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 IN all free Governments, the People, upon 
 every Change in the Adminiftration, ge- 
 nerally feparate into three Parties. 
 
 The firft, and moft numerous, is that of 
 the giddy Multitude, prone to Mutability, 
 and fo fond of Novelty, that they always in- 
 dulge phantaftick Hopes, of great Advantages 
 to arife from every fucceflive Alteration in 
 the Miniftry j inconfiderately prefuming, that a 
 Reformation muft naturally enfue a Revolu* 
 tion. 
 
 The fecond, though of lefs Weight in 
 Numbers, is of greater Importance in Quality, 
 from the fuperior Rank and Abilities of the 
 Partizans, It confifts of the Friends and 
 Adherents to the lad Adminiflration, with 
 the feceeding Miniftry at their Head. They 
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 Impetuofity of the former Party, who are 
 fufceptible of any Imprcirion, and eager to 
 embrace rhe lafl born Offipring of Ddufion. 
 Therefcre, by indudrioufly creating ground- 
 lef*> Oiftrulfs, dilTcminating iiDJufl- Sufpicioits, 
 nnd fomeniing nnn.uural Jealouiies, they la- 
 bour to inftigatc the unitable Populace, to 
 join in thd Clamour of Op;)ofuion. 
 
 The third Party, though of n loi^ Eflima- 
 tion, too often has the lea ft Iniiuerce, It is 
 formed of fuch, who are prudently con- 
 duced by the even and fteady Gu^:lance of 
 unhia/Jed Judgment. Who have Fcrdtude to 
 exert their own Reafon, and Integrity to 
 purfue its Diredion. It is the Duty ot thefe, 
 to keep the Ballance even, between the two 
 former. ' 
 
 This Office, the Author of the iEqui- 
 poiSE prefumes totxercife; and will open it, 
 by a candid Examination of the Paper called 
 the Constitution. In the Courfe of 
 this Difquilition, the Public will judge of his 
 Impartiality. If an Eagernefs in Favour of 
 his own Opinion, fhould lead him into an 
 Error, he will gladly attend to the Docu- 
 ments of Corrcdionj if an indifcreet Warmth, 
 in Oppofition to Teeming Injuftice, ftiould 
 hurry him into an Appearance of Rudenefs, 
 he will patiently fubmit to the Severity of 
 Reproof j and he will feel no other Pain, 
 than that of having deferved it. 
 
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 The Constitution, is wrote with 
 much afedied Moderation, pretended Impar- 
 tiality, and profeffed Politenefb j but in reality, 
 is penned with a great deal of elaborate Arti- 
 ftce, and difguifed Acrimony. 
 
 It is preceeded by an Addrefs to a great 
 M^^, and in the firft Page fur prizes the Rea- 
 der with an Affertion, that " Jealoufios 
 
 even of Prejudice and Partiality will de- 
 ferve our Attention, and our mofl unju/H" 
 *^ fiable Apprehenlions for Liberty, will al- 
 ways demand Refpedt and Reverence from 
 the Patrons of our political Freedom." 
 This is indeed a pleafant Way of obviating 
 all Objedions. For if we are to reverence 
 fuch unjujiijiable Apprehenfiom, who (liall 
 dare to dilJDute with this felf eredlcd Idol 
 of blind Adoration ? But To far from de- 
 manding Relpe(fl and Reverence from the 
 Patrons of political . Freedom, they merit 
 their Contempt and Indignaiion ; for by 
 r^\ih\g/alfe Alarms, they frequently occafion 
 real Invaiions of Liberty ; and afford a Pre- 
 tence of exerting illicit Authority, to repel 
 unjuft Oppolidon. 
 
 The Writer, addreflini!; himfelf to the 
 great Man, proceeds thus—" You, Sir, 
 have excluded fome Men moft eminently 
 capable of ferving their Country. You 
 have introduced others Into the Adminif- 
 tration, jjewto Bufmejs^ nor yet diflinguiflied 
 by, or bdievedio have any fuperior Abilities. 
 
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We will not be fo rafti in our Negatives, as 
 the Author is bold in his Affirmatives. Yet 
 certainly the one, would at lead have as much 
 Title to Credit with the Reader, as the other ; 
 where they are equally unfupported by Ar- 
 guments. But we owe too much Refpecl to 
 the Public, to folicit their AfTcnt without 
 oiSering Reafons to their Judgment. 
 
 We will not prefume to fay, that none but 
 the prefent Miniflry, are capable of ferving 
 their Country, or believed to have any fuperior 
 abilities. We hope that our learned and in- 
 genious Nation, affords more Men of diftin- 
 guiflied Talenrs, than the few who compofe 
 the fmall Body of the Adminiftration. But wc 
 will afk the Writer whether the noble Duke 
 
 who prcfides at the Treafury Who has 
 
 been Viceroy of a neighbouring Kingdom, 
 and who filled his Station with Honour— 
 Whether h e is new to Bufinefs, and believed 
 to have no fuperior Abilities ? We will afk 
 him, whether the noble Earl who is at the 
 Head of the Navy^ who from a long Courfe 
 of Experience and Application, has gained a 
 perfedt Knowledge of the Nature of our Con- 
 ftitution, and thelntereft of the Kingdom, of 
 which he has given frequent and fignal Tefli- 
 monies in the Senate of Great Britain----^ 
 Whether h e is new to Bufinefs, and believed 
 to have no fuperior Abilities. We will afk 
 him, whether a worthy Commoner, who 
 has given public Marks of Genius and political 
 
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 Knowledge, and who has the Honour to have 
 had a principal Share in penning that accurate 
 Reply, in the Memorials relating to the Con- 
 teds about Nova-Scotia Whether he is 
 
 new to Bufinefs, and believed to have no fu- 
 pcrior Abilities? Wc could continue our 
 Queries to many other Members in the pre- 
 fent Adminiftraiion, but we will not tire the 
 Reader's Attention, nor do further Violence 
 to the Author's Recolledion. 
 
 Perhaps he would infinuate that they arc 
 ntw to Bufinefs, becaufe they are young ia 
 Office. But as the great Minifters of State, 
 are neither immortal in their civil or political 
 Capacities, it will unfortunately happen, that 
 Veterans muft be fucceeded by Novices. And 
 fuch a Succeflion, fo far from being injurious, 
 has generally proved advantageous to the Public. 
 
 Experience demonftrates, that the Condudt 
 of Statefmen is moft commendable, and moft 
 beneficial to the Community, while they tot- 
 ter in the Infancy of Power As they grow 
 up to Maturity, Time, which increafes their 
 Knowledge, adds to their Prefumption, en- 
 larges their J^nfluence, and at Length confirms 
 them in the Plenitude of Authority. It is 
 then, ih?*C::"«lidcnce banifhcs Caution, Arro- 
 gance difdains Admonition, and Ambition 
 triumphs over Integrity. 
 
 Wc will readily allow that being recent in 
 Office, they may be Strangers to the Forms o^ 
 Bulincls, which they of the niceft Modefly 
 
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 need not he afl:am''d to learn from thdir Clerks i 
 But we will be bold to fay, that they may be 
 more compf*tent Mafters of F.'j'cntiah^ than 
 their Predecellorsr, who were ikillcd in all the 
 Mlnutice of their Hmployrnents. 
 
 But if we only conlider the prefent Minif- 
 try, as Members of the legijlu.lve Body, fure- 
 ly it would be paying an ill Compliment to 
 our Reprifcnttifives^ to fuppole tliem new to 
 political Bufincfs. It were meerly nugatory, 
 to advance further Arguments, in Contraver- 
 fion of fuch felf-conhucd AfTeverations. 
 In the 9th Page, the Writer obferves, that, 
 while our prefent Calamities were advancing 
 
 npon us — Mr. P continued in a Sta- 
 
 '• tion that gave him an Influence over the 
 " Condud of the Miniftcr. His Advice 
 '* might have animated his Difapprobation, 
 •' awed him to Mcafiircs more honourable 
 '* and adv.intageoiis to the Nation." 
 
 Thefe R^'tlcdions are natural But the 
 
 fuccceding Sentence, which infinuates that 
 Mr. P— chofe rather to poflefs himfelf in 
 the Complacency of his Employment is highly 
 ungenerous. Will the Author prefume to fay 
 that H E was Complacent in his Employment, 
 who is known to have advifed, fpoken *, and 
 voted againft Mcafures which l)e apprehended 
 to be diihonourable and difadvantugeous to the 
 
 Nation, 
 
 • Only to mention one Inllance \fr. P ftrenuouf- 
 
 Fy oppofed the two Bi others in the Debate relating to the 
 Trade of the African Company . 
 
 
 
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 Nation, even while he enjoyed a Port the moft 
 lucrative under the Governipcnt. 
 
 It is evident that he was not frugal of hifi 
 Advice, nor backward to teftify his Difap- 
 probation. But he was confcious that nothing 
 but Defpair of Amendment, would counte- 
 nance the Violence of Oppofition, and juflify 
 an Attempt to work the Expulfion of the 
 Miniftry. He therefore endeavoured rather 
 to procure a Reformation as a friendly Moni* 
 tor, than occafion a Revolution as a virulent 
 Oppofer. 
 
 He had ftronger Hopes of Succcfs from 
 amicable Expedients, as he received repeated 
 Aflurances of a Change in the Syftem of 
 Affairs, from a noble Perfon, who, in Juftice 
 to his own high Charader, might realbnably 
 be expelled to adhere to his Word, and to be 
 incapable of debafing his Dignity, by tem- 
 porizing Evafions. 
 
 But when inexcufable Violations of Pro- 
 mife, fufficiently evinced him of his Inftability, 
 tlien he juftly concluded that further Confi- 
 dence would be a Reproach to his Patri(^t 
 Charadler: Ihen he thought it his Duty to 
 exert the indignant Spirit of Oppofition to 
 
 procure the Removal of a M r from fo 
 
 great a Share in political Concerns, who was 
 fou.id unfaithful to his political Engagements. 
 
 This Explanation founded on Circumflanc^s 
 notorious to every one who pays Attention to 
 public Tranfadlions, fufiiciently apologizes for 
 
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 I J a Condudl, which needs no other Vindication, 
 than that of being fairly reprefented. And 
 ihis Explanation, is happily corroborated by the 
 fuccceding Obfervaiion of the Author himfelf 
 ^-^ Which conveys an involuntary Reproof, 
 on his own precipitate injurious Infinuation. 
 
 After having drawn the Portrait of the laft 
 
 Minifler with a fevere, let others determine, 
 
 with how faithful a Pencil, he drops the Di^ 
 
 greffion, and again addrefTes him (elf to the 
 
 great Pcrfonage in the following Words. 
 
 |j ** Such was the Minifter, whom till lall 
 
 Year you thought it Patriotifm to fupport. 
 
 That you declined joining with him in the 
 
 late Revolution of our Politicks, is univer- 
 
 fally approved. Be (ides all other, your 
 
 own private Reafons, you had the Ex- 
 
 peiience of a Gentleman who had made an 
 
 unfuccelbful Trial of his G — *s Firmnefs to 
 
 his Engagements." Here we are told from 
 
 the Writer's own Mouth, that the great Man 
 
 is not the only one who has experienced the 
 
 Fragility of reiterated AfTurances. 
 
 In the fubfequent Page, he fays to this 
 Gentleman, ** You might have been indebted 
 for an Example of Temper and Modera- 
 tion. In a wife and boned Convidion qf 
 the pernicious Effcds of Fadion and Op- 
 pofition, he declined acc^epting from hjs 
 Majefty*s Grace and PIcafure, that very 
 Pow^r, of which, permit me to think, yqvi 
 
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'* have violently taken PofTcffion, by Methods 
 " wholly unknown to our Conftituiiony 
 
 Who can this modefl: felf-denying Gentlc- 
 t\ian be ? What ? Refift His Majefty's Plea- 
 fure! Decline accepting that Power which 
 His Majefty gracioully offered ! And fuffcr it 
 to be fcized by Methods wholly nnknown to 
 our Conflitution, What ? Leave fupplicating 
 \{ — -ty in Diftrefs ! * Suffer his Clojh to be 
 fiormed^ and bis /acred Per fon vie' *edbyone 
 Jadiious Family /——Excellive Moderation ! 
 tJnkind Defertion ! Ungenerous Pertinacity ! 
 
 But the Gentleman it feems was apprehen- 
 five of the Effedlsof Fadion and Oppofition. 
 Indeed ! And how did his Refulal to comply 
 with His Majefty^s Pleafure, remove thofe 
 Apprehenrions ? Could he humbly fuppofe, 
 himfelf alone to be the hated Ohjed of Oppofi- 
 tion ? Might he not reafonably conclude that 
 the Power enjoyed under the free Grant of 
 the Royal Favour, was more likely to prove 
 a peaceable Tenure, than that, ufurpcd by 
 Methods wholly unknown to our Con/iitutionf 
 Could he fuppofe that fucb Power, fo violent- 
 ly wrefted, could be quietly maintained ? 
 
 Perhaps the cautious Gentleman tliought 
 he could acquire Honour with more Security^ 
 by heading Oppofiticjn, than by combating a- 
 gainft it. Pcrnaps the Satisfadlion of per* 
 plexing a Rival, was, in his Eftimation, 
 j.referable to that of fcrving his Country; 
 
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 Perhaps, he rather choO^ to fliake three King- 
 doms by the Page of Fadion, than hold a 
 fhort-hvcd Pre-eminence in one. 
 
 It would hav'2 been kind in the Writer, to 
 have explained by what Methods unknow?i to 
 
 our Conjlitiuior', the S^- y has taken Pofief- 
 
 fion of Power. Has he ftolen the S — s ? Did 
 he come in a rebellious Manner and demand 
 them with Force and Arms? Indeed the 
 Writer modedly lays, permit me io thinks you 
 
 have violently taken PolTeirion, ^c. To be 
 
 fure, no Man can hinder him from thinking ; 
 but in Juflice to his own Charader it would 
 have been prudent in hiin to have fupprelTcd 
 his Thoughts, till he could bring Rcafons to 
 fupport them. We never heard of any Vio- 
 lence ufcd by the S — y in obtaining the S — s. 
 Indeed, if we believe his Enemies, HisM— y 
 did not I art with them with that Alacrity, 
 nor beg and p:ay of him to accept them, in 
 the very conddcending Manner in which he 
 prefled tlic Gtiuleman, whole Temper and 
 Ivloderation the Writer lo highly extolls. 
 
 We are apt to think that this Gentleman is 
 ho Stranger to us, by the Pains which are 
 taken to place him in a favourable Light, and 
 to (hade his Motives with falfe Colouring, by 
 making him decline Power from an honefl: 
 Convidtion of the pernicious EfFeds of Fac- 
 tion and Oppofiiion, while it is evident that 
 he is ftrenuoully grafping at it, by the Exertion 
 t)f all their baneful Intiuence. 
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 .. If this Gentleman (hould be one of thofe * 
 efnimnt Men capable of ferving their Country ^ 
 whom the S — y is faid to have excluded. 
 
 Then, who can blame the S y ? His own 
 
 Knowledge of Mankind, Ibengthened by 
 pad Experitnce, mufl: deter him from a Con- 
 ntdtion with one, who, whatever his Abili- 
 ties may be, has given no very inviting Proofs 
 of his Integrity. 
 
 At tile Time of Sir Robert Wa^poU^ Refig- I 
 nation, when he was fucceeded by his Riva?. 
 Mr. Stanhope, a Pamphlet was publidied, 
 called the DefeSlion co?jfidered, from whence 
 1 beg Leave to quote ihe following Sentence. 
 «~— * A brave Man, if driven to Extremity, 
 *« would rather employ one, who had been 
 an open Enemy, than a treacherous Friend i 
 who has convinced the World, that there 
 is no Tie capable to hold him ; but that he 
 is ready to lacrifice every Thing to his In- 
 tere/i. Ambit wt^ or Revenged As the Paf- 
 fions ot Mankind are, in all Ages the fame 
 and will in all Ages produce the fame Effedls, 
 probably there may be one among us to whom 
 this Delcription may be adapted ; if there is 
 let the Application iall on the Charader 
 
 known to deferve it. But to return to our 
 
 Author. 
 
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 blc to behold witho'it Aftonifhment that 
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 " Violence to the Ccnftitiition through all \t§ 
 *' Parts J to the Majtfty of our Sovereign, the 
 •* Dignity of our Nobles, and the Freedom of 
 our Reprefentatives ? Can we behold with- 
 out Indignation one whole Family extend- 
 ing itfeU through all the great Offices of 
 State, and preliding over every Branch of 
 the Adminiflration.*' 
 How ? are all the Members of the Admini-- 
 ftration related to the S— -y ? Surely it muft 
 be by Adoption then. For certainly very 
 few of them ftand in a Degree of Kindred to 
 him by Confanguinity of Blood. The noble 
 
 Duke who prefidcs at the T '— — y, — is he 
 
 related to him ? The C r of the Exchequer 
 
 — is he related to him r The Prefidents at the 
 
 Pay-Office- — are ihey related to him ? 
 
 Let the Public, to whom the Writer has ap* 
 pealed, determine, whether he deferves the 
 Charader ol a faithlid and impartial Hifto- 
 lian. or — we are indebted to him for the live- 
 ly Coniraft That of a turbulent^ Jedittoui 
 
 Libeller. 
 
 But how has the S-— y offered Vio- 
 lence to the Conftitution in all its Parts? 
 What? Bccaule he has prevailed on his So- 
 vereign, to afford him the AfTiftanee of Men, 
 of whofe Zeal in their Country's Caufe he is 
 affurcd, and on whofe friendly Attachment 
 to him, and to each other, he can fecurely de^ 
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 If this is all, furely the Nation is beholden 
 to his, call it if you pleafe. Partiality, Wc 
 fliall not now have Mifcondudt (hifted from 
 one to another, and while two or three flaare 
 a Load of Guilt which has almoft crufhed a 
 flouri(hing Nation, yet each of them afFedt to 
 appear innocent. The Succefs of political 
 Operations, depends, in a great Meafure, on a 
 free unreferved Intercourfe among the feveral 
 Members of the Adminiftration, and the pro- 
 per Exertion of their joini Influence j and 
 how can we exped the Kingdom to profper 
 while each of them, with Jhamejul Apology^ 
 confeiTes hitiifelf a Stranger to the Negotiations 
 of the reft ? 
 
 But the different Branches of the Adminif- 
 tration, will n(nii co-operate with amicable, 
 and we may hope, with happy Concert. 
 They will confer together with open and 
 friendly Participation, and will only conceal 
 their Councils, from their Enemies. Our 
 Statefmen now, will not run different Ways 
 blind-folded^ and joftle together, like Nat. 
 Lee's Gods^ in the Dark^ till they overfet the 
 Nation, by falling foul of each other. 
 
 Thefe unjuft and unbecoming Reflexions, 
 are the more unpardonable in the Author, as 
 he feems to be thoroughly fenfible of the Re*- 
 gard due to Decency and good Manners. For 
 towards the Clofe of his Addrefs, he very 
 properly, I will own politely, fays * — *' The 
 
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 " Writer of this Paper will be more adiamed 
 ** of any |:>crfonal Rudenefs, if it fliould efcape 
 " his Attention, than you can be offended at 
 •* It. He readily acknowledges your Charac- 
 ** ter above being treated with Petulance or 
 ** Levity, he difclaims all Aftempts to Wit, 
 ** and furely our prcfent national Circum- 
 *' ftances are ill fuited to Pleafantry/' 
 • How then dial I we account for the forego- 
 ing infulting Expreffions, and for the fubfe- 
 quent indecent Sallies, where he ironically in- 
 timates that the S y's very Name conveys 
 
 a Righ. of Claim to Honours and Employ- 
 ments. And then makes an idle Allufion to 
 what he calls a pleafant Miracle in Rabelais ^ 
 whodefcribes P ant agriicl {hzXicxmg his Army 
 from the Rain with only half his Tongue ; 
 which this judicious and well bred Writer 
 calls an emblematic Image of Eloquence ? — 
 Is there no Petulance, no Levity, no ill-fuited 
 Pleafiintry, here ? Is this all folid Reafon, 
 candid Argument, and courtly Complaifance ? 
 Or is it not rather a fhameful Jnftance, thqit 
 Man's Condu(5t ill corresponds with his Pro- 
 f effions ? ... 
 
 But this is fmooth Urbanity, to what follows; 
 when alluding to the Head of the N — y, he 
 obferves, — " If when Experience and Know- 
 " ledge in Profeflion have failed in the Defti- 
 " nation of our Fleets, and the Choice of their 
 ** Commanders ; if a total Inexperience, and 
 *' an Ignorance that can hardly be fup- 
 
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 of Expreflion in this Sentence, it is too grofs to 
 dwell upon : Let the Author take Shanrae to 
 himfelf ! As to the Mutter it contains, Proofs 
 drawn from part: Experience, carry ll:r*onger 
 Convidion, than all the Force of Arguments ; 
 
 therefore, the Coiidudl of the Duke of B d 
 
 and the Earl of PF — ^- — ea, will fpare mc 
 the Trouble of an Anfwer. 
 
 In the 2ifl: Page, he forgets himfelf, and 
 inconfiderately proceeds thus, — " Surely, Sir, 
 however popular fome Months ago the 
 Refolution of fending the HeJJians away, 
 you cannot in earned think it expedient at 
 prefent when we muft neceflarily fend fo 
 large a Body of our national Troops to 
 ^w^r/Vtf."— — No 1 Why net ? Where is 
 the Danger? I appeal to the Author's own 
 inconteflible Authority to prove that there 
 can be no Danger : For in the ilth Page, 
 after having portrayed the laft Minifter, he 
 iays— ** This Minifter has lelt you a Fleet fu- 
 *' perior to that of your Enemies, and an Army 
 ** jufficient to repel and engage an ignominious 
 Invafion at Homey yet Jend our Colonies a 
 vigorous and effeBual Supply*' — If this be 
 true, as we are ready to bdieve it is, where- 
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 This palpable Inconfillence, proves how un- 
 avoidably Men contradidl: them fc Ives, when 
 their Language flows from their Pens, initead 
 of their Hearts. 
 
 In the next Page, he afks — *' What is 
 " there in the z^bilities of Mr. P— to pro- 
 ** mife whid another Gentleman could not 
 *' have executed ?" For my own Part, I 
 cannot find the Purport of this invidious 
 Comparifon, nor can 1 conceive to what End 
 it fervcs, unlefs it is to betray a Secret con- 
 cerning that fame Gentleman^ which his Pru- 
 dence inclines him to conceal, but which his 
 Refentment forces him to difcover. This 
 Indifcrction only convinces us that great Men 
 when they are agitated by Paflion, will ex- 
 pofe their Jmbeciliiy. 
 
 1 now come to the Recapitulation, where 
 be tinilhes his Addrefs, to the great Perfonage, 
 whom he declares he fliould be afliamed to 
 offend with Rudenefs, in the following polite 
 and inoffenfive Terms.—*' That it be- 
 ** fpeaks an over- weaning of Vanity, rather 
 than a Confcioufnefs of Abilities, to refufe 
 an honourable, and, as it feems to many, a 
 ncceflary Affiftance : That there is a 
 Wildnels of Spirit in Ambition, fond of 
 Projects hazardous, and vaft, and above all 
 '* human Power to execute : That we have 
 " Reafon to fear your Succefs in fuch Projcds, 
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 Here we are afraid the difappointed Gen- 
 tleman whofe hononrahle and neceffary AJjif^ 
 tance has been refufed^ difcovers himfelf a- 
 gain. For furely nothing but the Rage of 
 Difappintment, could didate fuch abfurd, 
 extravagant, and irritated Suggeftions. But 
 by what magic Virtue does the Writer pre- 
 
 fume to determine that the S y*s Projeds 
 
 are hazardous, and above all human Power to 
 execute ? — When but two Pages before he 
 fays,—" This Addrefs cannot be fuppofed 
 " to mean either Blame or Reproach, Sir. top 
 your Adminiftration, fince nothing has been 
 done in it, nothing even attempted" --^^ 
 If nothing has been even attempted, how then 
 can this fagacious and amazing Gentleman 
 pretend to aflert, that his Projeds are above all 
 human Power to execute, when it is impofil- i 
 ble for him to know what Projedls he intends 
 to purfue ? That there is a Wildnefs of Spirit 
 in Ambition, we will readily allow, and per- 
 haps we might be juftified in affirming, that 
 no great Patriot, no eminent Genius in any 
 Charadlcr of Life, ever fignalized himfelf with- 
 out an Infufion of this Spirit. As to the Pof- 
 iibility of his enllaving his Country, by his 
 unattemptable Projects, it feems too ludicrous 
 an Infinuation to require an Anfwer. And 
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 o[ Oliver Cfomwell^ and other Invaders of 
 Liberty, one vv^ould be inclined to conclude, 
 that he only meant to be plealant j if the lerious 
 Air of fucceeding Repetitions, did not dcrtroy 
 this favourable Condi udion. 
 
 Before we proceed to confider the fecond 
 Part, we will obferve that a Vein of latent 
 Malevolence runs through this whole Addrej's, 
 The Author attempts to give an invidious 
 Cad to the moft meritorious Qualities. The 
 great Man's unrivalled Elocution, is an * 
 uiltercation of fomewhat, too civilly called 
 Eloquence : His public Difinterelledneji is a "f* 
 boajied Contempt of Money, Boafted! By 
 whom ? Indeed his Friends have extolled the 
 noble Self- Denial ; And every generous Mind 
 will be zealous to commend, and publi(h, 
 what defervcs Applaufe. Surely it is flill an 
 Honour in Britain^ to be eloquent and gene- 
 rous—And while Eloquence and Generofity 
 are held in honourable EftimatioUj the Wri- 
 ter's Endeavour to depreciate thofe excelling 
 Qualities, will be as unfuccefsful, as it is un- 
 juft. If he has the leafl Share of real Models 
 ly, he will blujh at his own Wcaknefs ; if he 
 has the leafl: Spark oireal Virtue, he will weep 
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 We come now to the fecond Part, where 
 the Author tells us, that, •* he would not 
 ** willingly call Defpotifm Government: 
 ** For that abfolutc Obedience is Slavery ; 
 «* to compell that Obedience is Tyranny."-— 
 But it rather appears to us, that Obedience 
 on one Side, and Dominion on the other, 
 whether defpotic or limited, comprehend all 
 the Ellentials of Government, though not of 
 good Government. That our firft Ideas of 
 Government, as he fays, fuppofe a Syftem, 
 may be difputed : And indeed if the Author's 
 Realbning is juft, they cannot fuppofe a Syf- 
 tem ; for our firft Ideas of Government are 
 of the defpotic Kind : But to admit of it— 
 Perhaps we (hould arrogate too much to our- 
 felves, to infift that the Government at Con^ 
 ftantinopie is not fyftematical as well as our's. 
 Indeed their Syftem muft be more fallible, 
 which depends on the Will of a fingle Pcr- 
 fon. But though there is not originally any 
 eftablifhed covenanted Syftem, yet, in the 
 Courfe even of Defpotilm itfelf, an implied 
 Syftem arifes, which is fo well known to the 
 governed, that, whenever that Syftem is 
 violated. Slaves as they are, they have the 
 Spirit to deftroy their Tyrants. 
 
 In the fubfequent Pages the Author difplays 
 a Profufion of hiftorical Learning. He tells 
 us what Forms of Government moft nearly 
 refembled that of Great-Britain. He expa- 
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 Defedl in the Formation of our Conftitution. 
 He then proceeds with great Caution to point 
 out where that Defeat lies, in the following 
 Terms — " Let me be permitted to fny, that 
 ** there enters too much of the democratical 
 " into our Form of Government." Indeed ! 
 If then there is too much of democratical in 
 our Government, if the Prevalence of popular 
 Power is to be dreaded, why will the Author 
 add to its Influence, by appealing to the 
 Paflions of the Multitude in an inflamed 
 Harangue, and endeavouring to miflead their 
 giddy Apprehenfions by malicious Intimations, 
 and fallacious Reafonings ? 
 
 I hope I fliall be juftified in ufing the 
 foregoing warm Expreflions, by quoting the 
 following Sentence. " If then in any future 
 Period of our Hiflory an Orator fliould arife 
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 and impetuous in his Ambition j bold to 
 imagine, and defperate to ad ; an Enemy 
 to the Adminiftration, and not a Friend to 
 the Conftitution ; if fuch an Orator fliould 
 arifc, where is the Man who Ihall prefume 
 to afllire us, that our Liberties are not in 
 
 Danger?" Upon what Foundation, 
 
 can the Author, who himlclf confeflrs that ^ 
 nothing has been done, notbi?2g even attempted^ 
 pretend to fay, that the great Man is defperate 
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 of his Country, muft have been a Foe t.> the 
 the lafi. But why not a Friend to the Cr.i- 
 ilitution ? Would it not have been candid to 
 have fupprefled thefe Reflexions, till Fadls 
 might authorife the bold Infinuations ? But 
 perhaps theCe iibelhm Contrafts were adopted 
 to delude the Judgment by the Beauty of 
 Antithefis. Such a culpable Attempt to im- 
 pofe upon weak Underilandings by Sound 
 and Sophiflry, is a deplorable Inftance, that 
 Envy and Aniniofity triumph over Senfe and 
 Honour. 
 
 But he purfues the Violence of Invedtivc, 
 and draws to a nearer and more perfonal 
 Jlluftration. *' If this Orator (fays he) fhould 
 arife in a Period of national Diftrefs, Gfr. 
 — The Subjects upon which he exerts his 
 fatal Eloquence are of all others moll fuited 
 to awaken and engage our Attention, to 
 impell, to irritate, to inflame Apprehenfions 
 of exorbitant Power in the Crown ; the 
 Abufes of Prerogative, ^^.— Which even 
 in the confufed unconnedted Speeches of 
 Cromwell could infatuate our People to 
 ** believe and be enflaved." 
 
 Were not the Subjed too ferious, one might 
 fmile to hear a Man defcribing all the fatal 
 JBfFcdts of Eloquence, and at the fame Time 
 employing all the Eloquence he is Mafter of, 
 to impelly to irritate^ to inflame. But to 
 what Purpofe is all his pompous Decla- 
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 fon ! Becaufe I am blocked to find one of my 
 own Species capable of afperfing Patriotifm 
 by the moft odious and defamatory Endea- 
 vours. But their Abfurdity is an Antidote 
 again ft their Malignity. For where is the 
 Analogy between thofe Days and the prefent 
 Times? Has our facred Sovereign attempted 
 to ftretch the Prerogative ? Are his Subjcds 
 dillatisfied with his Government ? Is the 
 S y General of our Forces ? Certainly no- 
 thing but the Fury of Refcntment could 
 tranfport the Writer fo far beyond the Limits 
 of Reafon and Humanity. 
 
 He proceeds to demonftrate the Danger of 
 a preponderating Democracy, and lells us, 
 " That the Roman Tiibuncs eftablifhed to 
 ** preferve the Plebeians from the Oppreflion 
 ** of the Senators foon aiTumcd the whole 
 " Power of the Re^^ublic." What does this 
 prove ? What juft Comparifon can be made 
 between the Roman Tribunes, and our Re- 
 prefentativcs ? The Roman Tribunes were by 
 Law held to be facrofanBi^ and had the 
 Power of intcrpofing in fenatorial Debates, by 
 the fingle Word xioto. But Reprefentatives, 
 however refpedtable and auguft, derive no 
 Authority from being efteemed facred ; nor 
 can one among thi-m make his IntercefftOy by 
 uttering his lordly voto. The Roman Tri- 
 bufies, at their firft Inftitution were but two 
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 incre^fc them, which the Patrieians at firft 
 oppofed, but they foon difcovered their Error, 
 and by p udently permitting them to add to 
 their Number, they diminifhed their Autho- 
 rity. But our Reprefentatives confifts of a 
 happy Medium ; they are neither (0 numerous 
 to iwcll into a popular AfTembly, nor fo few 
 as to endanger the Concurrence of the whole 
 Body, in a fatal Defign on public Liberty. 
 
 Surely a more daring Infult was never 
 offered to a H— of C— -— than to fuppofe *, 
 " that they may bring with them the Paflions, 
 Interefts and Prejudices of their Confti- 
 tuents 5 and that Eloquence muft have 
 choien its Party with very little Judgment, 
 if it cannot influence the Paffions of a Mul- 
 titude." — That they ought to bring the 
 Jnterefls of their Conftituents with them, is 
 undeniable ; but to intimate that they may 
 be loaded with their Paffions and Prejudices, 
 and influenced by Eloquence, like a Multitude, 
 is furely the Extravagance of Licentioulhefe^ 
 Do the Advantages of Birth and Education^ 
 make no Difference between our Reprefenta- 
 tives, and the Populace ? Are they to be 
 deluded by fpecious Harangues; No! There 
 are too many Members pf found Judgment 
 among them, tooppofe the Prevalence of fijch 
 Delufion. Eloquence muft be enforced by 
 Reafon, to gain the Attention of a Bfltijb 
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 The Author draws to a Conclufion by re- 
 commending Diffidence. I willingly join with 
 him in the Recommendation. But Diffidence 
 has its proper Bounds : Which the judicious, 
 impartial, and unprejudiced alone can difccrn. 
 1 am Icnfible that Profeffions of Impartiality, 
 will avail me little with the PuMick. Their 
 Judgment, not my Declarations, will deter- 
 mine my Charadter. With Regard to the 
 great Perfonagc, whom 1 have endeavoured to 
 refcue from the foul Hands of Calumny and 
 Defamation, 1 will not venture to fay that he 
 will remedy all our Evils, heal all our Suffer- 
 ings, and reftore the Nation to Honour and 
 Frofpcrity. If his Morals and Abilities weighed 
 againft the Capacity and Integrity of his 
 Predeceffors, fhould be found to preponderate, 
 yet I will not from thence alone, rartily con- 
 clude that his future Conduct will correfpond 
 with his prefent Charadrer. 
 
 The bell Difpofitions have been corrupted 
 by Power. Jugurtha a Volunteer under 
 Scipio in Numantiay and Jugartha^ King of 
 Numidia was the fame Man, under very 
 different Charadlers. Therefore we ought 
 not only to confider what Qualifications are 
 neceffary for the Exercife of Power, but exa- 
 mine alio by what Means fuch Power was 
 acquired, and the Method of Acquiiition may 
 dirtdus to judge of the Probability of any fu- 
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 If a Minifter ihould glide fmoothly into 
 Office, affifted by powerful Conncdtions, and 
 fupported by an exteniive Influence over de- 
 pendant B— ghs, however eminently qualified 
 and well-difpofed, he may appear at the Time 
 of his Promotion, yet it is much to be feared, 
 left the Intoxication of Superiority fliould 
 deprave his Nature ; and the Security of 
 offending, liould tempt him to an Abufe of 
 Power. 
 
 If on the contrary, inftead of being pro- 
 moted by the factious Cabal of great and 
 powerful Partiz ns, he fhould be advanced at 
 the unanimous Defirc of a diftreffed People, 
 folely influenced by their Confidence in his 
 experienced Virtues — If, it (hould be publicly 
 allowed, that the Hand which inverted him 
 with Authority, moved with Reludlance, then 
 he may fay with Marius *, All my Hopes 
 are in myfelf-, my own good Condudf and 
 Integrity mud Jupport me^ Jor I can have no 
 other Dependance, 
 
 Therefore, as he cannot rely on partial 
 Protedion again ft Abufes of Power, we may 
 reafonahly cxpedt that hii Adminiftration will 
 be fuccefsful, which can only be fuftained by 
 Wifdom and Virtue : And to entertain any 
 Diflruft oihii future Behaviour, would rather 
 be an Indication of inexcufable Prejudice, than 
 of juftifiable Diffidence, 
 
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 ft Innocentia tutari : Nam aha infirma/unt» Sal lust. 
 
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