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 •*- whofc hands the adminiftration of Go- 
 vernnient is placed, naturally become the objedls 
 of public attention; and in times of national 
 calamity, thofe who are fuppofed to be endowed 
 wi:h luperior abilities^ are particularly called 
 tipon to exert thofe abilities, in order to remedy 
 paft, or prcTcnt future misfortunes* Trouble- 
 fome (however honourable) as this diftin6lioii 
 may be to individuals, the public hath a righi 
 to make it } and your Lofdfhip's colleagues in 
 office, canAoti I prefiimCj reafonably be offended^ 
 if^ upon this ground^ one of that public chufes 
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 •)<! Thus much I thought neceflary to premife, in 
 order to afllgn my reafon for troubling your 
 Lonilhip, in preference to any other of 
 the King's Minilkrs, though, perhaps, I may 
 be thought premature in my dccifnn, confi- 
 dering the recent appointmcrnt (happily con'- 
 tri\rd to prevent jealoufiesj of a Scotch and 
 Irilh fecietary ol fta^e, together with a new Pre- 
 fident of the Council, who, indeed, is EngliQi,. 
 and confcquently, as far as the cafual circum- 
 ftance of birth can avail, poflcfled of one quali- 
 ! fication at kail in common with your Lord- 
 
 I have, in fhort, my Lord, taken the liberty- of 
 
 addrelTing the fcllowing lines to You, tho* 
 
 . your Lordftiip may, perhaps, think them below. 
 
 your notice, and conceive they might with more 
 
 . propriety have been thrown by,, amidft the 
 
 ; Qth.er rubbilh of the Cabinet, under the aufpices 
 
 „ of Lord G G .or his Lord drip's not 
 
 unfucccfsful competitor for ^biic odium, the 
 
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 y ■ Government, my.Lord,. in a country like 
 
 ,j»; ours, lies open toathoufand miifreprefentations:— 
 
 X where each man has a right to comment upon 
 
 it, freedom will now and then degenerate intq 
 
 liccntioulncfs i and carekfs and unthinking 
 
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 people will jmpute thofc evils -to Government 
 itfclf, .which oiight only to be attributed to the 
 had adminiftration ot it. But great care ihould 
 be taken to make a due ditlinLtion between the 
 thing itfclf, and the management of it : the 
 difference is eficntial : the molt ialutary medi- 
 cine in the hands of ignorance, may 4)rave as fa- 
 tal as the mod noxious poitbn : the beft govern- 
 menr, ill adminiftered, may become deftruc- 
 tive, and produce every millhicf it was infti- 
 tuied to prevent. '^ ''^' .^i- Mm in^rni^c} buu. 
 
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 ' How far this caution may be neceflary, or in 
 any degree applicable to the Hate and temper 
 of the prcfent times, nuill be left to your Lord- 
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 Convinced, however, as I am, that diflenfions 
 in the Cabinet muft neceffarily produce thofe 
 -evils I have juft alluded to ; and that a weak 
 and pufillanimous miniftry, ftill more enfeebled 
 by the late feceffion, t»ljrow a difgrace upon 
 Government itfelf — I .call upon your Lordlhip 
 to ftand forth at this critical junflure, to repair 
 the blunders of your-colleagues:; and, by a due 
 exertion of that manly fpirit you poficia, to 
 fcftorc dignity to Governmenr, and confidence 
 in that Government to the nation at large. 
 
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 The epithets weak unci pufillanimous, which I 
 hav^e applied to the niinidry, may appear harlli.— 
 Are they ill founded ? Could any but an adn>i- 
 niftration of that defcription, fupported by great 
 majorities in parliament, fuppoftd to enjoy in 
 the higheft degree the confidence of their Sove- 
 reign, have reduced the empire to it's prcfenc 
 melancholy (though, I trull, not dcfpcrate) fitu- 
 ation ? From fuch an adminiftraiion alone, could 
 repeated afllftance have continually met with re- 
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 Could any but fuch an adminidration, with 
 the grant of repeated aids to the fuHefl extent 
 of their demands, have had nothing in return 
 to produce, year after year, but repeated apo- 
 logies for repeated difappointmcnts and milcar- 
 
 k is but a poor confixlatio», my Lord, to ro- 
 fied, that thofc evils which now furround us, 
 are to be attributed to this or that particular fet 
 of men ; all naturally wiib to throw the weight 
 ot cenfure off their own ihoulders ; and ieem to 
 think the juftification. of their own re^flive 
 pai^tics, an object of more momentous concern^ 
 than the weU beings I had almoft faid, the very 
 cxiftence of the ftatc. ? 
 
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 '*• This complaint againft parties, however jufi, 
 js common lo the very nature of them, and may 
 be traced up to vSatan, the firft head of a party 
 we read of ; as indeed he was ihe firlt great per- 
 fohage whore dirmiflion is recorded in hiftory. 
 t'rom him and his followers, much of that 
 ipiric cf party which has fo long difgraccd 
 both (ides of the queftion, fcems to have beeq 
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 I fhall trouble your Lordfhip no farther upoti 
 ]5arty in general, than by recalling to your re- 
 membrance one finglc fcntencc from Lord Bo- 
 lingbrokc's DilTertation on Parties, Letter L 
 " It is time that all who defire to be cftccmetl 
 good men, and to procure the peace, the ftrength, 
 ai]d the glory of their country, by the onfy 
 means by which they can be procured effcdu- 
 ally, fhould jom their efforts to heal our narj- 
 onal divifians, and to change the narrow fpirtc 
 of party into a diffufive fpirit of public benevo- 
 Jence." I fhall prefumc, however, fofar to cont- 
 inent upon the noble aiichor, as to interpret /l'^ 
 ofily mions^ h as to imply the difmiiTion of 
 three of the preient Minifi:ers from their refpcc- 
 tivc offices. This advice, my Lord, violent as it 
 may appear, is founded upon the following md* 
 tives : '' •' '' ' ' '1 ''".^ti to tpfi3iJ!.*i? 
 
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 Firft, The abfolute ncceflity for an eflential 
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 Secondly, The cha'rafters of tlicfe tni€e Mini- 
 «crs, fo far as they arc conncfled with, or can 
 •jnflucnce their public capacity or conduct. ' 
 
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 It is, I believe, univerfally allowed, that no 
 prince ever mounted the throne with To fair a 
 ^rofpeA (rf" a glorjous and happy reign, as his 
 prefent Miyefty did, when the government de^ 
 volved upon him in the year 1760. A fcrics of 
 ^rcat and brilliant fuccofTes, during iht war, in 
 aU quarters of die globe, had carried the nation 
 to a degree of importance, unknown in the rhoit 
 'brilliant periods of our hiftofy j and when the 
 good old King was gathered from vs, he laid 
 , -down his venerable head, not fuller of ye^rs 
 jchan honour. Conqueft continued to f6)Ibw the 
 .BritiA arms J and, as jomething ^ilt \vas 
 wanting to complete our triumph, Spain was 
 induced by France to join her quarrel, and to 
 "(Coniribute her ftiare ot trophies, to decorate the 
 throne of the young Brttilh monarch. ^'•^"-■^\ 
 
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 fhip with the merits or demerits of that treafy*- 
 but ftiair only obfcrvc, that when Peace dii 
 come, (he appeared nnaccompanied with thofe 
 BlelTinss her almod condant attendants. Inftead 
 of Concord, Fadion ftalked foremoft in her trainb- 
 and fc^tce were our hoftlle exertions terminated, 
 when internal divificns, domefbic feuds> arofiry 
 and fpread their baneful influence thro* every 
 part of the Empire. Under thcfe inaufpicious 
 appearances, amidft the threatening clouds which- 
 darkened alnioft every part of the political ho*^ 
 rizon, it ilili was fun (bine over head ; the quiet 
 and difpaffionate looked lip to government, and 
 called upon thofe in whofe hands the admini- 
 J titration of it was depofited, in order to di^el 
 the grovving tempeft, and reftore ferenity to t|je 
 ^troubled Iky. How were thefe expeftations an- 
 gered ? Every former idea of gpvernmtnt 
 ieemed already obfolete, and no new plan appeared 
 tobcform'd in lieu of them ; the only ground upon 
 \ ^hich the minifters feeined agreed to proceed, 
 , %SLS tojaft in direft oppolition to every meafure 
 ^,,,pf the late reign-, and, as if furfcited with the re- 
 peated benefits arifing from that fyftem, to 
 adopt a condu6t as diiibnant from it in it's na- 
 ,,ti|rc, as it has fmce been found diametrically 
 } .,^(ppoU,re to. It in it's effedls. I. fhort, niylord, 
 j^h« hiftory of the then admimftratidn' might be 
 
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 ^ijr miftakcn for thtt of" the prcfcnt, and wifl 
 alifci iaiffbrd to irfi'parfial pbftef itf ' thh^'ijpbrei^ 
 either for amurement t5>r inftfudtoni fliSn k klhi 
 of political chads, d cabinet ^f'ft^s and^ 
 patches i #irK this rfiScr^hcc hoWew, th3'dirl!& ^ 
 berations of the former, wcrt \li i irianSc^ 'corj* * 
 fined to dom«ftic"watWs5'- tKdfe'o?'^^^^ 'a*%!i 
 have been di fvi£ted 'to iMtt ^^tftnfi ve ' an# moifc 
 
 important objc^s j but. In the refutt/ they per|* |" 
 fedily agree j their cdhfbitatibns ecjualty fktal to' .^ 
 the c6unti*)r, baive ended in nothmg,' Dut^euner ' 
 afelcfs, ill-timed exertion, or misjudge^ uhlii* 
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 l1»e iiiterVal however/ between thcfe iiwso adi , 
 minireraidons, mould not be paflcaovcr witiv* ^ 
 out fome notice. In the year 1765, 9n Admml* 
 firation was formed under the unmeaiate, ^iXm . 
 Ibices of a Prince of the blood, whofc chara^cr- x 
 jndei>€B^aiit of his higli birtH>, fiirnilhed the ,.^ 
 moft ritafohabte hope, that every caiifc of cbni* • 
 j^laint 'Woald Be done away, ami th? Kj^ ?^^ i 
 pear 1 the moft ipleirdid fituatmn a Kingcaa' 
 sppear* in, enthroned in the hearts of his fiibie^s* 
 Tins agreeable profpofl: was ftill bcighttHQd' by j. 
 the Btuatmn of thoie ,^no compoied tlie tJKjii \ 
 Adininifttat*9" • '"^^f^^ ijicVfirft prppfifty,J|A,j,^ 
 the 'kingdom, ffaunch friends C9. t!?5j ..!*i^^?^g,^i, 
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 famtfy, an4 poffefling ^«^//V confidence ;— fomc* t^ 
 thing however, ftUl was wafiting to give Wcighf , 
 to their me^luFes, or ercn pernuinency to ':hcir 
 (itudtion* Their Patron died in the06lober^, 
 following-^tbey majr be faid in a political lenfri 
 to haVe iihgeced on till thp next fummer, and 
 then ejtpired. The fhort duration of this admi- 
 hidratlon^/aiKi the grounds upon which they^^^ 
 jdid, and meant to have aftcd, will give it th«^ | 
 tfir of* ^ paitnthfcfii in the hiftory of the Re gn. ;^^ 
 
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 Art acfbflniftrition Which Was called Lord; ^ 
 iChatham's, Was the next in rotation ; but, whe- 
 ther owing tb the bad health of that great man, . 
 ftr to what caule 1 know not, it appears as if he: . 
 h^d lent his name to them^ and nothing elfe; it 
 was not very long before he quitted them ; an<t' ' 
 foon afttr, feveral oF the members of the pr«- 
 fenf^ were infinuated into that adminiftratioh ' 
 they foori overpowered the remaining few^ whomt 
 I may call original members^ and boldly (pet^^ 
 hapS raflily^ fct up for thcmfelvcs. '-... • *" ^ 
 
 Tht American war broke out i how that war^ - , 
 lias been condu<5led ; what Alliances have bcch" 
 fornix to counterbalance the hoftile deliizhs of. 
 pur net^hoours, now Ingued with our rcvoltcfll* 
 €olonit^ what* ftcps were taken to prevent the 
 
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 junction of the combittfed ficit iMwba^ic,ifer9,f^' 
 been given to our European enemies, to arm and. 
 adt ftgainA us ^the public wrlt^ l;h0fie,e'^r|ong 
 be informed of. If thefe are not-fufficicDt to' 
 dcftroy the leaft confidence in our ,pref«;r?t .minU 
 ftry, I would call your liordfbip's ^tfe^tioo ta 
 Ireland — it is not the laymg ajfewrpapc^f pf Jna-; 
 ports and exports before the two .liqiiie;, thaC 
 will fatisfy the Parliament, or the pitoplp pf thi«^ 
 country, in regard to the ftaee of kelandw Noy 
 mtnifter^ have IhamefuHy nrgledied U^e n^utual 
 irttereds of both Kingdoms ; .and wil^ I trufVj, 
 be made to anfwer for it. It isuot the paltryr 
 ^bterftige of the MiniJltr of this, or that parity 
 cular department, upon which -die blame lies^ 
 ^Eiying, he afled with the confcic of the reft o| 
 the cabinet, that is to .fotisfy public enquiry* 
 Thewholft'cabinef i^relponfiblerami if one indiv 
 vidual ikreens himfelf behind his xAlleagpesy 
 the accufa;tion mud be general, ia ordar to.cbmc 
 at the truth.— 'If the me^furesof the King's fcr- 
 vants have been fuch, astojuflify the making 
 the ab6ve enijuiryi is it prudent or f^fe to pur- 
 fucthem farthet? the dear bougiit e:|peirifncc 
 bf live melanchi^y y earl, is a fuC&f i<;ajc an- 
 SWer to the queftion. Or can v;e entertain any 
 ivell grounded hope, that thofe men, who have 
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 thereby brought us to the very brink of ruin, 
 merit any longer the public confidence ? A brief 
 jlketchof their refpedivticharoiSers will, I think, 
 /lilly fatisfyus in that particular. 
 
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 from his %oation, naturaMy prefents himfelf 
 the firft to our confiijeratipn'. Though his 
 Lordlhi{>'4!ainooi:, I think, lay any ciainj to the 
 fhara^er of a* great miqiiler^ he certainly is en- 
 titled to th«tof agood rpan; and viewed in ^ 
 domeftk lights it is not ^att^ry to^ look upon 
 lum as equalled by fevy, excelled by none : and 
 iwhether we confidsr hm, ia the capacity of a 
 ift Father, 5on,'Hufband, or Friend, it would be 
 d)etra(5tion not to pronoutrce him, an exemplary 
 <:harader« Few people ca^i boaft a greater (hare of 
 that kind of pkafantry which fets thf tabl? in a 
 roar, and ferves to enliven ^rpixverfatipn. Tho' 
 certainly nottobereckoncdanioagpyrfxrft wits, he 
 po^efies an Infinite fufid of humpur^ which now 
 and then, indeed, (hews, itfelf in improper pla- 
 iift% and during the.^od important deliberations. 
 IJ/^ certainl)[ i^ a moft excellent companion, and 
 ^0* htt Tallies are always liycly^dj^afppointr 
 td, I never knew. hirh accufed of fj^ying an ill 
 matured thing. The qualities of his heart have 
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 long as good intentions, joined lo prpbity andrui*^ 
 intfgrityi remain refpeciable among mankind, his n 
 Lordfliip never cian want an Advocate. ,^ oj awotiA 
 
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 tunate for his country, had ifate prdained hiav td <* >' 
 have lived in lefs buftling times> or tohaye co- -jih 
 operated with fome great and adive iTjinift<jr,.>jjfe 
 Under the direflion of the late Earl of' Chatham, ,>>.!> 
 when in the full vigour of his abilities, Lord i-^b 
 N — -h might have pVoved no defpicable mi-:;liL^ 
 nifter ; but his Lordfliip never poflefled that de-;;or> 
 grcc cither of difcermcnt or aftivity To eflfentiaU )vh 
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 . iridplciic^, my Lord, confidered 33 a quality'i^jn 
 
 in iridividuals, may be paflTed over ?iinjipid% \x\ti'.n 
 
 niinitfers it becomes criminal ; they have the pub- ii^t5{ 
 
 lie welfare to anfWcr for. Indolence in them may I 
 
 equally permit the moft fatal, or prevent the -^ M 
 
 mofl.^ faliJtary meafures from being Carried into :> 
 
 executipp i and it is of little importance to the 
 
 nation, whether a minifter poffcfles the beftor^^ 
 
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 jnd61cncci h^s b'^icn the charaftcriftic of L — •— d 
 Jsl — *4-Uh»s'^*dminiftration, is a truth too well 
 known to yoiM-'Lordlhip toriccd any arguments* 
 in fupporcot it. Andlurely, my Lord, in timC3,. 
 like tHeleV when the moft vigourous mcafurcs," 
 rcfuUing fr^tti manly and decifive councils, 
 are abfohnely ' ncceflary to cfiable us to itrugglc 
 againft the' complicated mifchicf that furrounda • 
 us, indolence is guilt, and the public intereft '. 
 demands it Ihould no longer be permuted to „• 
 diferace our councils. The nation h^s an un« * 
 doubted right to cxpeft effential fcrvice— an aq? 
 tive line of Gondu^ in thofe, to whom it's moft ; 
 important rights and intereits are qon6c)ed % and ^* 
 no private conftderation oughp to ju^ify publig^ 
 negleft. The motives which induced Lewis XIV* 
 to the difinilTion of M. de Chaimellart are not 
 inapplicable to our prefent fubjcdl-— La caufc d!t ' 
 la difgrace de M. de Chamellart, (lays the 
 Marihal dc Berwick in his memoirs) venoit dU'^^^ 
 dechainemcnt * de tout le monde contre lui, de 
 hdf.ifs Hi It.* ' mariierc 
 
 * The general tenor of this palTage appearing to the author*4"r> '«?>'' 
 idea, fo conibnant to the prefent political' fituation of the nol^ile, , ;) 
 Lord, it was thought improppr to alter an/ expre/non in it, 
 •therwife he would have fubftituted a lefs harfli expreiUon in lieut ipf 
 decbainennent, which cannot with propriety be applied in the 
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 des affaires nc crut pasr dcvbir Ic maintenir en 
 place pkis long temps, malgre Ifamiue > perfoiv- 
 elle qu*il avoit pour lui. MiAViK ayouAr jqq*i). 
 ^oit un bon bomme qui avoit de trcs, ,biQj[i;?^s^ inr 
 tensions mais il avoic fi pt^u de genieqjU'il eft 
 econnant comment k Roi avoic pu, le choifu' 
 pour miniftre c^ do moins le girder (; long 
 temps an hazard ju toiK cjui ^ r^venoi^ jom- 
 ftelUment a fes affture^trnj i^nq -ivfirl ,5) t,f,y ^^jy^ ' 
 
 "- This defcripcion of the French miniftcr in 
 ^^709, to my idea, ^orrefponds {o> muc^ with that 
 of the Englilh minifter feventy years, alterwarxls, 
 (hat I could not help troubling your Lord^ip 
 Hyith a recital of it. ' ,^^y 
 
 I (hall now leave this noble Lord with this 
 Ihort farewell—! think his removal nece0ary for 
 ihe public iervice : but however I may diAike 
 the Minifter, 1 cannot bu; eftecm the Man. 
 
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 ^'i^/\., . . ,y^ fo far as is ncceiTary for the prefent 
 ,-5 •purp<^e, may be compri:icd in a very fmall 
 \ eompafs, re being in alrnoft every one refpeft 
 
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 TO^la? c?V<lomtfanfee of this noble Lord, whicli 
 
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 Xno fmall defe^l:, by the by, in a great political 
 
 charader) that is^ his pofitively aiTerting fat^U in 
 
 One rtfTioh; which his Lordlhip as (Ircnuoud^ 
 
 dehies irt ahothef. This, with other fimilar cIjt- 
 
 cUmilrance^, all, vvithout doubt, arifing from the 
 
 fame caufe, have produced one difagrceable ef- 
 
 fedl-^an almoft univcrfal want of confidence irt 
 
 'his L— — p*s integrity. Were further particu* 
 
 'lars ncceflary, I would refer your Lordlhip to the 
 
 whole fleet of England, but flatter myfdf nor 
 
 ^^Aew argunr>ent is wanting to prove, that the re- 
 
 teovftl of this miniiler is devoutly to be wlihed. 
 
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 * *— t, prefents the 1 aft, t ho* by no means the 
 
 * leaft fubjea: for difcuffion. The hiftofy of thia 
 Perfon would furnifli matter to fupply a V-olumey 
 ^ere it nccefiaryj from the finglc conflderation 
 
 ^ of a man cruftied (as one Ihould have thotight) 
 ^'beneath a load of ignominy, daring to offer, 
 ^* or being fufFcred to intrude hi mfelf uppn the 
 ; nation in a great public character, Ppfterit/ 
 *^ will fcarcely credit the faft ; nay the reeit;^ ,al- 
 "'^linoft daggers the faith of thofe who have been 
 *5 eye witnefles to it, and muft to no inconfiderabie 
 •egrce have fur prized the noble Lord hinfclf, ;! 
 
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 jfivS\ him noblr,for by i;>/i» he is &).jf ^»S;n[|cpjpr^ 
 ^retains the leaft ;r^cc of cerCj^ii^ jim:|^Q:^p^cs 
 ■ wHich happened at a ycfy c;^rl^^,{jgp|j^ j^j^^hc 
 prefcnt reign. His Lordihip wilj ^^a i^ njQ^ jn^^H 
 (iifiiciilty, be his abilities wh^it ^Iieyma^,^jCa. ac- 
 count for his owri pfdmouoo. If .^fkevi ^y him- 
 fclf, it was a prjof o/ unprecea^iitcq wj^akncfs ; 
 jf recommended by others, let ihern Be anfwcrabfc 
 for it, if living •, accurfcd be their (hetnory, \i 
 now no more. In eichtrr cafe, it was a ditji^aclc 
 upon every foldier, every indiYi^^ai man of 
 honour m the kingdom \ a llur c^ft upon tne 
 facred memory of tlie deceafed Monarch,. ^ncl an 
 inlult upoA the Fiior.c. However notorioUg 
 fiis Lordfliip's prdumptlon or ms anrtbfilp/h 
 jmight be, ihofc abilities wiiich he h^s been fup. 
 {jpfed to polTcfs, one fhould have thougjii Mignt 
 have produced a n^odtrratc fKure of cbmmpn 
 Ichfe i this however does not appear to have been 
 tTiecate •, fur fuppcfing him to have had the fmal- 
 Icd portion of it, he muft have remained coi'i- 
 tehtedwith his late fituation — affluent ?n his ci^•* 
 cuir.ftances, he found himfclf beyond the reach of 
 
 ' want: H:s behavour at M- n, tho* froiti it's 
 
 ^ cnqrmpus crinimaiiry not to be rprgqr, HVas, 
 ' though geherally, yet humanely rqmehiib'ei-'ed* ' 
 
 Had his Lordfliip remained quiet," the'IengJh 
 
 '. of^me which h^d elapfcd, joined to the hOtrj'a- 
 
 (nity,. that envied charb^erlftic, of the'natiSn, 
 
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 '■^i^hiiffHatii i)f Ws days in in^oYt trariquU, quicc 
 ^' feal^, ^tttlin' hii linfoftunat^ cdhduft could ever 
 "''HkVi'afloMJtaiimi tbriatrcri^imrcirwith the hopes 
 
 . ', iifixlJc,r\inc\(i^. I muli call him unforciiate, for 
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 *' ;Wi''8iiM'rV who ha received him their 
 
 '. colteaeiie, are furely in that refpeft culpable i To 
 
 ;ko a certain oeKree are all thole who have fup- 
 
 ^ported^ Misy^ry of which he was a member, 
 
 ivrhcther in parliament or ellewhere. To this 
 
 ^icharge, my l^ctfd, I, as an individual, plead guilty. 
 
 No matter in what fphere of life I move— The 
 
 pnjy excufe, I can make to my own confcierice, is 
 
 J^he reputation of the great political abilities I had 
 
 ' ^ard aferibed to him— abilities, which c6bfi- 
 
 .Bering the fituation we were in, I tholighC ilii^ht 
 
 "ijuftify an appointment, which, in regifdi to 
 
 ^^eyery other cpnfideration, I could not but abhor. 
 
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 ^ fruits of his Lordfliip's councils Wflj fully 
 \$%ph\n how far my expe£lati6ns have been an- 
 'JAvfrtd^ Jt. fliall now, my Lord, beg leaVe to 
 *«f4^| this difagrceable fubjt^a, with Only obfcrv- 
 jM^th^tthi^ Lord is furely the moft ftHking, 
 jjfi not the only example, of the (iaii fctfon 
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 having, at two furh remote periods^ and in fuch 
 different lines, brought, or a^ leaft (q amply 
 contributed to bring, difgrace upon his Country. 
 I believe, indeed, no other country yfooUi have 
 fuffered the experiment to have been tried a 
 fecond time, by employing a perfon under (imi^ 
 lar difadvantages — at the former period he could 
 not efTeA it further than perfonalty to himielf. 
 Pray Heaven his t^fForts of the fame fort, may 
 not at the latter meet with a more geiteral 
 fuccefs 1 '■\:9wv<i •?lofl3 ^btJflqqcliift 
 
 Such, my Lord, are the chara^ers of three 
 of the leading Cabinet Minifters : and are thefe 
 men of fo peculiar a nature as to derive confi- 
 dence from ill fuccefs^ or to demand fupport in 
 return for difappolntment f They thcmfelves can- 
 not, I (hould think, reproach with any degree 
 of juftice, thofe who have hitherto fupported 
 them, and who now withdraw their fupport 
 from them. Great numbers in both houfes, who 
 have hitherto voted with them, a^ed^ I iruft, 
 upon fair and honourable principles, Parliament 
 could no further be concerned than in judging 
 of the pradicability, expediency* or proprie^ of 
 certain meafures. The moment iuch meafujrea ob- 
 tained the fandtionpf parliamentary approbatipp, 
 it. became incumbent on the executive power 
 
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 to carry rhcm into execution. Every aflidance 
 the naiiM could bcftow, mmiften have received : 
 noR only heavy taxes have been patiently fub- 
 rrviticd to by the public, but individuals have 
 contributed their private fortunes to an enor- 
 mous amount. In a word, no Adminiftration, I 
 believe, ever received a greater degree of fup- 
 p6rt, both from parliament and people, than 
 tlie prtfertt have experienced •, and, therefore, 
 that Adminiftration mud incur the blame, of 
 either having fhamefully neglected, or grofsly 
 mifapplied, thofe powers wherewith they were 
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 '^'' I know it has been, and I take for granted will 
 be urged in favour of Miniflers, that they have 
 been continually thwarted in their plans by the 
 artful machinations of oppofition, not only by ill 
 judged or fcditious principles publickly avowed, 
 butlikewife by the fecret practices of difappointed 
 ^^fncin. For argument fake, I will fuppofe this 
 "^dflertion to be proved, and upon that fingle 
 gi'ound (hall bring a more ferious charge than 
 aiiy I have yet proved againit them» 
 
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 ^^ f lilicinlhat o/ having, from an unpardonable 
 
 "degree of pulillanimicy, fufiered their perfonal 
 
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 p)nn% of Government. Frdiij their dwrt'diDid'coiiN* 
 niVAOce they become PaTtnets in ik^jgtiiik i^nh 
 iik\i oinly diiFcrencc, the tiriminiality ^f the*dthei*i 
 way be fuppofcd to fprih^ frohtW fouiteftscy' 
 quently prodmflive of ^ood as ii^cl^' ar Bad'idf-H 
 fefts— I mean ambition ; while thtfl^sean'alohtf 
 be derived from that moll comtet>tiblt of 
 caufej, Tin^idiiy/-'^'^ ner; ,^noiB io^fb lurb moil 
 
 "'Were a (Iranger, who knew nothmg of ouf 
 
 country but it's language, to be introduced mtb' 
 
 QlUr houies of Parliament during the courfe 6f 
 
 thte debate, he would imagin« himfclf jprcfcht ar 
 
 the t>!eading of a moft extraordinary caufe 5 and 
 
 from a fort oiT technical language commbh to all 
 
 forties, would infer, that the Minority, and every 
 
 ifldtvidual out of doors, were Fi:"ntiffs againft 
 
 the K-^.^, and the majority Defendants, His^ 
 
 ^ConjeAurc would furcly be excufablev for 
 
 rhiiei this hiat of debate is fibred to carry 
 
 jjeoplt away froiib the immediate objeft Of 
 
 diffcbiiion, and to become little better than the 
 
 ^dli^e of pbrfonal invtdive, the ftranger can- 
 
 /not be expedi:i?d to form any favourable idea^ bf 
 
 eithier branch of our legiflattu-e in particul^, or 
 
 iC^ eRit'cbnftituuon in gencraK 
 
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 To a want of caution in ibme of oup fifft/cha- 
 h^crs^ I mud attribute a fatal idea entertained 
 
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by too jnany, of k^uru^ mtctefts in the K^ng and 
 p^plc An}i4eai, I am convincfd, doc Icfs uncofi* 
 ilitptiiQn;^Ui|(it^ principle, than da'^gcfous in fi'ft 
 tpOiclciwy^o^TKeir caufCi » one, their diftrefs qt 
 pfpfpfrie^ isi.itttiuual i bound by the I'an^ lawp, 
 the prefer vation and o&fervance of tho2e laws is 
 
 % duty t^VtaHx ''^^^"^^"^ ^'^ ^^^^ both > and* 
 from their efftdt alone, can the Sovereign, or th« 
 meaneft fubjedt in his dominions, derive fecurity. 
 The King'3 miniliers. are not- only to be conB- 
 ulered as fervants of the Crown» but as fervants of 
 the People I cQnfcquently^ their political^ cha'- 
 raster jfequii^es them to a^ confidently with thaC 
 duty they owe the public ; the executive part «f 
 government naturally falls to their lot; afld>^ 
 in the admini^ration of it, if they (ufl^r them- 
 felves to be imtmidated by any man, or let of 
 men, they beaay their cruft. 
 
 Thi§ pica, my Lord, (true orfalfe, I know not) 
 which they have brought againft their opponents^ 
 being the c^niy one I have heard urged by the 
 fritn^ls of Adminiftration, in excufe for theirap- 
 parent want of conduft or ability, I thought me- 
 rited fomc notice ; and to their own ady6c9|tfvl 
 hiuft afcrtbe the origin of my kft chafgp ag^inft^ 
 them. 
 
 
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 I have now, my Lord, troubled your Lord-' 
 (hip with thofc r^^fgmj^ which, Jjayc; , .^opviAycd, 
 me that a change i^ requifite,, aad;,h9ye pQJnt^^ 
 out to yr.u thofc Mi|iiftcr$ whofc wwjf^ljfppi;^^ 
 to me cflentially neceffary to th^ puj^jjc .\ye^<^r!(ri> 
 1 beg leave now to addrefs myfejf! iWiit;, p^fi;i-«, 
 cularly to your LordlHip, not only Mpocf Uiofq 
 grounds I mentioned in the beginning j:^f my let^T 
 ter, but from motives of jiftill more perfonal 
 nature. ,^^nj^j^^ ^^j j^^j \ Y!iviX'>B one ?.t^imnh 
 
 ^/Xhe moment, my Lord, you, were by 
 your Sovereign intruded with the cujl^ody of 
 the preat Seal of England, your Lord(hip*s 
 acHoQ^lcdged abilities, and manly coodu^, 
 b|9^h in your Profefiional and Senatorial capa- 
 city, joined to your new Htuation in the 
 Cabinet, prefented you to public view agreat 
 political charaden Every individual, who wiflied 
 well tp Government, rejoiced at the, appointr 
 
 to r?n.' 
 
 .,, IJnconneflcd with any party, either inxlpor^ 
 pr without, I can only anfwer for my Pffjfk 
 thoughts on the occaHon — I conceivedy^f^cj'^ni^^ 
 flattc^ipg hopes of public prolperity b^ioftJMn 
 ftored, from the opinion I entertainc4 of tyr^- o/f 
 bis Majcfty's then Miniftcrsj thinkingj||iW;P9fr 
 
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 IMfeB of great' political abilities, and of an aftivc 
 ritiriiy WH of mind— -to them and to them only 
 Itdbl^d'd^ with confidence, Ynor was I, I believe, 
 fii^gfi^ *fh riiy opinion— number?, I am certain, 
 cnteruained the fame fcntiments). From the efforts 
 of theftf tWb Mihifters, * expefted Government 
 would hive derived importance, and indolence 
 and rndecinoti have been forced to give way to 
 firmnefs and adivity. The two minifters I allude 
 to, were your Lordihip and the late Lord Prefi- 
 dent. Judge then, my Lord, how all thefe hopes 
 Were blaftcd — when I found that noble Lord 
 declare himfelf incapable of remaining longer of 
 the Cabinet, confidently with honour to himfelf, 
 or fervicc to the public— and when I heard your 
 Lordfhip, 1 believe not the very fame day, but a 
 very Ihott time after, declare as publickly, That 
 though from your office you muft be confidered 
 as refp^mfible for public meafures, you did not 
 take any part in the political bufinefs of the Ca- 
 binet, but confined yourfelf folcly to the '•-'e of 
 your Profeffion — that moment, my Lord, was the 
 laltin^Which I entertained the fmalleft degree of 
 confidence in his Majefty's Minifters — that de- 
 claration of your Lordfhip, carried cohviAiOn 
 m it, to almdfl all who heard it, of the abfolute 
 neeeffity bf^an effcncial change both of men and 
 meafiires. 
 
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 /' Idemns the idea of aAy-Rcirofpca: r ifi^sgme- 
 
 *f ral alRfftion, I muft beg leave to dfffef with 
 
 « ^im ; chough great cait fliould be <)bl<*i^M iA 
 
 ^ the conduft of it. No Retrc/lpca JirodcWing 
 
 ^*:jfrom a pecvifh or vrndidive fpirit, C^' bb l^e- 
 
 t\ ficial ; but, on the conrfary, a £o61 iiii|)^(fidrikte 
 
 < fcvifjon of pubjic rtiattagenient,' bfeci(irnhe«'tit*cr- 
 
 fary, frotp cvtry mbl'rve of jpollejr* ifid^ f&trnd 
 
 rcafoning. Juftice to thofe who are fufpcftcd 
 
 ..of mifcondud, would i'Jggcft the Jdca^ if the 
 
 •^.puhflic Mtiliiy were out of the qurftiort. 
 
 ,_,,,tilihiftcr$ may have proceeded upon wrong 
 
 ./^fouflds though from the moil Ja^dablc'teo- 
 
 a/tivcs. They may have been deceived, and- mifrer 
 
 i,> prreTeatation may have produced tlie tnoft fatal 
 
 cffirds— on the other hand, MioiUcrs may either 
 
 have been nt gligent, or criminal. At ah sventf, 
 
 a Rctrofptd will at leaft produce the goodxf- 
 
 feiS, of dirclofrng the hidden caufes of out pre* 
 
 t>:lent unhappy Htuation ; and it will be fomecon- 
 
 •folation to ihofe, under whofc Adminiftfiition.'we 
 
 are redticed to it, if they can prov<; thetn&lves 
 
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 ,^<4liH^f}< your JUordfiiip, ifi the moft earntfr, 
 ^ tj^bug^.r^^^ul manner, to contribute that 
 ~,; f(tfij|i(/,^. influence which your fcation and abi- 
 
 iitiea giy^ y^OU a fjght to demand^ tc- ..U the 
 1 gr^acMff^^ o£our pplici<:al faivacion. Your Lord- 
 
 (htpjbcjfig che only perfon in the adminiftration^ 
 ;(Who(n^Vi^y^ party fecmsto refpc^* it is from you 
 |, .^Qnc we Wtt hppc for r«?drcfs, . 
 
 >dx 'jToi^f^ift^flWiiion Joined toyouracqualn- 
 «;iis^ce with 'many nMn of the greated abilities, 
 ^naturaUfi render you a> ci>mpctent judge of the 
 tfieiitia]^ i>cnefit$^ which mult arife from the em- 
 ploying tb^rfe men in che public f<rvice. > The 
 i littnetaleii&, which, actuated by difappoinced 
 ■■ ambition, ihake government to it's centre, might 
 in a . oonCrary (icuation, render it permanent, 
 and gf ^ weight and. e^caey to it's, meafores. 
 ft is a melaocbolyi but a no hfs certain fa£b, 
 thatatttiis lament of public difficulty, your 
 ^ JliOrdlhip excepted, the cabinet is as barren in 
 s^ fOirA of abilities, as Qf property. In (hort, my 
 Lord, it affords no ground ifor hope to it's 
 Friends, nor for defpondency to it*s Enemies. 
 a Ifldeetfive in the forming, irrefolute in the exe- 
 }> iBii^ioiftof it's plans, it ia become an objed of 
 iS; ^general contempt: nor is there, I prefume, a like- 
 
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 lihood of it's retrieving the fmalleft portion of 
 it's formtr fplcndour, fo long as thofe who nov 
 dif^race it, are fufFcred to continue theren 
 
 To remove from his Majefty's councils thoft 
 Minifters, whofe weakncfs or wickcdnefs have 
 tarnifhed the honour of his Crown, and whofc 
 ineafures have brought his dominions to their 
 |)rcienfc nelaiicholy firuation ; to remedy thofe 
 evils which their Adminiftration hath given rife 
 to, and by adopting a new fyftcm to reftore the 
 national honour and public confidence, is the 
 important task I wiHi to impofe upon your 
 Lordlhip. Arduous is it may appear, let us 
 not deem it impracticable (for itt that cafe we 
 are no longer a people). Yout* Principles, my* 
 Lord| I have no doubt, incline yoU to the ge- 
 neral pro())erity : ahd when your Lordfhip con- 
 ftdcrs the prcfent fituition of tht country, you 
 cannot, furcly, i^fl-ain brte moment from ex- 
 (tyting thofe faperior talents you pf^ftcTs, in or- 
 der ta complete the glbrious work of Reforma- 
 tion, 
 
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