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Les diagrammes sulvants illustrent la mdthode. rata > elure. 3 I2X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 IT fMrnemaamm ■*■ I Q *i' H % I- i A N '■'Li' N S W E R To a PAMPHLET caird, The v CONDUCT 7*P7^ rsi .•-.:. .. ••? ^-"-^ ■Hf^H « » - " —■- .-«— •'P-— — --—_* HH .:' v::..^r..„v -f' Q T H E • = •■:: v.- 11 , ' .'-ia: , » •» u .J ••« A U T H O R f.i.. OF THE ConduSi of the Miniflry im^ ; partially examined. ' BEFORE I take Notice of the per- fonal Attacks upon me, in the intro- dudory Part of your Defence of the Miniftry, I lliall examine the Jiiftnefs of your Arguments in their Behalf j how well you have executed your Attempt ; how im- partially you have adhered to Truth ; and what Degree of Credit ought to be paid to that which you have written. I fhall then leave it to our Readers to decide, whether the Afpcrfions you have fo liberally beflow- ed upon me, may not, with more Equity, be retorted upon yourfelfj whether you §c M or 1^ ti. f ■' '. ■ « or 1 appear to be mofl like the Tbief^nd Kfiave ', and whether you do not refemble a fubbornd Evidence, in favour of a Criminal your Accomplice, in fupporting the M — r/, more than i do a common Incendiary in the Fourth Letter to the People of En^^jid. Af- ter having finifh'd your introductory Leaves, where you fay, in the laft Paragraph of the eighth Page (how truly I fhall (hew here- after) " That you intend neither Panegyric *' nor Abufey but the Caufe of your Country ** only, Cff^." You then begin, " Butbe- *' fore I enter upon this Tafk, give mc *' Leave to take fomc little Notice of a Pamphlet which has been juft now put into my Hands j and which I am told has met with Attention from, the Public, on account I imagine, of the Fadls it is fup- pofed to contain; for furely, if I, who am no Author, may venture to pronounce on the Stile and manner of Writing, both are below Criticifm." <( a :, 1 •. Now, Sir, when I faid that Lord Albemarle had never demanded thefe Men and their Ef- feds, it could not be underftood that I meant to fay he had not ajked to have them releafed j becaufe the Men were releafed. All that could be meant then, was that thefe Men were not releafed in Cofifequence of a Demand^ but of a Requeji, And if this appear to be true, tho' the ftrld Expreffion in Lord Albe- marled Letter puts it in the Light of a De* mand'y yet the Circumflances of the Cafe fpeak againft it ; and I have not violated the Truth, \ '% [II ] Truth. Befides, the French Memorial of Juftification, given to all the Courts of Eu- rope, and printed fince the writing the Fourth Letter, ftates the Affair as I relate it, in Con- fequence of a Requeji *. Thus then the Word of one M — r fuppofing your Letter to be au- thentic, ftands diredly againft another, and ought to be equally regarded -, only this is to be remarked, that your infer ting the Copy of this Letter never yet printed and avowed to be genuine, is not equal to the Evidence of the Authenticity of that Memorial printed in all the Dutch and other Gazettes, and flgned by the French Minifters, particularly as our M — rs have never made any Reply to prove the Falfliood of the Affertion in that Memo- rial. So far then, the Argument is in my Favour, that thefe Prifoners were never de- manded. Let me now endeavour at feme collateral Proofs to fuftain the Truth of what I have aflerted. ^ - < ^ *'%.■•. * Le Marquis de la Jonquiere envoye ces quatre Anglois en Fratice. Detenus quelque temps prifonniers a la Roche lie ^ ils implorcBt la proteftion de Mylord Albemarle, alors Am- baffadeur ^Angkterre. Ce Seigneur folicite leur liberie Jam fe plaindre du motif qui les en a pri'vez. S. M. Txc^-Chreti- enne ordonne qu'ils foient elargis, leur *"ait meme donner quelque argent, & ft//ylord Albemarle tu remercie le Mini- ftre de la Marine, cotime d'une grace qui lui eft perfonnellc. C First I ii M \k hi H i [ 12 ] ' First then, if the Prifoners had been re- kafcd on a Detjiand, why did our M—rs difcontinue to demand the Indemnification for our Subjeds, and Reparation for the Infult on the Britijfj Crown, both which they ceafed to claim after the Releafe of the Prifoners, tho' two Years expired between that Time and the committing HofliUties a^oAnH France ^^ Had we not an equal Claim to all, fmce thefe Particulars were founded on equal Juftice I liad the Subjects been releafed on a Dema?jd, as you alTert, the Merchandize muft have been reflored alfo ? Is it unreafonable then to con- clude, fince neither the Infult has been ac- knowledged, nor the Effedls rejiored or paid JoKy that the Prifoners were not fet at Liberty on a Demand ? In farther Support of this, I mufl remark, that Lord Albemarle received the Letter from thefe Prifoners in 'November ^ and that his Letter, giving an Account of their Imprifonment, was in March, at lead three Months after. Was my Lord Albemarle all this while filent on this Head to his Court ? If he was, how will he be juRified as an Am- bafTador in his Duty towards the Subjedls of England"^ or the M rs juftified in the Choice of fo negligent a Man ? But I am i»pt to believe, as he fays, whether he had men- tioned it to his Court or not before, that I tc (4 CC C^ [ i3 ] he had demanded the Releafe of the PnToners and the Reftoration of their Efleds, if that can be called a Demand of the M r, before he wrote of it to his Court, and foon after he knew the Affair. But you fee that this Re- leafe of the Pri [oners only, was not com ply 'd with in March, and the Reftoration of the Effedls at no Time ; this Demand then, if made, had no Effect on the French, , -. , Our EmbafTador fays, In the Beginning of the fecond Paragraph' of his firft Letter, *' I *' find by the Paper your Lordftiip has fent • me, thefe three Perfons are of the Number of thofe demanded by Mr. Clinton, and named in Mr. De la Jonqiderc's Letter.** Now, Sir, unlefs you tell me what Or- ders accompanied this Paper, I muft ftili in- fift that thefe Prifoners wqyc ncvev dema?ided ; or, v/hich was all I meant, and all that has been underftood by it, never releafed in Con- fequence of a Demand^ hxxt a Requejh -> r'ir ; u il >? <, His Lordfhip adds alfo in this Letter, *' next Tuefday / will reprefent the Cafe to " Mr. St. Conte/L" Bat does this prove he did it, for you hear no more of it ?■ He fays in the next Letter, of March 8, that he had fcen Mr. Rouille, and. given his Paper of p C 2 Complaints, Complaints, which confift (as quoted in the Memorial by you) of demanding exprefs Or- ders to be fent to De la Jonquiere, to defifl: from fuch unjuft Proceedings, and in parti- cular to caufe the Fort at Niagara to be razed, and the French to retire ; as likewifc to fet the fix Englijhmen at Liberty, and to make them ample Satisfadlion for their LofTes and Wrongs; and for the punifliing the Perfons who had committed thefe Exceffes. * £ » IJ , i>i£ But does ajking a Thing by one Man prove it to be granted by another ? on the contrary. Time has fhewn us, that not a iingle Ar- ticle of thefe Demands have ever been com- ply d with ; the Fort of Niagara remains un- touch'd to this Hour 3 the other three Men in Canada were never releafed. The fame Condudt has been purfued in America^ by the French^ and no Satisfadion made for Lofs of Effedls and Liberty to the Prifoners, or Lofs of Honour to the Crown : and the Court appears to be fatisfied with that vague and indefinite Anfwer which Mr. Rouille gave our Ambaffador, 7hat he would ufe his befi Endeavours for that Purpofe • that it was the Intention of their Court to prevent Dif- putes; and that we might depend upon fuch Or- ders beingjent to their Governors accordingly. Was t'5] • Was this an Anfwer which ought to have fatisfied a M r; and yet on this he has all along rcfted, though things continued as juftly to be complained of as before ; and though Lord Albermarle faid he would ex- amine the two Men which came to Pans, in order to fupport their receivi?2g Satisfac^ tiotjy was it ever done ? It was not. And the Reafon for it was, that our M r at home, by means of the French AmbafTador in London, had obtained, as a Reque/I, the Releafe of thefe three Men, and given up all Claim to the Effeds and other Things which were mentioned in the Memorial. Wherefore Lord Albermarle, in confequence of Orders, defifted from endeavouring to obtain an In- demnification for the Britijh Subjeds. , a ,0. Now, Sir, will an unprejudiced Man be- lieve, in confequence of what you have laid down, and of the M r*s Letters, unau- thenticatedy that the Prifoners were difchar- ged in compliance to a Demand, which has never been complied with in the other Par- ticulars depending on the fame Caufe of Complaint againfl French Injuftice ? or from what I have faid, and the French Manifefto fign'd by their M ' rs, unreply'd to by the Court of England, that the Releafement ^ was i i c< t< a V, [16] was made In Confequence of a Requeji^ Let me now again afk you. If our Sovereign's Rights and our Privileges were not fhame- fully invaded ? Were not the Lands on the Ohio confefs-'d to belong to the King of France^ were not the ir^;7C^ jurtified in iiiiprifoning our Fellow-fubjccSts and coniif* cuing their Goods, by this tame Behaviour- ' of the B — — /6 M r. You then add, that I aflcrt that the " M r's timidly be- *' fecching as a Favour what he had a Right to demand as Juilice from the French, has given that Nation a better Foundation to the Claim on the Ohio,'* And who is there that does not join in this AiTertion ? ; And then you fay, in about fifteen Lines lower, ** He aflertS again. That the Timidity of the M — r gave the French no Founda- tion at all." In this Place you either can- not read, or have exhibted an Example of your Love for Truth fcarce to be paralleled ; the Words are abfolutely different in them- felves and in their Meaning, as the PafTagc will prove, which is as follows; " If it be ' afked, whence it comes to pafs that this ' Behaviour of the B'-^-fi M r has , ' never been mentioned in the French Me- >; * moriak relative to the Difputes in America ; . ^ it may be anfvver'd with Truth, that the " French 'C (( <( c< • ♦ • •»,-■■. ♦ I Let me afk you, If your Effrontery is not extraordinary in this Quotation 5 nay, much heighten'd by your Declaration in the Begin- ning, that you have no Caufe to ferve but that of Truth and your Country ? What is become of that Matter of Fact and Truth which you mention ? And how am I a Libeller in the Paragraph you have quoted ? What Mif- creant but yourfelf is unacquainted with this Truth, that many Things may afford a Fouii- dation for a Claim that do not conftitute a legal Right-, otherwife by what Means tire fo many Law-fuits brought into JVeJlminftcr- J/(j// concerning Property ? Are all thofe who lofe their Suits without Foundation for a Claim, becaufe not poffefs'd of a legal one ? ■?t> Here then in your own Words I join Iffue with you, and defire that our Credit with the Public for Veracity and Candour in what- ever elfe is afferted in my Letter and your Libel (at leafl, if mine is fo) be determined by I h li, ^ lii [ »8 ] by the Truth or Falfehood of the Faft be- Now, Sir, I will explain to you why Lord Albermarle might in all Appearance be employed to demand the Prifoner, G?r. M rs in England know that the P 1 may require the P^oers of their Tranfadions to be laid before ti4em ; wherefore the Face of a Negociation is made, by Memorials and Orders to EmbafTadors, to reprefent fomething very different from the fccret Springs and fe- cret Manner of accomplifhing the Bufinefs, as I have Reafon to believe was done in nego- tiating this very Affair. , : ;. ^ vtii 't After having thus difproved all you have off*er'd, I afk you, on what Reafon you pre- fume to fay, I have been guilty of Scurrility in the PafTage you have been quoting ? and I tell you, that no Face can well be endow- ed with more audacious Hardincfs than that of a Man who, whilft he is condemning a a Writer for Scurrility where it does not exift, is, himfelf, the mofl fcurrilous of all Men; and 1 believe the M— — rs, if they underftand Latin y will, by the time they have read thus far, fend back your Scrap of that Language to yourfelf, and tell you, ? Non t »9] * 'V-J'v .-•*..V Non tali cxiliOi nee defenforibus ijih Tempus eget. ^i, k.^1^.^ Your next Paragraph begins with faying, ** you had intended to drop mc here 3 but *' my next is ftated as falfely and ignorantly '* as this, which we have feen fo unanfwer- " ably confuted." Would not you have a<5ted wifer in tarrying to fee what could have been faid againft you, before you had pro- flounced that Paragraph fo unanfwerably con- futed^ However, to do you Juftice, this Pa- ragraph is as falfe as the former ; for I flatter myfelf, that having proved the former to be true, I (hall have as much Succefs with this alfoi Wherefore as things equally true are equally falfe, for once you are right, though in a very different Senfe from what you in- tended. You then continue, by faying, *' That 1 had not the fmallefl Knowledge of " what I was writing about ; and that I am *■ unacquainted with the Nature and Form ** of Bufinefs ; that the M r is blame- *' lefs, and every other Perfon in the Ad — n. In order to prove this, you give an Account how the Quaker and his Company became pofTeffed of the Grant of the Lands of the Ohic, ■'} \ D ou m [10] You there tcl! u?, " That Tlefibury petltionVl ** the Kinti lor tliofc Lands on certain Con- ** ditions j that tljc Board of Trade thought ** this Application was Part of a Former, " tranfinitted by the Lieutenant Governor of f: Virginia^ tliat it might be for his Majcfty's ** Service to comply with this Requefl, and *^ nccordinfily that Liflrudions were fcnt on *' this Head to the Lieutenant Governor of *^ Virginia. You tell us then the Refult f' of the Opinion of the Board of Trade, *' and of their Report ; and that this was taken *' into Confideration by the Lords of the *' Committee of Council, who agreed in Opi- *' nicn with the Board of Trade, and accord- *' ingly a Draught of an Inflrudion was ap- ?' proved in Council and tranlmitied to the '•* Lieutenant Governor." V 1 ; ,K . ifti'!*. Your next Paragraph proves, that in Obe- dience to thefe Inflrudions the Grant was made to the Ohio Company, becaufe you fay, *' the ** Prefident of the Council of Virginia^ in a ^* Letter to the Board of Trade 1749, fet ?' forth the Difficulties the Gbio Company la- 5' boured under, from the Ficklenefs of the " hidiam^ the Claims of the Pennjylvania?is ^\ with refpcdl to Limits, the Expence of £C ereft ing and garrifoning a Fort.'.' Here Sal It it evulen'tly appears tne Grant was rllade, othcrwiTc tlicre could liave been no Ohio C)in- pdfiy \ tlie Caufc of the Ficklcncfs (as it is called) of the Indians^ may be determined by what their Chiefs faid to our Gqvernors on that ilead, printed in the News Papers of America^ that tlicy knew of no Right wliich we had to thofe Lands, either by Treaty or Sale, and oppofcd our fettling, as they have juHly done ever fincc j and as to the Expence of eredling and garrifoning a Fort, their beg- ing Indulgences was not only ridiculous but infolcnt, becaufe the very Grant, as you fay Page 22, was aik'd and comply'd with on thefe Conditions. At the fame time this Qua- ker, to give farther Inflances of his and hio Company's Modefly, after having obtained this Grant, and defired to be indulged with Fort and Garrifon, endeavour to fliew that the French Claim to the MiJJiffippi is not juft, be- caufe it is contrary to a Grant King Charles I. made to Sir Robert Heathy which was folio w** ed by a Settlement of the EngUJh long before the French had been in thofe Parts. iJow, Sir, fliould this Grant of thefe Lands, by Charles L in Confcquence of Priority, be allowed equitable, and which Lmds have fince, by Treaties, been acknowledo:ed to be- % D 2 1 onsf o» hi I'l 1 long, ;iikI allow'd to ren nin with the French^ will it not afford an unlucky Argument againil all new Families that come to fettle any where after the former have abdicated t Wherefore I think it not defenfible in this Place 5 ho'wever were not the French ac- quaiiUtd with this confcientious Requeft of the Quaker, and to this is it not chiefly owing that they took care to defend the PoflefTiou of thofc Parts, and that the prefent War was brought on ? , till ...f... vj; ,'; .-yliV fii You then tell us that *' the Ohio Company with refpe(^t to their Grants made no far- ce ^f <( (C ther Application till 1754, when they pre- fcntcd a Petition to his Majcfly ; reciting the former Tranfadions, and adding that " the late Governor and Council had made " large Grants to private Perfons, to the ** Amount of near 1,4.00,000 Acres, &V. '^ and therefore praying that their Boundaries *' may be fixed by certain Rivers, ^c. But ** it appearing to the Board of Trade that the ** Limits mentioned in the Petition would *' include too great a Quantity ; (and, you '* might have added, robbed as honeft Men *l as themfelves; to whom the 1,400,000 " Acres had been granted, of their juft Poflcf- " fions) they concluded it flioiild not be com- . . . ' • " ply"'! ..f ,..- J''i^A.-sa.'-- 1 lit [ ^3 1 ' ply'J with, when they propofed fomc In-* 0'. u(iVions to tlic Governor, relative to this Affair ill tlicii Report, (then comes ih^Crecm of all in Italics ; i but this ReportJIill remains under the Confuleraiion of the Council, and no Order at all has been made on it to thi' Day, ^i\ In what Manner does all this contradid: what I have fjid in the Paflige you refer to ? which is, " It fecms however before this ** timid Acquiefcence of the B h M r ft << cc « (t it tt « .• v'» r Your next Paragraph begins, " I now " defcend at once into the Subjeill;" and it mufl be confefled by your greatefl Enemies, that you are excellent in the Art of Sink- ing ; you will foon be at the very Bottom of the Bathos. You then vouchfafe to teil us great Secrets j " that the prefent War was *' juft and necelTary." But was it for that Reafon juft, and neceffary that it (hould be condudled in this infufficient and pernici- ous Manner ? You add, *' that the People *Vin general, and the commercial Part more " efpecially, were unanimous and clamorous ,f ! 1 I [26] <* for it." Arc they not as clamorous and unanimous againft its being condudted as it has been ? ** That the Current of Parliament ** ran violently that Way alfo." It may run as violent againft the M — -^r probably this Winter ; or v^ill that juftify male Admini- flration ? ** And, laftly, the Adminiftration " would have been looked upon as Enemies, ** had they retarded this favourite Meafure.*' Very true *, and therefore you infer they are exempt from all Faults in having been guilty of male Condudl. You then add, *' they fup- ** ported what was begun with all the Ala- " crity of Preparation.** Tho* this is not true i or, if it was, not to be placed to their Merit ; you fhall have that granted too, if yoTT will ; the next Sentence will be fufficient for me. '* And a!/ the Vigour of Execution,'* Here you and I muft debate that Matter a little, and then, as you fay, " let the Fadls, for " thofe alone are Evidence, prove this AfTer- *^ tion in Detail." • • C( cc cc cc cc cc cc (C cc cC [Ml - Let me aik you then, what are the Ef- feds of this Vigour of Execution ? Was it the Lofs of Minorca f Was it the Lofs of Of- wrgo ? Was it the /// Rationed Cruife of Mr. Bofcawen and Mr. Holbourne^ or that of Mr. Hdivke f There remains then nothing but the »» [27] the taking the little Ifle of Cbau/fcc, the Vso- dudl of all this Vigour of Execution, and this great Conquefl may poffibly efcape the Knowledge of Poflerity, as it has not been enter'd into the Gazette^ fo remarkable at prefcnt for authentic liitelli'iencc. ^ -■ -• - ,- • ■ . •- ^ >..JSf:''j^' You then talk " of the Duke de Mire^ *' foix's Frofeffions of fincere Defire to ad- " jufc all Difputes fubfifl^trg in America^ and forget the Breach of Honour by our M — r j of the French having difpatch*d Orderii for arming a condderablc Fleet j their myfle- rious and extraordinary btep, and our general Alarm, which made it indifpenfa- bly neceffary for the King to equip a Fleet which might fruftrate any Attempts of France^ and protedt at the fame time the <' BritiJJo Rights and Dominions." And then foundly add, " 'This was done'' What was done ? Was a Fleet equipt which might //v^- Jtrate the Attempts of France and protect the Bfitijb Rights and Dominions ? How cc (C cc cc cc cc cc cc will you juftify the M e M ^r then in not eiFedluating what you confefs to have been in his Power by Means of this Fleet ? for can you point out one Fre?2ch Attempt that has been fruilrated ? Is it in America :? The French fucceed but too well on thatContinent, as i m [28] as the Lofs of our Ships on the Lake Ontario^ the Demolition of our Forts, the taking our Army Prifoners, and the reducing Lord Loudon to adl on the Dcfeniive, are too me- lancholy Proofs. Is it in Europe f The en- tire Lofs of Minorca is a fatal Demonftration to the contrary. Where then are our Domi- nions proteded ? Not in the American Illands, thefe, particularly Jamaica, every Man knows is, by the negledt of a proper Squadron to de- fend it, in hourly Danger from the fupcrior Fleet and Force of our Enemies in thofe Parts. ^ ; ' ■:-'■-; \ > . \ . . : . ,;>■■-,,■/'.:;■- ~'*\ : '■ • T ' What a Power of Face you mufl be blef- fed with, who dare to defend the M — -rs, after every Attempt of theirs offenfive and dcfenfive has mifcarricd ! And you have afTer- ted, that a Fleet was prepare.-^ which might fruftrate the Attemps of France., and protedl the Dominions of England, Why were they not defended? How greatly the M rs are obliged to you for this excellent Defence of their Condud ! What Place will you choofe? ; I V •. V ' ' A- t < t You then tell us of Bofcawen's and Hoi- hourm's failing, of Macnamards failing and returning, and then beg to be indulged in two Remarks, both which I beg to be in- [ 29 ] indulged in examining. You fliy, '* Every ' Child in Politics knows, that after receiv- ' ing Orders as to the Nature of the Service ' he is to be employed in, and as to the ' general Deftination, the commanding Of- ' ficer in all very diftant Expeditions, is and * muft be intruded w^ith a difcretionary ' Power; firft to choofe fuch particular * Stations as may be mod proper to effect ' the Bufinefs intended, and to vary them ' afterwards, according as different Exi- ' gencies arife, or as the earlieft Intelligence ' he can obtain may render it advifeable." Now, Sir, if you mean by general Defti- nation a Space to cruize in, unlimited by Or- ders, you are worfe than a Boy in Politics ; if this were permitted to an Admiral, how could the Admiralty know where to fend him Intelligence on particular Emergencies ? or how could a Commander be called to Ac- count for any Mifcarriage in miffing the Ene- my's Fleet, if fome private Inclination fliould prevail on him to cruize where the Enemy was not like to pafs ? he cannot be guilty of breaking Orders on that Head, when none are given him. Now, Sir, no Admiral is ever intruded with difcretionary Power to choofe his Stations, or to vary them, but as E 2 he I I I ft [ 30 ] he receives Intelligence from the Admiralty. All Orders are given to cruize between two fpecified Latitudes snd two Longitudes, as near as they can obferve the Latter ; or fo many Leagues to Enftward, Weflward, or feme other bearing from a Cape of Land or Sea Coaft ; and no Indulgence is ever given to depart from the Extremes of this Station, hut on abfolute Necefhty. Thus there is no Diftindion to be made between general and particular Orders, and 'all the difcretionary Part given to the Admiral is the Choice be- tween the Extremes. And in this manner the Orders were given to Mr. Bofcawen and to Mr. Hawke ; and therefore you cannot avail yomfelf of this evafive FaKhood to defend the M r : for unlefs you can prove that either of thefe Gentlemen have exceeded the Limits given them in their Orders, the whole Charge flill refls on the M e M- r,, who only has difcretionary Power, with which the prefent Head of the Ad y is remarkably endowed, to choofe their' Sta- tions, and who is fuppofed beft to underfland in what manner the Service that Comman- ders are fent upon is to be accompliflied. Then you add, '' That the Merchants mufl: " be fenfib::, that to lay before the Public '' Inflrudtions of fuch a Nature, even were i . " it [ 31 1 it in your Power To to do, is a Step of too delicate a Nature for any private Man to take, however juji they may be in them- felves, however warranted by the Laws of Rcafon and Self-defence^ the War that oc- *" cafwncd them is ftill carrying on!' Ad- mirable indeed, thofe Inftrucflions jiiji in themfelves, warranted by Reafon and Self- defence^ are to be concealed becaufe we ar« ilill at war. and at-» tempts l^.'**^ w [391 tempts to perfuade the moft refpedlable Body of Men, the Merchants of London^ that their Dejiroyers are their Friends-, or 1, who hav- ing thus far juftified all I have u^ritten; whoj by fpeaking Truth, have laid open the nefarious Ways by which my Country has been almofl: undone by the moft profligate of Men, and attempted, at leaft, the Prefer- fervation of our little remaining Liberty and Conftitution, by the very Letter which you wifti to condemn. Whom then ought the People of England now to avoid ? Againft the Infuflon of whofe Writings fhould they guard themfelves ? Which of us io moft probably the Mifcreant ? Who will betray his Friend or ajjajjinate his Father y he who endeavours iofa^oe his Coun- try from the Hands of its Deftroyers ; or he who has given a Demonftration that he is prepared for any kind of Iniquity , by daring to deceive his Countrymen into a Belief that thofe who have brought this Nation to the Threftiold of Perdition^ are yet a blamelefs Set of Men, in order that they may be per- mitted to fill the Meafure of their Iniquity and our Ruin, and clofe eternally the Door upon our Liberties ^ Privileges^ and Conftitu- "'■ tion-, no Man ever was or ought to be accounted honefi f # f . ■W(PF.-,- - «^^' ■ H [40] bonejl who defends the Enemies of his Country^ Hie niger eji hunc tu Britanne caveto. 1 '.' ' J^Bv ¥^ I 1 i vill deny ; they know that 40 Guineas per Cent, is the higheft which has been given for the Infurance of French Merchandize from ^hofe Parts; 10 and 12 per Cent, are things of no Confideration, and indeed ought not to be to a Man determined, as you are, per fas et nefas^ to vindicate a ruinous M r. t cc (( (C Those very Merchants alfo to whom you write, will inform you, that the contrary of this Attention to the protecting our Trade is true, and that, when they petitioned for a ftronger Convoy for their Ships to our Sugar Iflands, through Apprehenfion of Perrier de Sal- *vert*s fuperior Squadron, ' hey were denied, and anfwer'd, that Salver /*s Squadron was G 2 greatly t4M > greatly magnified. They know alfo that 'Jamaica as (hamefully open to the hourly In- \ ficn of the French^ thro* Negledl of a fufR- ent Squadron j and that the Trade of the o- ther Iflands \% in tjie fame ruinous Condition, from a fimilar Inattention 5 and the Negledt, if it dcfcrves no worfe Appellation, of Minorca^ is that a Proof of M— -1 Attention to the Care oiEngliJh Commerce ? Tarry till next Spring, and then decide whofc Commerce has fuf- ferM .noil, that of the French or that of England^ unlefs, happily, fome fuperior Un- dcrftanding prefides over the Affairs of this Kingdom, and prevents the approaching Mif- .;/■»' ^T*-'- f-- U You then recount what Squadrons have been fitted out and commanded by Bof- caw en y Hawkey Byng, OfbornCy Hawke again, and laftly Byng^ once more, for the Medi- terranean i what is the fhameful Hiftory of thefe Fleets ? Have not the Cruifcs of all been rendered ineffedual by their Infufficiency and the ill-judged Stations to which they have bejn deftined ? what Merit is there in fitting outNavies, when fqch unparallel'd Imbecillity renders the whole Efifedt abortive ? You then add, " That much licentious Invcdtive has " been thrown out, at randopj) on that To- " P'9 f47 3 ^ pic hy thofe who of all Men knew the M leaft of what they were to condemn or ap- ?* prove.'* We /hall fopn difcern whether you are not more ignorant than thofe you dare |to condemn: You then tell us, ** ThisvSquadron ?* was not only defign'd to intercept Du Guay^ " but even La Mothe and Salvert ; and that f* Du Guafs going from Lijbon to Cadiz^ f* rendered the Conjedure extremely proba- ** ble, that he was to join thofe other Squa- " drons in their Return, at fqme fix'd Ren- dezvous, and by that Means fecure their fafe Entry into France,'* Now to whom was chis extremely probable ? Was it to the M — — e M' r ? Do you fpeak this I am but one of thefc hundreds ; and up- on my Word, bow little foever the others have believed and aflerted, concerning the M-— — r*s Ignorance of what was paffing at T'ouloft, I have always believed what I have publiflied; and even, as you fay, that the M r was much better informed than I have dared to ajjcl. And yet, I trufl ^^j^ will do me the Juftice to acknowledge that I am not the mofl fcrupulous in alTerting what I know to be true ; in this one Particular, we agree then. But I fhould imagine the M — e M — r will not agree to thank you for what you have ajjertcd here, becaufe it may create an En- quiry, wherefore, after having received fuch good Intelligence, he did not, in confequence of it, proceed to defeat the Enemy's Defign at Toulon ? Why a Fleet was not footier fent into the Mediterranean, and a Jlronger after it had been fo long delay 'd ? Why, when this M e M r knew that twelve were e- quipln'^ at Toulon^ he affured Mr. i?)77^ that H 2 five _ I It ': [ 54 ] five Ships only would oppofehim, and no more than Jeven could be brought to Sea. Had not you better adhere to the Ignorance of the M -r for his Defence, and prove from the whole Tenor of his Proceedings, that he was non compos mentis j and therefore, tho* a pro- per Objedi of national Enquiry, not an OhjeSi of national Punifhment ? this may fave his Head at leaft. Tai^e my Word, the mofl convincing Arguments in his Favour, are to be drawn from this Side ; and I think, (the* probably you may fufpedt the Advice as com- ing from me) that ^Pamphlet full as well writ- ten as this I am examining, would be very ac- ceptable to the Public, and advantageous to the Caufe of the M r you are defending. But alas, here again you grow extremely difcrcet, and whip yourfelf under a Secret, as a Mole does under Ground, becaufe his Fycs cannot bear the Light of Heaven, any more than yours the View of Truth. You tell us four Months after Minorca is taken, it would be premature and hazardous to expofe fuch Intelligence ; and therefore, left Minorca fhould be taken, twice, I fuppofe you meant prudently to conceal what every one fees, and the Reafon for fo doing ; it makes againft your M — ^— e M r. " This Decla- ** ration, cc . J a .\.> 1 ' ' *i *', 'C'\ 1 , by Death and Difeafe." This is not yet quite bad enough, *« the laft Winter was di- ftinguiflicd by being the mod hard-hearted and cruel, the mod flormy and turbulent under every Appearance, till near the End 'f. of Januaryy that has been known thefe 40 " Years; thefe inevit ,'.' > * .' ■ ; . . I '« . ■ . 'i However, it feems, notwithftanding thi3 ^rain of unhappy Circumftances, twenty- five Ships of the J-ine, and three for Convoys, in all twenty-eight, were ready by the Middle of 'January j thirteen of thefe failed January the 30th, and return'd in fixteen Days, Now, Sir, as you are pleafed to tell us, that you faw a Letter dated on the 24th of De- ceMer, which I conclude came to hand be- fore the thirtieth of January^ Why was that Fleet of Mr. OJbourne'% not fent into the Me^ diterranean, after having convoyed the Ship$ to the Place he left them ? And why was that moji necefTary Service, as you term it, at that time negledted ? For as thofe Ships could be fpared to convoy a Fleet for fixteen Days, notwithftanding the dread of an Jnva- fion, could they not have been fent to fave Minorca^ Twenty-eight were ready, fliould not the three that went as Convoys have been detained, becaufe the more important Service ought to fuperfede the lefs j the M.-^ r •then, if an Invafion was apprehended, a<5ted v^eakly to deprive us of the life of that Fl^et for fixteen Days, during which time it might \iivt been carried into Adion 5 or if he was pnder ho Under no Dread of that Kind, he behaved with great Imbecillity, or fomething more criminal, in not fending it to Minorca. You then inform us, that Sir Edward Hawkiy with fourteen Ships of the Lin?, fet fail about the Middle oi March y to cruife ofF oiBrcft 5 you then fubjoin, " Now it ap- ** pears, by a true State of our Fleet, that not ** fewer than forty-nine Ships were employ- ** cdat the Beginning of this Month {March) " for indifpenfible Home-fervices j " where- of it feems but eighteen were of ilie Line -, confequently, however fhowy the Num- ber Forty-nine may appear, no more than eighteen ought to be deduced from the whole Number of the Line in Commlf- fion. Now where were the reft, and what Truth is there in this Expedition of fit- ting out Ships attributed to him whom you would defend, when eighteen of the Line only were ready for Sea. You tell us after this, ** that there remained in Port, not under Or- *' ders to proceed to Sea, forty-fix Ships of ." the Line.'* And how many under Or- ders to proceed to Sea you do not choofe to mention. " Of thefe, twenty were only in " a Condition for Service, had their due Num- " bcrs of Men been complete : but in thcfe ^^,.-.. I 2 "they it 41 CI m <( (C '0 If ,1' L [64 j *. •V ' difpofed in a Manner to make whole Crcws^ then about tbree Slilps only could be deprived of their Hands. Thus, inftead of ftripping twenty- fix of their Crews, and thereby ren- dering fo many Ships incfFedtual, as you would infinuate, from taking Two thoufand Men J in the firfl: Manner, of difpofing thcfe Men, they would not have deprived the Kingdom of the Ufe of one Ship, becaufe hone were a Quarter complete in their Crews ; and in the fecond Manner, tiree Ships only could have been rendered inadlive, becaufe the whole Amount of Foremaft-men did not exceed the Crews of fo many capital Ships. Now at a Moment when all Europe was convinced of the Danger of Minc^c^ and you and the M-— e M r had known it, why in the Month of March ^ after re- peated Intelligence of the Defign at Toulon^ were not thofe Men taken to complete the Crews of the Ships which wanted them ? and why were not the failing Orders of thofe Ships remanded, and others given whereby to have completed a Squadron for the Prefervation of Mahon ? This would cfFedlually have prevented the whole Scheme of attacking Minorca, Now, Sir, 7ieed I in- treat your ferious Attention to thcfe Particu- lars ? you (6jl tars ? is not what you have adopted, taken from uncertain Memoirs and deceitful Suggejlions ? Besides what has beep already faid, there is yet another Reafon which will pcrfedly pfFacc all the palliative Defence, that you have n^ade. Even fuppofing that the Ships were fo few as you afllrm, and were neceflary at home at that time, whence arofe this Ne- ceflity ? Was not the P -t of JS — d then fitting ? Was not a Militia-bill the ardent Furfuit of all who loved their Country ? Why then had this Adt, fo neceflary for the Pre- fervation of every thing dear to honeil Men in this Ifland, been rejedted? Why had it pot been pafs*d the preceding Year ? fince Fleets were then known to be difficultly manned, and much Service rnufl: be inevitably wanted from them, to protedt our Trade, Co- lonies and Pofleflions : b^ this Means all the Men of War almoft might have been de- ftin'd to the uje/u/ Service of their Countr}^ and not rode at Spithead in mock Parade for your M — e M — r to go on board, hoift his Flag one Day, and then, as Admiral ab- fent on Leave, receive a thou fund a Year of the Nation's Revenue ever lince ; infamous Inftance of the Third of Money in him ! and Profligacy in tbofe who acquiefcc in .^ r it. I 1 ll ( It ■\j .:-. % n [66] itV.^ Why don't you infift upon it, that ONE Family ought tc engrofs all the Riches and Honours of the Nation. , -.^v i , ■ ^ • 'V r • l>4f>i . . *. . i ( . I. ., •. Anfwer thefe Things, and then tell me, whether Ignorance or Defjgn, Avarice or Pa- triotifm influenced moft in this Condudt. As a farther Pretext for keeping the Fleet at home, again you tell usj^ ^'- The French *' Troops were all along their Shore, and *' that thefmall Craft was nmiierous in their *f Ports, and that they h&d it in their Power «' to infult this Illand whenever our Inferio- *' rity ihould furnifh thern the wiflied-for *' Occafion.'* , ^' »-• >. '.»«*# I i (. And here you muft permit me to tell you, that all the Navy of England, deftined as that was at Spithead, cannot prevent a De- ibent on this lOand coming from France in fmall Craft ; and that ihe Rationing a Fleet on that Account, on that Spot, is as erroneous lindi abfurd as the deftining Mr. Bofcawen and Sir Edward Hawke has been proved to be. Whatever Invafion (liall come in fmall Craft from France will undoubtedly be fent from the Ports of Flandtrs and Picardy, be- caufe the Paffage is much the fhorteft be- tween the Coafts of thofe Provinces and thofe of f 67] of England, and particularly in the Winter Months, fmall Craft cannot dare to tranfport Troops where the Diftance is great; this Craft, rendezvoused at Dunkirk^ Calais, and BolognCy would certainly have waited a fair Wind to come over : the Wind then blowing from South >eaft to North-eaft would have landed all this Craft, either on the Shores of Kent, Su/feXy or E/feXy untouched by any Fleet from Spitheady the very Winds which are fo fair to bring over the French being contrary to the Fleet of Spithead, if it fhould attempt failing to oppofe their Landing. To protedl the Ifland from a Defcent of fmall Craft, a Spithead Expedition will avail no- thing; and a Squadron before Breji prohibited the coming out of their Ships of War. Thus even had our Danger been ever io great, from fmall Craft, a Fleet kept at home would have been ineffedtual. Would not thefe Ships then have proved more fenfibly employed in defending Mahon, which they could have laved, than England which they could not ? If you fay, that a fufEcient Number of Ships were then in the Do^wm to prevent the Em- barkation and Defcent in fmall Craft, then thole at Spithead were ftill more ufelefs 3 if you anfwer there were not, which as that is the liruthy probably you will not ; then why were thofe Ships detain'd at pithead which K were % r I :i f •■! [ 68 ] were neceffary in the Downs f Befides this, every expert Seaman knows, that Ships of the Line are of little Service to prevent a Dcfcent made in the Night, in fmall Craft, and a- crofs fo narrow a Channel, as that between Flajiders^ Picardy^ and England. '^*^^^^*f^ Thus, Sir, you have clench'd the Argu- ments which have been already urged a- gainfl the M r by your manner of defend- ing him 5 and when you exhibit your auk- ward and ill-judged Pathos of throwing a Veil over a Scene in your Eye, a kind of bung- ing your Eye, I prefume, you let fly an Ar- row againfl the M r, which wounds more fatally than any thing which has yet parted from me : You fay, '' Had a Defcent been then attempted 3 had they even fa- crificed Fifteen or Twenty thoufand Men in the Attempt, What mufl have been the Confequence to this great Capital ? " Then you choofe to veil it in your Eye, and afk the Merchants, if they don't entirely feel your Reafons for fo doing. What can be a more envenom'd Satire againft thofe M rs you are defending, than fuggefting that Fif- teen or Twenty thoufand Men would have produced a Diflrefs which you are afraid to look upon ? for that is the Englijh of the Veil und the Scene, Good Heavens ! that you, a ^ Sub- cc CC cc (C 1»> t • < .^ »r» j< « :u- [69] Subjedl born to Freedom, fliould renounce the Love of your Country^ the firfl: Chiiftian and Pagan Virtue, and have the Face to defend the Actions of M rs, who you confefs have reduced and left this once opulent and powerful Ifland, containing two Mtilions of Men able to bear Arms, open to Invafion, and to fufFering fuch Scenes, as eve/i ycu are afraid to look upon, from ffteen or twe?ity thoufand Frenchmen, How Umilar in their Lives and Charaders are thofe who defend the Deftroyers of their native Land to the Men they dare tojuftify. I hope there are but three Men more in the Kingdom who would dare fuch an AdionjiS — e, B — w, and T'—k—r. And this wretched State to which Engla77d is reduced, it is that the Merchants feel fo in- timately when they read your Defence. After all the Danger and Diftrefs of that Scencin your Eye, expreft with fuch puffing Pathetic, you tell us, *' The Ad — n did not look upon it as a Meafure taken abfolutely at VerfailleSy nor as the only one in the Plan of that ambitious Court ; they were fully apprifed of the Preparations carrying on at T^oulon^ and they were aware that ei- ther of thefe Schemes might prove the " Feint or Reality;" and therefore very cunningly provided ag^anH neither of them. (C Putting all thefc Things together, is k credible that Mhiorca was ever intended to * * be relieved 5 particularly when it is obferv- ed, that the general and fubahern Officers M of i£ 1 1' Frie/ids of England with Pain ; and I hope will be mark'd with exemplary Juflice on thofe who confpired 'to produce the Calami- ties which it has already, and mufl hereafter, bring on this finking Nation. - You now, as you advance, grow more refined in your Obfervations ; and pronounce ** that the taking One hundred and fix Men, ** Officers and Soldiers, in two Tartans, was particularly encourageing ; and might have been interpreted without much Superftition into an AfTurange of Vidlory.'* And why ? Becaufe every Circumflance to confiriji *^ the Bold, or animate the Fearful, concur- red on our Side, the Sailors all in high Spi- rits, the Officers determined and eager to fhew tbemfelves Englijl^men -,** and how do you know but the French were as high- fpirited, and as eager to fhew i/iemfelves Frenchmen ? " And the Wind blowing all " Day long to favour our Attack ;" which is no Favour at all, unlefs the Admiral had been prepared with Fire-fhips to fend in amongft the Enemy's Fleet to Leeward ; and thofe M- — -e M r had not permj.tted to / Photogj^jiiic Sciences Corporation '23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ^^V iV ^^ \\ ' « N * Letter [94] Letter his Juftlfication for not returning to Minorca after the Battle, the Ships being fo greatly damaged, the Sicknefs of the Sail- ors, and no Hofpital-fliip ? his not being able to preferve >S/. Philip's, from having no Soldiers ? his doing all he could for the Citadel, before the French appear'd in Sight ? and the great Damage he had received from the heavier Weight of Metal, and In- feriority of his Ships? Other Parts would have told you of the negledted State of GibraU tar ', the Admiral's Refolution of returning to feek the Enemy as foon as refitted ; and how necclTary in his Opinion and in fadl, a Rein- forcement was towards Succefs in relieving Mahon -, and laftly, his retiring to cover G/- braltar j which made one of the Articles of his Orders. Are not thefe Omiflions then fo many Proofs that Mr. Byng's fuppofed Errors were to be augmented, and their own real Ones excufed ? ,* : ; . . In the fame Sentiments of preferving the Idea of Mr. Byngs Delinquency, before the Eyes of the People, and themfelves from be- ing obferved 5 it was reported, he had fold forty thoufand Pounds out of the Stocks : with a View of infinuating, that he fet out with a Determination never to return. That he [95] he had taken Money formerly before Genoa : to intimate he was capable of being bribed. That a Ship got into Mahon the Day of the Battle, to prove he might have done the fame ; then he and Mr. Weft were fent for Home to be confined j and Mr. Weft permitted his Li- berty without a Witnefs examined, to infinu- ate one guilty and the other innocent ; and all this on the fole Evidence of the Enemy's Let- ter. Then the Judgment of the whole Coun- cil of War was depreciated, to add to the Crimes of the Admiral. He was then efcap- ing, running mad, attempting Suicide ; after this the honeft Informer in the Evening Ad^ vertifer was put upon his Back to inform the People of his Crimes. All thefe Things having been proved falfe, and malicioufly invented, are they not fo many Particulars which prove that he was deftin'd the Scape-goat of a pernici- ous M— — r ? and as all thefe Attempts have turnd againft thofe who defign*d themagainfl Mr. Byng^ you now come in once more to recall the People's Refentment upon him, and to defend the M— — r; both which are equally impoffible. You then afk, if his Say- ing, " every one was of Opinion he could be *' of no Ufe to General Blakeney, as by ** all Accounts no Place was fecured for a Landing, is the Language of Courage ?" Yes, -J cc C96) Yes, and of Prudence too, or eVefy Officer in the Expedition mufl be condemn'd of Cowardice, a thing not eafily to be believed. And becaufe Mr. Boyd^ in an open Boat> went out and returned to Mahofi^ you con- clude that a thoufand Boats might have land- ed Troops unmolefted ; and yet forget that the M r ought to have fent Troops with him, if he intended any fliould have been landed before the Engagement; and, after if^ the Condition of Mr Byn^'s Fleet would not have permitted him if he had carried them out with him. From what has been faid, does it not falr^ \y follow, that all which you have afferted, in defence of the M~ r, is exadlly like what ke has done for the Nation, falfe, and pernicious? Nay, may I not venture to affirm, that had all that you have uttered been true, it could have been no Vindication of the M r. M How could this have juflified his raifing fuch enormous Taxes, on a harrafled People, fix times the Sum which was levied at the Revolution ? His Profufion of the public Money, gotten by the hard Labour of the induilrious Natives, fqu«nder'd in German Schemes, t 97] Schemes, on mercenary Haiioverians and Hef- Jiam ; concluding contradidory Treaties, af- fronting Rujjia:, renouacing Auflria^ difarm- ing and keeping difarmed the EngliJJj^ ex- empting foreign Hirehngs from the Laws of the Land, fpreading Corruption every where, preferring Men of infamous Charadlers in the Church, to the Negle6t of Learning and Piety, excluding ^Men of Scnfe and Integri- ty from the M— — — y, felecSting ihofe who ar . void of Principle and Underftanding, added to what has been already proved^ completing an Accumulation of Guilt, that no M r, till now, has ever heaped together, nor this; Nation ever beheldt Tkll me then, with what Face yoa could prefume to call this an impartial Ex- amination of the Condudl of the Miniftry, who have not dared to fpeak of their Ca- pita) Delinquencies, and have only confirmed the contrary of what you intended to have juftified ? To promote the Service of my Country was the Caufe of my writing, and as far as you have proved to the contrary hitherto, nothing but Truth 5 and if I eat my daily Bread from this Service, no Man has ever yet lived on honefter # f 98] honfrricr .Bread than that which palles my Lips ; for as long as the Endeavour to prefervc the Liberties and Conftitution of a 'Nation fliall be deemed honourable, fo long muft iny Attempts be edeemed amongfl: Mankind ; this nothing but my own Fault can ever de- prive me of, and till I have forfeited my Right ' to it, nothing can divert: me of a Pleafure which lives continually in my Brcaft, that I have affifled in removing the Deflroyers of the Kingdom from before the King and Peo- ple, and that the very Men, who mufl: fave (if it be yet pofTible topreferve) this Country, have efpoufed the fame manner of thinking, and are chofen for that very Reafon : I have the Nation adopting and uniting in what I fay ', you the iniquitous Dependants of more iniquitous M rs ; and though you fay in the Beginning, that you have done every thing to avoid being impofed upon and im- pofing, you bear through the whole fuch deep- burnt Stigmas of Fallification, that Ignorance, great as yours, cannot cover them from the Eyes of your Readers. Who then deferves the Name of Libeller, you who dare to Attempt the fcreening Men who have brought their Country to the brink of Ruin, Of I who have held out a Light to my srvc tion ■nufl nd ; de- ight ' fure at I s of f 99 ] to the People to warn them of approaching Deftrudtion ? If mine be a Crime, it is laud- able filently to behold a Houfe in Flames and never attempt to extinguifli it 3 to fee Thieves robbing my honell Neighbour, and not endeavour to oppofe it. If yours be praife-worthy, to plunder and confume in Flames are honefl : and which you would pro- bably perpetrate alfo, for your Advantage, could it be done with Impunity. As I now know that the Acquifition of your Fortune, from not being trufted with a Loaf, has rifen from defrauding your Country, and Jiarving the unhappy Prifo72er^ who, the Moment he becomes a Captive, in all gene- ous Minds, ceajes to be an Enemy In defending the M- •r you firive to defend yourfeif'm vain, with whom you have long been a clofe and iniquitous AJfociafe, No vi^onder then you exprefs fuch Anti- pathy to Gallows-makers, when feeing over whofe Heads they hang, and refledling on your Deferts, you tremble to think how near they are to your own, efpecially fhould the Magnanime and the Six thoufand Pounds, with other fimilar Circumftances, fhoot Mind at the fame time. -crofs your O As H n Sf 4 "[ 100 ] As to myfelf, I liave no perfonal Pique a- gainll thofe who have lately been eminently fu- perior in Power and Dcftrudion, nor perfonal Efteem for thole who at prelent promilc their Endeavours to favc this Land -, equally x^n- khv)wing of and unknown to each. I entertain no Chagrin from Denial, becaufc I have never afkcd ; I have never expeded, and therefore can never have been difappointed, and would rather live and die like MaU'aniclh, tiie bare- footed Fi flier man of Naples y and be inftru- mental in fiving my Country, than enjoy all the Riches, Honors, Pofts, and Power of the Lord and his Family, in the manner which he has obtained them. But let it be your Imployment to perfifl in juflifying the Pvuiners of your Country and Fellow-fubjeds, and mine the laying open their nefarious De- figns, then let the World decide whether I mod refemble the Incendiary, who writes Letters to extort Money from the Worthy ^ or you 2ifuborfi*d Evidence in favour oi Accom- plices more criminal by this Defence which you have written for the M— ■r. .:\,>rr,. M s. ^Q 'J ERRATA. .Oiit 1. . iV. •.v.iti''' "^i Ci^" 'i. Page 12, I. i;, ^het repred alfo, dde .?; p. 27, I. loVdele "*;" f. 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