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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 IW ■ "1 / V V. r / IS«]S^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^^ LETTER T O A Right Honourable Perlbn, ^dc- tt3K^m^%%^m%%%^%^^»{3s^^%^^^^^^%^^m^%)^m^^^ [Price One Shilling.] ■ ■ V * - ••3 • « ,- 1 •■ 1 1 1 jM wM»' »*My^^^W .».? r : T '1 LETT E R T A Right Honourable Person. And the Anfwer to It, Tranflated into Verfe, as nearly as the different Idioms of Prose and Poetry will allow. With Notes Hiftorical, Critical, Political, ^c. 4 *u LONDON: Printed for W. N i c o l l in St. PauFs Church Yard. M D C C L X L ' » n T fii-y r^ \ I A O T I J . :Oibi ■lno*i'?fJrh ^ -^ Aw wi . i e ffy'* ? i W ''i* «-.». -.. .^ The P R E F A C E. J^^ '•'^- n HEN fiiil-, of a tlioufand tlmts, I read ihefe curious epiftlcs, which here I confecrate to rhime and imraortalit\'; when I found them equally fraught with hiftorical truth, as with political wifdom ; equally diflinguifhed for elegance of lan- guage, and accuracy of %le, I lamented, that they were compofed of perifliable, profaick materials. With what fincere concern did I re- iledt, that they muft foon, too foon ! be loft to remembrance, or be fcnt, with their news-papers, perhaps, to 'Jamaica to exercife the cri- ticifm of fugar- planters, Negroes and Creolians ? I deplored the fate of the great man, to whom the fecond letter is addrefled, whofe good fame, otempora, o mores! is hardly likely to furvive his virtue, even in a monument, erected to the viro immortali. I CONSIDERED from whence this calamity could arife, and I was immediately convinced, that if Homer had written the wrath of Achil- les, or Virgil the loves of Dido in profe, the hero and the heroine muft have long iince experienced the common fate of mortality. The Mufes, the Mufes alone, have the privilege of giving immortality. Mtifa 'vetat mori. Yet even the Mufes cannot give it in profe. Shall it then hereafter be faid, that two fuch perfonages, as thefe writers B appear [ ii ] appear tu be in each other's Letters ; fo emhiently diftingiiiflicd for thei; integrity, patriotifm, abilities and, how tender is the expreiTion I for tlicir hind fricu'l/Jjip^ (a) fliall they die, like "mere mortals, quia CiVent vate fdcrc; becaufc, No bard hud tbjy to wake all time their cw/j? Animated by thefe, and other rcficxions, equally powerful, I de- termined to fnatch llicfe charming letters from oblivion ; to give them to immortaliiy, by a'ci/^-g them into vcrfe, as nearly as the JlfTcrcnt idioms of prcjfe and poetry can allow; and then to place them in friendly oppofuion to each other^ like pidurcs hung in contrail: to il- luiWtc each other's beauties. That they are equally fufceptible of all thL* moft luxurious orna- ments of poetiy, every critick muil allow ; nor, if he be a critick of any tolerable fagacity, can he helitate, even a moment, in pronoun- cing, that they are the works of the fame mafler. Is there not the fame everlafting length of period ; the fame manly difregard to gram- mar ; the fame loofe, iinconneded texture of expreflilon ; the fame inconclufive, unconfequential reafoning, _ fo peculiarly fitted to (lit freedom and eafe of epiftolary writing? Beauties, like thefe, it is con- feffed, have a kind of originality, which it is almoft impoillble to pre- ferve in a translation. The fpirit evaporates in the transfufion ; like that of the new-invented aether, the moment the bottle is uncorked. Yet the reader will find, that this originality hath been boldly at- tem])ted, and his candour will determine, I hope, not unfavourably, of the fuccefs. In the confcioufnefs of meriting that fuccefs by the jiddit*) of this tranHaiion, I fliull venture to affert, what few modern tranllators caa (a) Vid. Mr. P-t's Letter. ■■V I pre fume « i i" ] prefume to aflcrt, that it fometimes rlfes fuperior, in fublimity and bcanty, even to the original. This fuperiority, no doubt, j^rocccds from a ftcret charm, that in general, animates the language of poetry, and particularly from the harmony of the numbers, which I have, not injudicicully, chofen. lie it known, therefore, to all criticks, llu- dious of poetical harmony, that doggrei is the proper meafurc for the fublime ideas of modern patriotilm, panegyrick and addrefTes, of which I il'^all convince the world, as (ojn as a certain addrefs to his ]\'[ y, I I)eg pardon, I mean to his miniller, fliall make its ap- pearance. But not panegyrick alone, nor patriotifm have their proper and peculiar mcafures in poetry. When the ladies write love letters, all the numbers are elegiack. When our patriot- commoner raifes his voice to affert the rights of the people ; to deplore the errours of adminift- ration, or to vindicate his own injured reputation from the mifrepre- ientations of credulity and calumny, his didion inftantly aflumes the pomp of blank verfe. LaAly, when Air. P— t and Mr. B — d oblige the world with a private publick corrcfpondcnce, the mutual ack- knowlcdgements of each other's merit; their i^/wt^ profeillons of friend- fhlp and efleem naturally link together into doggrei. I CONFESS I canno^ think, or talk of poetry, widiout feeling a kind of extacy and enthufiafm. Even fatire is infipid; even a lampoon is intolerable, without the mufick of poetical compofition. I honour the French for be-rhiming iVloliere's |)rofaick comedies, nor do I def- pair of hearing the gentle melody of rhime among the foft improve- ments of modern tragedy, inllead of ^he barbarous diiibnance of "blank verfe ; that half-akin to profe. However, I am in cliriilian charity ; I bear no malice to profe or profem.en. I think it fulls down 'very I ' r. 1 [ iv ] ver)' naturally In notes, remarks and annotations to the bottom of the page. Witnefs doctor W — n*s two huge columns of criticifm to fup- port and cxpl''n two lines of Mr. Pope's poetry. In humble imitation of this right-reverend canonifl: in criticifm, I have bottomed my pages with notes variorum. I do not mean the variorum of per funs only, but of learning, morality, politicks, and panegyrick. I confefs, I have almoft exhaufted my common place-book ; no matter ; I fhall eafily fill it again with c]uotations of learning from our iiluflrious moderns, and maxims of politicks from the common council at Guildhall. • - The publick, no doubt, ingratitude, as well as curiofity, will ex- ^)edt to be informed, who and what are die writers, to whom they are obliged for thefe letters : wlio have publillicd them of their own, fpontaneous bounty, unjdicited, and unmerited^ as the penfions of Kings: who is this right honourable perfon, and his friend Air. : this pirn Mncai and his fidus Achates ; this fecond Sir James H — s, who vou- ches for the fentiments of the city. The lail: Hac-ue Gazette has tranflated one of thefe letters into French and afTures us, that it is written by the right honourable Mr. Pitt'to the Lord Mayor of London, whom it frequently flylcs, Mon cher Monsieur. It likewife informs us, that Mr. Pitt, although difmiflcd from his oliice, yet regularly attends the frequent councils, held at court. But as we Iiave fome reafon to believe, that this intelligence is a little premature ; that it is, at prefent, and probably will be for ever a miftake, we may therefore believe, there may pofTibly be fome miftake in the other infiance. L indeed it were only a trivial anachron- ifm, in calling Mr. B — d, my Lord; or might we think it pro- phctick ■^ 'i 4 i phetick of the next year's mayoralty, then would I cry out with Co- rcg^o, / too am a fainter. Then fliould creollan B — d, like himfelf. Start from the Canvas in his native Hues, The bronze tartarcan, and Jamaica tint, Sun-burnt and deep enamelFd, Then fhould he fland in oratorial attitude, haranguing, iouii, his and his friend's fifteen aldermen ; their hundred common-council. But Jiicb eternal blazon miiji not he to can of fiejh and blood. Now to my tafk adventurous. Cajla^ O, Lucina, fave. Diva, pro^ ilucasfobolem, and give the fpringing birth to light. Ssf M^^^^ (SS^ ^^ A LETTER A LETTER from a Right Honourable Perfon to in the City, faithfully done into Verfe &V. pE'A R S I R, . [ I ] Having found with Surprife, that my late [ 2 ] Refignation, Both in Manner and Caufe, hy f 3 ] Mirrcprefentation Hath been grofsly abiis'd : that his majefty's Grace, Which fbilow'd, [ 4 ] Jpontaneous, my quitting my Place, • Hath NOTES. [ I ] Finding with Surprife, Original. Voyant a man grand etonntment, fays the Hague Gazette. How does a Dutch, or u French man dare to tranflate the Writings of our Britifti Minifter ? Can they hav« any Conception of his fublijne IJeas ? He has cxprcffed, by the Word furprrjt^ the gentleft emotion of the human Heart; while that of etonnemeiit implies not only a tur- bulence of Pafllon, but a Diforder of the Underftanding, unworthy of the right ho- nourable Pc;fon. Nil admirari is the motto Qf a great Man. MOMTOR. [ 2 ] Refignailon, Why Refignation ? I hate the Word. No; it was an envious, malignant Faction, at a certain Board, that f9rcc4 from his Majefty's Councils the only Perfon, capable of direfling them ; that compelled him to quit the Service of tho Publick. His Advice was reJe* I [ 7 J Hath been flander'J mofl bafely, arid vilely perverted ' To a [ 5 ] Bargain, for having the Publick deferted, The Truth pf thefp Fa<^s I am forc'd to proclaim, [ 6 ] And the Manner, no Gentleman furely will blamc. . NOTES, Grojily mij'reprefented! In thefe two Words he proves his Integrity, juflifieshisCondndl, and vindicates the Coiilcioufners of his own "Worth. What Ideas are thefe ! What PofMjrer of Language! No wonder, that the French Tongue (hould fuik under fuch im- ^agery, when the French Monarchy has already funk under his Abilities, and the Weight of his Adoiiniftration. Monitor. [ 4 ] Spontaneous. That his Majefty's Bounty was uncontrouled, uninfluenced, ^iid freely flowing from the jn?unificence n either him or theni without a Note of Admiration ! With regard to the Inftance before us ; to co^tradiSf the Affertion of an Opinion, a Fa(S, aTruth or Falihood, cy aflerting the contrary, is the conftantMeaniig and Ufagc of the Word. This contradiSIing :he manner is totally new to our Language. The French Tranflator, no wonder, hath wholly . [ 8 ] [ 7 ] That I, and the Council were of different Opinions Of Importance to Britain, her Crown and Dominions, Regarding the Meafures we ihould take againft Spain (Yet pray, my dear Sir, underftand what I mean) Not founded on what ihe may now be defigning, But what Ihe has done, was my caufe for religning. [ 8 ] Lord Temple and I fubmitted in writing, And lign'd by us both, our iVojeiSt for fighting, NOTES. But loft the elegant jargon of the original ex- preilion and ideas, when he renders it, d'uae maniere, qui ft* rtpugne nulltmtnt a la probite. A manner hy no means repugnant to probity. Our Englifh tranflator, too, has Joft the fpirit of the fcntiment by coldly endeavouring to make it intelligible. The manner no gentleman furely will blame. Critical Review. [ 7 ] That 1 and tie Council I will not interrupt my Reader's good Humour, or damp my own Spirit of Poetry, or lofc the Pleafure of contemplating, admiring, and criticifing thefc excellent Epiftlcs, by en- tering, at prefent, into a grave Inquiry into the Honourable Gentleman's Reafons for fcfigning. If any of my readers, however, are impatient to fee this Affair fet in its true Light, and confidercd, in a'l its Circum- ftances, with that Attention it certainly deferves, they may find, at the latter end of this Work, their Curiofity fufficiently gratified. The Translator. [ 8 ] Lord Temple. Le Lord Tem- ple, fays the Gazette but why not in capital Letters. What an Indignity to the noble Lord ? Corrcft it therefore, alt ye Readers) of Delicacy and Tafte, ac- cording to the Honour, with which the Great man honours his Lordihip, and read with the Original, Lord Temple & moi avons foumis tres humblement au Roi nos fentimens & fignes de mtre main. What a Parcel of Blunders are here .' To con- troul his Majefty*s Prerogative ; to take from Him his private Right of judging; to govern his Council, and to guide hit Meafures, thefe were, indeed, their mojf humble Sentiments \ but where did this Tranflatorfind their tres hwnblement\ their Humility of fubmitting thefe Sentiments to the best of Sovereigns ? Then the ftgnis de noire main what a miferabtc Tranflation of that Hardinefs of Expreffion, fuperior to the formal Rules of Grammar, JVe fubmittid in IVriting^ andjigned by tts / But all the Men of Learning among the Fr«nch are now iludying our Language^ and ^4. 'M 3 hra Ibts ''^i ■t ■'k. '4t [ 9 ] But as the whole Council againft us combhi*d, On the fifth of this Inflant the Seals I rcfign'd. That I might not hereafter for meafurcs be try'd, [ 9 ] Which I was not allow'd any longer to guide. Mofl gracious the Marks of the King's Approbation, [ I o ] That follow'd, not went before, my Refignation, NOTES, No anJ will hereafter be fejifible cf the un- tranllatable Beauties of this divine Epidle. Critical Review. Ah ! Poor Lord Temple ! When, ac- cording to a facetious Friend of mine, he had opened tlie Sentence in fo capital a Manner, he ought furely to have held his Dignity to the End of it. If I re- member rightly, his Lordfnip too has re- iigned. Was there then no fecret Merit in-his Refignation, that might entitle Him to the Honour of a PenHon 5 or was he in- troduced here, as infigniHcantly as into the Cabinet, ianium ut exiret? The Test. [ 9 ] Which I was no knger &c. We have in this PafTage an inconteftable Proof cf the Precipitation, with which this Letter was given to the Publick : a remainder, perhaps, of that precipitate Spirit, which hurried the Gentleman to rcfign. In the laft Sentence, a Difference of Opinion was the Caufe c/my reigning the Seals', but here, / reigned the Seals— -^ in Order ^ not to remain refponjible &c. We Ao not mention thefe Miftakes in any Sufpicion of the Right Honourable Perfon's Veracity. He hath given the World a moft convincing Proof of his Zsi\ (or the Honour of Truth, by divulging, thofe Secrets, which he was engaged by an Oath of Council never to reveal, vvich- out his M y's PermilHon. Impartial. [ 10 ] Followed my Refignation. How pitiable is it, to fee a great Man in the Diftrefs of endeavouring to vindicate his Reputation by nice and fubtle Diftin£lions; or palliating an infamous Bargain with trivial Circumftances of to day, and to morrow ! Humanity, What does this impertinent Critick mean by his pitiable j a Term, that implies more of Contempt, than Compailion ? Is this the Tendernefj to human Frailty^ for which he aflumes the Title of Humanity? But to whom is the Gentleman fuppofed to make thcfe fubtle, thefe palliating Dif- tindtions ? To whom is he rcfponfible for having gracioujly and gratefully accepted thefe Honours and Penfions; the fpontaneous marks of his M ty's Bounty ? Cer- tainly not to the People. It were an In- D dignity 'mmmmm [ 10 J No Merit I boailed, no Penfion I crav'd, Yet with Pride, from the beft of all Sovereigns, receiv*d. For the Honour of Truth I thcfe Matters explain, Nor any Man's Confidence wifh to regain, Who with a Credulity, weak as unjuft, 'Can fufped one of bafely betraying his Truft, Who long ferv'd his Country with Zeal and Succefs, [ 1 1 ] And rais'd her to glory from Shame and Diftrefs ; Who juftly the candid and upright reveres, But the bafe and capricious nor values, nor fears. I beg, my dear Sir, my beft Thanks you'll receive For all your [12] kind Friendjhip, and will always believe. That I am &c. &c. &c. NOTES, dignity to Virtue ', a betraying her facred Intercfts j for Horace hath long fine- de- termined, that Virtue AVf Jumit, nee penit fecurts Arbitrio popularis aura. Neither, AfTumes her Honours, nor dech'nes. As the light Air of Crouds uncertain veers. Francis's Horace. With regard to his Penfion, yihy (hould it be expelled, that this Gentleman (hould make himfelf the fingle romantick In- ft.uKc of being virtuous for iwthing ? ^ii enim virtutem empU^liur ipfam , Pramia ft toUas ? Did not Sir T - % .n, and L"" H- -and- .&c. Tcfign for tlreife Penfions ? Or look upon the Lift of Irifh Patriots and Pen^oners, then tell me, Critick, whether Pe^iipns can be ijifamous. Classical. [11] And rais'd her to glory ^c. This Line, it is acknowledged, is not in the Original. It is given to the Gentleman ^i Angular Modefty in fpeaking of Himfelf. Translator. [ 12 ] Kind Fritndjhip. How amiable are thefe acknowledgements in a great Man ! In general, if Ingratitude be all the vices, ingratum fi dixeris, th.'ft certainty Gratitude is all the Virtues, fiut what Obligations, what proofs of this kind Friend- Jhip could our great Man have received from i M ■% ■M [ " ] NOTES. Ota 'his the from the Gentleman, to whom this Letter is fuppofed to have been written, except the follvOwing Specimen of his Genius for Panegyrick m»y be deemed an Obligation ? It has not yet been given to the Publick, but urhoever Is the lead acquainted with him, vtrill acknowledge it to be genuine. Indeed his Manner, his Language, and his Elocution are all equally inimitable. It is only neceflary to inform my Readers, that the Speech, from whieh this little Extradl is taken, was pronounce.]' upon the Mo- tion, made by the Minifter for ereding a Monument to the Memory of General Wolfe. Sir, •* I have liftened to every Word, that •' has fell from my honourable Friend, and " I rife up to fecond his motion. It were «• Prefumption in me, or in any Man, to '* attempt to add any thing to what he has ** faid on this melancholy OccAfion. But *« while I fet! for the General, I atfo feel ** for the Minifter, who called him forth " to this Expedition. Here tvas no Par- " liamcntary Interefts, no family Con- ** nexions, no ariftocratical Views. No; " nothing of that there Kind. Wolfe was ** made for the Statefman, and the States- " man was made for Wolfe. There were ** many Circumftances fimilar between " them. Wolfe had Gentlcnefs and Mo- «» dtftyj fo had the Minifter. Wolfe loft *< his Life, and the Mintfier has hazarded «' his Head, for his Country. I had not " the Honour of being acquainted with *♦ General Wolfe, but I never faw any " Man look more like a Soldier. He " was a Soldier, and a Soldier's Friend—— " I confefs, Sir, I am much embarrafled,— " and yet — I am not ufually muchem- " barrafTed." Here the affemb|y, as forty as they were, burft out a laughing. END of the firft LETTER. able reat the inly rh%t wd- ived rom J« .!>.V. .w The l\ - The following Letter was generoufly communi- cated to us by the Writer himfeif. De AR S I R, [ I "I The CiJy of London muft for ever forget. Or always remember. They are much in Your Debt, NOTES. , . it And [i ] The City of London. What an Open- ing is here ! The vc/ioque immanh hiatu is nothing to it. How alarming ! How full of Expedition ! Critrcks may tell us ofthc modeft Opening befitting an Epick Poem, but if Ariflotle were to rife from the Dead, 'and give us Rules for cpiftolary Wriving, he would take from this Example, the pathetick, animating Spirit of beginning ail future Letters. The City of Lon- don ! that is, the Capital of the Wotld i the Miftrefs of Commerce ; the Centre of Trade j whofe Shopkeepers are Politi- cians ; whofe Aldermen are Inftruclors to their Reprefentativss in Parliament, and whofe Common-Council Men are — — it 18 impoffible to fay, what they are. What Ideas arc thefe I What Images ! All the Coaimentators pajftm ^ univirfaliter. What a Parcel of ignorant Bl(Kkheads are all the Commentators, paft, prefent, and to come, with their pajfim i5t univtrfaliier, which, for aught I know, may be better than our City Latin. Not to know, that the City of London are only fifteen Alder- men and ninety Common-Council-Men ! Yet thefe Fellows call themfelves Criticks, forfooth, and Commentators ! Sir James Hodges. What ! My old Friend, Sir James, again got into Print, and prefenting us 7vlth the Key of Knowledge ! Yet his Knighthood might have remembered, that fix thoufand Perfons in London vote for Members of Parliament, and that his City, who fend their Inflrudions to thofe Members, are very little more than one poor, paltry hun- dred. What then ? The Secretary acknow- ledges their Authority, and bows himfeif to their -'■X ■i(^ ■/■■-«» ,5. XV<7y ES. u:n the 30(1 and of tnd are m- 1 )W- h fto heir And that [»>] Yw, Weptec), J^e,Se9k..whep,^%,,%''9nn:r^ [3] Sw neyexws Country .in,f.jp 5 ,,,,^,,^^^^ r^ , That our Armies were beaten, p\(r NaV^.waS|, kid ., ^ "pi' Inadlive in Port.,,ai»4 expQs'jJj.^^fj^' pwf .^f^^'.I^ .i.xi.v'.- •»u ir riikrmr;.' Tiut nf 5fiG'/'^' '{f/i^ bf^'^ their Title. In one uoftopped Period of one hundred and eighty Words, brave Words, indeed ! magnanimous and found- he rcquefts Sir James tantprsfs his high ing, Setife of the Jignal Htmur^ tixcttftbiir con- deJctMding and favourable Rtjolution — then once again, the Honour, which he receives with true Reverence andGratitude, notwith- wtCffffuJion at hh 9W>i./mU Dejervingf-^ Was there ctor £uch a Farce i . i . .>! )fi feij . * i,i*»;unfjj£ Test. {2] Tou 0Cfipted the Seals, What Condc^. fcetiAon ! . H^ fulFered faimfelf to be pre- t-aiied oa tp avcepc ! As a further Proaf of hit Modeftyy he informed tbte late King, Airhen he eictepted the Seals, that . he ha4 flever turfled his' Thoughts to ^pniider thp Nature of that Office, or ha4 ever read any TreatU'e upon the Subje^. Vet, even then, he was determined loot to a^cqpt .^f any other Employment. '. . , Anecdote. [3J' J\l«v/r' -iJoas Country reduced, t^e, TThe Writer here brings -to- ottr Renienr- iHancc this iitg-lorious State of touVAffklf*, when %ht honourable Pcrfbntccfcpted fhb ti-.W-iXti aji ' vith fc*try glob^- iny, mcUocholy,Qtrcumftance,.that b^ may afterwards jprefeht us with a more chcar- ful Prou\ ,,i vtV>* ' •ws E HjTz: , ilMl,"..l"i"»"flK1HiM Mi i. That our Credit was 'feankrtipt^witli aH Corrfcfpondfeiifs; ' ^'^'•^■ [4] Abroad \ysLsfi!oaieinpt,itiS'aVhome The City muililfo^rerheffibeViof ever, ' ' ^ '^*'^'- '^'"^ ^^^i^ That when you itfigh*(!, 6iit A'ffeifs wrri* qdhe clever j -'^'^^i^'** Our Armies triumphant, oijr Navies vidorious, And our Trade in a State, which it ne'er knew before us f "Our Credit reftbr^d^ ^lid; th8' Pedple more- w ^ To.. lend yon a. Million, th^an borrqw. a Shilling ; Our Foes in Defpair at our high Exultation, ■ .-..i- ctih*i\rjx -^ [ 5 ]■ And the Neutrals arna z 'd in profound VcileraitiGn,' \ •»^'''^ ' :• J r, NO T E t. \ ..'. ^¥h af [4] Jbroadwas Contempt. After this juft and animated Defcriptibn, I do declare, I verily Believe, that my Mother, who alone .-alfVd the Nation from this Diftrefs, is not only the greatcft, but the only Man in the Kingdom ; that in himfelf he is King, Lordly Comrtions, and Cabinet* council : that he is the Sailor's Intrepidity, the SoldiefVCourage, and all the Moil^ in the Tfcafury \ that he was Wolfe's happy Temerity, Amberft's Condufl-, and Prince Ferdinand's good Fortune, efpecial- Jy at tht Battle of Minden : that he w4s Anfon's Kttowlcdge, Hawke's Refolution, and Keppel's Ardour .-'that he withdraw his Spirit from Lord^-Geofg6','&nd front tHit Moment his Lordfhlp fufik'tnto a C -d. All this, and morcj I firmly belirvc. ., Lord Temple's Creed. Muft we not concliide from his Lord- fiii^j's Declaration cf his political Faith, fo foltmnly pponounced, that Mr. Secretary had, by the Power of his Office, creased the thirty thoufand Troops he fent to Ger- many, and coined his twenty annual Mil- lions, for continental Armi^s^'Subiidies and Expeditions. ' How couW iKationyr/rf*- ced to a State of Bankruptcy^ raife thefe Millfons ; hew -^Ould ^iiiP 'beOfik 'Armies •rcaffUme the Courage of Britons f Impoffi^ ble. One Miracle more ^tf'rrtuft acknowv- Ifedge h* ha« performed. He has- mai& his noble Brother equally an Orator in the Houfe, and a Politician in the C&binec. < ... ,t>?0;V;UTK» [5 J Amazement and Veneration among all neutral Nation^^ Who cpul^/ inpagine, ^hat all tbpfe; f>ne,Words,-.«flr/- tati^ri a/ km^-, ^Qonfufion and D.^J^air «- mng aur^^^nemiefy could je_nd; in ^f beipg Veaied bjfihof^.v^fjiE^wjftl^lJ^^fclnfplftn^e and Contempt ? The French, it feems, a tvere reduced Jo low as to fue for a Peace ^ thoiugh *>! 4 IX.. Uf> m •■:^ •S r [uis ] That the French Aver^rrcduc'd, to fo loyi^ai Coi>dition> .,..;. |/^ As to fue for a Peace, and we heard, thpir Petuioxi.;' ^.j .,^j But they we^re too haughty,, and,we.wa[e toe? gf/eat,.,,^ y.„*x Our focceflestoo many, to know how;to tr«at..[jj ^-^,v^ ♦.^rf [6] Biit ifKnaves have* taught Fools to call your RefignatFon Betraying your Truft, and deferting ygur Station, ^"'"^^ ' (When you are prevented, alas ! from purfuing "\^ ^ ^-^ [ . i The Meafures, that ftill might preferve us from Ruin) '* If they in the Light of a Penfion regard [ 7 ] A Reward, that fcarce merits the Name of Reward, .•■ 'lilt w;(it ( ♦ * -•^» ■••"* 'rr-.-vzA T' ■' . '" .'"■ "■] , , iT." , ;■•,'< . [;] A Revuardy that jcarce merits Is^e A foolijh Figure, in the Language of Po* lonius ; a rhetorical Antithefis, for which both the honourable and right honour^b^e Gentlemen are equally diflinguifhed. Yet this Reward, that, fo it feems to this Ai- derman's Generoflty, fcarce dcferves, tht Name of Reward, may poffibly cofl ;th^ Nation an hundred thoufand "Pounds. A Nation, almoft exhaiifted by the profufion. and Pjojeds of this very Minifter. Criticism. a*jci Histoiiir;. 2 Idtlo' Thlt [ [ . ,6' ] Yet the Cily of Lt)rtd<»i' fr6m one End td t'oth«i^'^H ^•'^t ir.dT Hope ne'ci^ *> fee tftftfc*d larftongohe, or the othoti t- ; . *A They are 'fcrifiMe, iitt-foi' die Good df the Reklnv ' '-'-^'^J ^'"S[ That You ftill areoABoird, th^-yo^fve quitted tIic'Helm;^'(> That you-^ill will be ready, [ 8 ] fpke of Penfiqns and Peerage Over Rocks, and through Quickfands to manage the Steerage, ,^ [ 9 j The Crew to advifc, and the Pilot to guide, Tiil fafc.in her Port the good Veffel fhall ride. ' hir.v . VI ^ Tliefc, ; This Reward, I do aflert, was as in- confiderable, with regard to his Fortune, as it was unequal to his merit. TKis pal- try three thoufand ^ Year was not.fufiicient to. maintain a' ?9t' of Horfes. They niufl: Jiavc fcoftluin three liundrcd. ' *' '•'■What?' W f^feiot Mlniftferi'-Jit laft, takes a Reward for ferving his Country ! Su«Jyi the wtiy Name of Patriotifm will become a Term of Mockery an(| Ridicule. Ytt 1' remettibei^," wlien the laltf ' Mr Pul- tferfey, after feeiilg the Patriot of a twenty gear's Oppofition, was buried in Infamy iil4'an Earldoih, another Haranguer for Lijkerty arofe, arid was believed. A People, wko can lightly give away their Con- fidence to thefe Talkers, will never want sftrthPatriotj^- ^ '^"• r.E s. S-ncluo- uJv.. ■ vi ?>yii^AiLY Journal. [ 8 ] PiitphW iiyiu are. Says the Ori- ginal-; a Libctty- df Exprcflion , which -the Trarflator dares not venture. Yet, however always vehement, and fometimes eloquent againft Peniioners, the right ho- niourable Perfon was never, in his Heart, an Enemy to Penfioni. . Witne& a Letter, ilill in Being, to a noble Dulte, and ^ated fomc fivie years ago, foliciting his Graced Intereft with his latd Majefty for a Penfion. Secret Hi5torv,"~ ^^i\ . .. ' : And Peeragi. Why was this meft Itonourable Part of the Reward f^rgoMfn by the Writer of this Letter ? Yet with regard to this Barony of Chatham j which 18 to defcend to his Pofterity, what a nc^It Difregard hath he fiiewn for the Pricle ttnd Vanity of Titles, by giving them to 'hiia Lady and Son ? Gewgaws fit for Wbineii and Children ; while he himfelf contiti^es « Commoner, and one of the Pttjpli'; while be holds his Seat among their' ^t^ prefentatives* TRAN31.Anr^lU [ 9 ] T(fwarH him and thi Cnwl The Commons of Grctt Britain, by thdr*Re^- prefentativcs [ '7 [ Thde, Sir, are the Sentimenis, zealous and fervent, [ 10 ] 1 believe of the City, I am fure of your Servant, and moft obedient &:c, NOTES. prcfcntativcs in Parliament aflcmbled, are the Crew, fuppofed to be on board this ancient Type of the Common-wealth. But what Par: will our Minifter a^ on board this imaginaxy Veficl ? Will he, who his refigncd his Employment from motives of Honour and Confcicnce ; will he fit down in fileot Approbation of publick Meafures, or will he, with his own dif his Country demands his AfTiftance, he wrll fland forth in her Defence, A motley Kind of Eloquence indeed, between the fervile Compliances of a penfioned Cour- tier, and the patriot Spirit of a Tribune of the People. The Translator. 'he Uivcs J END of the Second LETTER. F General If' I!!' General Reflexions upon thefe LETTERS. NEITHER in the Petulance of attempting to be a Wit, nor for the poor Rcnoivn (>f being fmart, nor j^t to vindicate, as may pofTibly be fufpeded, my Reafon by my Rifibility, did I afilimc the Tone and Air of Plcafantry. The right honourable Pcrfon has made his Appeal to the Publick, and every Individual of tliat Publick is au- thorifcd to deliver his Sentiments upon it, in his own Manner, ac- cording to the Alcafure of his knowledge, his Abilities and Under- ftanding. For my own Part, I was determined to try tlie Gen- tleman's Condudt by every Kind of Proof, even by that of Ridicule. If he finks under this Proof, which is generally allowed to be no mean Teft of Truth, his Reiignatlon is blameable ; and then it is of little Importance, by what Forms of Trial he flands condemned. If he can fland this Procefs, he will come forth from it, like Gold from the Furnace, brighter and purer, and heavier. Some Exprefiions in thefe Papers may poffibly be taxed with too much Levety, and others charged with too much Severit}^ ; yet when, in the firfl of thefe Letters, whoever withdraws his good Opinion from the right honourable Perfon is rated for a Credtilifyy weak as in- juriouSf I prefume in common Senfe he means unjuft ; when, in the fecond Letter, all, who differ from the Writer's Sentiments, are frankly called Fools and Knaves, furely fuch Coarfenefs of ExpreiTxon will juflify all Kinds of Language in return. I DO not make any over-earnefl Profeffions of my own Impartiality, I do not think myfelf exempted from that common Lot of all human Under- too m le re "•>' ii '[•»9 ] Underftandlngs, the being placed between Reafon and Paflion ; be- tween Prejudice and Impartiality. I greatly fear, that our Frietids are not always impartial; I truly believe, that our Enemies arc not always malignant. I CONFESS, I did not Imagine this extraordinary Rcfignation was an Objed of fuch -prefcnt Importance, or that it would probably be produdive of fuch future Confcquences, either Good or Evil, as to require any mighty fiolemniry in the manner of treating it; and per- haps the fcjllowing Retlcxions may convince my Readeis, it was not for want of many a ferlous Argument, that I have chofen thofe of Rail- lery and Ridicule. But here let mc be permitted to lay before the Publick iomc Circumftances concerning it, of which they have not been yet informed, and upon which they may with abfolute Cer- tainty rely. When the right honourable Gentleman entered into Miniftry, he found every thing yielding to his Ambition. The late King, whofe Love for his nativ- Country may juftly be numbered among his Vir- tues, muft have certainly been highly fatisfied with a MInirter, who fo largely gratified his favourite Pailion : who poured forth the Blood iind Treafurcs of Great Britain into Hanover, with a Profuflon, which no other Minirter durft have ventured, or mnft have ventured at the Hazard of his. Head. Such were the EfFedls of that Influence, which he had gained over the People, by repeated ProfefTions of his Zeal for their Service ; as if their Intereils were not united with thofe of the other great Members of the State, or as if they could, even in Idea, be feparatcd from thofe of tlie Sovereign, His Majefty's Ser- vants in Council filcntly acquiefccd, nor would I willingly it impute to them p I ■■•■ hi' ti^ them as a Crime, In this continental Prodigality. Every part of Ad- miniilration concurred in a Compliance with hk Directions ; I am ^fhamed to fay , in an imphcite Obedience to his Commands. Fleets were equipped ; Regiments were raifed, Expeditions appointed, and the Treafury gave forth its Millions to his Order. t Thus did he exercife a Kind of Defpotifm, unknown to the Con- iHtution, and deftrur, and commerce Hoftilitlcs againf: a friendly Nation, without alking a Sa- tisfaction for any fuppofed Infults, a Redrefs of Injuries, or even an Explanation of Grievances. The Laws of Nature and Nations ; the Obligations of Treaties ; the common Senfe of Equity and ReafoA equally difclaim a Proceeding, fo violent, fo unjuft. But what have the Spaniards already dotie to provoke the Gentle-' man*s Indignation, and juftify his RefentnK^nt ? He neither urged any f><;rticular Inftancc of their Partiality to the French; nor any new Vio- lations of our long-contefted Rights to cutting Logwood, nor evei^ their Injuftice with rcgr.rd to the Antigallican and her Prize, which, befides fome other Indignities, he temperately endured through the whole :M : [ '6 ] It is the peculiar Excellence of this Conftltation, that the Powers of Government are divided among the three Eftatcs of which it is compofed. Should any one of dicfc EAates become poflcfild of more than its proper fhare of Power, the Conftituiion, with all its BleiTmgs of Relioion, Liberty and Property, is inflantly difftilved. The King becomes a Tyrant, the Houfe of Lords an Ariflocracy, and the People a Democracy. Shall one Man therefore, a iimple Citizen, dare to af- fum.e to himfelf all the different Powers of Government ? Shall he pre- fumc te make War and Peace ? Shall he raife Armies, fit out Fleets, plan Expeditions, and lavifli away the publick Treafure, under this new-invented Title, a guiding Minifler. The very Claim of fuch a Power is an infolent Outrage to the Laws and Conftitution and Liberty of our Country. If any one Man were capable of executing fuch a Power, yet (I fpeak with all poilible Reverence and Refped) never fhould it be intruded, no, not for a Moment to any one Man, even to THE BEST OF Sovereigns. 1 1-' among the great Lines of this Gentleman's Conduct, he determin- ed never to join in any Meafure, which he was not allowed to guide ; or, in fomewhat modefter Language, if he refolved to reiign, when- ever he was unable to convince the other Members of the Council, of the Wifdona, the Juitice, or Utilit)^ of the Meafures he propofed, per- mit me to alk, what muft be the Confequence, if every otiier Alember, (and his equal Right, I preilime, will not be denied) fhould take the fame Refolution ? In vain will his Majelly call together a Number of his Servants for ' ..ir Advice in Matters of Doubt and Importance, if each of them in h. '^urn, may withdraw himfelf from his Duty to: his Country, if mdeed any fuch Duty be acknowledged, whenever his Opinion is contradicted . I ^7 ] -1UT it feems the right honourable Perfon Is not difabled by his Re- fignation, from offering his opinion to his Majejiy, his Parliament and his Council, with as much Freedom, and with more weight, than he could have had, had he retained the Seals of his Office, Condudt of a right honourable Perfon, ^c. Page 3. In what manner he wiH exert his Abilities, or fhew forth his Zeal for his Country, and his inviolable Attachment to the Interefts of the People, he probably has not yet de- termined. Perhaps, he will endeavour to convince the Houfe of Com- mons, that he is endowed with fome peculiar Spirit, fome certain fuperior Inftindt, fitted for planning a.id executing all the great Mea- fures of Government. But I truly hold it of little Importance to the State of the Nation, whether he fits in the filence of his Penfion, or rifcs, in the Spleen of difappointed Ambition, a futile Declaimer againfl the Meafures of Government. lin- ide; kn- of >er- -r, the of if lis i-itii FINIS. X [us