to thofe lately fet on foot in Yorkshire +, been collecfting and laying men, that few could poffibly efcape being taken — nay vvCiC but this frantic plan of oppofition adopted, all who have any concerns in tliat quarter of the globe muft inevitably be undone.— Next, the Iflands thcnifclves would fall, as it is generally allowed they cannot fubfift any longer than vvhilft they can have free accefs to the ports of America. "• f- A word or two with the peoceabk cottf-^tet of the ajfecia. H'tohfiT t^e cnmty w/ T— if, with a ilight obfervation on ^hfc ffitr^tt gf That com— ttec at iheir meeting held en the 3d and i^^kiof January 1781, and the injirument ofinflruc- •Hon: t» Seir deputtei, I had no fooner fet myfelf to read the sddrefs of thefe genuine fons of faftion, than I tHfcflhrtred, as I had before conje^ured, the old beaten Craft and threadbare cant of bribery, corrupt ina- jarity,«-'-^flavery,——vaffalage,—— taxation,— -pla- ces, •»—fc--pcnfions, — ^finecures,— -oeconomy, the 'i'nfttiern'ce of the crown ouglit to be lopt, topt, cropt, and totally diminiihed,—— triennial parliaments, war, » peace, — — America, -min,- ■ difgrace,—- >— » liberty of the prefs,—— Paul Jones no pirate, — -Dutch XVar,-— ^falVatioa of Great Britain, powder dia- bolically ^.^*„ ( 3«> ) and kying up military flores af all kinds, and making other various preparations for «Q pbAinate defencci which clearly evinces ; :• that , > bolically adulterated,— —Gontraftors, mag'rftratcs, prifons,— — damp and gloomy cells, poor Trum- hull'i fate.— —But not a word of rebellion, — Icefliorc, ——cowardice, or the papift bill, conflagrrf- tions deemed conflitutiohal liberty, the rights of tlic people, &c. &c. Next comes a venerable fire, the fell parent of def- palr, habited as a grave Divine looking difmay, and ut- tering hideous yells— poor wretch I if I thought it no dilgrace to the religion I profefs, I could fhed a tear of compaflion in behalf of this meagre fpeftre.— But hold ! mcthinlcs, I fee his reverence clofcly followed by a fet of underling fpirits, clad in the lame drapery, who, from this centre, as the beams from a comet, (hoot forth their baneful influence all around,— thcfc witk hungry maw and favage fangs, arc ready to undertake tlie crufhing of Britannia, and the hurling her into final perdition ! Pray, Reverend Sirs, what is to become of the flock, if the fhepherds are fufFered thus to run afliay '! why, as individuals, and travellers fleering for a better country ; they mud e'en take care of themfelves, for the gown, and modern i^atriotifm, are furely incom- patible.— But, who is here — poor D— d H— y, crack brain — is he yet ufefuH— — how comes it then to pafsj, you fuffer him to be the outcaft of P — r— I — t , I Ihall doubt your power, fufpeft your influence ! what, not a county left uncorrupted — as for Burroughs ■ 1 know vour worth too well, to think you woulddeicend ib *\. that they were meditating fchemes againft the pir nt country, whenever they (hould pcrfuc mcafurcs contrary to their wiflies— as to the public cxcufe, in fupport of their not p.iying taxes, that tliey would tax them- felves, and in their own way ; this was no more than a temporary evafion, in order to gain the more time to Hrenghten their de- iigns ; and no doubt had their fcheme takea place, they had an anfwer ready for the tax* gatherers, w^ are poor, and cannot pay, An-^ glice, ive uW not pay, do your luorji, we ajre ready for you I hence, it is clear, we are but DOW doing, what we (hould foon have been forced into, when lefs prepared 3 all we have to regret is, that we had not began fooner, ^nd^ijO^re nQt better Jerveds-^k curfe on the fo )ow as to plunge him In (Ik gulph of corruption and difgrace ! But take this with you, unlefs you exert i)X your faculties in his behalf, and that foon, we (hall all, and every one pf us, be ruined and undone ! what will the people fay, whom you fo madtflly adJrefs ? why^^ they wi|l anfwer } and lyith the ilrt£tefl juftice exclaim— ^' Your addrefs is fp inipious and exeo'able, it is be< ncath contempt I for which, no punimmejit can be deemed too fevcre."'^As for your vain threats—— ' ■the towe's of Heaven are fill'd v;o ijifM: With armed watch, that render all accefa imprcgnaVile. ^ . - cowardice i i« f i P!i ■■'■• cowardice of repealing tUe ftatnp ad: > > though our gallant fons of oppofition, are fuch foes to danger, they would yield up every thing but their malice, for a -in^f K/'.t s. ' >^ Ignoble cafe, and pcaccfi^l (loth, ■ v_i not pcac'M . ^i3n.?c. . •>d;jCf u i ■' * •/, i i' i:ii '■ rill tire dways lively, and (harp pointed, I ne- ver knev(r him accufed of faying an illnatur- ed thing. The qualities of his heart have never been, I believe, called in queilion -, and fo long as good intentions joined to pro- bity and integrity, remain refpedtable among mankind ; his lordfhip never can want an advocate." So fair and unfpotted a charadler froni the mouth of a foe ; who under the difguife of impartiality wifhes to wound his reputation ds a miniAer ; would naturally, one would . think, bear down the mean malicious in- vcdtives, fo profufcly (howered on him, by the leading vipers of oppofition j for he — — — ■' . «■ ■ who fceks ' To IcfTen him, againft his purpofc fcrvcs To manifeft the more his might.— ^ *— But rhould we undertake a minute infpec- tion into the condud of a great majority of the prefent oppofition, wc fhould find it re- quired no great depth of penetration to dif- cover chara(!^ers of the blickeft hue, who might juftly exclaim — So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear, Fa.cwell lemorfc : all good to me is loft j Evil, be thou my good j by thee at leaft '' Divided empire with mwijien I hold. ' ■■■' _ " ai^d > W^ 11^) : , ( 35 ) .. .V and this, even among thofe whp take tjie lead in recommending what they never pof- fefled themfelves j that falve, as they term it, to heal the wounds of their bleeding coun- try ; but when this balfamic compofition comes to be examined by the more (kilful, it is found, on infpe and ' i i ,! 1 i .1 \i i'. 'm '«"«;"■ il '.^ ;l 1 ill I. ( 36 ) ■. and dclufivjB pe|:fuafion$ of Qiir modern Czr talincs, who, as Bc|iaj, fccm . il I f' tl! Fpr dignity compos*d, ajid high exploit : ^ But all is falfc and l^oUow ; though their tongue^ ^ Drop manna^ and can make the worfe appear . The better rcafon, to perplex afid dalh "^ Matured counfels : for their thoughts are low ; ' j To vice induilrious, but to nobler deeds .. Timorous and flothful : yet they pleafe the ear, ^ And with perfualivc accent, oft enfnc^rp. .1. . ■.: •" " ■■;♦ It is ic be hoped, they will difcover their error, beu '^..be too late, and vieyving public affairs m their true light, will honeft- ly acknowledge to all defcriptions of meq, that the giddy fteps they were heretofore embarked in, were totally wide of thp true intereft of the nation .-r-Indeed it muft be ^ very inconfiftent caft of condudl to remain much longer in the dark, as to the real dan^ gers they arc cxpoled to, their properties at ftake, and their common liberties and fafety in fuch eminent peril, through the malici- ous jcaloufy of an infatiate party.— Hence, v^e may reafonabiy expedl they will, in fu- ture adl with the fame fpirit and vigour ir^ Aipport pf government, they have hitherto done ! m iii I - ( 37 ) • ■ dope againft it— this is no jundufe for re^ fcnting irpaginary evils— this is not the time for revenging private piques at home, when your country is threatned with blood and carnage from abroad i-^this is the impor- tant feafon that loudly calls every moment for your affiftance — your country in tears of diftrefs, recommends and prays for unani- fnity, and fpirited exertion in fupport of government, which 19 found by dear ex- perience, the onlv true bafis you can go ppon to ferve yourfelves ; and, inftead of impeding the wheels of government, add Arength, give it power to encreafc its ve- locity, as the poet obferves, "-* u Let Union lift the fword, direft the blow, And hurl a nation's vengeance on it's foe ! One head, one hand, one arm, one people rife ; Nor fall, dhidedf valour's facrifice. •* ;, .11 'i . When this bufinefs is perfornied, I trull: your country will not prove ungrateful, an^ that you may to the fullcft extent of the word, juftly aflbme the at prefent corrupt- ed name of Patriots I ■ ■*! The n < '.r ' '::'-'■ ( 38 ) The longer the war continues, the more muft the taxes you fo bitterly en vcigh againf^, necelTarily f ncreafe. How Hiocking, how Q):uel it is, to fuffer Britain's fuperior charms, through difunion at home, to be thus (hame- fully obfcured by a family compaft, and her Undu^'ful children. Rouze yourfelves from your lethargic and vicious ilumbers I fight England's battles with fucccfs, bannifh the contemptible idea of a lee (hore, fight tb<; enemy roughly, wherever you find him, without too much deference to ceremony or ad- journment to after days, and when this fcr- vice is performed, and your country is in a flate of fecurity, then attack the miniftcr, if you have any juft cauf )f complaint ^r gainft him. When peace is reftored, make your im- portant difcoveries, nor longer threw away your time in vain malicious endeavours, whilft by your delay, your country lies bleed< ing at every pore, under the inhuman hand^,^ of wanton aflaffins, and villanious patriots ! !, It is confefiedly true, that public affairs have not been jjil together z$ fucccfsful in the ^ // ■ : 7 n ( 39 ) ' preceding part of the war as we bad a right to expedt ; but fure the reafons why are ob- vious ? Hence it follows, that if the com- manders in chief had difcharged that duty and truft rcpofed in them when the war was in its infancy, the rebellious flame would long finfce have been extlngulHied, and the commercial intereft of Britain more flouriniing at this hour under the prefent minider than ever known to have been at any period fince the heptarchy. ■{■■ No wonder, exclaim the difcerning few, that oppolition is fo crazy and diforderly, when they fee the prefent fmiling profpedt of our affairs in America, notwithftanding all our rebuffs, — peace reflored ! the devil ! the minifler not removed, nor likely to be ! Worfe than hell itfelf !— Perverfc fortune ! to be out of place for years, and likely fo to remain !—— Oh ! Job where art thou! After ferving faithfully fo many cam- paigns ! flubborn conflidls ! and no rcpri- fals !— — our tribes expofed to horrible dan- gers, from dreadful fhoals, rocks and lee- ftiores— our rigging in tatters our cre- dit funk— and no other confolat^ion left than the tipftafFs damn'd authority ! What a miferablc . ) : :' J]J :i| 1 J1 I'll i. i V, w!:.l; - ( 40 ) mifcrable fltuation is this for the mighty de** aiagogucs, thefc fcorpions of falfchood, who, h* their wanton hours, have enjoyed the nobility's mad applaufe the fole reward of all their labours paft I '^ '^' ^ ^ '" ',r^-,r\ ■ I'm i/' j\ upfi > rti „' Tlic thing which I greatly fear*d is cottie upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unt0 ' t - me. • / Again, the poor deluded multitude, who have been pofleffed of no other will than that of thefe beguiling ferpents, repeatedly afTembling together, huzzaing in a tumultu- ous and diforderly manner, bidding defiance to every fpecics of peace and good order, for the miferable reward of inebriation ! the tainted and putred baits of oppofition ! their daily occupations laid afide, and their thoughts diverted from honeft and ufeful purfuits, to the moft daring outrages, to catch at a fhadow, and lofe the fubdance, in fupport of they know not what or where- fore ; their lamilies left unfurniflied with the common ncceflaries of life, and expof-* ed to all the miferies of want and {hame I Thefe, I fay, were they not funk into the loweft abyfs of fenfual torpidity, how juftly might they not exclaim againft fuch terrible con- consequences of an idle prepofTcinon, an im- plicit faiih in thofe who ftiW them^Ives patriots ; o^iileading the blind and ignorant part of the nation^ that at their cxpence they may compafs their wicked ends, and ^reH; the whole into anarphy aiid confuQpn, by ^ijirong fuU, a long fuil, and a pull alto » gather,— — rr—Bu^ for explanation fake, hy k Jlfong, pullta long full^ i^nd a pyll, alh* gethery nothing more is p:)eant v^lih refpedt tp the m^nider and his honourable employ- ments, than tptal perdition $ with regard to ta^e§, they wi(h oi^ly to remind them of the glorious achiev/Bments of 'Jqc^ 'Sirfiii> and Wat Tyler -y with fpme ftw^infihuatibns of their own impoi'tance, that they have brav'd dorms apd Lee(hor^s jp the /ervice, of their drooping country, from tlie high lati^ tude of St. James's Street io^ that pf Charing Grois, and not a port has efcaped t^ctr qtii.- feryation in that Vaft . gulf of ^nHriehmy,' at the no fmall hazard of tti'ejr cobflitutibns ^nd fortunes, by turning day into night, and night into c|ay, over .the dice box, theft toard, aiid othe,r varidds, implements pf st fimilar na^ture, but aH ai^ everj^bnefof ihciri pro bono tubltco, :^ > ' v » ■•wif.Jn;;^/ ;);;/5 iemo^f-i ii'O ,'>i:;f.v moil •; •;. M iifl 1 I 'i lib' 'i; ■ I 11 III ' : ' (42) ' " i^' '"y . V- • ".Til lU: .AlOifJtn'-,;. , , '^r "-nrMV ^,;^^.,,. j **^ i*en thfen Ibmc patriot fouls by glory lir*cf, V '•'{ it' • By loTC of juftice, and of truth infpir'd, **1'".'J yj Stcp'd fortK: the willing champions of diflre/i| ^ , !h? ijf) >( But though thefc mighty manoeuvres are naturally accompanied with toils and fa* tigues, and too frequently with pcrvcrfe and ft ubborn fortune, yet if confidcrcd as the price of hanefut preeminence, as the Qon* ditions on which they are placed in dif^ tinguiChed ftations, the oppofers of mini- fters, the buUwarlf and main pillars of th(? rights pf'the people,^ who is it can grudg^ the too eafy purchafe of C\ich rare rewarJs ! io How laudable !, how cfTentially necef- (ary it i^ tp| ^^ett all the faculties of the hu- man capfqity to iform diyifions a^t home at this fo dangerous a cri(i$ !-|~A crifis hiftory cannot furnirti us with, when we are ex- pofed to, and threatened with powerful in- yafions from abroa^^ and every fpecies of pin and deftru^ip^ ^rom a jealops and am^ bitious fa^ion at home.r-The diiadvantages too the enemy murt necefTarily labour un- der from thefe our internal and "domeftic^ broils are too obvious to need explanation. , \ ( 43 ) We will now quit the grand fcene of ac- tion in either of the upper houfes, and de- fending to the lowed ahyfs of aflbciation^ detach proper officers to reconnoitre all tap houfes* gin (liops, &cc. of all denomi- nations, with a flag of truce from under our banner, and llridt orders to harangue the ^blip.d and thoughtlefs at thefe theatres of difTipation, to foment rebellion, encourage fadion, diffblve union, peace, and loyalty ; as our fafety, and that of the houfe of Bur- bon, and American independance wholly and folely depend on their fuccefs in this particular. They therefore muft remind them that an unremitting perfeverance, a regular and uniform condu■!} "I < ' !"» ( "t *■► Religion it is true has heretofore been produdlive of the moft bloody outrages', with this only difference^ that thofe were the efFe(Sl of fentiment, this ofhypocrily, ft down right mockery of religion, which no age, or nation can parallel j we hardly find infurredions caufed by a religious zeal appeafed'in fo fhort a time m this. This enthufiaftic zeal was the more dangerous, as a great majority of the city of London, as well ar its environs, thought thefc excr? tions laudable and as neceffary, as they were Orderly y the pap i ft bill being fuppofed t© be be the fole objeft of their refentmcnt. But alas they were foon wonvinced that all this was levelled at adininiflraiion only« which they ixere endeavouring tcdcftroy hy a frorigipuU, ^ long full ^ and a pull alta' .t ■■'':.:•,■ , fiu^ t^ils grand premid,itated fcene of yijlainy neither did, nor ever will fucccedj as long as gou4 intentions, and an upright cpndu^t; aie prevalent in the minift^r, v^hich have hitherto been his chief cha- ra^^eriftics, notwithft;anding all thehelli/h cant and diabolical fnifreprefentatioi^LS of his malicious ^nd n^ofl inveterate enemies. *> ** Laughs It the fiiccr of envy and of pride, , And fcorns uU foes while honour is his guide* .ill -i I.. •P't; • Happily for us the papift bill was brought fbrth h^j a member of the Houfe of Com- mons a ftrenuou^ ftickler for the oppoii- tion ; had it proceeded from any branch of the other fide of the queflion, a civil war would moft certainly have been the confequencc in fpite of every effort to the contrary ; arid notwithftanding it was tru- ly a minority prodiicflion, had it not been for the affectionate care of our mofl gra- i J! I -ri . i i-vU V^.i.i Clous 'A I( I <( 48 ) . , cJous Sovereign, in ordering out Ac mir litary to protcd: the lives and ipropcrtiei of his Aibje<5t», the citiei of. London and ' •Wertminftcr would have fiiffeped; a- total annihilation. But yehai is , ftill morp ex-* traordinary, there were fcen in di{guifc4 Jiabits among the rabble feveral gentlemen of diftindlion, until they became iindif- tinguiiliable by difbrder, and their ceafini^ to' throw hatidftils af iilver, Hcdi arnfonfg theie daring fellonsj wretches of- all dietio-^ iminations ! dangerous indruments I Which liberality'of theirs none fure will be hardy enough to afcribe to any other pttrpofe than that of prolonging the tragic ^sne. 1 Ajgain, tho* the chapels, prifbn^, and private dwellings, exhibited fuch a piiflure of IVMTor and diArefs, th^rc wer^ bsj; few thit acknowledged th^ jiflipcndiRg 1(^9^1^, tint it w^^ produ and in thof© tOiOj th^t # v^y Jit^^ before had taken an adlive.pa^t in working Up; minds of the people, to. thijpJtGl? of madnfifs, who were now becoiDe fo fpr- ' * Touch my property, you roufe rccollcfticn and I ^ midabic breath revenge. ( 49 ) midable that had it not been fot the cool and manly behaviour of jhe gentleman who Commanded the guard at that cfitieal junc- ture *, the great Bank of England hacTunder-* gone the like devaftation with thofe build* Ings that were already reduced to aflies, Avhich muft have proved fo terrible a blow to this nation as time itfclf could never have retrieved. ^ * • ' ^ :ij ^ rtf t>'M.i-.if-iM} ■ii:K'-i.t\K ,'--l : ■ The bank of fengland, the greateft com- mercial channel, and of the firft credit m the world I to be fack'd, and every record of itconfumed — moft daring'outrdge 1 favage proceedings I Had this been the cafe, op-* pofition miglit well have laid claim to thd true fpirit of prophecy, fince they have fo frequently boafted they fhould live to fee poor old England reduced to the cruel ne- ccfljty of becoming a province t A^merica, and fubjei^t to the tyrannical yoke of the inhuman Congrefs, filling our fireets with rapines and murder, and enhancing our di- itreflcs ftill more, by an allowance of the mod extcnfive advantages to the torment- ing racks andaweful engines of the houfe of Bourbon.— —An excellent reformation ! a '■■-■• i SA * Colonel Twifleton. H charming 5'p ill; i ;. «: J ( i^ ) charming model this ! ftr uck by our mo- dern puritans, our church Aricken patriots ! Another fpecies of reformation was deem- ed neccffary, which, after notice given, was delivered before the Houfe of C — m— s, in a very folemn and aweful manner, and al- lowed to be a mofl elegant and brilliant sketch of oratory *. But having fo many branches, and every branch an innumerable quantity of fibres j it was fo complex and tedious, that had every branch and every fibre been fpecially attended to, it was the received opinion, that there was more work dealt out than could have been difpatch'd in two or three fcffions, rcgardlefs of France, Spain, and America, as objedls too inconfi- derable to difcufs upon, and where oecono- my was not neccffary. ., < . '^ v^^'. ,- ." But down with place-men — down with penlioners, or elfe we are a people ruined and undone ! Jor the influence of the Crown hath encreafed, is encreqfirig, and cught to be diminifhed. — But, what did this magnificent fpeech of ceconomy avail I what was it produ<5tive of? — It ferved only as a prelude to expofe the mofl fccrct dc- s" ■ ■ i:s.'.:^ ► , i . iigns • I would here be nnuerftood to mean Mr, B— -ke's ambidextrous bill of oeconomy. i f!'',;. { 5r") Cgns of this weighty party, and betray their malevolent intentions j.becaufe, on enquiry. It was difcovered that all thofe enormous and unneccfTary places and penfions, were chiefly held by the oppo^tion- "thofc reform- ers that feemed fo fanguinc in their pre- tended abolition : and when the minority, became the majority, as it did in a ftage or two of this important bill, they found, on a more mature deliberation, it affeifted them* felves fo nearly, that in their private cabals, they foon leveled the cannon of refentment at the fabricator of this d n'd piece of ceconomy — and exclaimed with their ufual vehemence, againft fuch fort of reformation, heartily condemning eycry fentencc it con- tained. ^ For the deflrudlvc axe, that threatned places and penfions, was not only alarming to the prefent pofTcfTors, but likewife to thofe who either wifhed, or hoped hereafter to poflefs, whenever a change fliould offer, as the refidue in that cafe would be too in- confiderable for the craving wants of the needy multitude. It was therefore unani- moufly agreed to, that the bill of (Economy was totally erroneous, wide of their real fenti- -1 mcnts ;. , II ' }'.!■%. It III ,«'ll'^ ( 52 ) merits, and extremely impQJitic and dangew rous to their welfare. ...^t ^ Accordingly ? bill of cenfure was moved for, and carried nem fd?«— »thus, the fabric cator of this contemptible bill, as a reward for all his labours pad, found he had ren-r dered himfelf, not only extremely unpopular, but exceedingly obnoxious to his colleagues, particularly to thofe who were place-mei) and penfioners, whom it moft concerned, and who, one and all, publickly avowee} their diflike— and a few of the moft ingeni- ous, held forth in a language fuitable to th^ tottering verge of their prefcnt fituation. Now to a more noble fcenc of aflion in the upper regions, .. . , ' ' v ; A noble duke lamented the aweful and dan- gerous crifis, that called him thus early to deliver, and without rcfcrve, his weak feh- timents on the bill of ceconomy then before the houfe!— be dared any man to fay, he had the intereft and profperity of his coun- try, more at )ieart than himfelf, or wiihe4 more for ceconomy at this cxpenfive, dan- gerous and perilous feafon ^. put, he con- >.«-»* - r fciled, * Query, whetlier he 66cs not here mean to infinuatc tKe importance of his unfinifhed town hor/e, railed in the ( 53 ) fcflbd It would be extremely inconVtnient to him, and attended with very fcrioue confe- qucnces to his family, were he to part with his little moiety, cither by a voluntary or involuntary rcfignation— nay, farther, the few thoufands he received annually, would be but a very inconfidcrable addition towards the prefent enormous expenditure of Our fc* vcral fleets and armies. f*. fn \5i ruK «; - .» Another graceful member, arofe with great eagernefs, and, with his ufual wratk and indignation, ran over much the fame ground, in a very tremendous ftile he wilhed, he prayed, he earneftly en- treated the Hcufe, to hear him, at this threatning period — oeconomy, he faid, was one of his principal and darling paflions; he defied any man to fay that he was not an CBconomift— he prcfumed, there was not a family in the kingdom, that was better re- gulated, or had more oeconomy obfcrvcd in it, than his own 5 as a proof of which, he could refer them to his ifijpeSlion of the tvnfli^ tuh-\. At the very mention of this fo neceflary gU utcnljl, to all who have a relifh for clean ' linen, the mldft of a morafs, a wholfome fpot ! but, which gives nan^c tp a celebrated imperfect fquarc, after the clukedom. •J- Enquiry into the ftate of Greenwich Hofpital, ' ' ir i 'I K % I, X 54 ) linen, his grace's mettle received an en* creafe, and he expatiated warmly on the dangers he had incurred in attempting to fathom that wonderworking machine-— •^>-f he infifted he had no fooner jmmerged his fallow hands therein, than to ufe an expreili- on of FalftafF's, there iiTued forthjucif a com-^ pojithn of fmellst as, had he not been an GeconomiH;, mud infallibly have lain him proftratc to the ground 1— But, that he ftood immoveable!— Nay, that the fume wrought fo powerfully on his pericranium, that he difcovered \yhat ? -the gnomian pe- numbra of guilt — that great as he was, he had not difdaincd to become all to all, and that during thirty days minute infpedion, and tedious inquiry into the different de- partments of his malicious charge, to the great detriment of public bufinefs, he, through private pique, had ludicroufly per- fonated, though to little purpofe, ^ > The Snob, and tlic Tayldr, The Seamftrefs, and Weaver, "• The fiurcher, the Baker, ^ V (T- Brewer, Scullion and Waiter. '^ '^^'* '^^ " '- 'In Yhdft that nothing had efcaped his rcfearches, the fW-i&o/i? excepted, where he did not conceive ceconomy fo neceffary, as . • ■• ..... that- 1 ^.■»•? J y}]rx'b\vt^U ;?riT ■ft'^. .ui.p ' ( 55 ) that was a falubrious commodity and tend* ed very much to purify the air.— But, alas 1 fo felfi(h was man, fo corrupted the times, that nothing of ill could poffibly overtake the noble Earl at the head of the Admiralty, that all his endeavours indead of tending to his ruin as he had fondly hoped, un^^ppily ferved but to make him (hine the more confpicuoufly approved o f i-pil J.. -tliat fpite :.,' i fliil ierv'd his glory to augment I ^■T)-^ Ir hj and he was even obliged to leave his dufky fons of Neptune juft as he found them, ivanting nothing — here a ligh camefeafonably to his relief, and he was enabled to return to what more immediately concerned him with tollerable compofure. — -He then ob- ferved, that though he vv^as then pointed at and expofed in the public papers as one that received 16000I. flerling per annum, on a certain inflammatory mineral commo- dity J people did not confider how his fa* mily came by this grant, not like unto other common taxations, but a particular grant t and. for pecuBar rea/ons^2ind if his was con(idered as an object in the Bill of Oeconomy now depending, the other part ';il ... • -'•.'; he iiM 'J •■ li i :*■', ( 56 ); he faid he (hould not care a flraw for. tc< cording to ifis ufualm^rtntr of conc^ttficnu . in AnothiCr bloommg comely figure got up with a confcious dignity and grateful heart, ai^ in a concife fpeech declared, as the Houfe was called together on the grand icheme of (sconomy» no man felt the con- fequences that might arlfe from this objedV, or more readily obeyed ihe fummons than himfelf— he acknowledged that he receiv- ed a finecure of 4000 1. per annum under Qovernment, and though he was in the oppoiition, he did not think it either pru- dent, or, grateful to give it up> as he re- ceived it not on account of his own merits, but as the price of his father' 5 firvkes. Three or four were up in a moment, but the Prefident gave the preference to a very brilliant fpeaker, perceiving from the muf- cles of his face, and the agitation of his mind that he was ready to burft. ^Left therefore he fliould forget his leflbn, ht fnffercd him to proceed to this effedl. " I am a P— r of the BritiOi P 1, and the folemnity of the times demand my ap-. pearance as a penlioner on the British lift, recommending oeconomy to miniAcrs — and who ' %\ (. 57 ) vtho in tears and brckcn accents uttered, ** Oh f my country !""-He then recovered ^ Ills vigour, and in a thundering tone of ' voice cjclared, that he always had, and unl- > formly would vote againd miniAers ; not that he pretended to know which was in the wro )g, but he had an undoubted right to oppofe miniftcrs, right or wrong, as a meafure of oppojition, having been taught to believe by that fide of the Houfe, that mi- niftcrs were purfulng deftrudtivc meafures : and as he did not underfland flate policy, he implicitly relied on, and was determin- ed at all events to fcrve his country through ■ that wife and politic Channel-— and though* he had heard great encomiums on-the Bill' of Oeconomy, he honeftly declared he did not hear it delivered before the lower Houfe, neither had he read it, having, but little tafte that way, but that what he had gathered was from common report, he therefore begged to refer it .o the Com*, mittee of inilrudion — However he thought it very cruel, and highly indecent, that he who had always been a peaceable member^ any farther than the extent of his proxy, fhodld be expunged the lifts, for he declar- ed his peniioa to be a juft and ncceflary \i!3^£i jH,|^ ^.p^^ ^.j. .-*r.f'^<5 -x-fC^r one, , ff »^2^n:.^; '^t -:\-^:-u':--, u^: ur-.,' ^ |-d;,vr. ' 'i 4-> r;,V«3 • ^ll 1. . . ( 58 ) one, and of a peculiar caft -, and if he might be allowed an opinion independent pf the Committee of Inflrndlion, it was a dan? gerous Bill, and oyght to be wit)i^rawn. There ^ere feyeral o^her fpeakers upor^ their legs equally interefted in this important bu/inefs, and vtrho with their ufual vigor and lire of argument^ declared for the legality of their prefent poiTefliops, and that they dn)y meant to lop off tl^e unnecefTary and enor- mous branches of adminiflratipn, as the power of the crown bad increafdi was incrcaf- ingi and ought to be dtmini/bed»'"But as the night was now fofar advanced the bufmefs wa^ nece^arily podponed to the next day. Soon as the dawn afofe, the unlooked* for iituation of their aflfiirs made it necefTary the mouldering party diould contider of ways and means to prevent the impending florm, and ftop up the po;t hples ere the match fhould be put to the deftrudtive can* non, by laying open the tragic farce, and nipping in the bud all their future expeAa- tions-— A private Comnaittee of inftrudHon, at the patriotic junto, w&s therefore pro- nounced expedient i whereat, according to their ufual ci^ftom, the piou$ and needy Patriots were not lefs attentive to priva^ hvtfincGt ! ' y / ( 59 ) budne/^ than they had been to that of the t)ublic->-a8 it all tended t6 the grand ob- je tx' ^^ After various opinions had been feparately canvaflcd, and brotherly love reftored, it was agreed to that in future an appearance only of fupporting the bill fliould be the prevailing motive, if fuch unneceflary places v/erc found, and that by artful, flow, and regular fteps they fhould retreat in the fanie proportion i • .'■111 /* "V !r*.-v "; proportion as they had advanced, but ty flower gradations and lefs warm j and that the weightier fubitancc of it be fo miftc- . rioufly enveloped, and infenfibly loft, that nothing but the skeleton may remain, which . would prove but a tottering pillar of cvi- dence againft them on any future occalion. However, a dilemma of iituation like this, did not a little puzzle a few of the moft en- lightened amongft. them 5 but having re- • courfe to that exceMent old proverb, hoj>e for the befi, they were unanimoufly of opi- ( nion, that as they had for years together . bravely and refolutely flood the teft of fuch n frequent difappointments, that but for the . great ihare they poficfled of the epicurean ', philofophy, Bedlam muft have been enlarg- ^ ed, or private dwellings converted into mad- houfes, it would be deemed the higheft pitch of pufillanimo^.s fear, were they now at length to think of liftening in any degree . to the dilates of fell Defpair. '; Perfeverancc therefore in the prefent tneafures, and vigour in fupport of Con- grefs, and in contempt of the rights of Great Britain over their beloved Americans, was ■1- , ' <'<■■< ( 62 ) ^as the univerfal cry— -*f he Aygian council thus diflblvcd from grief to joy. j-j/t^pj,' .'-< ■ Americans who hav6 the modefly to ailert and maintain a new dodtrine, that the mother has no authority over her chiU dren ! a mother too of all mothers the moft tender, afFedlionate, and humane-— A mother whofe condudt and demea« nour ever (ince her exiflence has been one continued line of juflice, honour, and integrity, and not only to her revolted un- dutiful children, but her moderation and goodnefs hath even extended itfelf to her natural and mod inveterate enemies, and to the mofl didant and remote corners of the known world. But Britannia's virtue, her mild and gentle government, her whole- fome laws, have rendered her an obje<5t of envy, and the admiration of all who know her name. But, that thofe who ftile themfclves chrlf- tians and proteflants too, fhould difpute the authority of fo tender a parent, is a difgrace to the religion they profefs, and a downright mockery of the facred name of chridian ; fuch are the men, if worthy of the name, - who i) ' ( «3 ) >vho not only claim equal advantages with the mother country, but demand fuch a fu- periority as may put it in their power to cruih to atoms their once friendly nurfe and prote^or ; and who would ercn now» notwlthftaading all their treachery, receive them to mercy » who has flood armed in the gap, expofed to the moft imminent <)anger8, and bravely defended them agaiaft the treacherous defi^ns of gallic perfidy ; the very people they now blindly embrace, and that in preference to their mother gountry ! Alas human nature! why fo perverfe 1 to what meannefs and perfidy does pride unhappily fubjcSt us ? to tram- ple on, and forfake an indulgent parent, 9pd embrace in her ilead a natural and de» Jufive enemy !— An enemy the moft artful ^nd delufive of the race of man ! and of the moft abfolute, cruel, and defpotic princi- ples we know of, the wretched Congrefs ^excepted, which is compofed indeed of pien of the moft profligate and abandoned principles, who the longer they continCte t^eir tragic fcenes of iniquity, by fo much the more defperate will their fituation be- come; and in proportion as the diftrefles of their poor deluded plebeians muhiply> fo will :fi 'fl ( 64 ) will their cruelties greatly encreafe, fincc none of the baneful herd can be infeniible of their danger if involuncarily taken ; and conrcque-;'Iy to what difficulties the ^on- vidion, remorfe, or impatichcd of the peo- ple might probably expofe therti.— As the wanton cruelties and barbarities exerclfed b^ their order even on th^ir wn people, (a5 well as on thofe of the roj^al ftandard) and fome of them who were hcrctdfofc ranked as leading men among themi merely bc- Caufe they could not trui difapprove of their declaration for independency, and the un* natural alliance "with France, hang on theij guilty confciences as fo much in arrears, '■ -J J- ^ i * * The unforlanate who could hot cfcape thcfc blood hounds, either fufFercd death by the hands of the common hangman, or were expofed to other lingering tortures, Shocking and difgraceful to humiin nature. Nay, the greateft part that compofed the rebel army, were forced into the ftrvice, and dragged away from the embraces of their parents, wives, children, or friends, . was (hooting or hanging for examples fake, "^-^hus were thte fcveral poor families expofed, unprovided with even the moft common neceffafics of life, and cruelly plundered of all they could poffibly hold dear either by the feverity of the imprefs, the chance of war, or an ignOr minous exit, and all this merely to fatisfy the boundlefs ambition of a few individuals who have artfully intruded themfelves into notice, and now bafely arrogate the arbi- trary priviledges of lawlefs fway !—• 'Thofc they could not force into the congrefs fer- vice, or who faved themfelves by flight, had their Houfes plundered and reduced to aOies, and their lands laid waAe and defo- late ! Nay, even where they deigned to purchafe, the vender could hope for no other returns, than the infamous and inva- luable congrefs-currency, which is next t6 nothing.— Such are the comforts, fuchthe , advantages, they have to their regret and . forrow dearly experienced, for prefuming to advance the child above the mother, and ; waging war againftan indulgent parent- — Moft daring and impious outrage 1 and all fuch unnatural crimes, rapines and murder- ••^ tm . a* '■ I. . ■ . ... ( 66 ) .^. . ous praAices^ ivill fooner or later bring on the miferable perpetrators, and malicious ^Setters, the mod dreadful punifhments of divine vengeance. The purfuit of truth and the ncceffity of the times* have imperceptibly drawn me into this digreilion -, I (hall now refume my former importaot fcheme of ceconomy. • ' • ' Two or three days being clapfed fincc the laborious projedtor had learnt the true fcnfe of his collegues at the junto ^— he determined to flep forth in their defence as far as the force of argument, decent chica- nery, and well concerted ftrokes of fophii ftry could poflibly affift him, this of all others appearing to him the mofl alarm- ing, and dangerous crifis, as the private property and public chara(fter of fo many worthies depended on this awful trial. The door of the fenate houfe being open- ed rather before the ufual time, the galle- ries were foon filled, and the Gladiators be- low were uncommonly numerous j— at length the champion of oppofition made * Not a hundreJ miles from Grofvcnor f^ttarc. hlfS , ( 67 ) h(6 appearance, and the Houfe bein^ prO'» perly adjufted, He rofs in his pUcc^— A ge- neral (ilence next enfued-— having addreffed the chair with more than common refpccSt, and like the toad in the fable, ready to burft with matter fuitable to the caufe of his affrighted party, after conceiving feveral times, not t little embaraifed at his auki- ward fituation ; he at length plucked up fufficient fpirits to proceed in words to thi3 eifca. . .. . ^ ■si Mr. SP— a— R,-i SIR, *' I am not a little a{loni(hed at the cruel and (hameful attacks the bill now under confideration, hath met with, both from within and without doors, by wantonly and wilfully mifconflruing the genuine purport of it— Much hath been urged by the malicious malapert fprings in power, tending to prove that it was a dangerous and unconflitutional bill ; an infringement of rights invefled in the crown, from time immemorial s-*-he dared any man to prove this afrcrtion— he never meant, nor had he the moft diflant intentions of lopping off irom the power of the crown— On ihe con- K 2 trary. )! S ( 68 ) '^ • > - ' ' " trary, he ftood forth its champion, to fave and prclcrye its authority— He only meant as far as found logic could convey an ex* planation; to aboli(b all unneceiTary places, penlions and finecurcs, to the end that the gem of power might receive an additional degree of luftre, and the glory of the dfa^ dem fhine forth in the eyes of all- -rmuch heated — neither did he mean, as had been falfely and fliamefully infinuatGd, to take away any penfion, or fiiiecure place, dqring the life of the prcfent incumbent, but only that they might ceafe as the lives {hould drop off— --^ iaug/j—He concluded, with faying, thefe ever bad been his intentions, were his intentions, and would be his in- tentions-— ^/?w^/reral of the patriotic penfioners, for not refigning when the Bill of Oeconomy was firft introduced, entailed on themfelvcs, and juftly, the general cenfure of the peo- ple, and the fteady, firm and diiinterefted conduct of the niinifter, gained him an increafe of friends. Mr. B^ke being fully convinced of this aflertion, thought proper to give his favourite bill another hearing ; and for thefe three capital reafons ; the firft, knowing hiinfelf in difgracc as well as his numerous and needy adherents, it would be again rcje£led j and fecondly, it might ferve as 3. mafque, in order to diminilh the cenfure and contempt they laboured under, and laftly, it would thwart and impede public bufinefs : indeed he may be juftly ftilcd a true prophet ; all his conjcfturcs are come to pafs, except in the diminution of public cenfure and contempt, which are ftill afloat, and will ever appear in evidence againft their unnatural, wicked and malicious defigns. poor ■1 ^il 'jil I If 4 ( 7« ) poor wretch who plunders his neighbour for a day's riK^enance. > , ;<. : I confider tvcry man in the oppofition, who receives any emolument from under the crown» to be as mu' h bound to the crown, as any fcrvant who covenants to ferve a mafltr for a certain fum per annum. Now, if the latter doth not ferve his maftcr with integrity, he is difmifled,— »• would this were always tbe c^fe I — Again, if the fervant diflikes his fervicc, or is others wife prejudiced againft h"^ mafter, if an honcft man, he entreats his iJfmiflion, and difdains to eat the bread he cannot approve of. : ' '. > ■.•■-.'■'•';..,. . ,., ? If therefore, the penfioners in the oppo^ fition, obferved and pradifed this virtuous rule, it would reflect upon themfelves, and every body of men fo ading, immortal Ho- nor.— But what abafc ungrateful wretch muft that man appear, who (hould receive by petition, or felicitation, the wifhed for favour, either of a public or private nature, in money or otherwife, and in return con- trary to all laws human and divine, fhould i . endeavour ( 7> ) endeavour to profcribe, or aflaiHiiatc hit friend and benefa(flor. r 'V. In ftiort the oppofition (hall a« foon pcf- fuadc mc, a ftiadow can be con\^rtcd into a real fubftance, as that they are not medi- tating the fubveriion of the Aate, and the ruin of old Eneland. A further inftance to corroborate this adertion, and that of fo Hagrant a nature, it would be a crime to be filcnt. When the fupplies are moved for, the Houfe on the fide of oppofition is generally thin, and when the day arrives to put them to the vote, there is likewife a very thin houfe s there naturally follovi^s indeed an oppofition, becaufe its a profefled occupation, to with- fland any point whatfoever that proceeds from that fide of the Houfe ; but their alter- cations are of no confcquence, and the bufi- nefs is fufFered to pafs in tolerable good humour ; but no fooner do the fupplies meet with the royal affent, than the bufinefs to which the money to be applied, muft be term'd unneceflary, or extravagantly burden- fome, and the wheels of Government impe- ded with the utmoft fury, by thofe our good friends in oppofition, and in a language • rather I IV fPt; s ( 72 ) ratlicr calculated for the meridian of Bil- lingfgate, than fuitcd to tlie dignity of the P— — s and C— s of Great Britain. ■■|^ 3f m rl ' I (hall therefore take the liberty of com- ■ paring this inconliftant frantic condudl of theirs, to a certain (Economical architect that would build a large Houfe, but before it was fini(hed He found a paper 200 years old iniporting, that the fpot of ground on which the houfe Aood, laboured under the domi- nion of fpirits and apparitions ; and the poor ^architeA's head being full of vapours, from hard and laborious fludy, he thought pro- per for the above moft weighty reafon, and out of pure regard to himfelf and family, to take down the building, and remove it clfewhere : this he called oeconomy — but .before he advanced to the firfl; ftory, he un- happily found he had no refoufces, no cre- dit, nor even where to put his frantic brain- Icfs head. Thus fell this great cEConomift, and as he was not yet a parliament man, his creditors fecured his perfon, and a divi- dend muft have enfued of 6d in the pound. But what makes the fall of this prodigy of genius fo great and amazing to all who knev him, he was perpetually boafting of . his ocLonoray, and recommending it to others ( 7J ) Others ; and as lie had a fuperlor |inow!cdgc in all manner of bufiiicfs where economy was requifttc, he never vifited flcy houfes and fuch idle tromperies, but dedicated his leifiire time to public company, at Arthur's, and iuch places, where he never was at a lofs for manly aniufenjents, and fuitabje con- ;ip(5lioD.s, r ;, ,.- ., V , . However, the fudden and unexpected ca- taftrophe of his affairs, happening near a general election, he procured a fufficient quantity of the golden unJi Since therefore their etnploytiients are of fuch a dirty arid malicious nature, that no- thing but heil itfelf could b'. fuppofed to take pleafure in them as mere employments^ they mull: infifl: on their difmiftion, uhlefa their arrears are paid up, their fallaries greatfy increafed, and to be paid tilorithly, as they cannot otherwife go on with any degree of cor.ifort to themfelvs, or credit to their employers, , ; .. Publick houfcs are expenfive, and the more fo as they are frequently under the neceflity of rubbing off the old feores of fome of the moft ftubborn and preverfc^ before they can mak^ them yield to con* vidion* In (hort, there is fo much filth and mire to wade through, that unlefs the above conditions are ftridly attended to, '..•■'. La they I If I It IS is iff*! they will no loDgcr undertake to rave againft the miniftry. . * ^ - « r J The' cliarac^^ure dfetfadlors murmer ex-. ccedingly, and declare they will lay down their arms, as they cannot fubfifl on the fmall pittance allowed them. That the profits ariling from the fale of the fatyrical prints, or, the antiminifterial pamphlets, are merely ideal and imaginary, and will not clear themfelves, as they are now become a mere dreg, though they flattered them - felves they have brought this good natured art to fuch a pitch of perfedion as no age or nation can parallel ; as a proof of this af- fertion it is obvious, that all the windows where they fuffer the exhibition of thef« humorous /allies ^ are fo croudtd by all de- nominations of people, that there is not even a drayman, link boy, or chimney fwecper, that is not attraifted by thefe magnets of dif- loyalty; they gaze at them with aftonilhcd admiration, and in confeqnence thereof be- come the moft ftrenuous poli-'.cians, and the moft fangulne advocates for liberty i nay fo interefted are they in their country's wel- fare as to fcruple obdience :o authority j and devoid of thought, they cry out with extatic joy \t ( 17 ) joy J«id int6!x:ic?ited fury, ** America for cv^r I : we her fupporters, the genuine Tons of pa^> triotifm, will undergo every difficulty, face? every danger in defence off our worthy and- grateful Yankees. — Americayor ever ! F6r*f. tunes we have none, there/pre what is Eng-/ land to us — no pofleffions,f nothing to loofe/ but every thing to hope for from juft and lawful plunder ', the pulling down, the gut- ting and burning of Houics, forcing open prifons, deilroying churches, and burying in ruins the enemies of the American caufb -^-America and plunder for ever, under the bright and promifing ftandard of modern patriot^fm." .(i ^.* ')?f[i- ,hi-7 y.r .U!:i-.: And.In. luxurious cjties where the noife , . ., .^ Of riot alcends above their loftieft towers, ■ " ''' And injury and outrage ; and when night . Darkens the flreet, there wamlcrs forth ». j — ' , ■ " '■ , " " ' . ■ . . ' ■ . the fons of BeHal. . . .A« \i .:\fL Thefe lawlefs and. deftrudive proceed- ings may juftly be faid to have originated in oppofition alone, who have not only fown the feeds of rebellion abroad before the commencement of hoftilitics in America, but fince that memorable period, cultivated, nouriflied, and cheriflied faftion at home, by falfe and cruel mifreprefentations, all tending i; ! ||, -•r^ i m r I*, ( 78 } tending td the annihilation of the mother country j and why? the rcafons afe obvious? they diflike the prefcnt diftribution of pla- ces, and power, they cannot brook negle(3', and envy the minifter j hence proceeds their corrofive meafures, hence jealoufies and re- vengeful piques fo formidable and deftruc- tive to friendfliip, order, and good govern- ment, and their terrible confcquencc^ an- archy and confufion. ' i . -^^ -.'-' ; ; ; ! :f • >ts .* i .i"; ■ lii U, ..RflOi ' To feek either for friendfhip or juftice in oppofition, is but feeking the philofophers ftone. — Friendfbip, juftice, or genuine pa- triotifm are, with refpedl to this party, but as an empty name ; the terms are grown obfolete and like f^e bafelefs fabric of a vifion, have left not a wreck behind^ unlefs it be that of a diftempered brain, taking down the miniftcr with ajirbng pull, a long fully and a pull altogether j yet notwithftand- ing all the pulling of thefe diabolical ma- chines, firmnefs and integrity fmile on his face and are engraven on his Heart, which will ever buoy him up on the troubled ocean, and Neptune's felf (hall pilot and convey him into port. • While r: ( 79 ) <" « While patriots exclaim, :,ri' . J: .,' \ ■ p Uell ! what do our eyes with grief behold ! I am further induced, in order to thi^oW ilill more light on the condudof this great man, to animadvert a little on a very extra- ordinary monfter now in being, known by various appellations, but more particularly by that of Sir BuUface Double Fee. This mirror of Juftice diftinguiflied him- felf in a very confpicuous manner, to his immortal honour be it fpoken, and brought forth a charge of fo weighty and ferious a nature againft his friend and prote ., . tH; ; , Another premeditated charge was prefer- ed againfl the minifler, and that of no lefs importance than bribery and corruption. J would here be under ftood to mean the charge of Milburn Port--^But pray Sir, who was the accufer ? why .— '-;■■• 4 -(*■,. It was a ciiftom alfo among the Chaldeam md the Nazareens — — ,,._ „ . recoUedt Sir, when news was brought to the Perfi^ns — . '\ \-«,. •>■ fo the Macedonians- .r,.;: , ;. .'-..y in like manner the Lacedemonians and the Athenians— Thus too the Carthagenians, &c. 6cc. &c.** M 2 Yel tlx-;" ( 84 ) Yet this buzzing fly, this folcmn knave, this fonorous detra»5lor, had couched his ac^ cufation in fuch terms, and conveyed it to the public with fuch plaufibility and venom, that the minifter's ruin and difgracc fccmed inevitable — But, ' * ♦•V Why trouble all mankind with fhcws inftcad — - Merc ihews of feeming guilt. ' The innocent accufed flood the ted in- vulnerable, and received the latter as he had done the former, with that ferenity of mind, and manly fortitude which alw?ys accompa- ny confcious innocence, • *i Thus the pit that has been fo often and fo long preparing for the minifler, with the ui^ remitting induftry oi ajlrong pull, a long pull t and a pull altogether, ferves only for a retort, and is, I Lhink, not inapplicable to thofe fa- cred psiff?gts-—fFl?ile mine enemies are driven backt they Jhall fall and perijh at thyprefence-^^ Hhe Heathens are funk down in the pit that they made j in the fame net which they hid,: prively is their foot taken — ^he Lord it known to execute judgment t the ungodly is trapped in the work of bis o-ivn hands^ , * ■ . For ( 85 ) For my part, I profefs myfelf one of thofe unfafliionable creatures that wifh to fee inno- cence acquitted, and the guilty punirtied-— Nor can 1 help exulting, and with emotions of joy, that thefe ill founded charges were brought forward, becaufe no event could poflibly be produdlive of a more favourable opportunity for the miniftcr to tread on the necks of thefe falamanders of detra(5lion-— for the more indefati^ab!'^ they are to depri- cate and throw an cdium on his chara(flcr» both as a miniftcr and a man j the more con- fpicuous muft certainly appear his worth, i'r conduit and unblemifhed fame. Take him for all in all— — — — We ihali not fee his like again. u> Nay, the difpaflionate part of mankind have faid, do fay. J*id will fay, that the op- pofition but bright i the rufty fteel, and re- fervi.g tliedrols and cankered part for them- felves, a reward proper ' )T 'heir fcrvices, prefent the minifter with the bright uncor- rupted part, as it b^ft fuits him, and better becomes his unfhaken conduct— And tt)^y be live to fee thofe domcflic enemies of Great Britain, Mr. T-^-bull's noble friends, and IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) fe r/. 1.0 I.I toi2.8 us IM IL25 in 1.4 |Z2 1.6 ilC _SciHices Corporation 33 WIST MAIN STIliT 'WetSTIR.N.Y. I4SM (71«) •72-4503 ^^$^4 •^^ ^ ^ 4 V . ( 86 ) .?nd their (everal political adherents, brought as it's fitting, to public juilice, and dragged headlong to the block of vengeance*. But /(COPY.) ,^, iff'itf Londoftf S. Sefitemhrf 1780. Hon. Sir, " In two letters which I have written you lately, from this- place, I have faid as much as was fitting on political JKW8, I write this at the requeft of Mr. Tem- ple, who means to follow foon to America j who wifhfs to be received as a deferring friend to his country. While he expefts ih.it weak and wicked men may attempt to ii]^ure his reputation, I feel myfelf happy in having it in toy power, from my fituation, to obviate every infiaua- ation which may be made to you, and to fay that his rc- fidence in this country, lince he laft left Bofton, has been efftntially ferviceable to the caufe of America, by giving fuch ideas of her temper, and rcfources, as have preferved fteady to her interefts, the few noble friends Ihe has in both Houfcs of Parliament, had ftaggered her numerous enemies. The Duke of R— • d, Mr. D. H- y. Dr. P — e, and names of fimilar dignity and principles are Mr. Temple's acquaintances here ; and among fuch names, his own principles or integrity cannot be doubted, Hirdelire is to return to Europe, in fome public cha- rafter, as he formerly talked to you j I cannot but moll heartily wilh him fuccefs in his purfuit, and the particu- lar favour and attention of my friends to his interefts. With linccre affeftion to all my friends, 1 fubfcribe myfelf, honoured Sir, *4- ^-'u .'i . Your moft dutiful Son, ' V ' -^'^ ' JOHN TRUN4 BULL.'; iGov, Trumbull. * J r W ( 8? ) But from this affedlion of theirs, we may ^ ^ reafrnably conclude, that not only by their public orations, but alfb by fbme more adive V ^ and clandeftinc mcaOves ; they have aflifted, ^ :;; and ftill are aflifting the diabolical Congrcfs, ^ «nd invigorating the Houle of Bourbon at -^ the expencc of Great Britain ; and that this mutual union and friendly perlcverance of { V &; theirs, is but throwing open the deftru^tive >; ■i; flood-gates that their country may be delu- ged in her own blood. 1* " > Time has been, and I believe, ourlaws at . .:. this hour, are not lefs forcible if put to the ■ proof, when juftice would have demanded of the traitor an immediate payment of that ■ debt the impiety of his life had fliamefully : incurred Who (hould dare attempt to i ■-,: > plunge and reduce his country to a ftate of fs indigence and poverty, and their miferable ' ' • conleqrcnces, rapines and murder- — Where, I again repeat it, may t&ey be dragged head- long to the block of vengeance, or other- wife, conveyed on a hurdle to that tree that ^ / ; ', entails a i^^ portion of ignominy and dif- J*'*^^ grace on the guilty Pendants, there to hang till dead, fufpendtd under this favourite de- vice, ^ - 4 •'»» fl; i» i ,^„,^44^..^ II iiivMiiiiiiiiu. J li } tKHS ajhon^ptdlp a hng pulU and it>^ ^ And may we dill fuch traitors firm witbftan^^ And from a p^fi Co fatal purge our land, * T^9t free from blafts fo baneful and fo dire, Britannia may with joy once more refpire j Confide in fafety, as her friends arife>r Laugh at htr foes, and tower above the fkies* r ■■■■•'* J ' ■ ' ■ al* ;,.'.f:nf r FINIS, i ■: i . >^-.i, : *♦" •** • '!^ •*\ —\':'f. '■•■■■ vf I lU -»(»■ 1 'is % m