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Baldwin, at the Rofe in Paier-^Nofter-Rozv, M DCCLIX. li W (5) I PLAN F O R A GENERAL PEACE. TH E Frend King, with all convenient Speed, to with- draw his Forces from Camda, and from up the River Mi^J^ppi ; and thefe Countries fo evacuated, to be delivered up a nd confirmed to the B King (6) King o{Creat> Britain and his Sue- ceflbrs. For the fpecific and ready Per- formance of the above Article, the Court of France fliali admit a Bri- tiJljGmihvi ^r-^ tl- Port, Har- bour, and T - .f /v..^r, fuffici- ent, from Ti •:( T e, to de- fend the fame 3 t. d tne laid Gar- rifon fliall be fubfifted at the Ex- pence of tiie Court of France, at the Rate, and upon the Footing, of Briti/Jj Forces. And whereas, to fupport this War with France, the Brifi/Jj Na- tion hath incurred a Debt of 30,000,0001. c I (7) 30,000,000]. fterling, his BritiJIj Majefty therefore infifts, tliat his Subjeds rtiall be reimburfed the Treafure they have fo chearfuUy advanced. And whereas it is no- torious to all Europe, that the French King is utterly unable to anfwer fo great a Demand, it is therefore propofed, that Commiffaries, on the Part of Great Britain, fhall be immediately fent over to the feve- ral Ports and Dock-yards of ir^;^^^, who, together with CommifTaries appointed by the French Court, Aall make a fair and juft Eftimate of all the French Line of Battle Ships, with their proper Cannon and other naval Stores, and the real B 2 Value (8) Value of themyS afcertained; and the Ships, with their proper Can- non, Rigging, and oiher naval Stores, delivered up to the Britijh CommifTaries in the Name of the King of Great Britain^ fhall be taken and allowed in part of Pay- ment of the 30,000,0001. fterling above-mentioned, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame had been aftually paid in Specie. As for the remaining Part of the 30,000,000!. fterling, not fatisfied Dor paid by this Expedient, the FrenJj King ftiall hypothecate to his Majefty of Great Britain^ all fuch Funds as are at prefent appro- priated ■I 'I 1 (9) priated for the Eftablifliment ar J Payment of the Frc;7cA Marine, or at lead: fuch Part of the faid Funds, as fhall be fufficient to difchargc the Remainder of the 30,000,000!. fterling, within the Space of ten Years at fartheft. 1 The Fref^cj[) King, at his own Expence, fliall diredlly block up and deftroy the Harbour of Dun- kirky and demolifli its Forts and Fortifications in fo effedual a Man- ner, as this Article may never be defeated or eluded by the Eredion of any future Forts, Harbour, or Fortifications near the fame Place, or which, though at a great Dif- tance ( 'o ) tancc from the fame Place, may be conflrued to anfwer the fame End and Purpofe. i In tender Confideration of thefe Advances made by the French King towards eftablifhing \.u . Peace of Europe on a folid and permanent Foundation, his Ma- jefty of Great Britain^ on his Part, ftipulates to reftore to the French King all the valuable and impor- tant Conqucfts which the BritiJIo Forces have made in Afia^ Africay 'AxAAmerica\ his Majefty of Gr^^^if Britain likevvife ftipulates to gua- 'rantce the fame and all other Do- minions belonging to the Fr^.nch (II ) King, whether in Europe, Afia, Africa^ or America, to the utmoft Exertion of his military and naval Power. n Provided neverthelefs, and the French King expreftly declares, that at the Expiration of ten Years, or other iooner Determination, (that is to fay, when the Remainder of the 30,000,0001. fterling fhall be previoufly paid or othcrvvife fatif- fied) the BritiJJj Forces in Garri- fon at Brejl, have full Power and abfolute Authvjritj^ to difmantlc, dcmolifh, deftroy, and utterly -raze the Walls, Forts, Fortificat:^ •, 'Batteries. Out-works, Port, Har- bour, C 12) bour, and Dock yard oiBreJl, and all the Forts, Fortifications, and Batteries eredled on any of the ad- jacent I/lands, particularly on the Ifles oiAix^ Rhee, Oleron, and Bell- ip ; and the French King farther declares, that it is not his Meaning or Intent to defeat or elude this provifionai Article, by erefting any future Harbour, Port, Dock-yard, Fort, Fortrefles, Batteries, or other Out-works whatever at Breji^ or at any of the adjacent Iflands, or near the fame, or which, thouo-h at a great Diftance from the fame, may be conftrued to anfwer the fame Ends and fimilar Purpofes. And the French King farther fti- 3 pulates, ( 13 ) pulates, that on this Britijh Garri- fon evacuating the Town and Harbour of Breji, the French Troops, now at Maho7i^ fhall deli- ver up that Fortrefs, and the whole Ifland of Minorca^ to the King of Great Britain^ with all the Forti- fications, in as good Condition as they are at prefent. or or J With refpeft to the other bel- ligerant Powers invited to accede to this Treaty of Convention, it is propofed, I, That his Britijh Majefty, the Emprefs Queen, the French King, C King ( ^4 ) King of Poland, King of Prujfta, and the Landgrave of Heffe, fhall guarantee the Succeffion of the Crown of all the Rujfiasxvi the Per- fon and Family of Charles Peter Vlric, already declared Grand Duke oiRuffia, and Heir apparent of the Empire. I II. His Majefty of Great Britain, the French King, the Czarina, the King of Poland, the King of Pruf- M and the Landgrave oi Hefe, fhall guarantee to the Emprefl Queen ail the Dominions "and Eflates her Majefty now holds in Germany, I f '5 ) Germany^ Hungary^ Italy ^ the Low Countriesy or elfewhere. III. His Majefty of Great Britain^ the Emprcfs Queen, the French King, the Czarina, the King of Prufta, and the Landgrave of Hejfe, guarantee to the King of Poland the hereditary SuccefTion of the Crown oi Poland in the Family of his pre- fent Polifp Majefty, his Polifi Majefty ceding his eleftoral Dominions, Ti- tles and Eftates in Germany ^ in Man- ner hereafter mentioned ; that is to fay, all his eledoral Dominions, Ti- tles and Eftates in Germany Weft of the River Elbe, and two Miles Eaft of the faid River, to the Elcdor of C 2 Ham- ( 16 ) Bantwer and his SuccefTors ; and aJI his other eledoral Dominions and Eftates two Miles Eaft of the River Elbe, to his. Pruffian Ma- je% and his SuccefTors. The faid Guarantees to this Article farther flipulate to guarantee to the PoUfi Nobility, all their prefent Liber- ties, Privileges, and Immunities, particularly their Crown Capitula- tion, or PaSia Conventa. IV. His Majefty of Greai Britain, the Emprefs Queen, the French Kifig, the Czarina, King oi Poland, and Landg -ave of Heffe, guarantee to the King oiPruJ/]a and his Suc- cefTors, all the elcdoral Dominions and ; and | linions | 3f the ' ^Ma- 1 e laid irther P(?^ 'iber- lities, tula- 1 ench zndy itee uc- ons md ( 17 ) &nd other Eftates of the Houfe of Saxony two Miles Eaft of the River Elbe. The faid Guarantees farther ftipulate to reduce all that Coun- try called Swedijh Pomerania^ (ex- cepting the fmall Ifland of Rugen^ with its Dependances, which are to be ceded and guaranteed to the KingofGr^^/jBnV^/;^ and his Sue- ceflbrs) to Prujftan Subjedion, ei- ther by Treaty, Purchafe, or other- wife ; his Prujfmn Majefty, on his Part, ceding to the Landgrave of Heffe^ and his Succeffors, all the Territory of Silefm and the County oi Glatz^ and farther ceding to the Eledlor of Hanover and his Suc- ceffors, all his Dominions, Terri- tories and Eftates Weft of the Ri- ver 'I ;« (I. C i8) ver Elhe, and one EngU(h Mile Eaft of the fame River, wherefo- ever fituate or difperfed, and held by his Pruftan Majefty in Sove- ragnty, in Fief, by Treaty, Titu- larity, in Poffeffion, Reverfion, or otherwife. The Eledor of Ha- ««;^r ftipulating, on his Part, to pay to the King of Prujfta, or his Succefibrs, the Sum of 20o,oooI. for fix fijcceeding Years by way of Equivalent, and totally exonera- ting fuch Part of the Saxon elec- toral Territories, Eftates, and Re- venues, as lye two Englijh Miles Eaft of the River Elbe, from any Claim or Demand the Ekftor of Hanmer may have on the fame by Virtue i I I ( 19 ) Virtue of a Mortgage not yet fa- tisfied or releafed, and by which it appears, that the Ehaor of Saxofiy hypothecated certain of his Eftates and Revenues for the Payment of the Intereft of one Million fteriing advanced by the Elefior of Ha- nover. % V. His Majefty of Great Britain, Emprefs Queen, Czarina, King of Poland, and King o? Pruffia, gua- rantee to the Landgrave of Heffe and Succeffors, all the Teuitory of Silefa and the County oiGlatz, and farther undertake to raife him tc the eleaoral Dignity, by the Style and (>" (20) and Title of Eleftor of Hejfe^ Saxony^ and Arch the Czarin^i the King of Poland, the King of Prufta^ and the now Landgrave of Hejfe, undertake that the Emprefs of Germany fhall transfer the high Office of Grand Marjhall, and the high Title of Head of the Evan-^ gelical Body, from t\iQ now Eh^ot of Saxony, to the Eleftor of Hano-^ ver ; the Eledor of Hanover, on his Part, ceding the high Office of Arch-Treafurer to the now Land- grave oiHeJfe. RefeBions on this PLAN. Great Britain entered into this prefent War with two Views 5 the D one* -'# ( 22 ) one, to afcertain the Boundaries of mrth America ; the other, to re- duce the maritime Power of iv-^^,^^, which began to be a Terror to all Europe. Both thefe Points are gained ; the Boundaries and Safety of North America are effeftually aitertained, and the Naval Force of France no longer threatens the Deftruaion of Europe. •M France, by having va% over- trained her Power, has reduced her Finances to fo low an Ebb, that xlie has no way of recruiting them, but by reforming one half of her Military, and totally ftrik- ing off her naval Expences, and endea- rics of to re- "^ancCj to all i V- are '■1 Jafety ually 1 ''orce f s the J ver- iced :bb, ring liaJf ik- ■ uid - ea- ( 23 ) endeavouring to recover her AmC" rkatiy African^ and Aftar.ck Com- merce ; all which great Benefits and Bleflings this Plan propofes. As to the Houfe of Au/lria, it is a known Fadl that her Preten- fiohs to Silefia are very flender, not to fay wholly unjuftifiable. But the Proximity of that dangerous Neighbour the King of Prtijfm^ made the Emprefs Queen willing to wreft fo great an Acquifition from the Pruftan Monarch at all Events. By this Plan here pro- pofed, the Proximity of the King of Prujfta is intercepted, and the Territories oi Silefia and Glatz put D 2 under ( 24 ) under the Subjedlion of a Sovereign who can neither give Umbrage to the King oiPruffia, nor Jealoufv to the Emprefs Queen. I The Czarina is herfelf perfon- a% i-npLed in the Guarantee of the Succcffion of the Ruffian Do- nimionsir. the Family of the Grand D'.ke. Perhaps this was the only Caufe that induced her J?^^^; Ma. jefty into the Alliance with the Emprefs Queen. France, and the _KingofP./w. For her Enmity, Jf any fhe has againft the King of Prufra, muil vanifh the Moment that Monarch becomes a Guarau, tee to her Imperial I je%. The Plan ■ s ,1 .«! ^^1? o^ ( 25 ) Plan before us, has every one of thefe great Objeds diftindly in View. The King of Po/anc/, from the Situation and Weaknefs of his elec- toral Dominions, was aluays liable to be a P-e}' and a Prifoaer to the King of Pruj^a. By the Plan here propofed, he is honourably extri- cated from fo difagreeabJe a Situa- tion, and his Crown, which was merely eledive before, is made he reditary in his Family. THEKingofPr/^^ may, in- deed, with fome Reluftance, cede the whole Territory of ^/,/^, and the County of G/a^^, to the Land- pravp • A* - ( 26 ) grave; but he will, on mature Ponderation, reflea, that the Houfe of Aujiria would m\ cr have per- mitted him long to enjoy the peace- able Polleffion of thofe Dominions, and that the Alternative were much more agreeable to his Pruffian Ma- jefcy's Intereft that they ftould be under the Subjcdion of the Land- grave of Hejfe, than under the Do- minion of the Emprefs Queen. Again, as to his Prufftan MajeA ty's ceding all his Territories, Ti- tles, Claims, and Eftates lying Weft of the River Elbe, aud alfo two Miles Eafl of the fame River, cer- tainly his Majefty has no Rcafon to complain, lince by adding all the Saxon tnature Houfe e per- peace- inions, much n Ma- ild be Land- eDo- ^een. /fajeA , Ti. Weft ) two cer- 3n to Ithe axon ( 27 ) Saxon eledloral Dominions and o- ther Eftates within two Miles Eaft of the River Elbe^ making alfo the farther Acquifition of all the S-uoe- dijij Po?nerama^ excepting the fmall Ifland of Rugen with its Depen- dencies, his Majefty not only gains a greater Territory, but a Terri- tory Hkewife that is wholly com- paft, and confequently renders him more refpedlable : Yet as if thefe Terms might not be deemed an Equivalent, his Majefty will re- ceive, for fix Years certain, the an- nual Sum of 2oo,oool. agreeable to the Purport of my Plan. With refpcd to the Landgrave of Hejfe^ he will not only exchange a fmall ^ n (28) a fmall precarious Territory fot one much larger and much more fecure, but be invefted with the eledoral Dignity and high Office of Arch-Treafurer; fo that in every Refpedl: his Condition will be much better'd, and confequent- ly will have no Objedtion to this Plan. Lastly, the ElecSor o( Ham- ver having, in confcquence of this Plan of Partition, the whole elec- toral Territories, Titles, Claims, and Eftates of the Houfe of Saxony Weft of the River Elbe, and two Miles Eaft of the fame River ; like- wife the whole electoral Territo- ries, f ( ^9 ) ries, Titles, Claims and Eftates o£ the Houfe of Brandenburgh Weft of the River Elbe^ and two Miles Eaft of the fame, in conjunftion alfo with the Territories of Hejfe Cajel^ the County of Ha?iau^ and other Eftates belonging to the Landgrave of HeJfe Weft of the River Elk ; the Eledor of Ham- 'Ver^ I fay, will become as power- ful a Potentate as any in Germany^ and be a proper Balance between the two great Houfes oi Aujlria and Prujfta. The Proteftant Intereft in Germany will be greatly benefited by this Acceflion of Strength to the Houfe of Hanover:^ for the Hanoverian Eledor being appoint- E ed ( 30 ) ed Head of '^e Evangelic Body in the Place of ihe prefent King of Poland^ the proteftant Members will have a proteftant Head to condudl their religious Affairs, whereas at prefent they are con- dnded by a Roman Catholic in the Perfon of the King of Poland. And farther, the Eledor of Hanover having, as I propofe, the Office of Grand Marflial, the Proteftants, on the Demife of their Emperor, will have a Proteftant Vicar of the Empire ; whereas at prefent both the Vicars are Roman Catholics^ which certainly is by no Means a reafonable Diftribii^ion of Power, but rather favouring of re- ligious ">»* Body in King of lembers Jead to Afiairs, re con- CathoUc ^ing of Eledor )ropofe, lal, the of their oteftant "reas at Rommt s by no Li^ion of g of re- ligious f 31 ) ligious Defpotifm and Tyranny;, and calls aloud for immediate Re- drefs. The Houfe of Hanover being thus aggrandifed, will be of Angu- lar Advantage to the Elecftor Pala- tine^ the three ecclefiaftical Elec- tors, and all the German Princes and lefler Sovereigns bordering on the Rhine and Mofelle ; fince they will be freed from thofe mortifying and humiliating Demands, or ra- ther Commands, fo frequently made by the French Court for her Troops to have a free Paflage thro' their r^fpedive Dominions: De- mands equally dangerous to grant E 2 or I I 32 ) or to refufe : Demands to which their Dominions will fcarcely ever be expofed hereafter, fince the Fre72ch King will be more follici- tous to maintain his own Territo- ries in Germany^ than defirous of encroaching on the Territories of the neighbouring Princes. The Aggrandifement of the Houfe of Hanover^ wall likewife apparently coincide with the true. Intereft of the Seven United Pro- vinces : For had the French Forces conquered the eleftoral Dominions of Hanover^ the Dutchies of Cleves and Upper Guelderlandy together with the Territory of Eaft Frieze- I land^ ( 33 ) landy as mod glaringly was their Intention, the Eftates of the Unit- ed Provinces muft neceflarily, and in a very fliort Time, have fallen a Sacrifice to the enormous Ambi- tion of the Houfe of Bourbon^ and become a Province of Frame. Lastly, the Aggrandifement of the Houfe of Hanover in Ger- many^ will be a Meafure greatly advantageous to the Kingdom of Great Britain, For that Electo- rate only became chargeable and expenfive to Great Britain^ by rea- fon that its Territories were too fmall, or too much difperfed, and by reafon alfo that it could not, of itfelf, ( 34) itfelf, maintain a fufficient Force to refift the continual Incurfions and implacable Hatred of the Houfe of Bourbon, Happily all thefe Evils are removed by the Plan here propofed, the Elector being by thefe Meafures enabled to keep up an Army in Time of Peace of fifty Thoufand ftrong, and double that Number in Time of War ; fo that this Ele borate will never more be in the difagreeable Situation of afk- ing Afliftance from Great Britain, Methods to enforce this PLAN. The King of Great Britain^ juft and reafonable in all his Tranfac- tions, chufes rather to enforce thefe Terms ( 35 ) Terms of Peace by gentle Means, than by open Force. How necef- fary and how advantageous a Mea- fure it is for all the Belligerant Powers to accede to thefe Propofals, will appear from the following Confiderations. With refped: to France ; was (he to refufe acceding to this Trea- ty, the King of Great Britain^ by continuing to diveft her of her lu- crative Colonies and Settlements, by continuing to ruin her Com- merce, and deftroying her naval Force, might, in a few Months, render her Poverty and Debility fo vifible to his Sardinian Majefty, that (3*) that that Monarch would want no great Inducements to perfwade him to augment his Dominions at the Expence of France. Prob^^bly a bare Promife from his Britifh Majefty to guarantee to the King of Sardinia and his Succeflbrs fuch Pro/inces as he (hall conquer from France^ might be an Argument powerful enough to prevail on that Monarch to begin Hoftilities in fo effedual a Manner, as to convince the Court of France that his Sar^ dinian Majefty can refent at a pro- per Opportunity, and has not for- got the Infalt oiFered to his Domi- nions, by forcibly refcuing out of them a Subjedl of France^ contrary ( 37 ) to the known Laws of all civilized Nations. With rcCpcA to the Emprefs Queen, the rnoft effedual and the moft expeditious Method to con- vince the Court of Fkma that it was her Intereft to accede to this Treaty, would be diredtly (on a Refufal to fubfcribe to it) to fend half a Dozen Ships of the Line, with ten or iweke thoufand Tran- fports, to lay fiege to the Town of Leghorn, and other Parts of .he Grand Duke of rufcany\ Domi- nions. An Attack fo unexpeded, would occafion a fudden and pow- erful Diverfion from the main Body F of ( 38 ) of the Emprcfs Queen's Army, and inftantly flop up one of the prin- cipal Sources from which the Court of Vienna regularly draws fiich large Supplies in Money, amount- ing annually to more than half a Million fterling. 'J he Acqiiifition of fo fine a Country, and fo conve- nient a Port, were an Objed highly worthy the Attention of the Bri- tifi Miniftry, more efpecially as we have not, lince the Lofs of Af/- 7wrca^ any one Port in the Medi- terranean for the Protection of our Levantine Trade ; nor is the Con- queft of Leghorn either fo difficult or fo diftant, as at firft Sight it may appear to be. Probably the Flo- renWies Ji I (39) rentims thcmfelvcs, vvlio are not yet thoroughly liabituated to the German Yoke, would voluntarily '•'nd readily yield up the City of Le^hor?t and its Port fo the BriiJj7j Flag, provided the King of Great Britain would erea the reft of the Grand Dutchy of Tufca?!y into a free and independant Republic, and guarantee the fame againft all the Powers of Europe. With refped to the Czarina, in cafe Ihe refulcs to accede to this Treaty, it will be no difficult Mat- ter to convince her Miniftry how little they underftand, or at leaft how little they confider, the true F 2 lutereft ( 40 ) Interefl: of her Czarifh Majefty and that of her Subjedls. For imme- diately upon Notification of fuch Refufalj the King oi Great Britain might, and ought, to break off all Connedions of Friendfliip and Commerce with the Rujftan Court, and make an Offer of that Friend- fhip and that Commerce to ano- ther Power in the North, who would receive it with open Arms, and who, it is well known, can fupply Great Britaiit with all the Commodides which Rtijfta now furniilies : Befidcs, a Commerce with this Northern Power, would be confiderably more beneficial to Great Britain^ as it would be wholly ( 41 ) wholly carried on by Brifi/h Shin- ing only. A Stroke of this Kind, and Co fuddenly given, would effec- tually flop up the principal Source from whence her Czarifli Majefly derives all that Wealth, which is the primum Mobile that fets all her Armies in motion, and enables them to march into, and fubjiji in, fo- reign Countries. This Rupture alfo would eventually introduce in- to the Baltic a Britijl} Fleet, and happily (if not for all Europe, yet at leaft for all the northern Pow- ers) cruHi, in its Infancy, the na- val and commercial Force oiRuJfta. We come now to his Majefty of Poland^ who, fhould he clamoroufly refufe (42 ) refufe to accede to this Treaty, might, neverthelefs, be filenced very eafily, and in a very fhort Time. For when he perceived that the King of G7^eat Britain had not only cancelled his Alliance with RuJJiaj but had alfo propofed, for certain political Confiderations, to eftablifli a commercial Tariff with the Republic of Polai^d^ (a Com- merce equally beneficial to our oood Ally the King oi PrufmJ his Polijh Majefty, I fay, would foon be con- vinced, that he held the Crown of Poland by as precarious a Tenure, as he before had held his German Dominions. Thus, (43 ) Thus, as to all the bclligcrant Powers, who may be prefumed to have the jeaft Shadow of a Pre- tence for not acceding to this Trea- ty, we have examined and weighed their Objedlions ; and to induce or inforce fo truly Chriftian and falu- tary a Meafure as that of the gene- ral Peace of Europe^ we have pro- pofed only lach Means, and ufed only fuch Arguments, as are efta- bliihed, we hope, on the Princi- ples of Humanity, Equity, and found Politics. There is another Power, which, altho' no Principal in this War, will, I forefee, neceffarily be in- cluded ( 44 ) eluded in this Treaty; I mean the States General : But we cannot rea- fonably exped: any Unwillingnefs, on their Part, in forwarding fo great and fo good a V/ork, fince the Peace of Etfrope generally co- incides with the Intereft of the United Provinces. Befides, his BritiJJj Majefcy always has it in his Power to oblige them to accede to this Treaty, if not by gentle, at leaft by coercive Meafures; and thofe Meafure3 very near at Hand, and attended with no Danger and Expence ; for it is only fending five or fix Ships of the Line to the Coaft of Shetla72d in the Month of Jidy^ and the King of Great Bri- taifiy I ft r i^ { w { 45 ) /^/W, in the Space of half an Hour, avails himfelf of the Shipping, amounting to a thoufand Veffels, employ'd by the Duici in their Herring Fifliery; which, befides the Capture of 14,000 as good Marines as any in the known World, would be an immediate Lofs to the States General of two Millions fter- ling. A Lofs they could never hope to retrieve ; a Lofs too, which at the fame Time that it annihi- lated the very Exiftence of them as , a commercial Nation, would evi- dently throw ^'nto the commercial Scale of Grea^ Britain the very confiderable Weight of one Million fterling annually. G Latsly, (46 ) Lastly, it might be intimated to the State of Venice, that their fupplying the Court o{ Vienna with very large Sums of Money aniino Bellum-gerendiy was a Meafure not confident with the Charadler of a neutral Power, fince there is no DiiFerence, in the EffeB^ between fupplying an Enemy with military Stores, or with the Means of pro- curing fuch Stores. If that other-- wife refpeftable Republic fhall think this Diftindion too finely Ipun, his BritiJJj Majefty may fend Sir Ed- ward Haivk as his Ambaflador in- to the Adriatic^ whofe Abilities in deciding and bringing to a ipeedy Ifliie all maritime Contefts, are fuf- ficiendy i (47 ) ficiently known to all the Courts of Europe. I \ Nothing remains now but to carry this Treaty into Execution ; for which Purpofe, fome capital City muft previoufly be appointed for holding a Congrefs ; and indif- putably, the Congrefs ought, for many Reafons, to be held either at London or at Hanover. CONCLUSION. Our Britijh Statefmen have not hitherto been entitled to any Com- pliments on account of their Abi- lities and Skill in Treaty- making ; on the contrary, thofe two infamous Trea- (48) Treaties of Utrecht and Aix-lu" Chapelle alarm, and but too juftly, all the thinking and reafoning Part of this Nation with Apprehenfion, that as wicked a Treaty may pofli- bly be huddled up at the Conclu- fion of this prefent War. To avoid fo National a Difgrace, was the In- tent of my propoling the Plan here offered. But to bring about a Peace that fliould be honourable to Great Britain^ and at the fame Time, in fbme Meafure, palatable to the dif- ferent Interefts of the beliigerant Powers, I found myfelf under the Neceflity of forming a new Syftem of Politics, eftablifhing a new Bal- lance of Power, and ftriking out new Lights by which our Miniftry might ( 49 ) might perfpicuoufly fee the ftupcn- dous Weight and Power of Great Britain, both in its own Bafis, and in its relative Connexions, when exerted in a proper Degree, and at a propcj Opportunity, Little Ideas are infeparably an- nexed to little Minds j to fuch, in- deed, this Plan will appear of too gigantic a Size, and of too exten- Tive a Dimenfion, to be brought within the narrow Compafs of their Turn and Mode of Thinking. But great Ideas, and great Objeds, only ought to fill the Minds and occupy the Attention of a Britifi Statefnian. For this Rcafon, I have ventured ( 50 )' ventured to publifli thefe political Hints and Rcfledions, and flatter myfelf that my Labours will not be totally unacceptable to my King and my native Country. Stnjford RoiVy Dec. 9, 1759' FINIS. \ Tt"' ' , *