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<&^ '^ I ^j .m ;•. "t •^- vy '.■• ri > i tiA '? -. / c -* w' c ^>M-SJ»f. ■*. jr< .--^ .>i« .■•«■» -.F^ ^)« -v •^~ -O? . . . '■i LET T E R To His Grace the D of N- -E O N i I The Duty he owes himfelf, his King, hi. Country and his God, AT THIS IMPORTANT MOMENT.? LONDON: Printed for J. Morgan, in Pater-iwfier Row. MDCCLVIL f *-- i A T % .4 . V* I - -i f ,K •)K* I • « I «s^^^^ ^^ji ^§%, ^'^ji vissi'-ygy I 1 6¥s»«\ 1 1 L E T T E R I To His Grace the D— of N— — E. c. ■ I illll ' ( My Lord, ' ' -■ ' ' ■■■ SWf'Vfe^^^'^H^H E following Letter does not % ^ T wait upon Your Grace to in- Jjl^ 3r% ^^^^^ Favours, or to increafe i«Lt^^''%j5 tne Incence of your Adula- tion, too much of which, it is apprehend- ed, has been already offered to your Shrine; it takes its Origin from honeft Motives, and means to fpeak Truth ; it is founded on the Defire of ferving jc?:/, if you pleafe, and my Country, whether it pleafe >'c>z/, or not. Without entering into an intimate Difquifition of your Ad— — — n, it can fcarce be denied, but that it has been at- tended with ijielancholy Confequenccs to W this ■ "a 1^ ^ I ii this People ; the Treaties concluded in it have fhewn neither Knowledge in the In- tcrefts of E?igland, of Europe^ nor of Hu- man Kind ; it has been attended with end- lefs Expence, and incredible Increafe of Debts, during unfuccefsful Wars, unre- trieved in Times of perfedt Tranquility : In Domeftic Tranfadtions Affairs have been equally unhappy; former P ts have been bought by Money, and fold for the fame Commodity ; Trade has declined. Religion decayed, univerfal Corruption, and Profligacy of Manners, prevailed over al- moil: all Ranks of People; Men, .a Scan- dal to Religion, have been exalted to the Mitre ; Men, a Curfe to Human Nature, have held the hiij;heft Seats in the Law; the Natives are become Proftitutes, and have loft their former Spirit; Merit has been depreffed, and Virtue unrewarded ; the Nation has been exhaufted, almoft en- flaved, and a general Contempt for Rng^ land^ her Politics, and Powers, has taken Place of Efteem in the Minds of all the Kings and Potentates of Europf. This ( 3 ) i This even your Friends ar^ obliged to acknowledge ; and the whole Argument which they offer, to palliate the coining of thofe Evils at this peculiar Time is, that they took their Rife from the fingular Na- ture of Affairs which then exifted, inevita- ble Circumftances of the Times ftrangely concurring to produce fuch Events, when Your Grace entered upon the Ad n ^ and that the prefent calamitous Views of Things is nothing more than the Confe- quence of that Rottennefs and Diffolutioa which have naturally attended all political as well as material Bodies, unaccompa-^ nied with any Inclination in you to in- duce or haften the Approach of that Ruin which now flares us in the Face, and haunts the public Apprehenfion, ' n ,c is My Sentiments, my Lord, though they by no Means tally with thofe of your Abet- tors juft mentioned, I mean not, at this Time, to bring before you, nor the Pe^^- p!e, nor affign any Reafons for this Diffe- B 5> rence t i< f ' ( 4 ) rcnce in Opinion from your Friends, but haflen to explain the true Caule of prefent- ing Your Grace with this Epiftlc. . i » --• .f Whether it be true, or falfe, that the Conditions of the Times, and Laws of Nature, unaflifted by your Grace, have brought us to our prefent depreffed and contemptible Situation ; certain it is, they now offer You an Occafion of reinftating, in a great Meafure, the Advantages we have loft, and of regaining by a proper Intervention, a Reputation and Charadler which have been too long declining in the popular Opinion of this Realm, and all others ; a Happinefs which feldom attends the Retirement or Difmiffion of M-- — rs, whofe Conduft has forbidden their being Favourites of their Fellow Subjedls. This Opportunity of regaining and efta- bliftiing Applaufe, and even Efteem, is at- tended with no Difficulty in carrying into A^^ipn, it relates not to making new Trea- .. : ' tie? (5) ties, diffolving old j fitting out, or dcftin- ing Expeditions by Land or Sea ; it is not to recover Minorcdy or even preferve Ameri" ^tf, much lefs to perfuadeyou once more to become the Atlas of the State, and return to the Condudt of National Tranfaftions : It is a Bufinefs to w^hich you are equal j and if you are of upright Heart, which you cannot refufe, it muji confer Honour on lourfelf^ and Succefs to Tour Country, if rightly put in Execution, and may bring Ruin to both, if you decline appearing in the Caufe. In. (hort, it is Virtue which loudly fummons you to this Undertaking and the Seduftion of Vice can only fafci- nate and withhold you from it. What I mean, My Lord, is the pre- ferving the Conftitution of the Realm an Objed: of more Importance to thif People and your Succeffors than the Ac quijition or Lofs of any Territories upori the Globe. ThI ) The Abrogation of our Rights and Pri- 1. jrvileges contained in the Bill of Rights ,: and Aft of Settlement, by the enabling fobfequent Laws is too manifeft to be de- i nied> and is a fhameful Reproach on all who declare themfelves the Friends of the Revolution, becaufe by thofe abrogating Afts they have undone what they ap- prove, and whilft they pretend to be Lov- '■ . crs of Liberty reftored, are fixing that ar- bitrary Power which yames was exiled ' fqr attempting to bring upon us. * If Your Grace, in the Sunbeams of Power, has been heated on to contri- ; bute to the ripening thofe Evils : In the "Shade of cooler Hours and grey Hairs, it is your Duty to remove them, and re- inftate the Conftitution. This the honeft Part of England expedls from your Hands. It would be unpardonable in me to fuf- peit Your Grace is not convinced that this this exhauftcd Nation has already done too much for ungrateful G^rwj/?i. During Half a Century we have been fighting the Battles of H r and paying the Troops of that Ele te for combating in Defence of their and their Prince's Dominions ; an Inftance which no Time nor Hiftory has yet afforded to the World. The Ele — r during thefe Seafons of War, againft and in Defence of his Dominions, has been growing immenfely rich, even by Means *6f Hoftilities, which in general impoverifli all other States : He has faved his El — — al Revenues by not paying his Armies, which in Time of Peace he was obliged to, and this Nation has been almoft beggar 'd by finding Money to maintain and pay not only the El al Troops, which were waging War for their own Territo- ries, but endlefs other Mercenary G ns, and our c^/? Soldiery to the Bargain. Thus War has been the Harveft-Home of all thofe Princes Hirelings in their own De- fence 1 1 I 1 V I fence and Prefer vation, and the Source of I Dearth and Poverty to England only. i Thus H r enrich'd has faved Twen- ty Millions Sterling, in fighting for her- : felf, whilfl we have incurred a Debt of .... v.- ', Fifty Millions, perhaps even the whole i Ninety- four, to fuftain her Caufe and un- .do ourfelves. Such are the Effects of our ^Alliances, fuch have been our Auxilia- 1; Ties, who indeed in one Senfe have greatly aflifted us, in getting rid of our Treafure ; and wafting E — /— /J Blood iu G n Service. . , . •» ( . 1 ', . V \ ' I My Lord, h6wever extenfive you may jconceive your Duty to be towards your i -Prince, permit me to fay it is infinitely jmorc towards your Country, let your De- fire to fupport him be ever fo ardent and intenfe, it ought ftill to be inferior to that of fupporting the Conftitution which con- tains his Majefty and the whole People. The mod auguft Cafar on, the Globe, when '(9) ivhen King of thoFe Realtils, makes but .i third Part of the Gbvernment of this Land,- t ■ 4 J . ,\ , , 1 «r No King can juftly claim an Obligation on the. Servants of the Public to afl: in Favour of him and agalnft the Interefts of the People, nor can a M' ^;; ; r - comply with fuch Requefts without vici^ating thp public Truft and deferving condign Pa- jiiihment ^ ihould an E fi M . • r t then at any Time in Coniplaifance to an Elcftor of H-t; — r — r bring Ruiu upoa this People, would he not merit every De- gree of Torture pradlifed on J3amien the Affaffin, for at the fanie Time betraying the King of thofe once refpedted Realms^ and his Subjefts to the Intrigues and In- terefts of a petty P-^— e of GerrHkny. My Lord, I would gladly know if it is liot the Duty o^f every M ^^ ""■» r m B?2g^ land H> have eternally -t)#for€ his Eye^, that thd King of Gd^f B-^-^-^n: and Eleftor of H r are ftill as feparate '»! ;/.,. Q Powers ! •i i' ■ 'i i. I ■ ■f-i i i! f. i i |i « I < It '■\ ( 10) Powers as if they were not united under one individual Man ? Is he not indilpen- fibly obliged forever to confider them in that Light in conducing all national Tran- fadions ? Can Union of Perfon make an Union of Power according to this Con- ftitution, can it ever make a Union of In- terefts ? Much lefs can it oblige this King- dom to be fubverted in Defence of that Eledlorate, and in this Way I am warrant- ed to think, from the very A(3: of Settle- ment which pofitively pronounces : " That " in Cafe the Crown and Imperial Dig- " nity of this Realm (hall hereafter come " to any Perfon, not being a Native of *« this Kingdom of England ^ this Nation " be not obliged to engage in any War ** for the Defence of any Dominions or " Territories which do not belong to the ** Crown of England without the Con- « fent of P t/V Which P 1, by the Bill of Rights ought to be free. ; My I ( »» ) My Lord, I apprehend enriching a Prince by engaging in a War which im- poverifhes the Subjedts of this Kingdom is what comes within the Interdidlion of this Claufe. If Complaifance then may at any Time have aftuated a M " r of E d to fupport the Welfare of one to the Neglefl: and Ruin of the other, if Human Frailty and the Love of preferving Power, foftei'd by evil Counfellgrs have prevailed upon him in this Way, is it not Time to correft the Error ? If the fatal EfFeds of fuch Conduft, and the fame criminal Purfuits are ftill even in a more pernicious Degree carrying on, is it not an Obligation, indifpenfible on Your Grace, to retrieve your Country, which you have lived to fee reduced to Poverty and Con- tempt, to recall its ancient Splendor and Profperity with as much Alacrity as its E- nemies are now adling to complete itsDe- ftrudlion, to reftore the Conftitution which you have fworn to defend, and derived from your Anceftcrs, and to preferve the Advantages which God and Nature have beftowe^ ^ ( 12 ) Ircftcwcd on this Kbgdom by dividing it from Germany and the Continent* u Your Grace, I prefume will r).ot deny your Aijfent to thofe Qyeftions, I hope you are not diverted of thofe Feelings which attend the Hearts of all Men whq are true Lovers of their Country, over whofe dying Condition I am informed you sire much fubje(S to ^eep. Extend your Hand and fave that which Tears cannot affift. You cannot be infenfible to the Ap- plaufe which the Approbation of a whole Nation beftows on an Individual, of what- ever Rank, nor inattentive to the Angular Felicity which you aQW poffefs of ferve- ing, perhaps faving, your Country. ,: Men, My Lord, have been induced tp compare your Grace, with thofe who have been vour Fellow-Labourers in the Nati- on's Vineyard, and believe that their Wipe - Prefles have foamed with more Juice then your's, that their Caves are bet- ter ilock'd with Wine than thofe which belong belong to Your Grace, and that the publick Comfort has been transferred to their pri- yate Emolument. • If they are inclined to think that the huft of Power and Attempts of preferving it may have led you into fatal Miftakes, they are inclined to acquit you alfo of the Lufl pf Wealth, and being wickedly influenced by Avarice to undo your Country. If they think Your Grace has liften'd to the ruin- ous Advice of defigning Men, given to forward their Interefts, unregarding- what might be the Event of it to your Fame and Welfare : They are inclined in like Manner to believe you neither penetrated ttheir Intentions, nor forefaw the Ruin which they were haftening on : And that Affairs have proceeded to this fatal ExJ tremity, in Confequence of Caufes dif^' puifed from your Comprehenfion. In Faft,; My Lord, the World is ftrangely inclined to think well of your Heart whatever i{ may of ^owxVnderJianding. ||| Til 1 1 ' To be the lead Criminal is no fmall de- gree of Merit, and tho' Errors in Judge- ment may be a painful Refledion to Men once occupied in public Affairs, and dead- ly ;if imagined in the Condudt of an Ad- miral, yet the Defire of defeating IVrong by the Re-eftablifliment of Right, can li greatly extenuate the Cenfure which at- tends every Mif-carriage, and footh a Bo- / fm to a fweet Tranquility. Where that I Rectitude prefides which Heaven has for- bidden to be tafted by Men of wicked In- tentions, however fuperior they may be in llnteileft. Hence^ ^my Lord, it becomes ;! your Intereft, nay a Proof of Wifdom to be- lt llieve you have been fV^rmerly milguided, ji|and by indulgit^g this prevailing Inclination *ilof the Pc.-^ple 'a Favour of your Heart to f exert every Power to fave this Land from fthat Perdition which, wubin and without^ threatens its total Deftrudtion, .. i« ( '5) Mi ' It is the Remark, My Lord, of a Man who tho' by Fortune limited to the low Condition pf a Player might have fhone in the exalted Situation of a Statefman, who perhaps has exceeded all Men in the Knowledge of Mankind and the various Viciffitudes which attend our Exiftence, He fays. There is a Tide in the Affairs of Men, Which taken at the Flood, leads on to Fortune. Omitted, all the Voyage of their Life Is bound in Shallows and in Miferies : On fuch a full Sea are ycu now afloat. And you muft take the Current when it ferves^ Or clofe your Ventures^ , IvL this Situation it appears to me Your Grace is placed at Prefent, and much it behoves you to derive true Honor to your- felf, and diftribute real Service to your Country from it. Tou who have prcfidcd at the Helm whilft Calamities, like gather- ing Night on all Sides, have blackened the fair Face of this once fplemdid Kingdom. * -' PeriHit »> ;) i 1 I ir jj t b t< I: it" ha. vo: ( i6 ) Permit me, my Lord, to lay before Yoit in what the Power of prcferving this Peo- ple farther confifts, // is doing honeftly. The Duty of Man to Man in private Life, and inlfinitely more fo from an Individual to the whole Community. ' . '. ' ' ..... ! Your Grace can now no longer be un- convinced that the late unfortunate Admi- ral has fallen a Vidtim to malicious and po- pular Outrage, and the Security of his Enemies 3 the Nation is affured You can- not be unacquainted with the very Men who were iki^fole Caufe of lofing Minorca-, they are, however, inclined to acquit You from {hareing in the Purchafe which gav<5 it to the French, betrayed the Caufe of our King and Country, and ruined the Cona- t < ^" xneree of the> Mediterranean . >'"^ Whoever they are, my IU>i'cl> the Natjo^ demands them to tuftice 5 they perceive too late^ that they were deluded to facri- iic5 (, ( '7 ) ficeMr. Byngy by popular Clamour : They h^e added this Rcfentment to that which was due to then* domeftic Enemies, for the betraying their Country; and that Storm of popular Difcontent and Commo- tion, which overfet the Admiral with its Violence, is again gathering to blow with greater Fury on thofe who have plann'd and accomplifhed his, and almoft the Na-^ tion's Ruin. •; • i - ' A Compafl: to fupport fuch Men, My Lord, would be fatally to liften once more to thofe who have already led you into Error : Will it not expofe you to the Ef- feds of that Mifchief which they have per- petrated, and to that Fate which every ho^ nejt Englijhman implores the Heavens to fhower down upon them ? Will it not pre- elude you forever from that Good-nvill which your Fellow Subjeifts are inclined to afford You, and link you to Crimes of which you may not be guilty ? thefe, my J^.ord, are Objefts worthy the moft ferious Confideration, D My ( ^s ) ■u' -^1 rt4 11 My Lord, permit me to fay, no Vow to protedt fuch Men, before the Eyes of the AU-rightcous, can be obligatory; your Duty to your King, your Country, and your God oppofe it. E^jen Oathsy which ;jre taken to prcferve fuch Compadls, are broken by the very Nature of the Obliga- tion. Contrary to the Oath of Allegiance, which you have fo often fworn, and, all the firll Principles of Society and public Juilice, though you fliould inadvertently have fworn to proted: a Man in every Ac- tion, would you prefume it by conceal- ing him, fhould he turn Aflaflin, and flab ;i|: ,your Sovei:eign? Will you then offer an Afylum to thofe who have driven their Poniard to the Heart of this Conftitution, and a whole People ; and added the Blood of Innocence to the Sacrilege of ruining their Country ? My Lord, fuch Adtions would be too criminal to be pardoned, and above all Obligation of Word or Oath. ll I My My Lord, tht Nation now calls for au undilguifed Examination into the Adiorfs of theL Men, and may the CjoJ of all, ir\ Compaffion to our Mifcricj, and in Juilice jto the Iniquitous, grant this Voice may never more be flilled, 'till the Demand i$ heard and complied with. There is a Angular Circumftance whicH attends Your Lordfhip's Refignation, which feldom accompanies the M— r of the Public. A Set of Men, fafliionably di- ftinguiflied by the Name of your Friejtdsy who, advanced by your Intereft to Place, Profit, Power, and Titles, have too long', and too fhamcfully conceived that they owe a Duty to Tou^ fufyerior tc^ that which is due to their Coufitry ; thefe Men, youj:' Grace mufl: know it, Tou have Power tb" influence, though, without Tci/, Jufticb' and Truth may not. By Means of their Affiftance, a fatisfadory Enquiry may be apcomplilhcd on all who are now fufpeded III D :; t0 to have chiefy confpired their Country's Ruin. Thefe Men, fubjedl to your Di- redtion, the Nation thinks it is your Du-. ty to engage, once in their Lives at leaft, to ferve their Country, and exert every Facuhy to difcover and extirpate the Ene- mies of E»^/^W. ; , Your Grace will be pleafed to rcfleft al- fo, that fhould thofe Men,, whom the Na-- tion is convinced are her Enemies, be, in your Opinion, if not the Friends, not guilty of deftroying their Country, it then becomes an Obligation on you, for their Sakes, and for the exculpating them, to bring their Tranfadtions to a fair Enquiry. You mufl. otherwife compleat the Hiftory of your Life witli the Imputation of being equally criminal, and confcioufly guilty ^ Difquictude and Woe will be tlie infepa- rable Companions of your Days. Under fuch Conditions, the Woods of C 1 can afford no Shade, the Lawns no Ver- dure^ the Water £hall iofc its liquid Luftre, the !.• / k ■y the Flowers and Shrubs bloom in vain, and yield no Perfume j each Objeft of each Senfe be diverted of all Power of pleafing ; Retirement fhall be haunted by Remorfe, and Company infed you with Difcontent and Anxietude j every cafual Word in Dif- Gourfe, Guiky England, Ruin, and others of fimilar Signification, fhall be indued with Powers of conjuring up Horrorb to your Soul, from which You cannot fly^ and ail Nature be converted into one Con- ipiracy againfl you. Such are the Mo- ments you mufl expeft to pafs, unlefs you affift in bringing thofe to Juflice, who have undone your Country. For, certain it is, that the Man who prevents, or oppofes a Nation from fearching into the Caufes of their Ruin, willy in tlie Eye of Heaven and Earth, be deemed an Accomplice with thofe who have committed that Crime, and precluded that Heart-felt Quiet which is always, fooner or later, bartered with fmcerc AfHiition for the Power of ruling, betraying, enriching, and ennobling them- klvQ^_ and their PoUerity, With- i 1 1 I ii> ■ 1 f II i; 11 Without promoting a full Examination into the Caufes of the Miferies brought up- on us by thofe Men who have likewife fe- duced you, and well nigh fubverted the Kingdom. Without promoting the Ef- feds of Juftice, the World will conclude you alike the Enemy of your Country by Inclination, as by Error in Judgement; but in adding your Influence to the Peo- ple's Paflion after Truth and Equity, yoU have it in your Power to live with Ap- plaufc and Happinefs, and meet Death "Without Dread and Confternation j a Cir- cumftance to be envied by Kings, whofe Lives, in public and in private TranfaC- tions, have been attended with Fraud and Rapine 5 Will you then decline this Felt- city, and complete your Days in Detefta- tion, which have hitherto been paft in Contempt ? In thus endeavouring to animate Your Crace ^o permit the Breath pf Juftice to :v: unfbltJ ( 23 ) unfold the Bloffoms of Iniquity, I mean not to incite an officious Forwardnefs to re- veal all the Secrets with which you are ac- quainted, relative to our Undoing, much lefs to rcfufe, when alked, whatever may tend to the Difcovery of Truth, and the Reftoration of National Felicity. m The firft will impart the Air of an la- former, detefted by Heaven and Mankind, the other, of concealing Truth to the Pre- judice of Juftice. Stand aloof then, give your Friends and the Public, the Inqui- fitive and Honeft, full Scope to operate and difentangle the Perplexities in which we are involved, that a Path may be fair- ly opened which may lead to punifli the Guilty, who have loft Minorca, and funk the Glory of the Crown and Nation. All that is required is full Power to unravel Falfehoofi, put Juftice in Execution, and not deny the Means to fave the Nation. This every EngUJIman has a Right to de- mand, this you have the Power and Op- portunity m \ ■!»! ;-!?j portunlty of granting, and from it you cannot be excufed, without forfeiting the moft delectable of all States, Jiving and dying efteemed by your Fellow-Subjedls. . »^ >. 4 .1 I Equitable as it muft appear to Your Grace, to call to jAiftice, thdfe who have involved their Country in almoft infup- portabie Calamities. Neceflliry as it is to warn the riling Ambition of the Forward, from daring to poftpone the Nation's Welfare to their private Advantages. There are, My, Lord, befides thefe, Af- fairs of the utmofl Importance, which demand the Affiftance of all Men not dead to the Profperity of England^ and who think the Liberties which they have derived from Heaven and their Anceftors, worth Priefervation. The Difmifficn of the laft M r. and die Appreheniions of him who is to fucceed him, engage the Sentiments of all ..; Hearts, r. (25 ) Hearts, the Thoughts of all Underftand" ings and Converfation of all Tongues, the different Defigns and DIfpofitions of him ivho {las been difmifled and of him wha has been received, cannot be unknown ta Your Grace, and ought to animate yoti with the ftronge'l Dread of approaching Diffolution to this Conftitution. The Taint which has long infcded this Government feems now becoming a general Mortifica- iion, and Freedom fcems expiring on hei; Death-beid- " , ■ *" . . - .*^ ■ The true Caufes of this Change,. In like Manner you can be no Stranger to : You know that one is refolved to put nothing in Execution, which does not • tend to promote the Intereft and Honor of the Nation, and re-eftablifh her Cre- dit and Conftitution. He has nobly oppo- fed the railing Money and fending Troops to defend H r, to pillage and Iqave this kingdom undefended from her Ene- oaie§ ; He has begun to eradicate the Peft p M •i E of (26) "i\ ,i f '< i of Placemen, difappoint the Tricks of Change- Alley Jews and Money-Brokers : He has preferred the Good of England to all Confiderations of obtaining Power by depreffing his Fellow-Subjed:s» The Friend of Mercy and of Truth. The other, refolute in mifchief, deter- mined to exert every Faculty and try every Effort however pernicious to the State, to aggrandize himfclf and Family : To raife Millions to be fpent, and Armies to be flaughtered in Defence of -H" r: To leave this Land naked ^ and expofed, to rifque every defperate Attempt which can bear him in Triumph, through the Blood and over the Spoils and Ruins of his Coun- try, without remorfe or Feeling. Sangui- nary and rapacious. Thofe are the true Diftinftions which charadlerife thole Men : Who then when fuch is the Choice can delay a Moment from attempting the Re- moval of the latter ? What is deferting tlie Caufe of the laft M-~— r but re- nouncing ( 27 ) nouncing the Welfare of this Land, by leaving unfuftained all that is honeft and valuable in the Man determined to fave or fink with his Country's Freedom ? What is fupporting the Intereft of :he latter but uniting with every Inclination to undo and prevent the Power of reftore- ing this Kingdom to its wonted Felici- ty, what is it but giving up the People to the Hands of their Deftroyer ? If Your Grace fupports the firft you eftablifli the growing Opinion of a good Heart : If you decline to interfere in the Caufe of either, you manifeft an IndiiFe- rence to the Good of that Country which has given you Being, and to which you are indebted for all that is dear to Man : If you combine with the latter you at- tempt to rivet the Chains of Rnglijhmen*> The People will behold themfelves mifta- ken in their Opinion, and hold your Hea4 and Heart in one utter Abhorrence, ' ^ 'I If E 2 Added (28) Added to thefe Confiderations of a public Nature, the Manner in which he has not long fince treated Your Grace muft naturally excite an Averlion to fup- port him. My Lord, the Motives in tliis( Man to fupplant Your Grac^, are of a Nature totally diftindt from thofe in Mr* Pitt : The latter oppofed your Ad n becaufe he was convinced it was deftruc^ live to the Naticji, and not from perfonal Ill-will. The former from Hate to you, who impeded his precipitate Flight to fuc- cour H- r and ruin E d. The Mo* tives of the laft Secretary are fuch, though your Grace fhould differ in Opinion with him relpedting your own Conduft, as muft appear honeft and amiable even in your Eyes, thofe of the new Man odious in the laft Degree, becaufe equally defigned againft you and the publick Good. You muft be perfedlly convinced that the true Cauft of this Man's once refigning the Seals, proceeded from the Malice of fupplant- ' ing \ \ ( 29 ) ing you and re-eftablifhing himfelf : He had conceived that during the popular Out-cry on the Lofs of M ca^ and being deferted by him, that your natural Timidity would fliake you from the Con- dudt of the Helm : He believed in Con- fequence of this and the pernicious Con- nexions which he had made, that he mull return to Power unchecked in his De- signs of Mifchief. He concluded alfo that Mr. P///, the Friend of Englandy whofe Power of Eloquence had truly ftated the miferable Dependence which this Nation ;||| was under to the Views of H r^ and the Ruin which had and muft enfue, | could never be near the Perfon of His M- y, and at the Head of public Ad ■ — n.^ But he concluded amifs. Virtue, Integrity and Underftanding were . then deemed neceffary to affift a delude4 and miftaken - — , and fave a fink- ing Nation : And in this Manner the Ho* ^eft and Intelligent ftill perfift to think* firmly convinced that infinite Sujffering»« and (30) I f and Affliaion muft follow his Difmlflioni Reftore, reftore the Friend of Liberty and England is the univerfal Cry of all true EngUfimeny and will, My Lord, at no long Diftance, fhould this Demand be uncompli- ed with, be their univerfal Endeavour. Does Your Grace believe this People is more de- generate, more funk in Sloth and Effemi- nacy than the Gemefey who by one im- •mortal Refolution to live or die their own Matters, Ihake off the Yoke of German Sla- very. ■V! ?l !*■ Thus, My Lord, the Senfe of private Injury, added to the Convidion you muft be under, of this mw Mam's Defigns a- gainft this Country, equally unite to ani- mate your Soul to oppofe him, and fave your native Land j and, in accomplifliing his Downfal, your Friends become the Friends of Liberty and England. There Is a Phrafe, My Lord, which feems to have gained upon the Underftand- ing iv ) ing of the World, and obtained the Weight, of a felf-evident Truth, that Government mujl not be obJlruEted, And thence it has, for a long Series of Years, too generally cnfued, that every Thing has been done for every Ad n, 'till the laft, whofo Power did not extend to the making a Member of Parliament, for they were vir- tuous. Should this fallacious Phrafe pre- Vailj upon Your Grace, induce you to believe that the Word Government means the carrying on the National Affairs wrong as well as rights and that this is ferving His M — fly, will you not be miftaken in this Opinion? Can Government confift- he pimps mi- uiftgrially ( 33 ) nifterially for the Iniquitous, and feeks the Ruin of England^ and his own Exaltation ; alike in private as in public Life detcftedj without one Virtue to countervail hisVices; an Aggregate of Iniquity, which Heaven has only permitted to exift, to make Vice thoroughly deteftedi whofe Tongue, that flagrant Rag of Scurrility, can alone truly defcribe the infernal Qualifications of its Owner, becaufe only acquainted with the proper Language to exprefs his Demerits, if but one whole Hour it could refrain fron:;i lying, to fpcak Truth. * ! ' i I This Man's long Nofe Your Grace will do extremely well to keep from coming near your Wig, otherwife, like Satan at the Ear of Eve^ he may tempt you to tafte forbidden Fruit, and be expelled the Pa- radice of public Approbation, from which you are, at prefent, not forbidden to enter* !f I' i I ii F M/ I it I H I m ( :4 ) * My Lord, the vilible Connexions of that Man, againft whom it is neceflary you ap- pear, is another Caufe of Terror, and Rea- fon for exerting every Effort to oppofe him and his Meafures. I I need not tell Your Grace, that it is manifeftly your Duty to preferve the Throne in the Lineal Succeffion of the prefent Fa- mily, and feclude, with every Power, all Pretenders to the Crown. • u We have now a Prince born in Eng!andy whofe indilputed Right it is to fucceed his Grandfather, when Heaven, in Reward of his parental Affedtion to his EngliJJj Sub- jefts, fliall take him to the Manfions of Eternal Blifs. His Succeffion to thefe Realms it is the indifpenfible Obligation of every EngUJhman to preferve ^ the Duty you owe your S n at prefent, is due, in an inferior Degree to the Heir Appa- rent s and though a War with France and foreign IS le i (35 ) foreign Enemies could not have been pre- vented, you w^ill certainly refift all Proba- bility of creating Inteftine and Civil Wars, and deluging this Land v^ith its native Blood, which has already been too much lavifhed on fuch unnatural Occafions. Let me then afk Your Grace, what can fo ef- fedtually promote Civil Commotions as the. dreaded Proceedings of this new Man? Will the People fee a Subjedl born of the meaneft Parentage, nurtured in the moft luxuriant Vice, enterprizing and iniqui- tous, unattended with every Faculty to fave,' and only daring to deftroy the State^ called to the Head of publick Ad ^n ? Will he be permitted Pillageing to fupport, and Slaughtering to defend the Properties of German Princes, in the Loji of whofe Do^ minions this Nation can onlv have an Inte- reft ? My Lord, you deceive yourfelf, if you think in that Way. Difcontent is already the Confequence, and Oppofitlon muft follow; Englijhmen Fa will ^ f' .1 n : ?! will not be enflaved by the Audacity of a Man below them in Birth, Integrity, Un- derftanding, and Good-will to his Coun- try, which alone ought to prefer one Indi- vidual to another, in this Conftitution, and in Nature. My Lord, May not the Purfuits which he has already entered upon, if they ^re not defeated, prove fatal to the Lineal Sue- ceflbr of His prefent mofi gracious M — y ? May it not fill the Land with Devaftation o and Mourning ? Is he not convinced, that I daring fuddenly to effeft his Purpofes, can only fecure him in Power and Poffeffions ; that Delay muft bring Ruin on him, and on his Connexions ? What have not you, and this Country, Caufe to apprehend from fuch a turbulent and audacious Spirit ? ! My Lord, I pretend not to have penc- I trated the Motives to his AiSions lb clearly, as to fwear he intends promoting the Inte- reft; '( 37 ) reft of the Pretender to the Throne, I dread that his efFervefcent Paffions, and arrogant Nature, may terminate in produ- cing fuch Evils to this Land : Nor can I believe, though it is univerfally reported, that he conceives the Army will fupport him in his Attempts. The Military of this Realm is dom- pofed of Men who have much to lofe, and who love their Country. My Lord, will an Englijh Soldier bear Arms in Defence of a Man who is abhorred by the Heir apparent to the Crown of thofe Realms ? whofe DefrgnF are confidered as tending to alicnete the Hearts of thofe who hope better Times from the AcceC- fion of the Prince of Wales to the Throne ; and is therefore believed averfe to the Ho- nor of the Crown and Profperity of the Community ? Will Efi^llfimen, becaufe inlifted in a Millitary Service, paid by their Country, drench their Swords in l^nglij}^ Blood, to make their Fellow-Sub- je6U li 'I 11 m Mfl i n I ( 38) "M li je^s Slaves. Though the City be fur- rounded with Thoufands of armed Men, and filled with Barracks of Soldiers, the Confidence of that new Man that they will fupport a Military Government is without Foundation : The Army knows that enflaving England they enflave them- felves : That all Choice of cnlifting, or not, will be then taken away and added to the hard Condition which they now un- dergo of being bound to ferve, till ren- dered ufelefs by Age, they are difcharged to ftarve : Each will be commanded to take up Arms and dare not hefitate to obey. They muft then quit Country, Fa- mily and Friends, to fight the Battles of Foreign Princes, be fold like hireling Ger- inam^ and die to enrich the Soil by their Blood, which has already exhaufted them of their Treafure. They know the Va- lue of Liberty, and that it is the Duty of every EngUJloman to defend HisM y, this Ifland and the Territories which be- long-thereto, till they have wafted their lafl laft Drop of Blood in that Service. But they think that neither Honor nor Al- legiance oblige them to pro ted the Do- minions of Foreign Princes, which by having fo long been the Sepulchre of their Lives and Fortunes, are in reality the moil implacable and infatiate of all the Enemies of this Land. Believe me, H n and H- — — n Difcipline over their Soldiers has fixt in theBofoms of the E -Jh Army a Re- folution to be free. They have furvey d with Abhorrence Men, like themfelves, treated like Dogs, and cudgeled every Mo- ment at the Will of a petty Officer : They know this is the illiberal EfFedl of Ger^ man Siuvery, and muft be of EngUp^ if that Carfe fhall ever arrive in this Land, and Feeling the Ignominy of that State have re- folved to continue free, and preferve th^ Nation's Freedom alfo. They know their Duty to tlieir King is great, to the Con- ; flitution, and their Country greater, tbef arc ' ii ii:i| ii! ill 'il (40) arc rcfolved the Crown fliall dcfcend on the Head of the Prince of fFales, and abominate all who may think to prevent it as well as refolved to fruftrate the Intent of thofe who defign Iniquity againft this Kingdom. r- Should then a Man fiirrounded by the moft impious, profligate, and bloody- minded Men that any Age has produced iince the Confpiracy of Cataline againft his Country, fupported by the^ Neceffi- tous, whofe fole Reliance for Bread, is living on the Spoils and Plunder of the Nation, whofe only Merit is daring Mif- chief animated by Vice defpifing the God of our Religion, fearing nothing but the Lofs of Power and the Nation's Welfare, be unknowing of his Enormities entruf- ted with the public A — m n, and Your Grace and your Friends be the li- lent and unadtive Beholders of fuch Tran- fadions, what would be your Crimes •and the Peoples Miferies ? Shall Millions be ( 41 ) be levied on a People wanting Bread, and fent to that Realm, from whofe Bourn no Guinea e'er returns, in Support of H — n Slaves, at a Moment when Famine wrings the Hearts of the unhappy Natives of this Country j when Suftenance is too dear to be the Purchafe of their Labour, and even Employment wanting, which may give them that fcanty Support, when Sheep and Cattle dying daily by Difeafe, threaten every humane Heart with much approach- ing Mifery? Is it then a Time to wafte our Millions in Defence of H r, and deny ourfelves Bread ? My Lord, exert yourfelf and your Friends ; be the Patron of England and Englifimen in Diftrefs ^ let fome Part of thofe immenfe Sums which are raifed on the Labour of the Peafant and Manufa(Sur€X> be returned to their Support; let them not want that Bread which their Induftry gives this Country; refufc the Hanoverians our Treafure, and preferve a ftarving People from the Fangs gf Famine, and yourfelf from the Invcca- G tion ii'' . m i ;■ 1 II, • ii tlon of Curfes in the Mouths of thofe who perifh through Want of Suftenance, to the Juftice of which Heaven is not inclined to turn a deaf Ear. % ■ ' Is it not Time that H r open her hidden Treafure in her own Defence; iaved whilft this Land was exhaufting in her Service. Is there not fome feledted Curfe in Heaven for that Man who, unre- lenting to the Miferies of his Fellow-Sub- jeds, and inattentive to their Sufferings, denies them Breads whilft his whole Soul is fixed on fupporting G n Princes, whofe Avarice will not permit them to open their Treafures, in Protedtion of their own Pqminipns, and favourite Subjects* . '- « • . ' . ■ . My Lord, let the City of London be your example, they are thoroughly convinced of the Good done and defigned to this Nation by thofe w^ho were truly honourable and adVive in the Prefervation of their Country, and lately difmiffed from puWic Ad — — n ; ^hcy LO I to er ( 43 ) they mean to convince the Weld of this Truth, and diftinguifh Merit by public Ap- probation. This the Nation in general will follow. They are convinced of thofe Dangers which attend the Realm from the A n of the new Man -, and though they dread' his dareing, are determined to oppofe and preferve themfelves. In both thofe In- ftances is it not the Duty of Your Grace to join, and to fupport them? . My Lord, this Manciier of delivering my Sentiments to Your Grace, may probably appear extremely blunt and difgufting to you, whofe Ears have been long accuftom- ed to the Salutation of more plcafing and delulive Acrents. But will not Your Grace refled if they are hard Truths, they are necefFary and uicful^ that it would be rnibecoming in me, and mif?lit be mifchiev* ous to you, to palliate by an ill-timed De- Jicacy or deal m Apptegy for fpcnking iij I ■ <. :' !l if I (J ( 44 > ■ i*.'1 Plainnefs and Sincerity what may be the Means of faving mine, Your Grace's, and the Nation's Liberties and Properties ; De- licacy at fuch Moments is like Flattery to the Prodigal, which only h ftens his undo- ing. Nay, I am led to believe had fome- thing Analogous to this been offered to your View when M r^ and few dared to fpeak the Sentiments of their Souls^ when Men born Free^ more abjedl than the Slave of Fhilip King of Mace:.on^ dared not whifper you were a Man^ that fuch Sounds though ungrateful, would ftill have admi- Tiiftered Utility and Honor to yourfelf, and to the Common Weal. Things, My Lord, are brought to this Point Your Grace muft either live to be fa- voured by your fellow Subjefts, or muft be confidered the Objed: of their Averfion, Efteem, or Deteftation you muft chufe, for Indifference and Unconcern at fuch Junc- tures, are really deteftable, and deferve to te received in that Light. My Motives to this (45) this public Manner of conveying you the Thoughts of Men of Underftanding and Integrity, are to tell you what they think Neceffary j the Nation what it has a Right to expedt 5 that no public Encouragement may be wanting, if Your Grace fhall aft becoming an Englijhman^ and no Con- tempt be unattending your proceeding to the Ruin of your Country j that neither you may have it to fay you faw not what was needfull to be done, nor my Country be unknowing what to alk on this import- ant Occafion. It is of fmall avail from what Hand thefe Sheets may come, if they afk but what is right and reafonable Your Grace ought to be pleafed with the Reception of them, though they proceeded from the meaneft Labourer of the Land ; if they require un- reafonable Things no Title nor Exaltation in the Writer can fandtify their Appearance to the World : from good Will to you, th^ Royal Family, and my Country they hav^ corti ( i lil 1 (46) certainly taken their Rife, and I think I am not miftaken in the Redtitude of that Advice which they contain ; to you, My Lord, it remains to chufe whether you and your Days fhall be miferable, and your Grey Hairs go down in Sorrow to their Grave, or your Country lift her drooping Head^ and be once more refcued from Per- dition. You are now diftinguiflied with the Power of being more infinitely important to the State than ever you have hitherto been. Your Prince, your King, your Country, and your God call upon you at this Mo- ment of Importance j will you then flight this favourable Occafion of ferving yourfelf and the Community ? Snatch the Rewards ©f this World and the next. Embrace the Inclination of your Fellow Subjefts, and confirm their Opinion of your good Heart. Embrace the Promife of Salvation from the God of our Religion,, which is offered to the Sinner that repenteth. Fly from the Paths which lead to that Region, where there is Weeping and Wailing, and Gnafli- mg •■* * ( 47 ing of Teeth. And thus living refpeded and efteemed in your latter Days the greateft. Bleffing this Earth can beftow, leave this World virith fure and certain Hope of a joyful Refurreftion, and happy Immorta- lity* IB I'll FINIS. ii ( i^>cr^\j^^ I 1