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PAVK«f» in Pa^^r A^/r J?«ty. ^ CPr/V# One ShUlin^.} ,jf' REFLECTIONS, ^c. / <'' SIR, O U will perhaps be farpriz'd at this Addrefs from one, you little imagined would ever commence Author, ef- pecially in Politics. But the prefent Conjuncture of Af- fairs, is fo very critical, as perhaps not to be parallell'd in any Period of the Hiftory of Europe i and calls for fome Explanation. But why from you ? It may be (aid. To tell you the Truth, I do it partly for my own fake, and partly for the Information of the Public. The Part I have taken and am Az delefv ~ ( 4 ) determined to take in parliamentary Mea- fures, is diametrically contrary to all printed Politicks of thefe Times. And though I do not think myfelf accountable, not even to my Conftituents, for my Condud: in Par- liament, yet it would be a kind of Infolence, (hould I refufe, to arm my Friends with thofc Arguments that can juftify a Condudt, which, confidering my former Attachments, may feem to them not only unaccountable hut inconJiJie72t, . ' - - ' , J, , When I firfl: entered into Parliament, foreign Meafures were fometimes men- tioned, but feldom debated. This was owing to the Power of the Minifter, which I thought alarmingy and therefore I lifted my felf into the Oppolition to all his Meafures. I fay to ALL his Meafures. For one of our firft Principles was, to keep him from the Credit of doing even what was Rights as well as to load him with the Blame of whatever vf2L%Wrong, His indifcriminate Pur- fuit of his own Syftem was fome Juftifica- tlon of this indifcriminate Oppofition ; while the Pamphlets and Papers wrote by his Connivance, and dlfperled under his Influ- ence, were rather Infults upon our Under- ilaudlng than Apologies for his Condud. I (hall M # . ■■ ? \ { 5 ) I (hall Hot enter into any Detail of the various Caufes that concurred to remove him from hisPowtr : but I muft frankly own, that the Momeru that Rvptit took place, 1 thought the Objed of Oppolition chang'd. Some Incidents that happened in the Beginning of the late War, gave a plaufible Handle for a new Oppolition, which, to all Appearance, was to Meafures only ; and I am free enough to own, that I entered into that Oppofition likewife, though perhaps with Views very different from the Gentlemen, who conduct- ed it. As it was entirely founded on Fads, and as Fadts are, at leaft, Indica- tions of Principles, I took thofe Fads for granted. But I found, though too late, that they had either been midaken, or mifre- prefented. The Progrefs of the War, en- couraged Mediation rather than Oppofition. Notwithftanding the public Spirit of his Majefty, the perfonal Valour of the Duke, and the unparallell'd Intrepidity of ourTroops we beheld with Aftonifliment, the rapid progrefs of the Frenchy the Diftrefs of one Ally, the Indolence of another, and the ' Weaknefs of both, co-operate to render the " Treafure we fpent, and the Blood we fpilt, , fatal, only, to ourfelves. Our Troops, after performing Wonders, found themfelves on 'I I m ( 6 ) the Brink of being facrificed to the Sword, or to Captivity, by a Situation, in which, Ri'fiftance became T!emerity^ and Valour muft have been unavailing, and it was owing, equally, to the high Opinion, which the French had of the Englilh Courage, as ta the Succefs of our Navies, great as it was, that a Seceffion of Arms was obtained. • ^* .. T Ik .:«Vgr By the Peace of Aix la Chapelk, which followed foon after, I acknowledge, that the whole of my political Sydem was new moulded* I had fcen France y quietly y nay, fpontaneoujly refign thofe Conquefts, and abandon thofe Purfuits, which, in my Youth, I had been taught to believe, were the ul« timate View of her Ambition. I had fecil the Governors of Holland, whom I had been taught to confider as the true Patriots of public Liberty, and the (hining Examples of public Spirit, without Refintmenty with- out Jealoujyy nay, without Emotion behold France ready to overpower them, without making one Effort for their Freedoniy tho* upon their Freedom depended their Property, I had feen a Proteftant Prince, in the Heart of Europey co-operate with every Scheme of French Injuftice, and his own Moderation, alone, giving him Law.^ Countries and , . Tcr- i'" ( 7 ) Territories, never heard of, pour*d forth the beft Troops in Europe, for the Defence of public Liberty, and the Houfe of Bourbon was taught to tremble at the Power it had defpis'd. I had feen that fame Power checked by a State, which a little before fhe had thought too contemptible to be treated, even with common Civility, I mean that of Genoa, an^d Opprejfion raife a Spirit, which Power could not fubdue. Two great Empires, and one Kingdom, I mean, Ger* many, RuJ/iay and Sweden, were fecurcd to Princes, whofe greateft Title to them was their Infignificancy in Europe : And, to crown the Scene, the Troops of Ruffia were call'd in to check the Ambition of France^ Bat what Confequencc are we to draw from thofe, and a thoufand other political Events, that happened at that Time ? Why, really, that the Syftem of Europe, had un- dergone a total Renovation ; that we had miflaken the Objedt of the French Ambi- tion, and that the Con^uefts of the Low Countries and Holland, was far from being of that Confequence to them, which we had been taught to imagine. That the Ba- lance of Powerj which the grand Confede- racy was form'd to maintain, now no longer V ^' " cxifted, Ill Niil ( 8) exifted, and, In (hort, that it Is, and ever will be, ruinous to Great Britairiy if (lie (hall take too great a Concern, in the Afl^airs of the Continent, with her own Armies; or operate in any other Manner than by andjor thofe Advantages, which her own Situation, and the Induftry of her Inhabitants have procured her. This, Sir, is a fair Account of my poli- tal Creed. And I cannot advance one Inch farther in the Dodtrine of Great Britain*s Independency upon the Continent. Com* merce has given them Connections, which Nature has denied : And Accidents have pro- duced EffeSlSf which Policy did not forefee* The Intereft as well as the Reputation, Cand Reputation is Intereft) of Great Britain calls upon her to protcdt, ftrengthen and de- fend her Allies : And the (ingle Confidera-r tion with me is, in what Manner that can be beftefFe^ed, . . v ., :. vj .^ j There can be no Manner of Doubt, that Great Britain never maintained an Army, upon the Continent, but at three Times the Price, at which,, (he might have hired an equal Body of auxilliary Troops. There- fore, I think it out of Qaeftion, that if there be amongft us, a Man, or, a Minifter, who imagines ( 9 ) imagines that Great Britain ought to ope- rate, upon the Continent, by her own Troops, at this Jundlure, I fcarcely know by what Name to call that Opinion. If, on the other Hand, we have a FadliOn, which thinks that we can be fafe, that wc can be profperous, that we can be vidtorious, though we abandon all our Allies, though we drop all Concern with the Continent, and though wc facrifife every Confideration of Liberty and Religon there; fuch a Fac- tion, muft, either, have very wrong Heads, or very bad Hearts, or both. The firft Max- im of the Roman Republic, was, to bt faith- ful to its Allies, of every Denomination, how- ever remote, however infignificant, however ungrateful, and,even,burdenfome,they migh^ be. But fome Gentlemen may call this, with many other Examples, both antient and modern, I could produce, mere Declama- tion. Be it io. Then I will proceed to Argument. Admitting our Wejl Indian and American Trade to be, as it certainly is, of the great- eft Importance to England, how does that Importance arife ? Undoubtedly by Efig* land'^ Conne(5tions with the Continent ; and ...>.i B , with T ill I , 1 ( 10 ) ^^'Ith the very Powers, which the Anititiort of France prompts her to deftroy. For let us Ibppofe, (I hope it never (hall be more than a Suppofition) that France, finding (he could do nothing by Sea againft Great Bri- tain^ fliould over-run her Allies, upon the Continent. Let us fuppofe farther (which the Gentlemen in the prefent Oppofition, if they have any Meaning, muft fuppofe) that Great Britain fliuts herfelf up, within herfelf, makes Ufe of her naval Power, abandons all Concern with the Continent, and fuf- fers Friends and Foes to fall indircriminately before the Power of France, I fliall, even, fuppofe that Great Britain t all this while, en- joys her Triumphs on the Main, that her Fleet carries Terror, wherever it comes, and that (he reigns the undoubted and unrivall'd Miftrefs of the Ocean. I i I ! But where is the Source that is to fuppfy all this Flood of Glory^ if {he (lands uncon- neded with the Continent, by Intereft as well as Nature ? Her American Colonies muft become a Burden upon her, if (lie can no lon- ger circulate their Commodities, or her own. Her FleetLj tan then no longer anfwer their Intention, which is to defend her Commerce, for (lie wou'dthen have none to defend. Thev mud li! ( " ) muft become Objedts of unneceffaryy but ex* penfive, Parade; and flie muft be reduc'd- at laft, like an unfuccefsful Publican, to live upon her own Stores, and devour the Provifions ihe had prepar'd for others. , i ; ; - f'»/'..:-^-.^,i? fj<. Will any Man fay, that I overftraln thofe Suppofitions ? That I do not, will appear by a plain candid Review of what is faid on the other Side of the Queftion, a- 'I which, had I not heard it urg'd in Speeches, and defended in Print, I would not have be- lieved could have been advanced by Men of Senfe. You will think, perhaps, from this Introdudion, that I intend to bring in a pompous Detail of Fadts and Reafonings ; but, to your no fmall Difappointment, all that thofe Gentlemen have advanced, and all that I have to combat, is, the fingle Propofition, That Great Britaht ought to take no Concern in the Affairs of the Continent, What ! none at all ? None. Not even fuppoiing that France and Prtijia are clofely connedted in Intereft ? That Sweden and Denmark over- aw'd, over-perfuaded, or over- paid, fliall enter into their Schemes } .ThzX Ruffian tho* powerful within herfelf, has no Money to put her Armies into Motion? That the .;. ., / ^2 Germanic w ''I i1 III ( 12 ) Germanic Princes, >^ho either fear, envy, or hate the King of Great Britairiy fhall get fuch a Superiority in the Empire, as to fct afide the pragmatic Sanation, and facrifitJe to their Prejudices, or their Refentmients, or their immediate Safety, every falutary Maxim of public Liberty ? That the natural Ene- mies of Great Britain^ from thefe united Caufes, fhould obtain fuch an Afccndency ih Europe, as to prohibit all Commerce, nay, CorrefpGfidence, betv^een her and the Conti- nent, and that the Confumpticn of all her Commodities is laid under a total Interdic- tion ? Do not thefe, and a thoufand other Confiderations, fuggeft themfelves to prove the Abfurdity of that general Propofition, fo ftrenuoufly defended by fome at this Time, ^hat Great Britain ought upon no Ac- count take any Concern in the yJffairs of the Continent f •■I * •I i i! i ! ' In the Courfe of the Suppolitions I have laid down, I have purpcfcly omitted the Danger which the Proteftant Succeflion here might -be expofed to, if fuch a Con- currence of Events fhould ever take Place, My Reafon is, becaufe I am willing to give the Qentkmen on the other Side of the , Queftion, (n't Queftion, all the Advantages they can, and moi'e than thfey ought to, require ; by fup- j)ofing Great Britain to be fo much the ab- fblute Miftrfefs of thfe Odean, and fo Well united at Home, as to defy ail Attempts, cither foreign or domeflic, tc overthi*ov(r her Conftitution. But grctrfting this, if cut off from all Commerce and Correfpo'ndehce with the Continent, over what folitary Realms mwft fhe reign ? From xvhit Re- fources muft flie draw her Riches ? and by what Means is (he to fupport her Power ? I know it may be faid, that theie are Suppofitions not to be fuppofed. But Gen- tlemen can think fo only, becaufe When they all come forward at one Vievt , they afFed: them too ftrpngly ; for if they are examined particularly and confequentially, we (hall find the Sum total of all the Ar- ticles to be the fame. GrciJt Britaiv^ by her natural Situation, is the fame now, as (lie has been this three hundred Years j and whatever political Alterations (he has un- dergone, have only been in Proportion to thofc of her neighbouring States, which feem rather to encourage, than to forbid, her Communications with the Continent. At !li ll!ll *" At the fame Time, I hope I fhall be al* lowed to fay, that within the Period I have mentioned, fhe has had many great and wife Princes, many able and honeft Statef- men, many experienc'd and fuccefsful Ad- mirals, and many glorious and fortunate Ge- nerals. But I do not, in all her Hiftory, re- member, a fingle Conjundlure thro' all the vaft Variety that has happened within that Time, in which it was laid down as a Maxim of found Policy, that Great Bri^ tain ought i uJ>onm Ace ova T^ to take any Con" cent in the Affairs of the Continent* A Pofition, like this, is no better than a Libel upon the Memory of all fuch as have ever bore the Name of Britijh Pa- triots. For what Reafon did Queen Eliza- betby with a Liberality fomewhat foreign to her natural Temper, fupport the Revolt of the Dutch t and the Hugonots of France^ and take fo deep a Concern in every Event tliat concerned the Germanic Body ? Was it to eftablifh Rules of Faith, and Syftcms of Religion ? Was it from a difinterefted Con- cern for the Liberties of Mankind, that flie wafted the Blood and Treafure of her Sub- jeds ? Thefe Motives W' ere indeed confe- ' quential ! I i (15) ^juential of the great Spirit, with which fhc adted 5 but had they been her primary Im- pulfe, they had been romantic and chimeri- cal, and beyond the natural Power of Great Britain to compafs. But her Views were more rational ; for tho' fhe had repell'd the moft powerful Invalion ever attempted upon this Ifland ; tho* after that, no Princefs ever reign'd over a more dutiful, and a more united People, yet (he knew her In- tereft, as the Sovereign of a trading Nation, connected her with the Continent ; and called upon her to aflift herfelf, by protedt- ing her Friends. This falutary Maxim was attended with every good EfFedt of public Spirit ; for, in political^ as wel 1 as perfonaly Cafes, it will always be feen, that foetal and Self 'lo've are the fame* - 'A." 'i ■ If there is a Period in which the Govern- ment of England feem'd more inclin'd than at any other Time, to throw up all Concern with the Continent, it was during the Reign of James the Firft, which has been univerfally ftigmatiz'd on that very Ac- count. Let us figure to ourfelves what really was the Cafe then, and is an indelible Brand uppn the Annals of that Reign, a Prince w ■■;, ' iiii Wh ' li ii ( 16 ) IPrinCe dnd an Elcdlor of the Eojpire, wlioiii every Tie of Nature, Religion and Policy* liad rendered ^g^x ioGfr at Britain ^ threaten'd to be fliipt of his Dominions by the Di- fljurbers of fi2*rcfence of Territories, poflcfTed by the ** Princes related to her Throne, fuch Re- ." latton will prove rather a Misfortune than ** a Happineft to hfcr." . Such was^ the Language of Court Syco*- phants in that Reign ^ and ihall it be adopted by Britijh Patriots in this ? What was then the Confequence ? No Conlideration could, for a long Time, prevail with that degene*^ rate Court, to operate in the Affairs of the Continent, any other ways than by thou« fands of AmbaiTadorSi and Millions of Ne- gotiationsi The dreaded Event took Place j the Protcftant Intereft in the Empire was reduced to the laft Gafp. The Allies of* England were over-tun^ or over-aw'd, and th^ Oppreffors of Europe rhuft foon have reduc'd the Naval Power of Great Britain to a State of Infignificancy, as (he could not have had a Port in Europe^ to which (he Could trade, ot an Ally to whom (he could h«ve Recourfe. The Spirit of the Nation, and a Courfe of Accidents unparallelled and unexpedledj alone prevented her being in fo difagreeable a Situation. The Court was terrify 'd by C th« • ! 3{ I ( j8) the wife and honeft Part of the PeopkJ out of their dctach'd Schemes j and the amazing Succef" of the Swedes in Germany^ (an Event never again to be looked for) aided by Troops and Money from Gnat Britain^ procur'd fome Refpite to the Li- berties of jE«ro/>^, after being, brought. to the Verge of Deftru(5lion, by that pernici- ous M xim, Tte Great Britain ought, upon no Account, to take any Concern in the Aj' fairs of the Continent, ^j, ^^a-^^ ,j^ .. i I CQuld bring many Inftances fince that Time, equally ftrong to , prove, .that our feafonable Connexions with the Continent have brought England to that Pitch of Power and Riches flie now poiTefles, and an Adherence to this Doctrine was the Teft of Wifdom and Patriotifm in every Mi- niftry, to the AccefTion of George the Firft. The Tories, during the Reign of Queen Aine^ (till the Defign of bringing in the Pretender was in a Manner avow'd,) if not quite fo forward as the Whigs to fupport the War on the Continent, never were ab- furd enough to oppofe any one of the gene- k ral Meafures, that had been judged proper ; by King IFil/iam, and they fecmed to be as w much ( 19 ) much attached, as the Whigs themfelves were, to the Principles of the grand Alliance. W'- t^ tr' '' Biit the Moment the Refolution of fet- ting the Pretender on the Throne of J5n- tain vr^LS adopted, the Doftrine of our In- tereft detached from the Continent, was adopted likewife. The Language at Court was, " That Great Britain had taken too " great a Concern with the Affairs of £«- ** rope, that it was Time to recover from the Dream of Glory, which had led her into fiich a Profufion of Blood and Treafure, ** for Confjderations foreign to her true In- *' terefts. That fhe had nothing to do, " but' recall her Armies, truft to her Fleet, *• extend her Commerce, and Hufband her >" Money." In Confequence of this Scheme, the Peace of Utrecht was concluded, which, in Faft, was a Prelude to detach us not only from our Interefts upon the Continent, but from our Liberties within the Kingdom ; and Britain was once more faved bv the critical Acceffion of the Houfe of Hanover to her Throne. * *« (C C( Jlaving faid thus much by way of Re- flexion, I am far from thinking or faying. '--",. ^ ■■ '.-^ -v ' : that nil' I'tti ( 20 ) that wc have not, upon certain Occftfiont, jBven within th? Time I have mentioned, misjudged the Part which we ought to have taHen in foreign Affairs. I think the War under the Duke of Marlborough might have been carried on with greater EfF|g(^, an4 leis Expenceto this Nation, and thatj con- fidering th^ Turn the Affairs of Eurt^ took, it was ii^poilible for us to have made fo good a Peace with Ftfance, as we mi^ht have had at Gertruyd^nbi^rg. JBttt admitting this, it makes nothing again^H: the general Principle, which is nO|W io much the Object of public Attention ; Tiiat at preient w&arc called upon by Int^refl, as well as Gratitude, to take a proper Concern in the Safety of our Allies upon the Continent, We are not called upon to enter into Engagements that may be dangerous, or Alliances thatt ane expenfive, but to accon^modate oi^rfelveg tot that Syftcm, which a Concurrence of Acci* dents, Int^refts, or Events^ have introdiuc'd into Europe, It is not expected, we ihouid attempt tq retrieve that Balance of Power^ which was the Object of the grand Adliu ance J but that we ought to do our Endea" vour to prevent that which is moft our Inr tgr^ft to prevail, from being overfet, '-'^ «.. One ( if ) Qneoif the fipftdnd {noil fieceilarp ^^x)nlB in true Policy is ; That peminion (by which is meant every Kind of Acquifition) is to be fnafintdtncd i>pe« the Q^mc Prifi^ptefi ftnd Means throagb yfhkk it was ^ain66, Lac us look into tlie Hifiofy of Bftgl^d, let u^ coaiider tbo: Frincipks en which ^e a(£t*> tdi and chci Mea^t^ by; which &e fueectedv- ed in gakm^ this $oyert^y of tht S«i^ ajQsd ifi boconftiAjg 4ie pcSjfpoiiiim pf. iCoinv- n9«f C6« Wgft not hef^ Condtt^ mfo^ bocattfe feumkd on . noirioiial Intf red ? W^s it oof generous^ bcotmre nationai Ifitefftft led her to confider, tjoM Uba BaWiKQ of PoA/«wenuift be pft^fearyed, aiiid th«t. k conld no| bis preferTsd,, witihout giving Prote^^ioih^ lif«i Liberty, and Iridef)enidQncy to Thoufitndel Undoff Q^^^Ti Elizalhtk^ tk«; Batence. of Fowef was to bs maimftined againil ^aitf^ fincci that Time ik ha3 been nuiiotatiitd againili Franee i and it . w»6 equallyf wifer to fuppor!: it ag^nft either, when the Circuflcir* ftances oiEurtfe required i as the other for the Defence, of thut Country ; and it is well known, that though the Dutch were then, perhaps, the greatcft naval Power upon the Continent, the Li- berties of Europe in three Days time muft have been facrificed had not the Pride and Vanity of the French King proved a happy Counterbalance to his Injuflice and Ambi- tion. From whence did this proceed, but from the pernicious Indifference with which the Court, in Oppofition to the Parliament of England^ looked upon all foreign Affairs ? After thefe general Reflexions, which I hope are built upon uncontrovertable Fadts, there cannot be the lead Doubt, that the Criterion of true Patriotifm in Englafid has ^' ever ( 23 ) tver been, her taking a jud Concern in the Affairs of the Continent, and that when this Criterion was abandoned, it always was with Views, and for Reafons, which were as pernicious to the Liberties of England, as of Europe, I am not here to difTemble, that when the Crown of England was fettled upon her prefent illuftrious royal Family, many very worthy Patriots, Whigs as well as Tories (for fome Patriot Tories there have been) were extremely anxious to fecure this Nation from embarking in Quarrels upon the Coii>- tinent, in Confequence of any Differences or Engagements which the King of England as Eledtor of Hanovery might have with any of the Powers there. Were I to fpeak my own Sentiments candidly, I (hould fay, that the Provifions for that Purpofe made in the A(ft of Settlement were carried larther than even the Nature of a limited Monarchy can admit of, and put the King of England under more difagreeable Reflridlions than even a private Gentleman could brook. Nay, I am lingular enough to think, that had feveral of thofe Reftrictions been omitted, the Nation would not have been a Bit.lefs fecure in her Interefls and Liberties. The ils 'li ,1 ,. ■ '!i!|i ! (*4) Th^ Jcatau^ of the Public would have beeii a be^er Barfiei: tQ bptb«, thao aay vvriti6a Pra^ii^pos could cLxife : Audi could naooe €VQi^ r^ceat Infbncesio prove, that it is pof-^ fible- % Tix^e may com& wkea a Miniftry of England (hall be fo tender of violating the Provifions of the Ad of Settlement, and a Fa^ipn Jcpow their o\yB Strength fo well^ l^ aqbp^ng; tj^at. popular Topics that Oppor*^ tgni^ie^ for ferving the, dpnoei^ic as well aft Ibi^igQ Jiutere^ of this Kingdom ma^ be lojOk^ and U^ vain fbqgbt to. be retrieved at an, imm^nf^ E^pcni;:^^ in which all' Parties woiiW concur withjout iqpiiaingi . - ; i , tj In fome Part of what f have now ad* vanced, I am countenanced by the Wifdom of Parliament itfelf, which, long before it had any Experience of his Majefty's Virtues a$ a.K!ingj ajid of ^is Bafliou for the Ho* nour> H^ppinef*' aad Liberties of England^ repeiile.d fcveral rcftridlive Glaules in the Ad: of Settlement, and I think for very juft and very wife CcmGderation^ which I fhall not enter uf^on at prefent. Hi& Majefty has no Subjed more convinced than iam of the Importance of prefer ving the Spirit of that Ad: But I am not for having it rendered more dangerous to be a Counfelkr to our King, ( 25 ) King, than it is^ to be a Vizier to a Sultan ; neither do I wi(h th;it, even as it now ftands, it fhould, by a fcrupulous Adherence to Words, defeat its Intention, which moft certainly was to f^^cure the Liberties oiE?ig- land, by concurring to fapport thofe of Europi\ But it may be faid, " No Party is againft " our taking a juft Concern in Affairs of the " Continent. The Oppofition that has been " made is only to our embarking in them too " deeply." This I fay, may be faid, but I have not yet heard it faid j for if I underftand any thing of common Senfe, the Arguments of the Gentlemen in the Oppofition to the pre- fent Meafures, tend to diffolve all Kind of Connexions between us and other Powers. I (hall, however, for once free them from the Imputation of that Abfurdity, by fup- pofing that they are willing to agree to our ading fuch a Part upon the Continent as may be proper for this Kingdom, as a trad- ing Nation, to enter into. Let us therefore examine the Nature of this Propriety, and lee if any Juncture ever cxifted to which it was more applicable than it is at prefent. D . The ■m pi! i! i!i ( 26 ) The Propriety of a Meafure confifU^in its being well timed, well intended, pr^i- cable, joft, and frugal ; and if a Meafure an- fwers all thefe Charaders, I think there can be no Queftion that it ought to be purfued. With regard to the Time cr Juncture ^ We have lately got rid of an expenfive, and not over iuccefsful, War, and thp Event, as I have already hinted, has taught us, that France has flruck into a new Scheme of Po- litics: That her Government is now con^ vincedjthat Glory may be attended with Rw'f^, and Siiccefs with Beggary, Experience fhewed them that unproteded Commerce is no other than an eafy Prey to the firft AfTail- lant ; and that the Palms and Laurels which their Arms had tranfplanted from Abroad produced only Briars and Thorns at Home, They faw Splendor at Courts and Defoldtion in their Provinces-, their Crown ^oor though powerful', their Armies jiarving, though viSiorious ', and their Ships, though vu- merous, ufelefs. They beheld great Efforts made, but they proceeded rather from Agony than Strength, and indicated, not Health, but Difeafe, Every Trader in their King- dom felt the pernicious Influence of Fleu/fs liibj! ,1 Ifllt II f «7 ) lofig pacific Adminiftration; their Parlia- ments fought to break thofe Chains the Clergy had impofed, and their Minifters to remedy the Evils their Injuftice had occafi- oned. They made War to no Purpofe^ and Peace with no Projit -, and the Expence of their Armies threatned to finifli the Ruin which their Conquefts had begun* It was in vain their Court endeavoured to conceal the Nakedneis of their Country, and the Miferies of the People call'd fo loud that they at laft reached the Throne* England^ all this 1 ime, by protecting her Commerce, faw it not only extended but eftablifticd. By Wary (he had acquired Strength^ and by Peace, Riches. The Pangs of inteftine Commotion have left no Im- preflion upon her Conftitutionj and the Ex- pence of foreign War had made no Abate- ment of her Credit. The high founding Bugbear of Eighty Millions of Debt, when ftripp'd of the Rags, with which Difaffedion and Difc'^ntent had cloathed it, appeared lefs formidable, than a Debt of Fifty Millions was formerly} and that it was eafier to pay the one at 3 per Cent, than the other at 5. In fhort, public Credit flouriih'd, public Spirit reviv'd, and the Nation entered upon fuch a D 2 Purfuit 1(1 I t '•li:! iii '^N ill ( 28 ) Puffiiits of her true IntereAs as alarmecJ France, ■ f.i . - - . ■ I . ■ ■ f . ■ ' It was eafy for France to fee the Springs of the different Circumftances of the two King* doms, and that it was owing to our Mer- chants and Minifters going Hand in Hand, The Frefich Miniftry cooled the Moderation of the Englijh'j they eiiCoi!nii»c»d Schemes, Propofitions, and Addrefe -.j^on the Subjcdt of naval Aftairsithc) tiirn'd their Thoughts from Conquefts to Commerce, and they gave their Monarch a Relilh for the Hap- pinefs, as well as the Greatnef«, of his People, The Refult of the whole was, that a regular Scheme was form'J to augment their Sea, hy reducing their Land, Force, to open a perpetual and improving Source of Com- merce \v\ America 'y to apply a certain an- nual Sum for encreafing hoth the Number and the Strength of their Ships; tor erecting Foundaries, and importing Materials for re- cafling their Cannons; f>r forming a Nurlery of Seamen ; for ama )f >g Qn; d Stores, and, in (liort, for ha- tities ot naval ving before the Year 1760 a Fleet, at Sea, of 150 Ships of the Lnic, fupcrior in every Kd^Qtl ioihokoi England, ' '^l '■^■" Had ^ W ( 29 ) ■ Had the Condu(a of this Scheme been a? frudenty as its Execution was praB'icable, no one can take upon him to fay, what the Con- fequence might have been, even, long be- fore the Period allotted for its Maturity. But happily for Great Britain, the French Vifnefs got the better of their Policy. They provoked us before they were able to fupport their Quarrel, they were deceived in their Intelligence, about the Tamenefs, as well as the DivifionSy of the Englijh, and they were miftaken in imagining that they fliould be able to influence Spain' io join them. The Englifiy all this while, exerted them- felves with a Spirit that gave Credit to the Miniftryi and an EfFed that does honour to the Nation. Their Meafures were Jober, and therefore fuccefsful -, their Vigour was tempered by Caution, and their Refentment warranted by Juftice. Our Government did not look upon the Quarrel as a territorial Difpute, to be confined to the Place where it happen'd. They confidered their PofTeffions in America to be as much Part of national Property as any County in England-^ and without minding finical, miftaken, Dif- tindtions, they refledted that the F^onour of the Crown, and the Faith of the Parliament/ flood engaged for the Property and Prefer-' vat ion it 1:.. , A : :il|.! \4t !;■: ( 30 ) ■ vation of their meaneft EngUJhman in -/fw^- The Condudt of France upon this Occa- fion, is without Parallel, and beyond Belief. Too weak to (how Refentment, too ^ro2/i to iTiake Reparation ; fhe has difcovered, at once. Impotence and lujufiice, tho' (he endea- vours to cloke both under the fpecious Pretexts of public Tranquility and royal Moderation. Thus her Behaviour has given the Lye to all thofe high Ideas of her Power and Policy, which fhe and her Friends were io induftrious in propagating. One fmgle Month has convinced us of a whole Cen- tury's Miflake, and one critical Conjuncture has prov'd France both feeble and fallible* ■> Here I fee you (land amaz'd j for if France is To defpicablc an Enemy, why are foreign Princes to be fubfidiz'd, and foreign Troops hired to oppofe her ! — But, I miftake; you cannot furely imagine, notwithftanding all I have faid, that I think France is a defpicable Enemy to Great Britain ? No, I think her the moft formidable, as well as moft ancient, in the World : And I think her Dcfigns, in the Light I fee them, are incompatible with the Interefts of every wife Man, and the ; . , Principles 'i':h 11 m^ (3O Principles of every honcft Man, in Great Britain 5 nay, I believe that {he has both Power and Influence enough both to con- fume and corrupt the Kernel, tho' fhe has not Strength to break the Shell. Our Ifland may bid Defiance to her Attacks, but fhe may prove fatal to its Interefts ; (he may, if not prevented, deftroythe Sources, from which we derive our Subftance j and tho' flie muft leave us the Appearances of Freedom and Independency, yet fhe may render them both far lefs defirable, than they are at pre- fent. She has, it is true, intefline Divi- fions; but the Experience of all Hiflory tells us, that thefe foon fubfide, when her Ambition and Glory comes in Queflion. Having faid thus niuch, I am almofl afham'd to encounter the trite Objedion, why are we to enter into expenfive Engage- ments, on Account of his Majefly's Elec- toral Dominions ? For I think that the En- gagements we have now enter'd into, would have been wife and necefTary, tho' his Ma- jefly had not pofTefTed one Foot of Terri- tory upon the Continent. If any one fhall be abfurd enough to fav that Great Britain can be without Allies, that (he can fubfifl, tho' every Port in Europe was fhut to her Commerce, nlji Sin !'l •^ ■-fill .: 1 I 1:1 11 Commerce, and every Power oppos'd to her Interefts, I (hall not be abfurd enough to combat luch a Paradox. ..,,., ri •* * ^ ■* J I (hall, therefore, fairly take it for granted, from the Fads and Principles I have al- ready eftablifhed, that Great Britain has an Intereft in preferving the Balance of Power in Europe^ even tho' his Majefty's Germanic Dominions were quite out of the Queftion. if fo, I fhould be glad to know, what Pur- pofe all the Clamour rais'd about Hanover, can ferve, but that of Difcontent and Difaf- fedion ? Have the Gentlemen, who feem'd to favour, if not to adopt, this Clamour, pretended to fay, that France is fo devoid of Refentment, as well as Ambition, as toneg- kd the Means which her Power and Con- nexions have put into her Hands, •<>£ , in- demnifying herfelf for her Difappointments and LofTes. N6 reafonable Man, I think, can fay fo. In what Manner, then, can fhe operate ? Not by Sea ; for there, compar'd to Britain^ (he is impotent. It muft there- fore be by Land. Will Gentlemen fay, that Ri/Jia has fo natural a Connexion with the reft of Europe, as to be compell'd by In- tereft fo interpofe in the Quarrel ? No, her Situation by Land is almoft as impregnable iii" as 1 1 m,-m . { 2i) i.i oiirs is by Sea. Can it be pretended, that the Germanic Body is, at this Time, fo well united within itfelf, as to be able to make Head againft France and her Allies ? If he cafts his Eye upon a common Gazette, or Map, he may fee, that it is not. But fuppof- ing it were ; uay, fuppofing the Queen of Hungary had Power enough within herfelf to flipulate that Afliftance, v/hich we are to have from others, would it be generous in us to require it ? Of, would it be prudent in her to grant it ? She has Connexions to obfervcj (lie has even Family Interefts to confultj and tho' i {he had neither, her Situation does not admit of her making fuch a Bargain, or at leaft on fo cheap Terms, as we have it from her Sifter Emprefs. Can it be pretended, that without Great Britain^ the prefent Syftem of Power in Europe^, can long fubfift ? No^ I don't know a Man in England hardy ienough to deny, that the Pragmatic Sandion Was retrieved by England, and that were we now to withdraw all Concern for, and Con* nexions with, the Continent, the Liberties of Europe muft be more endangered than tiiey were fifteen or fixieen Years ago. What Barrier then can they havfe, but Iroin the Interpoiiiion o^ Great B>itain ? Or, hoW can Great Britain interoofe fo efftdualiy as E' by m iliS t||l|i'h' ;ll V. ( 34 ) by Means of thofe Powers, who have no- thing either to fear, or to hope from France ? ■nri Such aiw the Confideratlons which prove the Wifdoin of Great Britain's Interpofi- tion at this Time in the Affairs of the Con- tinent: And the fume Reafons that fhcw it to be well timed, prove it likewife to be well intended. As to the Practicability of this Meafure, it is, I think, out ofDifputethat the Powers with whom we have contraded are heartily in the Interefts of Great Britain, and very able to perform their Engagements. The Emprefs of Rtiffia's Intereft is fo clofely con- nected with that of England, and her Mi- niftry is fo fcnfible of it, that flie has fliew- ed a wonderful Firmnefs upon all Occalions agairift every Attempt to detatch her from our Alliance. But, indeed, her Imperial Ma- jcfly's own Inclination, as well as Interefl", ftrcngthens this Connexion, fo that it would be in vain to fiy any more upon that Mead. 1 fliall only beg leave to remind you of the wonvieiTul Punduiility with which (lie per- fjruied her laft Engagements. So far fiom being fcaiify as to the Number of Troops fl;c hud (tipulatcd, flic threw fome Thou- ■ • ■ • *■ " fands the (33) fands into the Bargain, fo that making the largeft Allowances for Mortaliry and other Accidents upon their March, the full Quota muft have arrived at the Place appointed ; and on our Minifters and Agents had the picking of them out of near 400,000 difci- plined Men. Thefe are Fads which I think proper to touch upon, becaufe I know there is but too great Ground of Objedlion to Meafures of this kind, on Account of the vaft Deficiencies of the ftipulated Num- bers when the come to the Place of A^ion. As to the Landgrave of Heffe Cajik, the other Power, with whom his Majefty has entered into Engagements, his long Perfeverance in the Intereft of EngJandy and his near Con- nections with the prefent Royal Family, are more than fufficient to convince us tliat he will cheerfully and pundually fulfil^ all his Engagements. , ;; (f But, it may be faid, and I know it has been faid. Finance may over-run the Territories thofe Troops are hired to de- fend, before they can come to their Atiill- ance. In anfwer to this it is fuffidt:nt to obferve, that thev whofe Concern it is to entertain the greateft Apprehenfions on that Score, leem to have none. The SeaLn of the Year, at prefent, is too far advanced for E 2 the « Jl * I ( 36 ) the French to make a Campaign of that kind with any Number of Troops that can alarm the Powers they mean to attack, and his Majefty's Prudence and Vigilance is too well known for us to be under any Man- ner of Uneafinefs on that Account. A Winter Expedition of that Sort, on the Part of France^ is what the bell Friends of Great Britain have Reafon to wi(h for ; and before Spring or Summer, Difpofitions may be made to give them a proper Re- ception. . •.. ' : . f . .?,' - Suppofing, however, any particular Ter- ritory out of the Queftion, I fhould be glad to know from the Gentlemen, who feem to oppole this Meafure, whether, conlider- ing the Nature of the prefent Difpute be- tween Great Britain and France^ and the Difpofitions of certain German Powers, it would not be extreamly prudent in us to guard againft all Attempts to give France fuch a Footing in the Empire as may enable her and her Allies to give Law to our Friends there ? If the fmalleft Prince in the Empire, in Fricrndfhip with Great Britain^ were to be over-run ; if his being over-run were to be as decifive of the Proteftant, as the En^Uflj^ Intereft, there j if it might, even do no rUl JJ, !|' ^M m '•••%K5 ( -7 ) no more than open the Way to farther Ac* quifitions that arc inconfiftent with that Sy- ftem of Power that has been always ourCaro to preferve in Germany^ I fay, even in that Cafe, it would be Madnefs in us not to en- able that Power, however v/eak in itfelf, to make Head againft all fuch Attempts. .»;'! '>\J \ • i ,1 ^i'*)ri A happy Circumftance for Great Britain is, that (independent of the Conlideration of any Conne<5tions with her) (he has an Ally in Germany fo able as his Majefty is to main-^ tain that Balance which it is always her Jn- tercft (hould prevail there \ for upon the Prefer vation of that in Germany depends, I will venture to fay, the Prefervation of the Trade of Great Britain over all Europe^ For Trade has many fecret Operations and Springs, which, however diftant they may feem, have, all of ilicm, a Relation to each other, and every Turn which Commerce might take to our Difad vantage in the North, would foon operate to our Prejudice in the South, and, by Conlequence, in America iifclf. With regard to the Frugality of the Mea- iure, it is perhaps llich, as no Jundure can parallel I lit:, ' II.*' I ( 41 !« n III! I; tl\ It?! (38) ' parallel ; and I will venture to fay, that all the Troops, both 'Ruffians and Heffians, for which his Majefty coniradled during his laft Abfence from Great Britain^ will coft us Icfs than the cheapeft Operation either by Sea or Land, that has been pretended to be pointed out, by the Gentlemen who oppofe the Meafure. Will thefe Gentlemen fay, that our Fleets can guard our inland Trade ? Will they pretend that Great Britain can have any Benefit from Commerce, but by prefer ving the Balance on the Continent ? Or. will they ihew that it can be preferved at fo cheap a Rate, as by the Meafures en- tered into by his Majefty ? .^ >» • , . ;i;»,-f The Members which eompofe the two Houfes of Parliament, by which the A(5t of Succeffion was fettled, were, to fay the leaft of them, at leaft as good Patriots as any modern ones ; They underftood the Confti- ,tution,and loved theLiberty, of their Country; t!iey forcfaw every Difficulty which has . lince happened as far as human Foredght could reach, and their Jealoufy of our Con- Redions with the Continent v/as carried per- • haps too far. But they could not forefee ; that a Time would ::ome when a Proteftant Power ( 39) Power fhould ftart up in the Midft of G^r- many^ and draw the Sword for France, They could not forefec, that that Power would become too ftrong to be controll'd, and too obftinate to be perfuaded. They could not imagine that a Defcendent from that Duke of Brandenburg^ whom King William called his Father, and confidered as a main Beam of the Proteftant Intereft in Ger- many^ (hould efpoufe the Intereft of the Houfe of B cur ton t again ft that of Aufiria^ and adt counter to every Principle upon which the grand Alliance was formed. They could not forefee that Religion v/ould turn out a mere State Juggle with many of the German Princes ; and that Popery and Proteftantifm would become wlt!i them, two mere Sounds, wiuiout any other Ideas an- nexed to them, than Power and Intereft. Had they forefeen this, with many other Revolutions that have fince happen 'd in the Syftem of the Germanic Body, can we ima- gi le that the Ad: of Settlement would have been conceiv'd in the Terms it oiioinallv bore. Were they now to fee their SuccefTors divided about a Meafurc, that for the Ex- pence, at which they maintained a few Re- giments on the Continent, was to remedy the k 'I eft m ( 4° ) the dreadful Evils they could not preveht, and fix the Balance of Power in Europe , what Indignation mufl they feel ! ■ ■•. - - ■'■■ I ■■.■-* *i . ■ » I am well aware what vaft Advantage the Antifubfidizers have in Sounds. Hano- *very Hanoverian Inter efts, the Naval Powef- of Great Britain, her Situation as an IJland, her Commerce, and her 'Detachment from the Con- tinent, are popular, plaufible, and, when not carry'd into Extravagance, proper, To- pics of Argument. But they ought to \" av their Bounds. When our Crown was fetued on the prefent Royal Family, the Nation well knew the Connexion between it and IJa?2over ; and fo far as I can recolledt, it never yet has been pretended in the hotteft Times of Oppofition, that the Aft of Set- tlement, as it now ftands, has fuffered the fmallei): Violation. At the Time it pafs'd, common Senfe could not but di^flate, (and in the Nature of Things, it is impoffible it lliould be otherwife) that his Majefty's Qermciiiic Dominions would be coniider'd as a Pledge for his Condud as King of Great Britain, towards thoi'e Powers, who fl-:ould give Law upon the Continent. This, I fay, is didated by common Senfe : But vnll common !i''':i ( 4t) Common Honefty allow his Majefty, as Eledor of Hanover ^ to fufFer for that Spirit which he exerts as King of Ejiglmid f Having mentioned common Honefty, let me put the following Cafe, which tho' im- probable, is not impoffible. Suppoling fome Part of his Majefty's Britipo Domi- nions to be attack'd on Account of Harw- "oer^ and that it is in the Power of the States of that Eledlorate, for a mere Trifle of Ex- pence, to fave us from an Invafion that may prove fatal to our Liberties, and Commerce. Let an Englifimariy I fay, lay his Hand upon his Heart in fuch a Situation of Affairs, and afk himfelf in what Light he would conli- der the People of Hanover, were they to re- fufe to fave, nay, to ferve, the People of E'lghnd with fo much Eafe, and at fo fmall an Expence ? I will not fay that this Cafe may not happen j I will not fay that it has not partly happen'd already, and that there was not a Time, when Great Britain was alarmed by the Threats of a moll formi- dable Invalion, merely for the wife Conceruj Vv^hich her King, as Eledor of Hanover, took in the Affairs of the North. Can I J" llll!t m ,! it' •' ill hi 5ii 'M?i If' Can we, with any Colour of Probability* imagine, that the Framers of the Adl of Settlement were ignorant, that fuch Incon- yeniencies would happen after the Houfe of HariTcer had fucceeded to the Throne of England 1 Might not every Child forefee that many Incidents mu/l happen, in which the Eledlor of Hanover fhall be obliged, as fuch, to take a Part extreamly difagreeable to the other Powers, who will not fail, if an /opportunity fliould prefent, to refent his Condu<^, be it ever fo juft and wife, upon the King of England 1 What was the ma- gical Charm that forced thofe Oppofites in Nature, Charles of Sweden an.d the Czar of Mt/Jcc'-oy, into one another's Arms, and to threaten Great Britain with a refiftlefs In- vafion ? Nothing but the wife and generous Concern, which his late Majefly took, as Eltdor of Hahcvery in preferving the Peace of Germany, atid the Balance of Power in the North. But no Patriot of thofe Days was hardy enough to charge the then Mi- nistry with involving Great Britain in Af- fairs that were foreign to her Intereils. The Part (he aded, was didated by the Nature of Thinj^s. Her Enemies. took Advantage of ihofc Circumflances that prefent them- felves ij'iii 'II (43) felves at the very firft View, by feeking to force the King of Great Britain into Mea- fures detrimental to the Eledlor of Ha- nover, The popular Outcry, therefore, againfl our Connexions with Hanover, neither has, nor can have, any Foundation, but in the Act of Settlement itfelf j for while that Act fubfifts, thofe Connexions muft fubfift likewife j nay, they partly muft fubfift, were it repealed. And, in Fact, they did fubfift before it took Place ; becaufe it al- ways has been, and always will be, the In- tereft of Great Britain to fupport the Pro- teftant Intereft in Germany, which flie can.- not do, without fupporting thofe Princes, which are at its Head. Whoever is con^ verfant in the Hiftory of that Act, and the Principles upon which it pafs'd, muft he extreamly fenfible that the Whigs of tiiofe Days, and all the well meaning Tories likewife, thought it a happy CircumOance for England to be ruled by a Prince, who had a great Intereft in Gertnany ; and it was with that View that England exerted herfelf io much in every Thing that con- .' :- F 2 ccrncd m 'ill '!■!■ Ml III ■;lii!jil '111'' Hi i! iw ""ii'i ( 44 ) cerned the Honour or Intereft of the Houfe of Hanover, even before its Succefllon to the Crown of Great Britain, Nothing is more eafy than florid Decla- mation ; and an Orator of very moderate Parts, by dipping into Magazines and poli- tical Pamphlets, may make a very good Fi-t gure, by furnifliing himfelf v^^ith general Invectives againft the Blood and Treafure of EngJa72d, being employed in Quarre! that are foreign to her Interefts. He may likewife expatiate with great Eloquence upon the natural Defence of England, which is her Navy, and her Militia; and he may (hew, with invincible Force of Reafoning, how £afy it is to form a Militia, fo as to bid De-» fiance to all Invafions. Who doubts all this, or difputes any of thofe general Prin- ciples ? But I have heard that even Gold may be purchafed too dear ; and great Chemifts have been known to maintains that the Tranfmutation of Metals is not impracticable, but that the Profit never could defray the Expence of the Prq- ccls. I 't'if- ■St A f ! i- Uj*\-- But Ml;'! (45) But why are Things to be taken for granted without Proof, and againft Proba- bility ? Who doubts that it is deftrudive to Britain to enter into a Lund War, upon the Continent, uninjured, unprovoked, and un- interefted ? But is that the Cafe at prefent ? Hiive we received no Provocations, from France^ that call for Refentment on our Part ? Undoubtedly we have. And I have not yet met with a Man, In 'England^ unrea- fonable enough to fay, we have not. In what Manner were we to exprefs our Refent- ment ? By Sea undoubtedly} as being the mofl natural, the moft frugal, and the mofteffedtual Manner. I {hall not diffem- ble, for my own Part, that the Circum- flances of the Juncflure, when this Refent- ment became neceffary, were fuch, that I did not conceive we (hould have acted with the Spirit we have fliewn. His Majefty abroad, France and her Allies prepared, alarm'd and elated, by the Defeat of General Braddock'f and the naval Power of our Enemy far from being contemptible. The Dutch weak, or divided, beyond Ex- preffion. The Queen of Hungary in no Condition to provoke France and Friijjia^ and not a Power upon the Continent that had fo much as a Pretext for ading with u?, i hi %' I'- ll: ■ 1 1 I >> A'. I'l, •■■■i'' ( 46 ) US, in confequence of our j^merican Dif- putes. Notwithftanding this, all Conlidera- tions of perfonal and territorial Safety were generoully fet afide on the Continent j the Honour, and Intereft of Great Britaitiy took Place of all Arguments ; and his Ma- jefty generoufly pafled the Rubicon^ with the happy Omen of being feconded by the good Wifhcs and Approbation of every honeft EngUJhman ; and all this to the Amazement of Europe^ and the Difappoint- ment of "France^ who relied upon the Si- oiation of Matters upon the Continent to proteft her againft the Refentment of England, V, i • m-^' v. A fmall Degree of Reflexion, upon the Occurrences of a few Months ago, will Juftify all I have advanced; on this Head. Was this a Condud, that had the Ap- pearance of making the Interefls of Great Britain^ only a fecondary Confideration ? Is it pofTible to conceive a Conduct that can do his Majefty more Honour, as a King of England f Common Prudence, indeed, led him to enter into two frefti Engagements either to preferve the Peace of Europe, or the Balance of Power in Germany, But had he not been our King, had he, as E- ledor M' ( 47 ) . , ledor of Ha?toijert been no more tlian tfic determined Friend of England in Ger- many } had he been threatned on that Account by Powers, which the Strength of his electoral Dominions could not with- fland, and if the Lofs of Hanover muft have been attended with the Lofs of all our Intereft not only in Germany, but in the North, I fay, fuppofing all this had been the Cafe, muft not the People of Eng- land have been as void of Wifdom and Policy, as of Juftice and Gratitude, had they abandoned fuch an Ally to Deftrudion, or even to Danger ? Does then his Majefty being connected with us, by Ties more clofe and facred than thofe of a common Ally, alter the Nature of our Duty, our Interefts and Engagements ? What Prince who had no more Concern with us, than as a mere Ally, would have aded in like Manner, under like Circum- ftances ? Let me afk farther, whether it is poffible for his Majefty to have confulted the Intereft of Britain in a more frugal, effec- tual, and, even, decent. Manner, than he has done ? Could be have anfwered the great Truft repofed in him by Parliament, with- out providing for the Peace and Safety of Europe f Jll m I VI. if ( 48 ) Europe ? Or was there any other Courle to be followed, for that Purpofe, but that v^hich he has puifued ? hhd he not purfued it, there had indeed been Held enough for Otitcry and Declamation, " To negled: the Liberties of Europe, the Proteftant Intereft, the Safety of our Allies, and ** the Honour of Great Baitain for the Confideration of a paltry Sum, that fcarce is to be mentioned, in Oppofition to thofe mighty Confiderations, and to expofe us to an immenfe Expence to retrieve that Balance of Power, which a Trifle of Money might have preferved. Add to this, it is certain to a Demonftration, that the Money we give to RuJ/ia is all laid out upon our own Manufadures j and that even the Subfidies we lay out in Germany, are more than compenfated by the Ad- vantages they bring us in Point of Com- merce. Was this the Manner, in which the glorious Queen Elizabeth ^&.q6, when (lie expofed both her Life and htr Crown to flippcrt the Protellani Intereft in Europe'? *' Was this the Spirit which Croffiwel/ihew'd, when he obliged the French Court, to drop the Perfecution of the F rote Hants, tho;]-h they were her own Subjeds ? Did Kijig JVilliam proceed upon fuch " narrow C( cc C( <(