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Hooper, at Casfar's Head, Corner of the New Church, Strand, i '^^^^ V . 1 ■«Pf*ISS** I r 1 i I ' <.j f .#'- C /■: 1.^ ^T' ' 'v t , ^ .i J. -i , , .f- ...; . .■: i i;:-S&,- J.: '"K a :: o J ■-iifciafeii*? ■• ii-4', , ,i;i I, cA/bill ji; L E t' T ?t: ^^R. M' •"■■.■■' ■ . ' ^ *.'■ .' "-■ ■■*■■' XT' OUR obligations tome, Sir, are not to -■- ceafe with my life. They continue even beyond the grave; in the filence of which I could not reft, if I was not indulged the liberty of acquainting you of my being your zealous apo- logifl: in the (hades. But do not attribute this entirely to the conftancy of my regard for you of which I left you fo folemn and eflential a mark. It may be partly accounted for by an old woman's tenacioufnefs of her opinion. It would hurt my vanity too much to give it up. And how many men in the world are il^pre not in this refpe<a rank old women ? , ." " mm B tn X i i» V^ i y ^ : ' [ 2 ] In vain, therefore, have certain perturbed fpi- rits, who are lately defcended to thefe regions, endeavoured to alter my fentiments of you : I am determined to flick to them, or at leaft ap- pear to ftick to them. Alive, I was never known to give up a point right or wrong •, dead, I have not changed charafler. After all, I fliould not care to pafs for having totally thrown away my efteem and my liberality upon you, and confequently, either for having been mife- rably impofcd upon, or for having been gover- ned rather by whim than judgment j which, however, between you and me, was, I am afraid, too often the cafe. But as fond as I am of taking you to be one of the greatcft men in any age or nation, for one of the mod difinterefted reprefentatives of your country that ever graced the legends of mo- dern patriotifm, as well as for the moft confum- mate ftatefman that ever took the reins of go- vernment in handi forry I am to fay it, I do not find fo many, as I could wifh, of my coun- try-men aiiiiiiiffriiui 'iji^^Hb^'.-iSt.maim^ iin perturbed fpi- :o thefe regions, lents of you : I , or at lead ap • e, I was never )r wrong •, dead, *l After all, I ig totally thrown ality upon you, iving been mife- ring been gover- gment j which, vas, I am afraid, g you to be one or nation, for eprefentatives of e legends of mo- le moft confum- the reins of go- 1 to fay it, I do (h, of my coun- try -men f J I try-men here, to concur with me In that opi- nion, .. , My LoTd-Dukc, who Is not abfolotely puri-' fied fron* hi» love of money, fneers me intole- rably for the fum I left away from his family, on no other confideration, or better fccurity, than the moft fufpicious words and profcffions of a modern patriot. . i^ « , - ^ • \ .,. -ii W*^li5il*.viir ', '.<' .-.;/'■*., -i, Lord Or^f-d feconda him, with a coarfc fa- miliar laugh, in his old way, and fwears by all the powers of fclf-intereft, that you have given him no occafion to repent the notions he ever had of political prudery , for that he never in his life heard a fpouter of high heroics, or a boafter of patriofifmi but that he was fure 6f him, oii coming up to his price. The good Lord T^b-t tells me too I fhah have an admirable plea, inequity, to redemand the fum bequeathed you on your arrival here, and th^t tlvsf^ is no doubt of my recovering. B 2 Ail nft.Sft^^'teafeKfe'atiiii ^u N i>^1 f »W^' mmr :. C 4 T All this, you may be fure, was not ever plca- fing lo me. But though, as I tol 1 you before, 1 never give up any thing, I was provoked to examine into the truth of things j. and how ^o come at i(» was not long a queftion with me. • ti. .^^ ^.._;,..,.t.."^|j_.v, i^i^f^'* t.»i ft''' There were enough of our country daily ar- riving here, feme of whom were not fo grate- fully fenfible as they ought to have been, of the propriety with which they were facrificcd in what they had the impudence to call your va- garies. .;..;-.,-*.- ».-^ ^ ^ It was certainly amongft the newcomers from the upper realms, that 1 was to feek for the in- formation I wanted. However I might be dif- pofed then to impofe on others, by concealing the refult of my enquiry, if it Ihould come out unfavorable to my prejudice,' I WaS dettrmined not to be impofed upon myfelf: I therefore ' avoid 'd confuUing any whom t could fiippofe to have been tainted with party-fpirit, or biafled n by ariaUAMM. i.MbUii Aifcat^^,.ikii.^n'i^afiitoa^^^•«&^fa*^^r■^^ was not ever plca- I tol 1 you before, I was provoked to things i. and how queftion with me. itfh 1 1 V ' country daily ar- vere not fo gratc- have been, of the were facrificcd in e to call your va- :i€neWcomersfrom 1 to feek for the in- ;ver I might be dif- hers, by concealing it fhould come out e,' I Was determined myfelf : I therefore cm t could fiippofe irty-fpirit, or biafled r-'- '\ by r ^ I " ' by any perfonal motive whatever, whether for or againft you. The way to get at truth is cer- tainly not to feek it where the pafTions have e^?. pelled or will not admit it. Amongft fiich, I defpifed equally thofe who abufed, or who admired you. At lenj^fh I met with two perfonages who anfwered the defcrip- tion I had propofed to myfelf. They were even talking of you when I accofted them, and their fentiments were diametrically oppofite. Sa much the better. From the collifion of their opinions I had the more reafon to expec^b the light of truth would be ftruck out. The fum cf what I learnt from them I now tranfmit to you : you cannot well be the worfe for it ; at leaft you cannot fail of thanking me for the honor I do you, Your partizan, at my requeft, firft opened the debate. He dated all your good qualities, and the good effefls that have redounded from" them to your country, or have been imagined to X -m* mmmy~-^ ■ [ <5 1 to do fo. He expatiated on y6ur patriot firm- nefs and prodigious fteadincfs to your principles; your difintcreftcdncfsi your love of jufticei your irrcfiftible eloquence} your profound know- ledge of anfairs foreign and domelVic •, the great patronage you have given to all men of merit, amongft whom alone you had chofcn your co- . adjutors j the emergence of a new order of fplcn- did days fince your adminiftratlon \ your mca- fures blooming with viftory, glory, and peace, and that will furely bear thofe delightful fruits, unlefs blafted by domeftic perfidioufnefs and ma- lignance. Your orator then proceeded, pain- ting in the ftfongeft colors that fiend Corrup. tion, and all the powers of Dulnefs expiring un- der a heroe uniting in himfclf the fpirits of an Ariftides and a Cato ; your delicacy and wifdom in the choice of your allies •, all the enemies of the nation trembling at your nod, or fprauling in the duft where you have laid them, and hum- bly fuing for a peace you will not grant them JDUt on yo!ir own terms j your meafures of ' - • ' taking ^] Nftf itTr1il r^"'^1in^^'''"^-'''''"'"'^''"^'"''''^ ■mil iiiiiii<iiiirV(iii'->ij^ '¥'if^ WW 1 on y6ur patriot firm* ncfs to yoiir principles j your love of juftice \ ; } your profound know- nd domertic •, the great n to all men of merit, HI had chofen your co- : of a new order of fplcn- liniftratlon i your mea- lory, glory, and peace, r thofe delightful fruits, ic perfidioufnefs and ma- r then proceeded, pain- olors that fiend Corrup. of Dulnefs expiring un- himfclf the fpirits of an our delicacy and wifdom Hies-, all the enemies of t your nod, or fprauling lave laid them, and hum- you will not grant them :ms i your meafures of taking "^^P'^^^'^'*' ■ ( 7 J taking Cape Breton, Senegal^ with all the reft of the great and fignal advantages to the nation by you procured, and fpecified in a moft folemn authoritative fpeech, which recording, as it did, the wonders of your reign, was not, perhaps, for its candor in giving all the truth, the leaft amongft them. In (hort, he concluded with an emphatic aflcrtion, that fince it had been your good fortune to obtain the public confi- dence, fo neceflary to (Irengthen the hands of a M' r» it was even a f^jecies of treafon to the welfare and intereft of the nation, to attempt in this critical feafon, to weaken your autho- rity, or to rob you of that popularity which alone can enable you to add the mighty things you have promifed, to thofe you have already done : that he would therefore have every man treated as an enemy to his country who did not admire you as much as he did : and with this he concluded, with an air of triumph, in wliich I heartily concurred with him. ^■fV- V, .'I '.(('l <nti, )% I expeifted t .i»iri»Miiiipiiiri'i'ii'ii'- N ^ ■-; »wm ii l ii i i M 'i inmwii... I , itf! ! nff!J ' -'J" ! '' . "" • " ■ u»-^ , " t 8 ] ' I expcfted to fee his adverfary ftruck mtate, overwhelmed with fuch a pomp of words and pathos as had been poured out in your favor : inftead of which, only fhrugging up his (houlders, he coolly faid, that as he haSSong in the upper world known that gentleman wh^ had given you this fine charaaer, to be one of great worth and honor, and a fincere lover of his country, he paid that refpeft to his prejudice, which ne did not fuppofe that gentleman would, in return, pay to his reafon. That he would however give us his own motives of diflent, both for my fatif- faaion, and to avoid the charge of fingularity, or of malevolence. .:j^ ,, ^^^ .:.....: ,^ ■ ' Proceeding then, he fpoke to the principal heads of your praife, mentioned in your admirer's fpeech. lAj5''*|fi'Jfi l«t'- ' FiifV, as to your good or ill qualities, he de- fired a juft dlftinaion might be --^e between fpeaking of you as a private perfon, or as a man of the public. That as to the fiift, he held in -m-featf , i.v^^-"- ■■ -'■' ^-■'•■ 1 - 1 ^•- ■'•*■' •" "' ■>"■■' i''fri*«" ' * - v'" ' "^ "*»*»'*' I v;,"' .?>«"i«,!i"!,|ii ] adverfary ftruck mOte, 1 pomp of words and ed out in your favor : ugging up his (houlders, 2 haaS3ng in the upper ;man who had given you : one of great worth and )ver of his country, he prejudice, which he did ;man would, in return, t he would however give iiffent, both for my fatif- lie charge of fingularity, t t ■-'..,- 1 - * ■ ■, ' ; fpoke to the principal :ntiGned in your admirer's '■J ' f W f ■ f *-r- od or ill qualities, he de- might be • ---^e between I private perfon, or as a hat as to the fiift, he held 'J in ' [ 9 ] in the utmoft fcorn and deteftation, all fort of per- fonality j that it was not his bufinefs to inquire whether you was in a milk diet, or revelled in Champagne; whether you was content with a plain table, or had it loaded with all the polfonous compounds of the French cookery ; whether foil virtuoufly and fenfibly adhered to the chafte joys of a marriage bed, or, ignorant of true pleafure, ranged the fex for it, where it is never to be found, in variety : that however, as purity of morals was defervedly a great prejudice in favor of a publii fn — r, he thought it woiild be wronging his own fehfe of candor to pafs over in filence that, in that refpeft, he had tl.e higheft and the - moft honorable opinion of you, believing yoU would have been but what you are, even if you had not been a valetudinarian, -. ^ That as' to your office-chafaftef,' which being of a public nature, concerned every one, every one had a juft right to canvafs it, under the due reftriftions of order, decency, and truth j and ■■ /■ " - - U- -.--^ that umAiM ifAlfHiT-i^-^F-"^'*''**^- ? \ •r -.w f ■-!-» ' I ' ^mii ' ifew i ipw.* 1" ^, I 10 ] that mlnifters, as yet in England, were not fo un- happy as to be in danger of keeping their faults, for want of their fellow-fubjeds daring to tell them of them ; which would h? attended with yet a worfe confequence, the nation's ruinoufly to- lerating them in places, for v;ant of their being fufficicntly known. r - That as to your boafted patriot firmnefs and fleadinefs to your principles, he would not take upon him to controvert them ; but fairly left it to others to judge upon their own knowledge of fads relative thereto, fads as manifefl as the fun. That for himfelf he had always apprehended you had opened your fir ft campaign again ft the minifters upon the ftrideft Anti-H- n prin- ciples; which, however, mean nothing more than that Great Britain fliould not be facrificed, at every turn, to a little province of G — ny, not only deftrudively for that nation, but for that province to which (he fhould be facrificed : that your loud founded profelTion of thefe principles « ;: w had ^-''^K'-'ir-'r ■' .'. i '- -'>•-■ "«^"''— -'■■^'^■'?'" lytamriaian ■tSMo ») P fluJtiJM|!MIA" i nm",'_^" 0i> n4 i nmnj,^yi iii | i igw i ii ii , i i i ju ii n^. md, were not fo un- ceeping their faults, 3Jeds daring to tell h^ attended with yet ition's ruinoufly to* v;'ant of their being )atriot ftrmnefs and he would not take 1 i but fairly left it own knowledge of as manifeft as the always apprehended mpaign againd the ^nti-H- n prin- i nothing more than 3t be facrificed, at nee of G — ny, not ation, but for that be facrificed : that 1 of thefe principles had ,.|^j^y^-^»K»^. ■- ^-.Y^jrt. had'their ufual effeft, of getting any one a place, that knew how to 'avail himfelf of themj for that yoo fo galled the minifters, whofe tenure of power was no oner than a fatal complaifance to G n meafures that they were glad almoft at any rate to purchafe their peace of you. The effeft, he fays, of the argument, in form of a place, was inftantaneous. It carried imme- diate conviaion with it. You turned about fo quick as to aftonifh even Corruption herfelf, as familiar to her as were thofe perverfions (he fo frequently operated. Should even that anfwer of yours to the expoftulation of one of your friends about this fuddennefs of change, in which you neither refpcded that public whofe opinion had given you all your importance, nor your- felf, be an anfwer falfcly imputed to you, though it ftuck you up in all the print-ftiops in town, in not the very decenteft attitude, (hew- Ingyourdif-embarrafedface, as if to bid thofe vOio had trufted you kifs it •. it matters very little, C 2 The. \ ^yy.y «pi> T. i. |. i,Mij i u i |^|)iiui.t ii ii H4>. f»l I M»'; ! gyrf>»iy ! ■'■ ' *- ' .I i i;wi, i if »{,iw i ; i .l i !l-W"l"VK iH nmpi '~ .^ r 12 ] The aftual ccffatlon of oppofition from the very moment you had thus heftored yourfelf into a place, when fureJy the times had not had time to change, fufficiently determines the nature of fuch a procedure. Then it was that you fo ca- valierly turned your back on that ^roy you had defended, and left the breach practicable for . the introduftiou of the wooden horfe, pregnant with the armed forces of H r and H—e, againft the pernicious confequences of which, • hone had more fiercely declaimed than yourfelf; %ro that on your changing fides, there needed nothing more to confute you than to oppofe you to yourfelf. This fame wooden horfe was however now all of a fudden become with you the Palladium of the Britilh fyftem : Equo m credite Teucri i (do I fpell it right ?) was no longer the motto at the head of your politics. *rhis condua, however, your admirer's antago- nift proceeded to obfcrve, feemed to do as little honor to your head as to your heart : none could well fee the good man, and furely as little the t.fw[ i n M »^i i «:T ! f!B.y J r'f i i i li ijl .f i ijii » i i'iiiillin •,'mm iiwiimi* tiij'm ^r-rf»iitAi, i'lkt i i i i -uMiin i . i i^! || .piiija n .,L|y4j.m i ii < f i|. » g» i n jij i^ ;i ,-i» ! ..m y . j, « j .■ n i | l uj wiwuiiymw ] ofition from the very lored yo'irfelf into a es had not had time rmines the nature of : was that you fo ca- 5n that 2>cy you had each practicable for )den horfe, pregnant H r and H—e, fequences of which, aimed than yourfelf ; fides, there needed you than to oppofe e wooden horfe was len become with you h fyftem : Equd tie it right?) was no ad of your politics, ur admirer's antago- :emed to do as little ir heart : none could i furely as little the prcat [ »3 3 great man, in it. One would naturally enouglf have concluded, and even fworn, that yo\^ would not ever be feen again on the ranks and in the character of a patriot. But times fuch as the prefent ones were made to mock all proba- bility. You knew, it fcems, the people, and what they were capable of bearing, better than thofe who argued only from the reafon of things. Whether you imagined you had afforded top y- good a pennyworth, and wanted the court to buy you over again ; whether you had impli- , citly fold your acquiefcence only for a term of years ; whether it was a kind of native reftleff- nefs in you, or, in fliort, whatever was the mo- tive, your volcano of patriotifm once more burft forth into a fiery ftream of eloquence, that, like phe lave of Vefuvius, carried all before ir. And what was the oJ}t&. ? the very fame as you had before renounced. H ■ ns and H-f- — ns, H-f— ns and H ns, became once more the butt of your apparent ragej which Jiad once more the fame fuccefs. There was fo much 'ta- " -^-'"''■---^ li i r i Tifitr ii V ii j A^Miir 't' i '*"' ^^'' N » ii,-,.H I i[ i . iii lH P«|pp - C 14 ] much of magic in that found, Britain inftinc^ tivcly and fo ftrongly felt, that all her evils came from thence, that (he took you once more for the champion of her intereft, and not the prize-fighter of your own. One would have ' thought that, as to your part conduft, the whole body of the people had plentifully quaffed the ftreams of Lethe; every thing was forgiven, ^ every thing was forgot. ^ • The people once more took you under their protcftion, and hoifted you on their Ihoulders, that you might ftep from them, upon a level, in at the window of the royal clofet. Then it was that you had obviouQy the moft glorious part to a£t, and, what is more, an equally eafy one. You had nothing more to do than, when jn the m ■ y, to ftick to thofe very prin- fiples that had advanced you to it, pvery aiflrtJTtiffillllillitiiiiiiiM nvnpmpfi 'W' I'.'yiy 'f fi" ! ^ 3 und, Britain inftinc- , that all her evils : took you once more ntereft, and not the 1. One would have ftconduft, the whole ilentifuUy quaffed the thing was forgiven, took you under their lu on their fhoulders, n them, upon a level, oyal clofet. Then it ly the moft glorious more, an equally eafy jore to do than, when k to thofe very prin- you to it, pvery Every thing concurred to recommend it to you, public policy and private intcreft. The times efpecially, the times, beyond all the moft fanguine expectation, favored that part. A' power by chance only the enemy to the enemy' of Britain, and who never had been a friend to her : a power under the flur of a legal out- lawry j a power who could never cfFeftually ferve or be ferved by her ; a power who could do her little or no good, and might do her infinite mifchief by embroiling her with all the reft of the powers of Europe, had not the ap- pearance of having changed the times in favor of thofe continental connexions againft which you had but juft before, levelled fuch a ftorm of elo- quence. The H —ns and H-f—ns too had, by their famous convention entered into with- out confulting this government, furely afforded the faireft occafion that could have been wifhed, to cut them adrift. In fhorr, one would have thought the new minifter had befpoke the play, ' every 1" "iniiitTfi'T'-r'n' \ ■■"nf Mfy yf i ff [ 16 ,: every thing was fo ready to be aded for his be- nefit, if he would have been but true to his coun- try and to himfelf } or '-^d but underftood enough of the theatre and bufinefs of it to have kept to that part, which had (againft all reafons for him Sit Icaft to hope) procured him fuch applaufe. Then was the time for you to plume yourfelf vpon yotir late high founded Anti-germanifm • which now the afpeft and ftate of things demon- . ftrate to be as effential to found policy, as Anti- '" gallicanifm itfclf. But can, or will, pofterity believe, what however feems no wonder in thefe portentous times, that the very man who had ^ fulminated againft continental connexions, who had even forced himfelf into power, in virtue of the popularity which that fulmination had pro- cured him i that he, at the very jundture of time when the pernicioufnefs of thofe connexions never was more manifcft, plunged over head and ears into them, new-cemented one of the moft obnoxious, and the moft dangerous of them - with P-ff-a, si^^newed another with H—r, - .'-:v^»?3/i / "... &;c. be a£ted for his be-* but true to his coun- t underftood enough' >f it to have kept to ift all reafons for him him fuch applaufe. 1 to plume yourfclf led Anti-germanifm ate of things demon- und policy, as Anti- n, or will, pofterity IS no wonder in thefe e very man who had \tal connexions, who power, in virtue of fulmination had pro- very jundture of time of thofe connexions jlunged over head and nted one of the moft ; dangerous of them i another with H—r, ' &c. . [ 17 ] Sec. which had been fortunately broken off, of itfclf? Who could fufpeft that you would go over to thoie opponents you had fairly driven out of the field, and have hoilled again that rag- worn flag of Germany you had forced them to ftrike ? Yet fo it was : and what is yet more incre- dible, a few momentary flafhes of a fuccefs in no fenfe their own, were fufficient to blind to fuch a degree one of the moft profound, iblid people in the univerfe, that they did not fee the confequences which either adlually did, or in all human proba- fcility would, refult from fuch politics. They did not then confider, amongft many other bad effedls to follow. That nothing could be more wrong than to conneft fo fair a caufe as their own, with one which, to all Euiope befides, had from the very firft fl:ep taken in it carried a condemned face ; by which means, the welfare of the Britifli nation ftands endangered, the fo defirable unity of her (y- ftem broken, and the riik of het own war is un- " ^ . neceflirily A \ r i8 ] neceflarlly doubled i being made to depend on the ifluc of a moft precarious continental one, and fhe to pay for this folly into the bar- gain. That the aid of money or troops employed to ftrengthen that caufe on the continent, would not only proportionally weaken their power to carry on the war effe(5lually in its natural channels, the fca and America, but cool the friendfhip, if not even turn hoftilc towards them, thofe nations with whom their greateft intereft is to maintain the ftrideft amity and fair correfpondence. That fuch an alliance, by thus multip/y. ing the enemies of the nation, or at lead rob- bing her of her moft ufeful friends, made it ne- ceflary to keep meafures more than othjcrwife flie need do, with the hitherto- neutral powers. That if undue conceflions fhould therefore be made either to Spain or to Holland, the nation had no one to thank for it but thofe ftatefmen : ftatefmen Ki'liii'iMiiitefi e to depend on continental one, ' into the bar- )ps employed to nent, would not power to carry al channels, the iendfhip, if not thofc nations is to maintain pondence. thus multip/y. r at lead rob- Si made it ne- n oth^erwife flie lutral powers. I therefore be nd, the nation )fc ftatefmen : ftatefmen f >9 ] (fla.efm.„ , 00 .,^,,0 had hand boted and coup. WWwi,ha„,ny,„hol,adbroughc„Uhhi,„ f" """"eent a gr«< army i„d„d, but ""P'oyHinhisowndeftruftion, himfclf .0 f«dwu rubr,di«;,eaur.,which.wh«herc]„r o not dear „as in eflift.h,ramc thing .0 Bri- ».".andtobefu,,p„„,dbyarmi„inh.rpay, o<r«.houfe Bobadil-, or Drawcanfi., air. b„ appear more in the ftile f.f *^ r than of , ^'^ '°"'"' °^ ^•^'•bary ; °^ * e^^^^ -^ refpedtable nation, whofi wifh never ufed to b<. n^i, , fl^ouldbethemeafureofherpower. That from the inftant th*. r ^ffi. I • °^''^'* '^a"^^, the worn- r '■" P°«=Wy could b. dona eorh/n P— 1 efpecialiy ,0 „ , „! / - Britain, any „,y, ;„,„,„,„:■ ,f;^='«=- ^le could on/v -u ""S Jn It i fince • «'P-tema„er..fo,„,b 8 D 2 utmoft \ '^"'"mmHifKmF *^*il9P *nw T f t 20 1 utmoft extremities to which the ban of the em- pire could proceed. That this interference was alfo greatly beneath the majeQy, and certainly not conformable to the juOice, of this nation, who would herfelf fcarce like to fee a foreign power intermeddle between her laws and a fub- jcft; and that every prince in Germany, the emperor himfelf includi-d, however abfolutely a fovereign as to his own fubjcdls, is no more than a fubject himfelf to the laws of the empire. To fay arbitrarily that thofe laws are bad, or, without proof, that the admlniftrators of them are corrupted, was, inftead of reafoning, abuf- ingv which was indeed the grand refource of the wrong-heads of the times, and efpecially of the head of them. . That as to the money and troops fent over to Germany, by way of diverting the French from falling with their whole force upon Pruflla, this meafure could at beft, and humanly, fpeak- ing, but for a while put off the evil day. That the 11. 1 ■ ■fh-i.j.,-...j-.-i.»3.i- t^iV' -•^" l '^' r| i l fiffi'rf i r#'-'i' i li yj il i i:' ■liHtftfeliiii fe ' ■•Iff' ban of the em* , interference was y, and certainly , of this nation, to fee a foreign • laws and a fub- in Germany, the ever abfolutcly a , is no more than the empire. To s are bad, or, liftrators of them F reafoning, abuf- nd refource of the 1 efpecially of the d troops fent over :rting the French brce upon Pruflia, 1 humanly, fpeak- le evil day. That the «!»»»*», .'.iiWfty i KJit i taii J ihc French could m^t wifli for a better game, than Britain's putting herftif to fo immeiifc an ex- pence, rjfliing the blood of her fubjeils where France would moft wifh to meet them, incurring a general odium •, and for what ? To furnilh France with a plaufible excufe of inability to crufli that very prince whom »t would be madnefs in her to think of crufliipg •» arid thereby deftroying the only power in Germany capable of ballan- cing that Houfe of Auftria which Unbritilh meafures have unfortunately driven for refuge into the arms of ap infidious friend, and whofe alliance might therefore be reafonably expefted to be as unpermanent as it is unnatural, if the obftinate attachment of the Englidi to their mif- taken politics was not to draw ihe tics clofcr. When, whatever facrifices are made by Auftria to France, for France's fuffering her to wreak her refentment, will all be at the expence of the Englifli iniereft in Europe : and O may it not be in America! In the mean time, muft not humanity fufFcr at hearing Germany fo often mournfully -,<'•> -H^TWfifiivii'iirii' lii" jj i 'r if^ Il l i» , ll» .UW l - I i JU l Mf ll V. 'f glffr 'jfP'fyT^ - ' ' ^'' '' vv-y*' ' -" ' j - iniw ' n ! ' . -pw» [ 22 3 mournfully refounding with poftilions winding the fall of her bravcft fons ? Sweet mufic to the French ! Whether they fall on the fide of Pruffia or of Auftria, they are Germans ftill. Yes France, France is the only gainer by their cala- mity, and to Britain it is they impute it. Her careleflhefs in not refuting accufations, has given her greateft enemy the arms of appearance againfi: her, and appearances it is that govern the world. To rely entirely on innocence, and to leave truth to its infenfible perfpiration, through time, is not always, at leaft in po- litics, the fafeft courfc. Mifchief irreparable may be done by a calumny before it is ex- ploded. ' >:'t"! That the nation, by abandoning the fteadjr J'ght of reafon, and fuffering herfelf to be mi. ferably n^ifled by the falfe glare of a Will-oW- v^.fp, had gone out of the plaineft road imagi- -ab c, into a wild of precipices on all fides, ^'ichout an opening to fafety: for f.reiy an ig- * • nominious I " I- ;a < |i i ^ i ijiKl i iB lll M' ii »M l i l Wtf i i rtM« i hiiau i itM^ i ■ Hjng i j. ! g ^ ijin. ^^p^uy n« tf l ii I ] 1 1 m, pB ' ' tWH * i l .H ll .W.ll i , i l l I I. ] ^ith poftilions winding s ? Sweet mufic to the 11 on the fide of Pruffia Germans ftjlj. Yes y gainer by their cala- they impute it. Her accu rations, has given arms of appearance ces it is that govern ely on innocence, and nfenfible perfpiration, 'ays, at leaft in po. Mifchief irreparable mny before it is ex- ibandoning the fteady •ing herfelf to be mi- glare of a Will-o'th*- plaineft road imagi- -cipices on all fides, fy •• for fiireiy an ig. nominious »> » i iiiriit i i ' m' l i ti mO i Kmii ii 'H''' ■ Tn [ 23 ] nominious peace can never defervc the name of fafery, and that perhaps one of the moft dcfpcrate of her fymptoms, was not only her not feeming to know her being in danger, but her infenfibi- lity to lofs of reputation, to fay nothing of that of her intereft, by thofe continental connexions which had expofed one of the befl- and honeft- eft of Kings to be treated with the utmoft irre- verence, both by her enemies and allies j and the nation herfelf to be confidered as one, to whofe politics it was only now wanting to nego- tiate a quadruple alliance, by inviting into it the ernperor of Morocco, and the moft ferene re- public of Algiers. That if, through your rage of holding power ' by the mif-ufe of a popularity ufurped without the leaft title to it, your defignlngly bluftering airs fiiould be miftaken, for that true fpirit and quick fenfe of honor, that fo well becomes a nation; or if even a j.ift war fliould be confe- quenily refolved on with Holland, preferably to,. the # \ - KWtjljf 4l»ll ainif [ 24 ] the tamely giving her a fatisfaftion, to* which (he is not however without fomc pr-tehtiohs i yet fuch are the nafiohil circumftances, under this continental involvehce in a caufe with which Ihe has originally nothing to do, that on fuch a war breaking out, France would probably have more reafon than Britain to rejoice in the ilTue i and the nation would have ample Caufe for averring, that you had been fteady only to her ruin, after being inconftant at a jun^lure,- whenf the not being fo would not only have faved, but eflcntially ferved her ; to fay nothing of the (lability which would, in fpite even of the court itfelf, have thereby redounded to your own power : that you had confequently been, if not falfe to your country's intereft, at leaft ignorant of your own, or of both. -^ That the Britilli nation feems alfo not to re- fled, that the diftradling her councils by the per- nicious admixture of the continental embroils, takes away all point of view from her, and fu* pcrfluoufly n... l l iKi W " iti ' i 1 1 1 HWHI aim*>0'^ i ] fatisfaflion, tci which : fome priteritiohs i yet umflances, under this I caufe with which (he lo, that on fuch a war Id probably have more oice in the iiTue i and pie Caafe for averring, only to her ruin, after jre,- wheri the not being faved, but eflcntially 5 of the (lability which the court itfelf, have • own power : that you if not falfe to your ignorant of your own, n feems alfo not to re- ier councils by the per- continental embroils, lew from her, and fu* perfluoufly t ^ 1 perfluouny fubjea:s her to the carrying on or paying for two wars inftead of one : That could Ihe even adopt fo mad an idea, as that her navy, powerful as it is, in concert with the land-force 6f Pruffia, Hanover, Hefle, Brunfwick, and the mighty potentate of Buckeburgh, could give laws to all Europe, and confequently realize in herfelf that chimera of univerfal empire ; fuch a hope has but a flippery foundation in her de- pendence on a prince, who, granting him all that mofl: religious fidelity to treaties, of which he has given fome memorable proofs, may yen be diftrefled and compelled, by the paramounn lawof felf-prcfervation, to leave Britain in the lurch. Should Britain and Pruflia, on the other hand, inftead of wearying out the powers with whom they are at war, than the expeftation of which a vainer there could hardly be, thej themfelves become tired out and exhaufted with undecifive operations, what will then become of the fruits of Britain's maritime fuccefTes ? Will not their fate in Afia, Africa, and America, be ra- E ther *m WfSlB^KW^W'" "1WW» ,MiWMiHWjiu!J . m.mi MJiwwiwu'.i-wi'-W: ' ^ ' -» i 26 -] ther regulated by that of Europe, than that of Europe by them ? Yet widely different might have been the cafe, if thofe powers, inftead of being alienated from Britain by the unaccount- able part Ihe has taken, had feen her only a6t- ing upon her own bottom : they would then have mofl likely been glad to fee weights taken out of the fcale of France, and thrown into that of Britain and of Liberty. None of them pro- bably would have wiftied the reflitution of any conqueft Ihe might have made upon France ; whereas, as things are, judge of the impolicy of Britain that has been fo great as to render the caufe of even France a popular one in Eu- rope! Mi"; ^ That the people of England had run head- long into a grievous miftake of buftle for bufi- nefs i a miftake owing to that imbecility and inaftivity of your preueceflbrs, contrafted to which your fchemes, crude and undigefted as they were, had an air of life, and of doing fome- thing. » -'ly MMBIM JBUHJtl- -UWU ' "^'" U " J i f lU. - • 1 jrope, than that of lely different might ; powers, inftead of 1 by the unaccount- d feen her only a6l- 1 : they would then to fee weights taken and thrown into that None of them pro- le reflitution of any made upon France ; Ige of the impolicy of Teat as to render the popular one in Eu- ngland had run head- ike of buftle for bufi- that imbecility and reflbrs, contrafted to de and undigefted as x'i and of doing fome- thing. [ 27 ] tWng". They did not confider, that wrong or filly meafures may ultimately prove as fatal as no meafures at all i that the paths to perdition are numerous, and often diametrically oppofite ; but that the right roads are never more than a very few, which the point is to hit. That, in lhort,the fcratch work of expeditions, which ex- ulcerated France without weakening her, or defi- cient or ill concerted plans of operations, are no more a mark of life, than a fick man's toffing and throwing his arms about in the delirium of a fever is a vital fymptbm. ; ' ^: Here this fcrupulous weigher of merits ftop- ped. His adverfary, your adherent, told him, that he muft have been, when alive, under the biafsof fome perfonal intereft, fome refentmenr,- malice, or party-fpirit, of which the impreffion ftiU remained upon him. The other fmiled, and obferved, that nothing was fo injurious to man- kind, fo ftupidly abfurd, nor fo common, as indiftinaiy to place all private opinion* \ »ip_H L MJ l | i U ' iHi 1>"^IWW lg l «,,UI|..'- i |, l »4j i JiW i .>iil f 28 ] upon the adminillration of public affairs to the account of fome fuch motives. That motives in general not being fufccptible of afcertainment; even by the man himfelf who profefled them, the pubhc gave very little heed to any profef- fions : that truth of fafts ^nd arguments was, what it confidercd, as the only objedl worthy of its attention. That he, to the bed of his know- ledge and underflanding, had, as an impartial by (lander, ever reprefented the truth, and the truth only ; nor that but with the moft perfefk indiiTerence about its reception, unlefs indeed fo far as, its utility to the public might be affec- ted by it. That as to yourfelf, his owr. con- ftant opinion of you had been formed upon ^ judgment tpo cool, too tranquil, tpo, unprejudi- ced, not to make him fenfible that he was do- ing you an honor, in his deigning to take cogr nizunce of your conduft,. which nothing butita unaccoi;ntab!e relation to the public welfare could judify to kimfelf. That you then, if any tiling, he rather pitied, for the numbers who. SI i,_ " iw n mi t w^"' i '*^ ti i ( Mi l |»! i ttiiiij - 1 1"''. | iim»j. i .li | |.wm i |JH; -« iiblic affairs to the That motives in le of afcertainment; ho profefled them, eed to any profef- jid arguments was, ily objedl worthy of \t bed of his know- id, as an impartial the truth, and the th the moft perfefk ;'ion, unlefs indeed blic might be afFec- felf, his own con« een formed upon ^ juil, tpo.uflprejudi- )Ie that he was do- gning to take cogp lich nothing but its :he public welfare lat you then, if any the numbers who did did not know you, having afBxed to yo;i fucH an idea of over-importance as, whilft. it gives yoq pow^K.^'^ 4QAnfinitp mirchief>. Q«,iy iO^reaff^ your blindnefs ;o your natural inability of an-i fwcring 'the raifed expedation. T|hat, as to any thing further, he was extremely, pkafed at beiiig dead jjipd buried out pf the w^y of all non* fenfe in the upper worlc(, and pf any longer feeing, withou; hj^. being able to help it, his wretched cofjjptf.y in prey to Fplly^ that genuine iflue o^ the left handed marriage of Power with Pre- fumption : ^fo|:itT)e furely more defirable ag^ toliyeinl •. nwo 'iirl; ,«f,.. ■♦ ' n aU He wanted here to leave off, but Idefired hin^ to proceed, which, iftcomplaifancetome he did. He pbferved, that it was not long before your unfteadinefs, in turning againft yoor country that very influence her voice had procured you for her defence, was nobdy punilhed. The old m' " • ' rs faw you with as much pleafure, gs if you had never changed before, difhonor. •jifiw- . ■ yoiufblf k ii tewi w iift i ^'* Twwi'i ' """'" >Mi&mh'- \ ,.1 ' Wt t'MBmt| ffi|<sj^n|p |j^y|^p ^ m.|.n|ji|| i m| i )iuj |i| |i ipw,. u , » i. ' . ' iM 'i m- hhmoi <yj w^ i ppp, - ,1? yourfclf by joining them, and thus give them their revenge for the contempt with which you had, perhaps not unjuflly, loaded them.- The well-meaning people rejoiced indeed, becaufe they imagined this unanimity of the 'heads of parties portended well to the admiriiftration of affairs; not confidering that it was by what they fliould agree upon, and n6t Merely by their agreeing, that their unanimity was td Be eftima- ted. Alas ! little did the people in general know or conceive, that, after all, a German in- tereft was to ije the centtr of ' union ;• -and that the new m— — — — r, their own darling eled, was preparing to ftrike deeper into the continent than any minifters before had dared to venture. The old ones cfpecially muft have voluptu- oufly enjoyed your thus over-fhooting them in their own bow, afTured as they were that the prize of it would be to themfelves. Thofe old Jdaunch complaifants to the court- paffion, knew very well they (hould have all the merit, where they wanted to have it, of thofc meafures, which, "n i >w'* i # WWfWWRWWWWWpPfJI. W|*W" nm > 3 and thus give them :cmpt with which you , loaded them.- The (iced indeed, becaufe mity of the 'heads of the adminiflration of that it was by what md n6t hicrely by their imity was td be iefti'ma- he people in general ifter all, a German in- r of ' union ;• ^and that eir own darling cled, eper into the continent had dared to venture. muft have voluptu- ver-lhooting them in IS they were that the lemfelves. Thofe old le court- paflion, knew e all the merit, where of thofe meafures, which, [ 31 1 which, without ypur popplwity to gi«c thtfm countenance, could not have taken place. They durft not hav^, pfopofcd to fpr>d a man to Germany •, your face was fet to the fcpding of thoufandsi and in what a manner too! Then it was that the ' natioi^al intereft, under your au- fpices, was pn^e more fliifted from the broad bafis of Europ?, to the little diminifhed point of two or three provinces of Germany, and thofe liable to that ban of the empire, the execution of which will probably not ultimately be found to depend on that ridiculous army which has been commiflfioned with the name of it. In the mean time, the favorites behind the fcenes muft have been highly diverted. You had defpifed their judgment, and what a proof was you now giving of your's, in fuffering your- felf to be their temporary tool ! They doubtlefs carefled, admired, and extolled you to the fkies, whilfl: you was thus fo kind at once to do what they wanted, and to bring all the con- fequences upon yourfelf: confcquences which \' ^ - ■-- ■"■ they i \ ■ I I II I -lijiiiii-yi i i i .-ip j ■;t"''«>iwy<wpiy''«W *.piWi i J-U-l |fffppp' th»yi'Cd«ld Mt b»t lyMMv (nor be too mwch Ftfproichbd for kno\^ing) would do the Frenclr A ft* vice o^ the cofrtiflenti which wOiild by much ©Ot-baknee ^e h>ifchicf done them. hy navaf eicpedieiorls, the reduftioh of G«pe Breton hfelf hVcluded This banter of theirs however muft have produced a fine laugh in thfc fleeve, whiift IhoTe who always defpifcd yowasmuch as you had affefted to defpife them, were thus playing you off. You was nOw theit ** great man, a *« man to be fupportcd ; nay, a man that'knew «« bufmcfs:" which, by the by, is the lafl qua- lity they would have allowed you before ; and all this you fwallowed, whilft they were loilinw out their tongues by ftealth at you, looking archly at one another j as much as to fay, '• We have him, he cannot retreat now." Their part however was an infamous cne; fince it could not be aded but at the expence of their country : but then, what muft your's be, in your being thus their tool and jeft ? You could not complain of this ufage as unfair, becaufe you ' knew 'f'l f 1 1 »wi| H! wii i w*wappppwr- «•*?■? 12 ,] w (nor be too moch would do the Frenclr , which wOiild by much done them hy navaf 1 of G«pe Breton hfelf f theirs however muft jh in thfc fleeve, whilft 1 yowasmuch as you m, were thus playing he'rt- ** great man, a nay, a man that'knew the by, is the lafl qua- wed you before j and hilft they were lolling alth at you, looking as much as to fay, t retreat now." Their famous one; fince it the expence of their nuft your's be, in your jeft ? You could not unfair, becaufe you knew [ 33 1 knew them, as it is pretty plain they did you. But when the confcqucnces of your laft defec- tion (hail come into exiftence, and intoexiftence fome of them are already come, and the reft haftcning into it, when you (hall at length dif- cover that you have been amufcd and cajoled by your colleagues in office ; what will you do ?_ Again will you have recourfe to your old friends the people, with a complaint of your having been facrificed by thofe new friends of your's, to whom you had yourfclf facrificed thjit very people ? and ought they not with one accord to anfwer, that you was rightly ferved •, that their wrong was in fome meafure revenged by it -, that * they were fick of biting fo often at fo ftale a bait ; fick, in Ihort, at being fo repeatedly made . the tools of their own perdition, by their being deceived with falfe figns and colors, into be- llowing their infljence upon one, who, the in- ' ftant he had obtained it, turned it againft them- felves, his political creators out of nothingnefs ? But they will not anfwer fo, it may be faid, arid you will be received with open arms, as if you F , had furitiltlifflr ii ' \ r. 34 ] had not dcfervcd fuch an anfwcr. But then it muft be allowed too, that thefc arc prccifcly ilie times in which the moft flagrant improbabiliticj have greatly the odds on their fide j a hint, by the by, not unimprovable at Arthur's. He fliould not then wonder (he added) to fee you once more availing yourfclf of that finglc cir- cumftance which had prc'crved to you your po- pularity, your having at once humored the populace and the court, in their paffion for the K of Pr i a paffion, which on each fide had very diflicrent motives, and of which you could not have too ftrongly refilled the blindnefs in both court and people, and perhaps in yourfclf i which laft fuppofuion is, however wretched, the only excufe for you. That was he again in life, he fhoulddie with lai^-Ing, if once more putting on the heroic bufkin and the- atrical air, you was to begin with a prologue upon your being proof againft money and lull of power, and of your fighing for a retreat in the ftile of a Scipio, whilft only wiih-hcld from ■ ". ' H* * " i» W ' ?4 ] an anfwcr. But then it lat thcfc arc precifcly ilie t flagrant improbabilities on their fidcv a hint, >vable at Arthur'a. He r (he added) to fee you rfclf of that finglc cir- c'crved to you your po- at once humored the in their paffion for the paflion, which on eacii motives, and of which ftrongly refifted the nd people, and perhaps fuppofition is, however "e for you. That was Id die with lai^huig, if heroic bufkin and the- begin with a prologue againft money and luft Ighing for a retreat in ft only with- held from . .. • -, n- :. it [ 35 ] it by your tender patriotic concern for that dear deal country of your's, which you would be loth to leave to deplore the dcfcrtion of fuch a fa- ther as you have been to her : and then pro- ceed to lay before an audience, melted with all this mock pathos, the unpromifing afpec't of affairs, the difficulties incident to raifing the (upplics of the war i of all which, it feems, you know fo much, as to know that the nation has fuch inexhauftible refources to carry it on, that whoever Ihould dare to fuggeft the contrary, ought to be confidered as a traitor, and purfued accordingly. Now, the jeft of fuch a declama- tion, if jefting was quite fo proper in fo ferioua a concern, would be not only the effrontery, but ih« glaring falfity of the affertion and coa- clufions : fmce the loweft man of the nation, grant him but common fcnfe, and the modera- teft knowledge of the prefent conftitution of things, would have a right to fay to you, witji all that ftern coolnefs which attends the contempt of a filly impofition, " Sir, if the nation is lb F 2 " unfor- . i jtl< l ji»<t»^ . i^! i ft»N^ ' ^Wa < >* ' ' \, ' f Jl.tffgptj'^ ' -- " i Mn ■' nm^w K ii j p j HrBff.wgi i ? mi i k*mm:« ' .~r.m 1 (( (« (( «( , - -«( <( J- • » «« " «' «t C 36 ] unfortunate as to experience a failure of cre- dit at her greateft need, flie muft be funk as low indeed in her fpirit and underftanding as it is poflible for her to be in her circun^dan- ces, if ihe can fufFer the very man who is himfelf palpably the occaflon of it, to infult her with an attempt to make, or, in truth to rather ccntinue, her a party with him in the farther deception of herfelf, till all difcovery of it comes too late. But furely, Sir, you of all mankind ought to be the lead furprized at the prefent meafures not inviting credit; fince it is not fo long fince, that even fo great and fo wife a man as you are, thought them as infernally bad ones, as thole may do who now with- hold their money : an opi- nion which, though you may have changed upon being more enlightened by a poft, might not be the cafe of thofe who had not like you got one. Thofe continental connexions which you had condemned, defended, condemned and defended again, juft as you was in or out / . *« of iB:.'jWWJ ' .J»^V ' U' ' " ' "J ? i" '-"-to" 6 ] )erietice a failure of ere- d, fhe mufl: be funk as rit and underftanding as :o be in her circun^dan- r the very man who is occafion of it, to infult make, or, in truth to a party with him in the herfelf, till all difcovery But furely, Sir, you of be the lead furprized ires not inviting credit; ng fince, that even fo nan as you are, thought id ones, as thoie may do their money : an opi- you may have changed ightened by a poft, might afe who had not like you tinental connexions which d, defended, condemned juft as you was in or out " of i 37 1 «' of place, could not to any folid, fenfible per- " fons even have changed afped, unlefs greatly " in favor of the expediency of having lefs to do " with them than ever. Will you then dare to ** fay, that thofe who now think as yourfelf not^ *' long fince thought, are in the wrong ? when, " in defiance of that greedily fwallowed fpeech ** of your dictating, in which you too fucceflf- " fully dazzled the peopfe by (hewing them ** only the funny fide of things, in order to " captivate for the moment their confidence " and fupport, c?frery circumilance concurs to " ftrengthen the reafonablcnefs of that averfion ** to meddling in the German quarrel, which ** was more than once your bo^ft, as it has been " more than once your facrifice? Is Britain ** then perched upon yotnr head as on a weather- ** cock, to turn with every guft of wind that ** whiffles you round ? Ought the nation, do ** you think, to adhere to you, for that your *' defertion of her, which was all your return t* for the countenance (he had lent you, and -^ - i- - « which .'J /.^ \ - l, ii ,j| iiiii mii i < p »»it4.t!i l » i |ili!ua i ,E i i i )i | ii-j|^iw|pi i |,it,l.ii ||W t;i [ 38 ] N : " which alone gave you confequence enough " for yon*" defertion to be of any ? Is your *< country obliged to you for the redudtion of *' Cape Breton, Senegal, or other atchievements " by fea i when the fea was, by the united voict ** of nature, the people, and common fenfe, fo *' ftrongly pointed out to be her element of " war i fince of what you was thus feeming to <* build up on one hand, you have in faA, with « the other, fo undermined the foundation, by ** your continuing or renewing connexions with <* the continent, that the whole of the laudable «« fuperftru6ture is likely to come to the ground ** with a tenfold cra(h and ruin ? In this fenfe, «« (and may it not prove a juft one !) thofe fuc- c* cefTes are to the nation rather afHidlions, and " m you a guilt inftead of a merit. In the " mean time, your prefent game looks as if it " was not-to extricate your country out of the «' labyrinth into which you have brought her, " but to prolong her errors. You would never *' elfe prematurely affect to dread an ignomini- #, P ) !IH j l l > . |iB HII,ll>. l I H » I onfequence enough of any ? Is your »r the redudtion of other atchievements by the united voice 1 common fenfe, fo be her element of ras thus Teeming to 1 have in fadt, with the foundation, by ng connexions with lole of the laudable come to the ground uin ? In this fenfe. Lift one!) thofe fuc- ther afHiftions, and ' a merit. In the game looks as if it country out of the have brought her, You would never dread an ignomini- " 0U8 C 39 ] * ous peace, when of there being foon any ' peace at all there is little probability tho' ' that indeed is no rule of judgment. Things ' are at prefent too embroiled, and the minda ' of the powers at war as yet too inflamed. But \ if fuch a peace was, through the force of dire '' neceffity, to take place, you, you efpeciaily, '' ought not to inveigh againft it. It will be your own work. And, let me tell you, exe- crable as an ignominious peace is, there is ' yet fomething .more execrable, and full as pregnant with perdition ; and that is, an ig- nominious war. The Britifh war was in its outfet the faireft imaginable. Aflc all Eu- rope what it is now .? Succefs, which makes every thing white, does not feem to have got us much favor with that univerfal focicty by which nations are fairly judged. Our allies are not much multiplied even fince the glori- on vidkory at Crevelt. In fhort, our own war is fo greatly changed in its nature, fince the fatal ingraftment on it of a foreign caufe, that (« aH ■ ■vila a feu8ji^.4 igw<^ i i Mfe#MM^afe^ \ IJi 1^ km r 40 ] " all the advantages already obtained, or prefum- ** able, humanly fpealdhg, in the courfe of it, can ** neither procure glory to the nation, nor ftability ** to themfclves. In the mean time, whenever ** thofe in power (yourfelf perhaps one of them) ** .what with urgency from without, and repug- •* nance from within, fhall, iior is the time pef- " haps far off, be in that moil: aukward fitua- ** tion of neither being able to keep what con- ** quefts are made, nor of daring to give them ** up ; there will be dill in this dilemma a fub- *' terfuge left for you, to which your modefty " will hardly hinder you from having recourfc. ** Exclaim violently againft a defperate faction, *' for having thwarted yotir admirable counfels, ** and clogged your finely-fchemed operations, " out of envy, as if a mifcreant there could be " on earth fo very an idcot, fo low, as not ra- ** ther to pity than envy you. Then give a ** loofe to the tragic pathos, fpout heroics, •* rend the roof with patriot rants, not forget- *' ing the hollow groan over that dear country " of your's, to which your fteadinefs has been « fuch -m ' . «^y i ) p w-m| il | i . I* '1 10 II ,, ] obtained, or prefum- n the courfe of it, can te nation, nor ftability lean time, whenever perhaps one of them) without, and repug- , nor is the time per- mofl: aukward fitua- i to keep what con- daring to give them . this dilemma a fub- which your modefty rom having recourfe. [b a defperate faction, r admirable counfels, -fchemed operations, rreant there could be »t, fo low, as not ra- you. Then give a ithos, fpout heroics, lot rants, not forget- ^er that dear country It ileadinefs has been « fuch (( (( [ 41 3 «« fuch a blcffing. And though any peace al- «« moft muft be better than a war with fuch a " double face, a black and a white one, as we are » now vainly carrying on, yetdoyou takefpecial care to walh your hands of any peace, which however juftified by that nccefllty to the in- " ducing of which yourfclf have fo largely con- " tributed, may be difagreeable to the people. « Proteft, declaim, fulminate againft it. The ' « noife you will make will not only preferve « your popularity with the fuperficial multitude, '* but collaterally anfwer another very valuable " purpofej that of diftrafting the public judg- ** ment, and of drowning the voice of reafon, " which would fairly bring home to you the »« charge of being yourfelf greatly the original ♦* caufe of that evil. You have before now ** been liftened to with perhaps as little reafon *« for being liftened to, and why not again ? " In the mean time, take this along with you »« for the quieting your confcience, that how- ever little you may deferve to lead a nation, G *' at « rf!is«*s;&a»fe5i,..,*,iifc . \ •*«• |ijl u i i | j| i |iWf II ""•fmi-W W!^" * 1 1 i i^n ii i>wi).,i^p |i i fp j^i^n i >? I r 42 ] "at lead that nation which will fuffcr herfclf to « be led by you, cannot, (hould utter perdition " be the confequence, have any great reafon to *' complain of her not having (Jeferved it." Here this cavilling malignant ended a fpeech, of which he begged pardon for the length, an J which, as he faid, he had put into the mouth of a fuppofed living man, to give it the more life- heat. Your (launch admirer now interpofed, and ob- ferved to his opponent, that, after all his pro- feffions of candor at the out-fet of the debate, he did not make due allowance for your having been obliged to take matters as you found them already fo fettled, before your afTumption into the miniftry, that you could not, without a vio- lence too injurious to the reft of the fyftem of things, break off (hort thefe continental mea- fures, of which he made h mighty a crim? to ? •, ♦ ■ • - The ' '< ^ m»fi0'^«Wllsei-"«^ - j f inij i ii),ii| i | i (i, ii ip ji i if iMH ftin. II ni,n iii im ii i,m,M i»i iNni.n.w» ii » ii »j"i>i ] h will fuffcr herfclf to fliould utter perdition vc any great reafon to 'ing (Jeferved it." gnant ended a fpeech, 1 for the length, anj I put into the mouth to give it the more IV interpofed, and ob- It, after all his pro- ut-fet of the deb=ite, ince for your having s as you found them 3ur afTumption into not, without a vio- 'ft of the fyftem of fe continental mea- mighty a crim? to ■ " - The L 43 ] The other's anfwcr was as follows: That pure charity had been the motive of that omif- fion with which he was reproached, fince that very previoufncfs, he who reproached him mentioned, was palpably the highelt ag£;rava- tion of your failure •, for that the pre-exiftence . of thofe meafures was not unknown to you, be- fore your getting into power on the ftrength of having railed at thfcm. That your tame acqui- efcence, and even active concurrence then in them after you had carried that point of power for yourfelf, proved to a demonftration the na- ture of the motives and fpirit upon which you had founded your oppofition : and that you had coveted a high office, not for the fake of redref- fing thofe national wrongs of which yourfelf had fo juftly complained in thofe you abufed and fupplanted •, but that yourfelf might precifely " do the fame or worfe than they did, and reap that advantage from thofe facrifices which you ' envied them. In (hort, the point of conteft feemed to be, not wliolhould extricate yourcoun- » G 2 try «;l^«MS< \ , nwi 'i -'H i ni'il i )) i . wi|p in w wyii»i-»-M»u», i M t ' .ij i jj | ii >i iL)imt tjtiyH|jppj|jii|yppiyi«wwp[|yign^ [ 44 ] try out of her plunge, but who IhouJd thruft her more defperately in. ;. | . • „ , . . , m! ' : ^1 :*-'♦- r «. ; M r ^ To this your friend replied : That there was another more favorable way of folving that ap- parent inconfiftency in your cpnduft, which was, that you had been forced, as it were, by way of compromife, to yield to fome ill, that you might be able to do fome good : that, confcious of your intrufive, and confequently aukward figure in the clofet, you was glad to foften things there in order to keep your place in itj and, under the favor of humoring the pre- dominant pafllon there, to make way for thofe natioiial points which would not otherwife pafs without fuch a compliance : in which light your compliance was rather that of a patriot than of a courtier, fince you dill made the good of your country your port of deftination, though, by the wind's continuing to blow too ftrong in a con- trary quarter, you was forced to trim to it, and go upon another tack. ( .•.• . - ' ■ His (•B«f"»*(IWPF»W'W'**««i»ili^ i fimifm m . i | i y ffi|y«y"N"w»llWP"ytWr ] ut who Ihould thruft f'i V^if:, •lied : That there was ay or folving that ap- ir cpnduft, which was, , as it were, by way to fome ill, that you good : that, confcious confequently aukward was glad to foften :eep your place in it j f humoring the pre- I make way for thofe uld not otherwife pafs : in which light your c of a patriot than of nade the good of your lation, though, by the too ftrong in a con- ced to trim to it, and I' .•^' His [ 45 ] His antagonift, in anfwer to this, obferved, that he had often heard this plea offered for you by well meaning people, and that he had always heard it with that pity due to the errors of a good intention, or of that amiable good-nature which delights more in excufing than condem- ning. The truly good always think the beft of others. That unhappily however in your cafe, every plea brought for you, and this one cfpe- cially, made ftrongly againft you. For that no- thing appearing more plain, as before remarked, than that you well knew of thofe continental engagements, fmce the declaiming againft them with as much vehemence as juftice, had been your means of afcenfion to power j you could not therefore plead ignorance of the reafons yourfelf had alledged of your fierce wrath at them. In what then had thofe reafons ceafed > Was it not more evident than ever, that at the very junfture when you renounced them, and adopted the meafures to which they had been oppoledi ] .M.."t . i^ . (W] i^ m i lnwi| | i | i u l |> l |ti|ip4ipiJL» il |lll i pj 'llippWii ppi i l, l tl l I|)|iM li i [ 46 ] oppofcd, thofe meafures had fo pernicious a tendency, that there were no poinis you could carry by acquicfcing in them, but what would not be only barely blanked by them, but muft even ultimately turn againfl your country ? France was her enemy. Was it right then to give France a handle to draw off the attention of Europe from fo defenfible a caufe as was Britain's at the beginning of the War, to fix it, unfavorably for her, upon that incident in the cnurfe of if, an alliance fo liable to exceptlort, which, inftead of ftrengthening, muft abfolutely itfclf be her weak fide ? which muft, if not ob- ftruft her fuccefiTes, in all human probability, make her lofe the fruit of thofe (he may have gained, or will gain, on her own bottom at the cxpence of her own blood and treafure. That one would think you had accepted of power only to con- fummate the facrifice already begun of the na- tional points to the great antinational one, in- ftead of making the laft fubfervient to the firft, as has been urged in your behalf. That in lieu of II .ifiHH-iWHipf H jHHiillip J i n ] had fo pernicious a no points you could m, but what would i by them, but niufll linfl your country ? Was it right then to Jfaw off the attention fible a caufe as was of the war, to fix it, I that incident in the > liable to exceptlort, ling, muft abfolutely lich muft, if not ob- nan probability, make [he may have gained, (Ottom at the expence ire. That one would ■ power only to con- idy begun of the na- antinational one, in- iblervient to the firft, behalf. That in lieu of [ 47 ] of endeavouring to loofcn, you had drawn cJofer, the engagements between this nation and a Prince, who, by doing fo much mifchief, had got two fuch totally different reputations, the one all over Europe, and the other in Britain only : a Prince who is evidently driving on in that career of perdition, which in the natural courfe of things muft await him, unlefs he is favcd by a miracle : fince even his vidlories, it may without a paradox be faid, only infure his ^ ruin, by encouraging him to brave it, and make a neceffity of it to thofc powers combined againft ^ him, who muft exhauft or tire him out, even in their defeats by him. This too may happen not- withftanding th. Te admirably trufty recruits he raifes by that new and extraordinary procedure, of prefting into his fervice the fworn fubjefts of thofe Proteftant ftatcs he has invaded and pil- laged ; all by way of defending the Proteftant religion, and reinftating the liberties of Ger- many ! That whenever fuch an event fhould tome into exiftence, which, however, no one ' . ■ could Zi XMi^m t ittT iA i fl^'^'^^'^' "*''**'""l' iWlkn^i>l m , u~ \ •vvmiM^ifOTnvi ■W?' [ 48 ] * » * could Icfs wilh than himfcif, you could not at leaft plead the improbability of it in your own defence. For that, to fpeak in the modern ora- torial ftile, even the difFcrent images prefentcd by Britain and PrufTia might hare kept off the idea of bringing them into conjunaion : PrufTia reprefcniing a fhallow rivulet, as cnormouny as fuddenly fwelled by a mere accident, burfting its banics, and with its overflow fpreading a \a dreadful devaftation through the neighbouring fields, fooner or later to be reduced and ftirunk ^ back into its original Hitlenefs ; happy, if not wholly annihilated by way of prevention for the future ! whereas Britain appears like a majeftic river, intrinfically rich from its own perennial fource, taking its courfe in a regular channel, and fertilizing as it flows. The interefts of two '^ fuch ftates could hardly with any fort of propriety be identified, or made mutually to uc-pend on one another. That befides, nothing was falfer than the pretence of any neceflity in you for your acquief- cing in the continuance of the continental con- nexions, '[[■jiMiillijxiiij III l»iiiii)'j|i «sf mm v^- "*WS ' ] felf, you could not at ity of it in your own ak in the modern ora- rent images prcfented ght have kept off the 3 conjunction : PrufTia ulet, as cnormoufly as lerc accident, burftlng overflow fpreading a ugh the neighbouring be reduced and ftirunk ttlenefsi happy, if not ly of prevention for the appears like a majeftic from its own perennial e in a regular channel, rs. The interefts of two vith any fort of propriety utually to uc'pend on one othing was falfer than the in you for your acquief- of the continental con- nexions, [ 49 ] nexlons, by way of comproniife for tljofe points, of which fuch as were recommended by the na- tion met with fo great, though probably in the end vain, fucccfs -, whilll the others of your own planning were cither crude, abortive, or anfwercd no valuable purpofe in proportion to tlieir ex- pence, or to the cxpcdlations raifcd by them. That the non-neccfljty of fuch an acquiefccncc was plain from the power of your popularity, (no matter, as to the efFeft, whether /harped or fairly won) which would have made your col- leagues in the adminiftration think twice before they had ventured to brave the ill confequences of your tribunitian veto. That if thus backed by the whole force of the community on your fide, and efpecially by that of demonftrable Truth, oppofcd to which all human authority makes fo contemptible a figure, you could not have pre- vailed for breaking, or at leafl: loofening the continental connexions ; your refigntion would not have been only a duty, but the very beft policy inyou, granting even that fuch a refignation would h4ve been only what fo many have been before, * ' . H mere i iffiil<i M & 1fi aii Hi--^ ft vVM'''*^-'*^"^"^-''''' "^ ' ""^1 "" "'■■'' i'i'i^n't**i i -« * n'«it \ i .U. |ii f ii yj^ iii aj,|jj i |. li 4^p i __| il l i |> | | !i , i _M Lt l | ll fi_._,^.l |lip i|_j l )y i p i U, ll M..H i H i HU ll im p inv .-if.|_ Kl ■'Kr i r 50 ] mere grimace, a retiring back to take the greater le»ip forward : for that fuch was the gratitude ,01, the nation, that fhe would never have defer- Jled the man who had not deferted her. This is plain, fince even on the bare appearance of your ftill {landing by her in a few comparatively uneffential points, what numbers do not per- ceive, or madly fond of their prejudices will not feel, that flie is deferted by you in the main one ? That in this inftance of your unfteadinefs yotf had not fpecified yourfelf either the friend to your country or to yourfelf. That even Hano- ver had the juftcft room to complain of your purfuing that very tenor of councils which had already proved fo deftrudlive to that ftate, and of your thus, as it were, fealing its ruin. Ha- ^ nover, which might have remained perfeftly fafe in its priftine mediocrity, under the common bond of the empire, if it had not been fiilijy lifted up into the rank of nations, where its frog-fwell muft, if not even burft, give it a moft aukward figure : and where it will have that prepofterous policy of a weak preference to thank, if it . , - Ihould * MdMMHHbiMMWMMM amf^ n^iprvinpi : t \wiij fm^imt'i'"^^'"W^""' 1 :k to take the greater h was the gratitude Id never have defer- deferted her. This bare appearance of a few comparatively umbers do not per- ir prejudices will not ou in the main one ? •ur unfteadinefs you* either the friend tq That even Hano- ) complain of your councils which had 2 to that ftate, and ling its ruin. Ha- nained perfeftly fafe under the common not been fillily lifted where its frog-fwell i it a moft aukward ve that prepofterous cc to thank, if it Ihouid C 5* 1 mould idd one inftruftive example more to many, of things forced up beyond their due pitch, only to be dafhed to pieces on their preci- pitation to that ground again where they were ^^ before quietly lying—That, in fafl, then you had, in this your fecond or third departure from Anti-hanoverianifm, been at once grofsly wan- ting to Britain and to Hanover, both whofe m- terefts ever required their being conftantly kept feparate, or carried on collaterally, like paral- lei lines, never to touch. But that, not content with taking under your auguft proteftion the German connexions, juft as you found them, you had, by going deeper into them than any of your predeceffors had dared to do, adted as ifyouhad imagined you could not too foori make repentance follow the fimplicity of forget- ting, in your favor, that faith once forfeited, «; like departed life, never to return again. Un, der your aufpices then, that infatiate German - gulph, which had already fwallowed, in vain, fo much BriiiOi ireafure, blood, and even honor. 2 i ia . i ^iii fe i H a tew» < rti^^ \ C 52 ] kept yawning dill for more ; and now, after the immenfe fums already palpably thror/n away, the Britifh troops muft be fent off, and where ? why, exadlly to where, ii the French had been obliged to pay the freight of the tranfport, they would not have had a bad bargain of their be- ing fent J fo little good they can do, fo wretched a figure they muft make; not as to their cou- rage, for that is undoubted, (they are Britons) but in a ftate of fubordination infinitely beneath the majefty of the nation, and in a way lefs to fave than to fubjca the eleftoral dominions to the extremities of the laws of war and of the empire; befides drawing on this nation the odium of her feeking to perpetuate for her own ends that dreadful civil war which is aftualiy to this hour making a fhambles of Germany. That he would not add here, that this ftep would alfo.have the air, to thofe not better informed, -of fupporting and rewarding the Hanoverians for the breach of the convention of Clofter-feven; becaufc he was determined to believe the French the ,.,.^. f III i im i uMi f f". ' »' l ^>Jf;^f ' nd now, after the ly thrown away, off, and where? French had been e tranfport, they gain of their be- i do, fo wretched as to their cou- hcy are Britons) nfinitely beneath in a way lefs to al dominions to war and of the this nation the J ate for her own ich is aftually to s of Germany. It this ftep would better informed, he Hanoverians if Clofter-feven; icve the French the i 53 1 the violators of it; as he could not, without being too much hurt, imagine that a Britifh minifter, efpecially the Britifh Cato too! could poflibly pro- mote, cherifli, or abet, fo black and perfidious a procedure : a procedure which would be treafon to mankind, in adding frefli horrors to war, as if there were not enough already, by the diftruft fuch a precedent muft introduce, cutting off the fmall remains of humanity left amidft its rage and blood -thirftinefs; a procedure which might even draw down the vengeance of Heaven on the national arms, or at leaft, in the iffue of things, verify that juft remark, that fuch as ' 'eit honor for the fake of advantage, mod commonly lofe in the end both honor and ad-= vantage. No ! it could not be you, that, with Probity and Patriotic virtue holding up your train, would aft fo execrable a part. —That he would only then obfervc, that this meafure of lending away the Britilh forces, which had, ic fcems, the great authority of your countenance to it i this meafure, b^ which the nation was ''- weakened iH*. -*•- \ fHi'i^t'" •' •' > • ' ■ ■ "" imvi n rf K Vnn w fjtjmfni^it >T»,<«^^-i g i ■H y )tjffr-F;''i--i^ ) t ^ w n ■ ". f iC 54 1 . weakened at • home and diftionored abroad, was furcly not a proof of your having adopted juft no more of the continental meafures than you oould well help, on finding them already fixed.— That this was making a moft cruel ufe of the people's confidence in you, and of their juft and noble fpirit of refentment againft France, which by this adulteration of it with Germanifm, was degenerated into the abfurdity of hating the French more than they loved themfelves. That, in this war efpecially, France, for every confi- . derable ally that (he had, ftood indebted to that ^centric policy of Britain, which had alfo ^ frightened and made the neutral powers keep aloof from her councils. That France had great reafon to rejoice at the defigning mercenary ufe made of her name, in every quarrel kindled by her on the continent, to cry France, and halloo Britain on to take fide, no matter for the impro- priety of her interfering at all, fo that German -^ troops might have but the benefit of ftanding I upon her pay -books. Thus, for the fake of * ^. gratifying L «8 ^ gw ,', » yf > ' "-'.p ■ I onored abroad, was having adopted jufl: [ tneafures than you tiem already fixed.— ift cruel ufe of the and of their juft and rainft France, which ith Gertnanifm, was rdity of hating the i themfelves. That, kcc, for every confi- tood indebted to that in, which had alfo neutral powers keep rhat France had great [Igning mercenary wfe ry quarrel kindled by y France, and halloo matter for the impro* t all, fo that German | c benefit of (landing I hus, for the fake of I **• . gratifying f 55 J gratifying a few German princes with compara- tively an inconfiderable fum, the nation was collater;:ily plunged without mercy, into e*- pences needlcfs, exorbitant, and ruinous, as well as into an inextricable chaos of falfc mea- fures i fo that herfelf was made to pay for her own perdition. How different from this coii- duft was that of the model of Britifli fovereigns, the good Queen Elizabeth ! one of whofe great excellencies lay, in that, ever faithful to her infular fituation, fhc knew perfcdly well how to make her advantage of all the parties on the continent j but wifely took care herfelf never to enter deeply into any of them. It is true^ ftp, had no foreign dominions. Here this vain declaimer paufed ; your zed- ous advocate,, without making him a fingle con- ceflion to your prejudice, alked him with a little air of triumph, what he had to fay againft your difintereftednefs ? t . ' : , . Nothing, t ■ r 5^ ] Nothing, was his anfwef : thai is to fay, ad- ded he, if the other, by difintcreftednefs, meant no more than a clearnefs from pecuniary views. He defired him, however, to take notice that his own candor had not made him give up a little, in giving up fuch appearances as made that vir- tue at lead apocryphal. But that as he fincerely believed they were appearances only, he dif- dained to take the advantage of them ; for that if money was nor, as he granted it was not, the motive of your patrlotifm fuch as it is, that lame patriotifm, confidering your original preten- tions, had however been no very bad bargain to you. That, after all, if thofe your fo much boafted T lelf- denials of perquifites, gratuities, or fweets of office, were fairly caft up, they would amount to no more than a very moderate fum, to pafs, as very juftly it ought to pafs, for the purchafe- money of thofe places you have obtained, if in thofe refufals you politically had thofe places in view. No-one can aflert you had not : that .is -wm ] ret : thai is to fay, ad- ifintcreftednefs, meant rom pecuniary views. to take notice that his him give up a little, ices as made that vir- ot that as he finc?rely ranees only, he dif- ;e of them ; for that anted it was not, the 1 fuch as it is, that 5 your original preten- 3 very bad bargain to your fo much boafted gratuities, or fweets S they would amount jderate fum, to pafs, ifs, for the purchafe- u have obtained, if ally had thofe places t you had not : that is t 57 ] is a point within your own breaft, beyond the reach of human penetration, and perhaps even beyond your own, as it might lie buried from your own knowledge under other motives, which, as more plaufibJe, would appear uppermoft. You would not however be the firft who, to compafs his ends, had worn a mafic of difin- tereftednefs, fo nearly refembling life, as to be miftaken for what it only imitated. Thajc ncverthclcfs, for his part, he readily believed that money was not your paffion : nor did he even impute it to you, as an unpardonable fault, a procedure which, before your laft abdication, did not however (how, that you was fo abfo- lutely diverted from all attachments but thofe to the intcreft of your country, as fome of your ' admirers would have it believed j for that you had not been entirely without reafon re- proached with having, in more than one gentle ^ cuz, confidered rather a family. merit to yourfelf, than a national one. Not but undoubtedly fome of them might have pretentions at lead equal to I your ♦■' 4 ■ S^ - -^0 S9^I ^Jl-> '^i ^jJI I - [ 5S ] • your own, but which they mua deferve to for- feit by the meannefs of claiming under your title. Partiality to relations, was, he obferved, a palTion, or rather wcaknefs, which carried its excufe with it in the humanity and goodnefs of heart it implied j that it was fometimes even juftifiable on motives of fecurity and truft j but that it was the height of impolicy, when the preceding minifter had been violently reproached for a mif-ufc of that indulgence, or where great parade had been made of a rigorous feJf-denial of every branch of perfonal intercftednefs. But there were, he faid, many other paflions more, obnoxious, which might place power in a light of temptation enough to perfonate a character in order to come at it. Paflions, fgch as pride and ambition efpecially, which would be admirably fervcd by difintereftednefs, as it is commonly underftcod in purely a pecuniary fenfe, from itj rarity and luftre, dazzling enough to blind the world to thofe paflions themfelves. That yet no one of difccrnment had ever fo much as . , - . ' """ ■" ' dreamed • ""' ' J ip ii HlTi ,,,j ■ "WMfffl ill deferve to for- ning under your ivas, hepbferved, which carried its and goodnefs qf i fometimes even ^ and truft j but oh'cy, when the lently reproached » or where great ;orous feJf-denial :reftednefs. But er pafllons more, power in a light ate a character in fuch as pride and lid be admirably it is commonly jr fenfe, from its gh to blind the \yts. That yet '^er fo much as ^ ^ dreamed t 59 3 dreamed of allowing any merit to the difinte- reftednefs of a late prime minifter j who, after an enjoyment of that place for many years, had left little or nothing at his death. It was plain that money was not hii paffion ; though he had been juftly accufed of being the father of cor- ruption, u being the firft who had even boaft- ingly opened a poifon-fliop of it. And indeed, ^ fo doing, he would have done more fervicc to his country in his declared war againfl: patriot virtue, than a falfe friend to it; if that franknefs of his would have opened her eyes on this the plaineft of all confequences i that fo flagrant a corruption was an incontefl:-' able proof of the exifl:ence of feme greatly un-] national point to be carried jy it ; for corrup- tion has always fome end. Now, muft it not have been difficult not to fee what that end was, when the perpetual foreign drain it caufed was fo conftantly felt ; and yet who was there ever oppofed it, but in order to be taken off, or cor- rupted not to oppofe it? That befides the I 2 greater 1 4- ■■ M l iiiiiii i I II . i ii m i i, pifPMiwwifiwwwuwjiBpwip Ti^l! \f [ ^O ] greater paflions, there were low faults or de- fers of characfker, from which men fometimes afpired to power j fuch as £. .ogancc, felf-con- ccit, vanity, prefumption j in which cafe, a man under fuch difqualificacions, was certainly more to be pitied, or at leaft lefs blamed, than thofe, who, not having the fame excufe of pafllvc blind- nefs to them, and felf-ignorance as their very nature implied in the owner, kept feeding thofe follies with a filly admiration, or ufed their country, or even the poor perfonage himfelf, fo ill, as to contribute to the fuccefs of his preten- tions.— That difintereftednefs, whether real or Only afted, was in fafl: a pandar to thofe paf- fions or faults which conftituted juft objeftions to a candidate for high employs in the ftate ; fince the charader of that fingle virtue once well eftablilhed, would enable him to (land upon his importance, to play the game of prudery with the courtlhip of power, and to refufe much in order to get every thing. — That he looked on difintereftednefs as undoubtedly the higheft re- commendation ti.'ivi . At tfc ^-.^feffi i -.i i i' i ai i ftiM i M ftrnT i W ii ife t rtiM ii W* mm mm-^- fiults or de- en fometinnes ince, felf-con- :h cafe, a man certainly more d, than thofe, pafllvc blind- as their very feeding thofe Dr ufed their ige himfelf, Co of his preten- lether real or to thofe paf- jufl: objections in the ftate ; rtue once well tand upon his prudery with fufe much in he looked on he higheft re- :ommendation [ 6i ] [ commendation of any fervant of the public, in whatever ftation, from the higheft to the lowtft; 1 but that alone, and without other requifites, it was no more fufficicnt to form a ftaiefman, than mere animal courage would a general •, though without it he could not be but a defpi- cable one. — That the ufe a man made of his *^ power after he had got it feemed to him the beft rule of judgment of his intentions in afpiring.to to it i fo that when the blunders of a precedent miniftry had, in your railing at them, been the means of your (krewing yourfelf into power, of which you made no better ufe than to commit, . even with aggravations, the very fame ones^ can it be unfair to conclude, that whatever wai your intercft, or motive, it could not be that jof repairing the mifchief done by thofe blunders? Once more, the mcafures you had capitally in- -^ veighed againft, were, from the very inftant you got into place, grown ail on a fudden fo dear to you, that you feemed to think you could not do too much for them. That if not pcrfetSlly fure ■ ■- ',ia'»»*t«S i wiWT | iNr > mm^f mm imwvpn t 62 3 furc of (landing well at one court, y( much mif- reported if all your delicacy h dered you from cultivating a right ho intereft at the other. Happy, thrice ha it, to polfefs fo virtuous, fo great a man cially, if a partiality to Hanover, encour '%■ fo refpe<ftable an authority as his fhou deeper footing there than it might perhaj out it i to fay nothing of the edifying e of his fteadinefs ! or of the efTential fr muft be of from his confurftmate knowl affairs ! Indead too of invoking the a of the untainted neutrals of rank, in charadler, and fortune, where alone yq expeft to find it j he obferved, that yc all your fublime difintereftednefs, was fiercely untradable, but that you cou *rf more draw very quietly with the avowe of intereft. How pleafant a fight to neftle in with the old rank courtiers, yourfelf not long before had treated with ceremony as if they had been recomm ^^44 ".iC ..Ai^Htb^A^MttdiM. _^^g^- , |---. y«.iMA*.»^i.,tii.i. mmm <^fi^ mm^^mmmf^ nuimi i.m w<iwttnw S well at one court, you wai ted if all your delicacy had hin- 1 cultivating a right honorable ther. Happy, thrice happy for virtuous, fo great a man ! efpe« ality to Hanover, encourage J by m authority as his fhould takt ;here than it might perhaps with- nothing of the edifying example ! or of the eflential frrvlcc he 1 his confurftmate knowledge of i too of invoking the aflillance :d neutrals of rank, influence, fortune, where alone ygu could t J he obferved, that you, with le difintereflednefs, was not fo able, but that you could once f quietly with the avowed flavcs [ow pleafant a fight to fee you the old rank courtiers, whom ig before had treated with as little they had been recommendable to C «3 ] CO no place, but in the Afylum or Magdalen- -/ houfefoc the (eccptionofpcniCfnt State- profti- t"K«' \ r ! - ' ■": •• ' t ■ . '... '; Your humble admirer interpofed here, and, I impatient to come to the point which he was fure would (Irike his antagonifl dumb, afkcd him, if he could have the face to deny thr* you fo greatly . excelled all the ancients and ir.)denis in clo. quence, that even Demoflhenes an'l Tuli'y "i^ might trembie for the rank th 7 hzrl for fo ; .any ages enjoyed in the univerfal opinion? His an- Aver was as follows : , ,, «v;^.- j •., That though to the vulgar- fplriteo many things he had advanced might, and doubtlefs would appear to flow from perfonal, or by him much difdained motives, or, in fhortj, from any motive but the real good one, he was at leafl fo far from any malevolence to you, that no one would have been more fincerely than himfelf re- ' joiced at your deferving t ^itue from your countrymen, ^^itfM» .litfinatfijpmwfcKi itimtiwiiflffi fcft--^- .JL^ .1 i«i|||i|iM|iijiii| I III % [ 64 ] countrymen, or would have more readily fub- fcribed his vote for one. That even, as it was, he thought it a ftrain of cruelty beyond thit of the nioft virulent libel, for flattery, thus to hold you up for a mark to the index-finger of derl- fion, in her comparifon of you to thofe two ora- tors. As to their eloquence, which, by the by, was fatal to themfelves, and, though well meant, of little fervice to their refpedlive countries, be- ing too far gone in their vergency to flavery and ruin j thofe two great men juftified the high reputation of it by a thorough knowledge of the fubjedls on which they exercifed it. The copious flow of it was owing to their unbounded acquifltions of matter applicable to each purpofe i they were not, by the fcantinefs of their ideas, confined to ring the changes on a few fonorous cant- words, fuch as compofe the whole of the modern patriot-diftionary. Neither of them was ever famous for modefliy, and yet neither of them had fo high an opinion of his powers of rhetoric, or fo low a one of his countrymen, as, ,, withift m, h;,n m f^m:m , Wim ' ffki*iikmtmki'-lt^ «u tTw .in I .L ^ L . . r i -v . ri i itrTl»i' Mmf" 'jfe i eiftm mri fi WMaiiiM^r'- ■ ^ mu c ii. i i i i jciiii ii - i iiiii ^Ww i M i .mm" J • »,»Will,ll«l).JM 1*1 ^>. '4 3 lave more readily fub- That even, as it was, cruelty beyond thit of or flattery, thus to hold e index-finger of deri- )f you to chofe two ora- race, which, by the by, nd, though well meant, jfpedlive countries, be* ir vergency to flavery 'reat men juftified the ' a thorough knowledge they exercifed it. The ving to their unbounded plicable to each purpofe -, cantinefs of their ideas, iges on a few fonorous npofe the whole of the ry. Neither of them defty, and yet neither of pinion of his powers of i of his countrymen, as, withia »ru»:i^mr<i'aiftfliiw|<|i.. within a very little fpace of time fo fay and un^, fay, again fay ahd unfay the fame things, be* forfe the vfiry fame aflfembly, without the fhadow <3f a feafoti for a ficklenefs, which could furely never have given a very fivorable idea of their capacity. Matters of a fl(iw of fenfe and expref- fion conftantly at hand, they did not Hand in nefed of the excitation of contradiftion to defend their fpeeches from the languor of infignificance, and even from the torpor of dulnefs : they did nbt; like'eleftrical machines, require to be rub-' bed atVd'chifed, before they couldproduce their fire. If invective inrdeed iky in their way, none could atqtiitthemfelvefe of'iC with more energy, which is cer^airtly t\6t the'Ihming part of their charafter, but they never laid out for it; fcolding, they cftulci nbt'but be fenfible, was more liable to be laughed at, than likely to be admireJ. They n^ade orations of bufinefs, and not a bufinefs of orations. Points of date were the objefts of their folid difcuffionv not- like our modern fpeech: makers,- who, have inverted the poet's Uoaft with relation to his tuneful art ; Cw.ce they '^ K hr»ve -^ . \- > ^ m ..iHtta-i-A..'^ ,,.uM i. Mpi|pti-|uiif | ij^;.|BijMB:UiBSt' ' ,.4 '. C ^ 1 - have turned theirs from things to founds, from the heart to fancy t . Thofe ancient orators never confidered the pomp of phrafeology, the ca- dence of periods, th« employment of metaphors and figures, but as the trimmings and garniture of eloquence, not as the art itfelf j which art in- deed they no more are, than raree-fliow-reviews or theatrical camps are the art of war : for which however they have fometimes been miftaken. That, as to himfelf, he had lived to fee admi* ration grown fo cheap as to be thrown away on a miftake of vehemence for fincerity, of ipft- dixit's for reafons, of petulance for true fpirit, and of intemperance of tongue for the genuine oratorial flow. That he had lived to fee the corruption of the old manly Britilh eloquence, which confifted in the energy of found fenfe, ' conveyed in plain but expreflive words, and ter- rible as Phocyon's axe to the luxuriant flowers t That urgM by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art r; From founds to things, ft cm fancy to the heart. f' ; V Pope's Epift. to L; Bolinoroke. ■■■'"rsmmmm m mf mj \ im t . ' } > xm to founds, from ient orators never feology, the ca- ent af metaphors igs and garniture ;lf} which art in- irec-fliow-reviews fwar: for which \ been miftaken. ived to fee admi* be thrown away fincerity, ofipfe- :e for true fpirit, for the genuine lived to fee the Britiih eloquence^ ' of found fenfe, e words, and ter- luxuriant flowers e tuneful art icy to the heart.' L; BOLINCSROKE. of C «; } of rhetoric i br.: ulv, fince the making a trade of it, degcnerkted into a kind of Africanifm," with all its charaders of heat, impetuofity, bounce, tirrgidity, amplification, and empti-' nefs ; figured fire- works, and rivers of froth. Here your admirer flirugged up his Ihoulders, as if, in pity of this captious caviller's tafte, or ipleen ; and faid, that though he denied you (o much, he could not think that he would not grant, that at Icaft you meant well to your country. «^-'^ "^^ ■ i ' ^ ^ " I grant it v. Ith all my heart, anfwered the other } but then you muft grant too, that your begging' that queilion is in fa6l giving your hero up. If all his mighty merit is to flirink up at lad to the point of meaning well, what is there In that which he will not have in common with thoufands, or rather millions, of others of his honeft countrymen, who however would look very filly, if they were to put in for the miniftry '" "^■'^ , K 2 without i ,^ f '■t S i 'rm i i i VM ' i itim t&i^fc i 't^ii i S ^ d S ^^S^m - im\ [ 6B -] ^ without more pretentions than what ihat w.elK meaning ;ilone implies, though no pretention^ indeed fignify without it ? In titriM Hlfi^ thefe, when the nation, undqf your favorite (n-n-r-;r'? driving, has borfo^ved fp much upon the pjcci-; pice, that it muft be a prodigy which will fave her from her downfal,. . i^^ that prodigy, c;^n you think, to be looked for in Wj^l^e/^rvijngialcine, efpecially in the njan.w^o ^^s theji^?^ jcppjri- tuted to bring her into this4ti|a^i9iij,;!nyh,ijkft;h^ was all the time afluring her that ih^ a^jis '^. th^ high road of profperity? If now, theqii the nation is, after all, to be told, that all his vir- tues, by the opinion of Mvhichlhe fefss hgrftlf^fe- duced into a wretched plunge, are w^bQ fum> ' jnoned up in the fingle expMlTKjn ofr'that \well» meaning which is to ftand for thenilall>.mig}it -/^ fl?e not with propriety cry out, .jio»i ;J. oj . «' Curfe on lis virtue! ! thefve undbne his country. '. Ji t^-j i Certainly fuch a plea, in extenuador^ as that of his well-meaning, would, in the prefent cafe, ^UOiiJiw s X found ■l:;SBsasisr^' ••^nmrnfrmffrmm It that w.ell-, ) pretenuions ej; Hlfi^there, »oa the pjeci- lich will fave iigy* c;^n you i9iq,;,^h,i^ft;he iw, theiiii Ik lat all his vir- feeshgrftlf' fe- re W-bQ fttm> ; ©fr'that wdU :nilall».mig}u iot^ ;■!!> oj ; [lil(.'f: ■',-/.': '■. ie his country. Ipa,, as that of I prefent cafe, found i ^ -. - found not m^^h bctteJTthari if i man'haWng ru«..d his cou^.^y,>birt,feif p, f^j^„^ ^^^^^ picad th,t>i,.I^art ^,,^jg^,^ ^^^^. ^^^-^ nota^head,,Jpi^. J^^,p,,,,^^..^^J^,^^^• ce.-le.nal]h^n,anity,^cl,v.„i.,^,y,,rt ar of any penalty, i,otwouidcertai„iy bearer/ baci one. for making or continuing a n,an a J n'i^er : .nd tKat fuch , ^,„ /h^j ^c of coiifc. q-nce enough to min. a nation., ^^ji,^^.^ wonder; Hilc. it a^ualiy feer.s « if Providence, to mortify the pride of man, hacTabandoned-the great.ft events .to .the fe««ft triflei, .«,r<,m«ci that fometimes fucha^rfan fhouW.Juve -it lA I^'spowe. to do his count.y..i„eparabIe damage, whorefervice,beyondhi3 ridding the comxx^ office-forms,, had never. been at.the highcft v^, toon, wth hajf a crown a-ytar to itJ'- . . .j At this rate, faid your ev^r- zealous adhe- rent,.^u will. grant t^ great i«an no merit at all? You would reduce himtp the dais of, the moft ordinai:y, bein^^^ongft pa^kind."^^ '"^ "Far I .'Hji«i.W»^jjj|, ig ' /9 1 <* Far be fuch a thought from me, anfwered his opponent, independently of itJ hot being in the power of any thing I could fay or even perhaps of truth herfelf, to difplumc him. What I leave himisftill more than what I would take from him, nor that but with all the reluftance of hu- manity, forced by fuperior confiderations of the public good into the feverity of examination. I allow him, you fee, purity of morals, and efpe- icially a difintereftednefs which, with my unaf. fefted regard for truth, i fhould be very forry to fay I allowed to any of thofc who commonly pafs foi his competitors for power. But though un- doubtedly no one can be a truly great ftatefman, without being at the fame time a good man j it does not at all follow, that a good man may not be an execrable niinifter. The admitting, there- fore, fome moral virtues in the perfonage you admire, does not in the leaft imply theexclufion > of difqualifications for power, which may co- '^ 'e^ift with them, and as probably defeat the good cffea of them, as the continental mcafures will that ».»i<» ti^»t iii f i i . j j«j lBI^ | i ,,,Mj i t)ij|l|) ; j(» ' mmtmi"^ anfwered hi3 ; being in the even perhaps What I leave jld take from iftance of hu- irations of the :amination. I als, and efpe- ith my unaf- s very forry to ommonly pafs ut though un- reat ftatefman, good man i it man may not tnitting, there- perfonage you y theexclufion rhich may co- lefeat the good I mcafures wiH that C 71 3 that of the national one». There Is moie danger yet an thofe difqualiiications, when the fault wh.chconftitutethem become epidemical, when anat.oniaysdo.nherow^ cffohdenfe and judgment, to take up that of a n.an of power for the time being, Jo caie' ;nco the adminiftration of affairs his o.n ^ -ag,nat.on, with all the pernicious paffionsind -^e^con.itut.naltohim.^^ cafe U„,y, ell be raid that private faults are pubhc caia^ieies. The truth is, that nations ave been too often feen to model themfelv Pon the perfonai charader of thofe who ave taken the lead of government in them I ^-e -yrelf (continued he) feen the mar; o ' people in the reign of a minifter,^ who la' even barefacedly the mi/Honary of corruptil ^-herfelf upon ,i3doarine and praZi' thoroughly, .Hat under him, and unL:;^ : I'-s pupils who fucceeded him ,h. n, . f«" »Sa.n .he r,.e p.op,e. wuL ho":: •i "■', ! * ' -.p*^-. ■< ^ f Vyjf"' i i'™ y"T'! ?^-;.' M efteif reJlftuncmg'afty^thm^ rh' the Iwft of that Corruption, additionally adopt, under another Aiinifter, not only his political Quixotry and ro« domont^airj, but the gfoflcft tof Hts inconfiften- cieff. And after all (continued he)," foi* what fs it tSiit you would have me admire y6Ur hero ? Is it fbi* his exemplary ftcadinefs ? Is it for his intre- pidity hi out-braving where he cannot out tea- Ibn ? U it for his abhorrence of arrogance ? or, if you rather pleafe, for his fupreme modeily ? Is it for that ftale harlotry of patriotifm, his grimaces and coying it with thofe offers for which he had laid out, and in which his fuccefs 'if'- . . i.: f' was originally more owing to his powers of thwarting and annoying, than. to any opinion of his ability as a ftatefman, or of his fincerity as a p'atriot ? Is it for his grateful treatment of the public in his making of its good opinion of him a mounting-blcck, which, on his firft defertion, he fpurned the moment he was in the faddle, and on his fecond, worfe than fpurned, fince he laid his account with keeping it, after he had palpably W^i > WHM ill tf '< ^4fj^'» i< » i )»^ij | | ii j »l ijj| p lj) l»!l |L) <li r *»iii ■^- ;^mM& ll|,i.llB»IPIII«| II, 1 'mm the kaft of that :, under another Quixotry and ro- f hTsinconfiften- ie)v for what fs it ybUrhcr'o? Is it Is it for his intre- : cannot out- tea- ►f arrogance? or, jpreme modeJfty ? if patriotifm, his thofe offers for which his fiicccfs ) his powers of to any opinion of * his fincerity as a treatment of the 3 opinion of him lis firft defertion, iS in the faddie, fpurncd, fince he it, after he had palpably palpably forfeited it ? I, it his confomrtiatertefs in bufinefs, of the ftile of which his being as great a maftcr as he is of the fubftance, appeals fromthofe ivcr-mcmoraWc fecitt Inftruaions. fo decently, and no doubt fo warrantabfy publifhcd with his majefty's title, gutted of its voweli. 4. prefixed to them ? Did he, on his accefflon tt> power, fo much as prtKe or aim at any thing that looked like great? Did any part of his con- duftcarry with it the markof a political genius, or vaflnefs of juft views ? Did he apply any remedy, unlefs the aggravation of a caufe of complaint may be called a remedy, to that moft crying na- tional evil againft which who had exclaimed more than himfeJf ? Did he then employ him- fdf to Ihutupthat ever gaping continental gulph, which m fcarce half a century had fwallowed fo many millions, t!hat one would have thought the nation had driven on a trade with the whole globe, to no earthly purpofe but that of fa- ' crlficing the profits of it in this manner, and all fo much in -vain too I Or rather, has he not flung ^ more 'to' «*«fe".r-' r "''"'»>«- ii n'ntHM JK^~ ' i Uj i n ii u ^ ^i iiiii . i i mwup r iD m i i t .jn-ji niii y iy iiii i ii ' t 74 1 more money, more men, more national honor, down that fame bottomlefs abyfs ? Has ^e hum- bled France by fixing in her intercft the ancient, and now difgufted allies of Britain, or by caking from her what the ilrength Hie is adually ga- thering on the continent, through Britain's blunders, will moft probably foon enable her to ;-% regain ? In fhort, to fum up all in one queftioo, What has this great man done for a nation which had put it into his power to do fo much i ** This lad challenge your adherent anfwered In tlie beginning brifkly, but rather flagged to- wards the end, as if himfelf had not been aware of his having no more atchievements of yours to recount in full of all the expei^ations you had raifcd. I need not however fpecify them to you } they cannot well be unknown to yourfelf, and, God knows, the catalogue of them was not a very long one. Befides, you have naufeous flatterers enough at hand to magnify thena to yourfelf and to the public } but it is by what is faid ^ againft :tr^'U 4 ip ».,.,a'^.. , . , , ~if|iTriir iii i ii i: ! i>itiui iM it(|-ittiff-tt' i Jfr f^WWiiJj.-Hi nil nuiuMnpRpfii national honor, ? Has f.c hum- rel\ the ancient, n, or by caking is adually ga- rough Britain's >n enable her to in one queftion, r a nation which 6 much ? ** ent anfwered in ler flagged to- not been aware ents of yours to itions you had fy them to you } yourfdf, and, em was not a have naufeous tgnify thena to s by what is faid againft 7 75 ] ~ againft you that you muft profit. I am to tell you then, that the man of contradidion ftiffly denied your having any merit in the rcduaion of Cape-Breton j all the honor of the projec- tion of which, as well as of the laudable, if fuf. ficient. fupplies to America, he gave to the pco- pie's own good fenfej which, long before your laft promotion to power, they had declared with ft united, and fo loud a voice, that it would not have been very politic, nor indeed very fafe, for any minifter not to have given way to the execution of fuch well -recommended national meafures ; which however, are likely to be mor^ than blanked by your continental ones. Your admirer then faid, that he hoped no one would deny, that the fituation of affairs in Britain was now fo critical, that to attempt the depriving a real defender of this country of that confidence,> which alone can enable him to defend it, muft'* be a crime which could hardly deferve too great a difcountenance, or too fevere an animad« vcrfion. ' L > « There i^sm-f^,^. .-^iSL ■ .. Th.« U ftm a gr».« crime th.n .h.t non.nin....nar,drf.na«.v.h,ch.«)^« r Ar.b. fo .mph.tic.Uy M toning on . w»«. fch«J«».«ly betrayed i«o.<l.p,nd.,«. fnfuch.crilis. on. fopportfo unequal «ad^, ftrels t a u i^ r-rtiinlv her d (ho- aeafe her danger, and moft certainly n _ nor- if but for her being capable o fudi I we Bend., that in her prefent circumft.n- r ole .av.nc. it is toward, her faf.ty to ";« ^om me is not «. tru.lv toe ga«..t., TilfJa vain hope. The pubiic cannot b«^ ^ , . 1 ^-»i that the fituatipn ot the proceeding upon the fenfe ot wni , t the nation from fir-Wrng. if anything can ' --■ . '"■ ,' -,.''*'[ .. i mii i i W crime than th»t that is, a paOivc reliance, at fuch % flcr i which it what il leaning orv a wave, Vho that really lovai ccUmations of g|riefi i into » dependence, »rt fo uneq^al to. the ch muft at once in^ ft certainly her di(ho- ,g capable of fuch a :r prefcnt circumftan^ towards her fafety to troftv fomegainitis he public cannot bu? that the fitoation of rp«r\fe (torn all ftanding eprefcntaiioaof truths, t fcnfc of which muft king, if any thing can. ' ' ... ..^ I 77 If It was never yet, in Britain at l«all, high trei- ion to doubt of a minifter's capacity \ but whea there is no longer reafon to doubt of it at all, and the confequeoce expected is an imminent cata- ^ophe, he muft be a de/aulcer tp hU countrf in her greateft exigency, and even an accomplice in her ruir^ who would remain an unadive or filent rpeftator. If any thmg faid agaiaft youf hero ftiould be falie, calumnious, or. only the cffcft of pi^ty-fpirit, of malice, or any other, yile motive, it will fall to the ground of \tCel£^ t|ie great Burleigh was libelled, the faithful SuU/ called Sejanus, in vain. There is nothing but truth that cap make lafting imprelTions, or de- ferve to make any at all. But for a truth which, has in the leaft an air of ill-nature, or of detrac- tion, todeferve the being received at all, it is not enough for it to be only what it is» truth i but the manifeftation of it Ihould alfo be indilpenfa- bly neceifary to the fervice of the public: and then, indeed, the guilt would be to fupprefs it, or to have any fear but that of dirpleafiog thofe whom j V gE^l^g^^i^nan*'''^' ( 78 J whom only it caa difplcafe. In the mean time; • whatever becomes of your real defender of the nation, as you call him, the nation would not have to tremble, but for the confcquences of her not IbOnghim. Surely in a country fo great, ftf refpeftable, as the Britifti one, there cannot be fuch a fcarcity of capable fubjefts as to afford no neutrals of rank, of property, of influence, of abilities, mcn>above any attachment or fubfer- viency, but to the clear interefts of the nation ; men uninfefted, in ftiort, with that infamous party-fpirit which is fo -reat an enemy to truth and to the public welfare. Such charafters • could not at this time be fufpefted of ambition, or felfifti views, in their acceptance of offices in the ftate. There can be little temptation to a fcramble for power or intcreft in a country which moft probably will ere long have neither power nor jU intereft for herfelf, if meafures are not efftflually changed, and that right foc.i. But if no fuch per- fons are to be found, if the fpirit of patriotifm and common fcnfc are entirely departed, then indeed In the mean time; real defender of the latioh would not have fcquenccs of her not country fo great, ftf one, there cannot be ibjefts as to afford no erty, of influence, of ittachment or fubfer- ererts of the nation; , with that infamous eat an enemy to truth re. Such charafters fufpefted of ambition, cceptance of offices in little temptation to a reft in a country which ;have neither power nor fures are not efftftually c.i. Butif nofuchper* I fpirit of patriotifm and departed, then indeed it i 79 1 it is over with the nation i the nation herfelf is dead, and does not know it ; and what remains but to befpeak a general mourning for her ? " Here this ftrange man ended, and here I con- clude this long letter} for any oratorial ftrain in which, there cannot, confidering the fubjeft need any apology. 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