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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. f ( 1 2 3 * • - * 4 5 6 ' •■ • ^ ,. * 'M?' -t *-'^^t;. JW <•- 5 :!^- "THE INTERESTS O F" T H E EMPRESS QpEEN, The KINGS of - FRJNC!E and' SPAIN, ANDTHEIR « PRINCIPAL ALLIES, With refped to their Glory,, the ef- fential Advantage of their CrownjS, and their Confcfence, betrayed in the Preliminary Articles, figned at Aix'la-Chapelk^xht. y^ik^^prif^ 1748, Tranilated from the F R e n c h. ^ — j ' ' . * In the Year MDCrXLVIIL [Price One Shilling.] :M <-•■ u» (i) >%ii^'^i^'%i^'%imi^^i^'^i^ . 1 the INTERESTS Of the Emprefs ^een.the Kingi of France and Spaing and their principal ytllies, with refpeO to their Glory,theejffentialAdvan^ iagebf their Cr&ivns^ and their Conjtience^hetrOfedifithe'Pre'^ liminary Articles ^ fi&^^d <^^ Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. -t I H E ptcfcnt Situation of the French ii\d Span/Jh Monarchies happens to be the mod glorious^ they have feen for many^Ycars. Circum- (Vances are now decinvc with rcfped to thefe CrOwns j and if Negotiations ^do not com- plete what their Arms have commenced, they are for ever undone j a difad vantage- ousL Peace would only render them extreme-, Jy unhappy in the midft of thek moft Ipica- did Triumphs, A 2 tkt t" ' ■ ' (4} The Copies of the Preliminary Arti- dcs^ hitherto banded about, have thrown an true Ftenthmen and Spdniards, and fuch Fcrcigticrs as are attached to thofc Crowns, irfto ike utmpft Co^iflcrnation. Vain ?|re^ the Endeavours, that have been, ^nd ftiU are, made to quiet us, by means OT the flattering Term of a glorious Peaces /hbfc wlib arc more attentive to Things than Words* cannot difcern the Icaft Shadow Cf Glory in a Pjrace, in which they find ^:ieithcra£lual^ future, nor folid Advantage. 611 tht contrary, they lee notlimg but * the Source of future Broils and Wars, in which ^c Crowns of France and Spain, the two Sicilies, and their Allies, will be fo much the lefs cdpSiBle to maintain their Ground, .as their mpfl implacable Enemies will be )^nabled to dtfack them hereafter to an A^ Vantage, if thcfc Preliminary Articles prove ircie, and unlcfs there be fbme Method i^kth id modify them at.Jeaft, in their cxccut16tt. ' '" I aif) inclinable indeed to think, for the " ^onoiir of a certain Miniftry, that thefc 'Articles are fi^itious, or that they are ac- 'ccknpatiied with others, in which fomc real ^4vantagcs have been ftipulatcd in ^vouc 'df* the Crowns o^ France and Spain^ thc« Knowledge of which our Mioitters have rtJ^ught propet tp <;onccal, for a while, from i ■ (f) from the Public. But as the Expediiioh with whkb this drft Draught of the Peace has been figned, may give room to prcfume tlicy had not time to weigh all- i|5 Con- fcquences ; that the Copies which hate beep mti^Q public, tho' different in Arrange* mcnt, agree nevcrthelefs in rcfpeA to the Subftance of their Deciiions^ and in fine, that feverai Things which perhaps c(capcd their firft Reflexions, may be ftill eaiUy re^ fied in the Definitive Treaty j 1 lliall therefore only poiot but fome Heads which to nic jappear dcferving of a more particular Cod* ftderation of tlie Miniftry, to Whom the whole Glory or Blame of this meO import tant Negotiation mull be ncceiTarily a(^ cribed. . • , The Subje^l^ Vhave before me, very nearlj concerns the real honour of the Princes | the Houfe of Bourbtm, and the lutcreft my Country j it is therefore fo etYgiging^ with refpcft to a Heart ifincerdy devoted to both, that every other Confidcration muft give way ; and I hope that no one, but Icaft of all jou. Sir, whom the King has raifcd to the highed Dignities^ and loaded wxtti Favours, will condemn the Liberty I take to poipt out in this (hort Memorial, the In- conveniences of this Syftcm of vain and fajfc Clory, on the Part of the Court of .f^ I fatties , with which fomc People pretend to colour the prctcflded Preliminary Articles, iigncd the^oth of y^^r//, 1748. My Country I love, as the Place of my Nativity 5 my King, for the pcrfonal fa- vours with which he has honoured me : A Zeal therefore fo pure and ardent as mine cannot lie ftill, when it (ces thofe Interefts fo facred, fo dear, abt only in danger, but even vifibly facrificcd. . Tis therefore of the utraqft Confe^ qucncc, and even to the Advantage of tht Nations allied againft the Houfe of Bour- boht an Advantage which confifts in fct*- tling between them and this Houfe, a fblid Peace, a fincere and perfcd Reconcilement j 'tis to the Advantage, I fay?, oF thofe Na- tions, and of the Courts that dircft them, to prevent the Heads of this potent and auguft Houfe, from having ever any Occa- sion to repent, in their c|ritical Moments of Refledion, the immlcnf^ Sacrifices they are inclined to make fon the fake of Peace^ through their Moderation and natural Mag- nanimity. A Peace too dearly purchafcd can never be durable. I- IT has been laid down as a fundamental Article of the t*cacc, That all the Con- ^uefis made fine e the Commencement of this JVar, /^ /^ IVdr^ as 'ujell in Europe as in the Eaft and , Wcft-Indics, muft be reftored on both Sides, ^ Aftcf having agreed with regard to the cflcntial Part of tiiofe mutual Reftitutions in the Preliminary Convention, may it not tip a Subjed of Examination in negotiating thV Definitive Treaty , whether in thcfc Reftitutions there Ijc not, a great, nay an immenfc Difproportion ? Dpes the Refti- tution of Cape Breton^ how important fo-' ever wc may fuppofe that Place, defervc to be fct in competition with fome Conqucfts made by the French over the Englifi, even in America, in the Commencement of the War J and with others made towards itsCIofc in the Eaft-Indies ? Does it merit to be compared with Auftrian and l^utch Flarh ders, with the Harbour of Antwerp, with Bergen^op^Zoom.Mafiricht, and the other Towns of "Dutcmai Aufirian Brabant^ .with the conquered Diftrifts of the Coun- ^ies oiNamur^ndHainault, and with the Town and Territory of Tournaj? If there be a confiderable Diipropor- tlbn (a Point which is beyond all Dif- pute) between the Reftitution France is to make on fenc i!de, and England on thp other, the Excefs of this exorbitant D^ proportion, ought ta turn Qut, cither in fbc Wfiole 4Dr Parr, purfuant to the Prin- ciples 1 ,., ( 8 ) A, |plc5 of the Laws of Nature and War tn IT. 'S it fit the Crown of Frmn fltobld en lin favour of the Queen ollfu^'^Z any other Prince wLtfocverfwSeL f Pnncc, for whom our Court d/r^t,!^ * to ^hom it had already i?i^n f^ '''l ** oCFrame\ Marrka whhnnr '""^hter "ut of this RcnttS, wS th^f 'r« -I^ArtjcIfcsreprcJe^tt^a particular Towns^ which, without conT ^enci Monarchy, are n,vcrthelcft indif « "T^h^ "^ Sufficient to have delivered tidLi^^ n'T °^ ""= P^'io'inary.A,- tide?, the Harbout pf 'Dunkirk from the burdenfomc Condition of the Treaty of Utjit on the Lmd Side, unlefi^ J ^ freed at the fimc time towards the Sea A Ddxvery^of this kind would be « fm«l^ ^T^- WctetheReftraintsliuK this Harlyur to be continued, riKy w^ ' - ^ icrvc r'»~)' • : Mvc a§ a Pretext for Complaints J thc(«: Complaints mightfurnifh Occafion fbr new Hoftilities.j and Hoftilitics would infallibjy kindle up a frclhWar, either by Sea/or in the ^ L^ Countries. It would have been there- fore proper to hat^ rcmwcd for ever thofc Pretexts, of wjiich fo furprizing a Ufc wa$ made in 1742, 174:3, 1744, in certain Me- morials, which the; French M in iftry never 6ught to forget. Now it is impoflible to pre- vent the Inconveniences that may arife from thefc Pretexts, how frivolous Ibeycr wc fuppofe them, urflefs the Fate of this Pi^cc be definitively fettled, nay,^3nd unlcfs it jijc ftill better covered bv the retaining of Furufs and Newp&rt. * ^ ^ IV. /", CAN Oiir Minifters, without beiug^c^ ficient in what they owe to thic Se- curity and national Intercft' of tlic French Monarchy, ncglea to procure a Barrier for its ancient Frontier, by retaining ^-M?^/, Menm, Ipresi but cfpeclajly Tdurnay^ w^ich fbr many Ages was in -the Poffeffipn of the Crown ; in fine, by keeping all thoife Places Which had been torii from her by the^if-. Mtivics bf the SpaniJhWiii} _ . \a NeccCtry it is alfo to retain the County Qft^amur, not fo much taJncreafc the *' * B Demeans <*• 1 • ' i . ^r '■ - ■r -.s.- 1 V s ' r 1 ' ; t » .jy # '; i -/> ^aieans of the r-^ fleve. aimed at, Sd^efi *'"'*"«= King (he Bounds of the ,f' ** *° «ntam wi,M ' Sovereign who toT?e'''' f^vVur, """^d her. and wjf W ~"-*'""y ^o- ewefs her Infmts and in ""'"'' «ven to *« Monarch, and Ls ^^S"t.tude toward* T V. ^, real GJorjr of the Kin °"'"' ^"^ '^c the conquered Nethe^i^h '*''""«' "^t to any Power whatS!^ "^ "°* ^Aorcd ton thatthereftoredPr!^' ''"' "P"" Cond" *^.^cie„t,ValSSe^J?^""»'haii return to «^hich they were «SL**'^"ehy, flow Treaty .ofV^r^'^T^d h)' the^^SS J^th Mafter a^d Subk^ ^°"" ''' W ;«" '"'d "ftfulmanwr bv'n %'^'^^i- honouraWe RightsThich^rt "°S '''"^ recovered by their maT ^^ ^"^ ^tcjr *5y had been fllpy i'T "'"' ^^ *hS *=^' than mZt ^ ^™* ^otc /^ *?"thfuch a trMi„r^*° """f 'hemfelv« *• -a'-^rft &^ ?* «hc Abbey of yi. VI.. IT would be dangerous to infift at this jundurc, as has been done on fomc occafions, and ftill is furmifcd by thofe who cannot conceive, that the Enemies of France couJd have extortj^ from her Mi- nifters fo dangerous a Sa<®ce as that con- tained in the pretended Preliminary Arti- cles } it would be dangerous, I fay, to in- fift on the Demolition of the Fortrefs of Luxemburg, or upon the intirc Acquifition of that Dutchy. The Germanic Body re- gards this Place as its only Bulwark on that frontier; confequently it could not look upon the Lofs of it with indifference j 9 Lbfsthat would infallibly produce Alliances, into which this Body would enter with as much Eagernefs as Unanimity, tq refcuc it again from France. fiut the keeping oi Namnr^ Charleroi^ mens, Tournayy tyres, Tutnes, and New- ^*, is as indifferent as the Lofs of thofc Towns, to the Germanic Body. To re- tain a Part of Provinces already conquer- ed, is a much more natural means of ma- king Peace, than to endeavour to negotiate new Acquifltions. The firfl Method can be oflTenfive to no-one; being juft, prudenr, and expedient 5 the fecond is fubjeft to In* Q I: ^^^^onvenicnw^^ of P^^.-fi . """6 "gnt of either n a Trearv ■ crcd !„«;"«• of th?sr Z' "t t ly betrayed' were te'! "'f '^ ^^^^^"^■ without PrecaS ^a n'^/^^Sn ourfelvcs t^^A *T^ J*^^'°"»y and Hatred we muft noi- i»v eternal T^?/ °^' confcquently arc it (13 ) it than for her Enemies ; would be furhifli. ing them with the Means of continually mfulting it, the Means of renewing thci Attacks to a greater Advantage, the Means m hne of fooner or later deftrov- mg it. ' What Advanfagc have the Crowns of J^ ranee and S/,am gained, by facrificingto the Houfc of Brunfwic-^Hanover, anoTher • Houfe which ought to have been dear to them ? What has been the Fruit of all the Expence the Houfc of Bourbon has been at. V'r ^v "i^^^^^^"^y ^"^^"^^Pcndence of the UrittedTrovtnees, and to get them creded and acknowledged by all Europe as a So- vereign Republic ? What Benefit have wc had from the advantageous Treaties of Commerce granted to the "Dutch, in pre- judice to our own Country ; from the Vi- gor With which the Court of Vet faille t exerted itfclf to fupprels t\iz OftendQom. panyj and in fine, from the conftant and diftingmlhed R^ard which our Court paid, both m Peace and War, to this Re- public, till the Year 1747? All thefe Fa- ITI .^T""""^'^ °"^y ^° procure Riches I K A Z"?"^^'^ ' ^'^^^ w^i<=h they have cxhauaed,^in order to ruin the Credit of ^^lac ^'''^'' ''' ^^"^ ^^«h, to arm f n? f 5ft pf Eurofe againft her, and to ^x,- termi nate \ terminate m zU Parf, th^ n France zMs/ain "" C°"""«cc of Vain would it be to flatter ourfdvcs with M^-^ u • * - '"' « tnc lame time, of the «^ by incorporating with tl,e Crowa «)»= Fortrefics tl,at.fo,merly belonged w ^and wh.ch we have lately «wvSb? «»M Superiority of oafArws. - '^^"^ "*' ^nrain ffioaJd we endeavour to clok fi* Z^^ %. "^ ^'S'^^oUTSi t is in. of 'I r ( »f ) her Territories i a neju Barrier wouU only make the old one fall to decay, Jb9 would ke obliged to keep up a greater Number of Troops in time of Teace i and the maintaining or repairing of fo mauj tfrtreffes would he too great a Charee U the Royal Treafury, Thcfe arc fudi wretched Pretexts for People of good Senfe, that 'tis infinitely furprizing any one fliouki propofc to buUd on fuch palpable Abfurdities, the Plan of a Pacificatioa on which our Country's Fate depends. The ncighbourmg Powers, though weak at pre fcnt, may become very ftrong in ten Years, All they want is a good Adminiftration, which, rare as it is, cannot be faid to be unpoffiblc. No Power fhould flatter itfclf with the Notion of being invincible 5 too much Confidence or Sec;urity has ruined' the raoft flourifhing Monarchies. France has a good Barrier j but wc have a con^ vmcipg Proof from the. prefcnt War, that this Bajr^er may hwf forced j and the Fate of Arms being uncertain, 'tis very poffibk it may be forced with as much Fajcilky as that 9f,ourEnwiesitt 1744, I74^ Jmd 174^, JLhc more this^ Crown weaken hfcif .b^ Warj^^gn^ u(elc6 Treaties, the.mor^ ks^ \m. P^We Efwmies will prcfume fo a»ack it, *fti5 m herfclf ha? experienced in' the fc« "" " — vcfi l- -— - Ill ( iS) ^ AlliancesandJEncmi«»ol-j ' '"'/•now her , the ftron^T * H Z '"J''^''^" •ttve occafion to \rZ,i.' }^ '*'* ft* will Crown, ^voull i^ Seh 'Tf ""^ '^ ^'^^ to other Ufcs t'bmijn; ^^ ' '^ unapplied - keep &S;rr /niS'ir and to make fh^ir r> ^^'^ Order. Oeconomy to France ^h^ri^^ P"n'««is Army or Navy. ' *'"*'' "» *« - viir. latter, Witl^" Mn A*|. •**" ^«J to the Vice to iheS^^f ''"'''"r«t«f Scr- «'. and the other wooldne^SK the >tt theft 'c more ^ diarcCs pfiiltcd. nmerce JwBar-, i oncj s, and to the PpHcd I dCotis, >rdcf^ iaous aRe- I the / the rhc Set- ,wc but :rs, ret 1©^ fo he ( t7) the repeated Inftances with which lire v/sa folicitcd by the Houfc of Bourbon, to ten- dec hetfelf Arbitratrix of the Peace. Thus the War was carried "on by means of their common Subfidics. But God has punKhcd this Inflexibility, by niaking it fali on its prmcipai Authors* Would it be thefeflSft: rcafonaWe, notwithftanding the Decifions of Providence, which have been manife(tc^ lb evidently in the latter Events of the War, that the Emprcfs Queen (hbuld alone beat all the Weight and Punifhmcnt of this fug- getted Inflexibility ? And would not rhis *^ Jt*^ ^^^ *" rcfpcd to that worthy Prin- cefsi were the general Reftitutions, publifhed in the Preliminary Articles, to be literally executed ? Is it not proper to foften her Fate by Exceptions, which might kender this Reftitution-of fome Utility? This is the only means of being perfcdly recon- ciled to her. A Reconciliation of this kind might be perpetuated by very eafy means ; and if there be any Method left, that caa render the Intcreft&of the Courts of Fiinna, Verfailles, Wi^Madrid, in refpeft to theiV>- therlandsy hencefortj^ard infeparable, would it nor be proper to have recourfe to it in the gencml Pacitotion, tho'it werctodifplcafc IbmciPcople; whoarc known to bcas iiido- knt and daflarly Friends, as they arelbriotts h ' ! » : ■f ill I i good earned. "' '"^ ^^'^"^ »» .,.;„«"»«*•»« In » general Tr|ty X Kificat on, as well as natural Prudence ,hl" «ay telia fomc tiwe.to the P,^?,^- ^ ^hat wc think the b^ Pc^fuSl Vl mc& to »hiX*^f^ »y.ode not .wptcferablctoaiiyfotfccti > ^ » ■' f " ' ' 1* .-■ , . •3f.' if" ==;= (1-9) ■ rious Consideration, \yhctlipr tbrtlwirc Rq- Aitution of the conquered Towa$ 4»d Pro- vinces of the 2)«/f^, be uQt, xho: an ia- direa:, yet exorbitant Incrcafe pf Power in the Hqu(c oi Hanoruer : whetbqr thq func- tion of the Father and Sonrin-iaw*« Forces, produced by the E^ion of tbft Ss^dlJdoWfti*, and tlu great Influence ^he CoPW pfLif}^- don h^s acquired by means of this ^kftiori, over th^ principal Rcfokitions of the SUtCi- Gcncwl, may aot ppove fatal tohwNei^ bours a$ well by Sea a9 Und : in A^ort, wba- thcr this Influent docjuot cftablilkan uni- verfal Monarchy by %^ by fiyroifhing tbc Englijh with the Mfftns of invading this principal Branches of tb« Comm^ce^ of the United Province, aa4 of iAii;nfibly fwal- lowing them up. ^. XL: 'TP 1 S likewife of the utrooft Cortf^tfcpcc * to procure a Revocation of the Rc^ folution taken in favour of the hcceditaf^r StadtholdcrOiip in the Fcq^ale line % hecai^^ this Rcfolution, fo Angular in fcycry f cTpeift, tends fiot fo much to introduce, a^ to per- petuate the Union of tbtf ff Proviocps > to 6 jc their Sovereignty in the Houfc oi Jbloffau, and to transfer it aftejrwlrds to ihat otHa- -^— . -1 jCL ^ the 55! O J? r^ I'.'i III 1-1 1 1 J ( 2b ) ^c^tfKorbitant Incrcafc of Power in ohcof thofc three Houfes, muft tend only to re- duce the other Families of the Bmpire, and IV'^'V'' ^^.Vr ^""""^'y '"o^ dangerous and inteftinc ;War5, in which all Eutfipe would be obliged at length to take (hare. Ti8 indifferent, very indifferent to the World, whether the T^uUh have a Stadt.> holder, or notj whether the Prince of JMaJau be their Stadtholder preferable to *ny one clfc, all, this i« a matter of too ImalllmDortancc to merit being debated by a^gcnera Congreft r but the Cafe is othci; W!fe with refpcd to the Prcfervation of the f^^K? ^.'*'^ ^""'^ Provinces, this is «n Objea in which too many -Powers arc Xll inr^lS therefore a matter of equal Cpn- cernmenr to prevent the Nature and . ^orm of the Republican Government, in the United Provinces,, from being fubverted, in order to make room for an ^arbitrary Gor vernmcnt, which totwithftandingits^refent C round ^^'"* ^^^^ ^° gain more 1 A^*^^^^""^" of this kind would give a - m Pwcocc to the Huts of rbc Houfc of. . ( 51 ) Jfuftriay to rcnc# their ancient Claiitts to thcfc Provinces and their Dcpthdancies ) be- caufc it was hevcr ^hdntent of the Kings of Spam to alienate their Right of diredand ule- fui Dominion over them, but upon conc^tipH they (hould be ereded into a fre^ RcpolK lie $ much Icfs did they defign to make a Pi-efcnt of this Dominion to the Prince? «^ the Houfe di NaffaUy or thc^r Pofterity; Charles IX, Henry \% Henry IV, tev0i9 XIII, Lewis XIV, Lewis XV, had ndNo- tion, no more than the Kings of ?^/ij^tf/» of favouring the £ region and Pr^fervation of tliis Soveteigtity, but upon condition it eternally adhered to its Republican Govern- ment, and that its Wealth and Poflcifions, as well in the old as hew World, (houid never devolve to their capital Enemies. In fine, there is not a fingle Neighbour of thofe Provinces, but has a Right to challenge the Towns, Fortrcffes, and Territories^ which this Republic has extorted firom them b^ different Tjxaties, under the pretence of a Barrier, and which have been ceded to them only upon a Suppofition they would al- ways continue in thePprm of Govempicjni; th«y were in, ^hcn tho(e Treaties, were made. ThereafoniSy bccaufe a pacific and tradin§^tate is ufefitl,-as well to its Ndgh- bouff, as toihcfcftofth^Worlds whcro^ ii'i Hi '*\ h »»??fa^*^«i^^<>od.s;rows dangerous, as foon a$.k hccomcaa mUiiary and abfqlux^; Power, a.JtT?' ^J'^? ^Spvcrcign tomakp hinv frif M^ of the Fof CC3 gud llic;hc& of th^ ?f l^fWfe^ttC woujd bcfurc tQ Jay Schemes o£ wcafio^ the Cploiiic? ^nd Cqmmcwc P^,Wt ?ubjc%5 which muft inevitably ^wi-.?^*, to ^be biXadVavtj^ of y^^J/i^. £%:Op4m,AodFr/tnce: furc he would b«? jgcjwfc to favbvr the claqdeftipp Trade r^»<* tlwj Ziid^^s and their Conffdc- ptc« bav always catried oa to the Carac^ f^i and dfewhcrc, contrary to the Faith ^f Treaties : in fin^gfWcrc this Sovereignly tofafs from the Hale$ to the Un\^t^ of Jc areigmng XihjC, jhc Hpufc f .%Wes which ,^Wi(c 4jBL^pj them to thoft famiBcs. ^ . 1 wpul4 ^'^iniy he an Aaipn nnwof- J^^Aoy43^aicfty; mi the Grandeur rpwij; 4in A.^iQU^ifl l^f^if €Q»d#- unjufilyj (f ■»• ' , f '"^'^Z- - («5) Oly ; "^tteve titho: ^fhdt the sPri«A(\MI^ . .^^^ Atrocious tnruUs^ddnetctJtlicir ^Mtaft«r| «ir llfe/i«e lignoram oi^ the troe Mmc^ 001 having t>c0vi«u^«MMra[faitd<4 t^atoi^^ Iblemn SotMbaioh^M ^h£ lii|ai^cif^dtf <^ lumniM^a{idKfl[kd«QVd»Pto4hciKiilg Hiitff^ Atrncd titto Hidkult j 4A 'fine, ki^e^iMt f Hritcdrlvikgc ,©f the'^tdtWi WJTowni, '«^r>fitili- ai(hcd ^byi thic>$rftt«8 Xkitctdl ihietiftr^yci; ( ! # ' <^ ■/■■ f ^W. r* 1! . I IS it ptdffi^lt, wit4ldutfthKtt4nlg^{lfi' a^k^ fenfiWf Ittanttcr, >th6^ft€rdd«Mdf«y^6f ^ MdiMrtSh^"^;^ IS (he nti^mfai^hftit Ally ia the Uhiv^,>a Mdmat^h^the^indft^ifc)^ fate and di%terefted thatev«r'^4c^kit%hi^Frim^ibifte'J|lfe :if th <>£«fjfr'i74f, ifr *'pUBttc'Cit«ft6fo, onwhich the St^d(holdef^^riH^titt<$ xy. < j; ) every, thing would be according to the cxadeft Order and Equity. XVII. JT^IS the Opinion cf a great many, that -*' the Pre-eminence of the Imperial Crown, as well as that of Frartce, Spain^ and even of England ^ have been ftruckat, by the late extraordinary Ceremonial in making the Plenipotentiaries enter the Hall of the public Conferences, by four or five difFcicnt Doors 5 a Ceremonial ^'hich ad- mits the Minifters of Genoa, Sardiniay Mo- dentiy iind Uollandi to. 4if?Vitc the Point of Precedency with the Miniftcrs of the firft Houfes and Crowns o( Europf 3 even with the Mihiftcr acknowledged as Imperial by all the other Minifters of the Cpngrefs; ex- cept thofe of the Houfc of ^e?ttr^^» i even with the Minifters of fupcrior Courts, with which they are either intimately allied, or with which their Mafters arc not di- redlly at War. And yet how natural would it have been to have tcgulatcd this Ceremonial in fuch a manner as not to in- jure the Prerogatives of ihofc Houfes and their Crowns, by agreeing there Ihquld be only two Doors to the Hall of th? public Conferences, namely one for the Miniftejf of the Court oi VerfailUs and the Minf- D 2 fters •11 r . fi r ( »«) iters ^ h€f Allfcs, and the other for the Miniftcr of tl|^ Court of Vienna, and the Miniftcrs of that Court's Allies j and fo to exclude abfolutely from the public Confe- rences all thofe wiio would not comply with this Regulation, and to be rcfolutc upon this Article, which equally intercfts €hc Dignity of Great-Britain, with that of fever^l other Crowns. : XVIII.' THE AflFeaation of the "Dutch Mini- ftcrs in ufing only 'the Door afligncd to the Minifter of Lendoth has been a Sub^ StOi of great Surprize* There might have been Inftances of ttiis Ceremonial in King Willianis Time, who was King of Englawi and Stadtholder of Holland h fo that not- withftanding his Minifters rcprefentcd two- different Powers, yet they reprefented ftill only oncHead$ but thefc Examples ought not to be made a Precedent. Would not the prefent Singularity incline People to think, that though the l^utch are not diredJy at War with any of the Powers of Europe^ yet they difpute the Precedency with them all, except that of London : Which would be equally injurious to the Imperial, French, Spanijh, Genoefe and Sardinian Miniftcrs, whofc Precedency over them is inconteft- able; rf ^ ,«:•-«■■» - \ XVI. (26) XVI. SHOULD the Preliminary Articles prove true, Spain would have as much Reafon to complain, as if wc had made a fcparatc Peace. She, to whom a Rcftitu- tiori /of the me of Minorca or Gihaltar was x>fered, upon condition of agreeing to a Pcaca independent oi France, would fee bcrfclf 'deprived of the Reward Che ^ might namnaljy expcft from her Fidelity; She Would lee the DifFcrences that firft gave Oc- -cifton to the War in 1738 and 1739, be- tw^ecn bee .and England, undecided in the ;Prcliroiaary Convention, and referred to r.the Negotiations of a Congrcfs, under a /Vague, ^rtd frivolous Promife, that her Inte- refts -ihould be there regulated on. the Foot- zing' of: fuch Treaties as were moft advan- -taigeous, td this Crown, the Renewal of Wliieh would be undoubtedly attended with all the Solemnity that muft render them - ttctnaliy inviolable. But is there not Rca- -ibn to apprehend they would not be more Lfcrupuloufly obfcrved, than they have been ;:fQr the time paft? No^ no: The Rcftitution oiT.grt Mahon 01 Gibraltar ihould have been fettled by the Preliminary Articles, and the American Difputcs might have re- .Ifl^rrcd to the Definitive Treaty : And then every of France ; the Invaiions of Provence dur- ing the pi?cferit, and the .^rf»^War, ren- deririg it abfolutely ihdifjpcttfablc. Thcirc arc a great many other RcafOhs bi^fidcs, which fhould have determined our Mini- fters to have ufed this Precaution in the Preliminary ConventibA, arid will undoubt- edly detclrrtiine them to infift upon it uj t&c Definitive Treaty. Is it hot feafottabjc that the Miniftcrs of Fraace*^t^ Sp4in ftioiulcl make the Court of 7W/» feel the fame In- ftcxibility they felt on his fide, updn at- tempting' to prcvient 6if break' his AlUinct with their Eneiiiies >' > 'nPHE intirc re-inftatirig of the GrtWi?/?, •* and the Abolition of the Treaty of fVbrms, ftipulated in the ^Preliminary Ar- ticles, but without any proper Indemnify^* or without allowing them a ftrong Barrier,^ to fecurc them hereafter againft the like Attempts, h indeed a very impcrfed Satif- .fdftion 5 a Satis^dlion much inferior to the cflential Service their Valour and Love of Liberty have done to the Houfe of Bouf- h$ny by facilitating the Prefcrvation of 5Pr^ vence, and opening to as again the Gates oi Italy, In Ihort, to omit procuring for the Genoefe in the Treaty of Peace, all the 4 'f -i (?* ) thfi A4vantfg,e& pitmii^ thein in the parr tici;lacTccaty coqcMed between them and tim Moufi:, vouM be aa Infidelity incon.- ii^lM; wifli iiopouic and Juftice. •■■-* ^-■. • ttt: .-^ ;■.'■; DOBS Q a^d of which the Houfe of Bourbon -r ( ip ) able 5 whether they pr^cnd to juftify this Singularity, under the Notion of a Mari- time Power, which woiHd/be a Thing hi- therto unheard of j or whether they (houW attempt to exciift it op^ any other Titte whatfoevcr. / . ;; Since thcrfe Is i Pdffibfifky therefore of fettling *hc!fc TMngs upon a right Foofihg; it would be veryrcquifitcto do itcfirc^Ir left £«w/>^ ihould fu^a, that the prcfent Imperial Miniftcrs are tiot fo nice upon the Point of Honour as their Predcccflbrf, bt aliowit^ theii- own Ajiics to di^ut^an incontcftabk Raik with them j and that the Minifters of Verfdilks *^c Icfs Atten- tion to prcfervc the Prcrpgativts of lih^ Crown, than was (hewn' under HmrfW. Lewis 'Xm.mdL LdimiTPT, whoft Mi- fliftcrs maintained thdt Prt-^minenc^ w^th asmucbZcaPasGlbryandSflcccrsf This Remark merits fo much the mdrt Attention, as Cuftom comtnpnly eftablifhes on thefe Occafions a kind of Prcfcrlptiott on which each Power has a Right to infift^ and aauaily does infift, upon every Occafion that offers, notwithftanding aH the Refcrva- tions of other Perfons Rights which |Aay be added to thofc Regulations. i XIX. \. i$p) \1 I) S it^ is iy^b(q;op9Jng to Ict.fo modcri^ pn^pctiyi a 1^1^ a^sthc ilLing of *y^^^ i/;»A«,^4ifButc thftjf<3k%nr, of ^rc^cecncy withi the firft Houfcs and Crowns of jhc Unh ycriji, attb? VG^l^e. h^)ia§. fo good an iUadiE;rftanfii°S .^^l^l^cinn particularly witU the,^i^rfal€r mont, with it&bjepend;|ndcs, of the Baiii- wifk$ of the Brf^fonnpis, with th|e other ]>Ht|r^, of which. jthii^Crpwf^ was unhapr PMy fepF>*^M»rw»£W ift^i^e/* War, by the Inti^ffi^s of theXc^tof Xl^rm. A Court whole Ppwcj>i$;fi;>,mu(;h iacrcalc^, witl^i^ fp, ihort a time, and l^ Treaties we all kno^i and which h;^ confidorably encroacjli- cd upon all its Neighbours, not one (^Xt ceptc^, is now groiyn y^ry dangerous 5 artd 'tis of the utmoft C^nfcqucncc to the Wel- fare, and "franquillity oi Itajfy, to fix ^is Dofninions withip ^Limits ^lich he may not find it fa caij a matter t^a pals. • This Precaution is '?qlially ncccflary for the Security of the provinces of the Crown ,.ii-4; =!♦• I lllS , (33) pourhon may be diveftcd, in a Month or % Year, but infallibl.y in a very (her t Number of Years, if there be any truth in the Claufes A^anncxcd to this Settlctncnr. Tiirce Dutchics > ^ that ftand quite alone,- expofed oil all fides I to daily Invafions, and inacceillbie to thofc \ Armies that might be fent to their Defence^ Wlcft vire had a mind to waftc as much Blood drid Treafure to prelervc them, as wc have lavifhed to acquire them. Three D^t- thies, ill fine, which lie very conv.nientfor the Court of Vienna, without having any Contenienev in the leaft for tliofe of Vet^ failies^nd Madrid. Is the Blood oi FrendJ and Spaniards then fo cheap ? Are rhc Con- tributions raifed for the Support of the prc- icnt Wat, or which may hereafter be raifed for the Prefervation of this chimerical Settlement, of fo litflc Value, as to be thus •waitton-ly lavifhed for trifles? . And tho the Claufc of R<:vtrlton of the Dutdiics of TarMd and ^E^kcentia, ftfpu- latccl in favour t>f the Court , for tte very Reaf6Hj'*itf^ mere Babble 5 con- ^cring the Pirke it coft$, tlic little it is E worth, I'll i u) worth, the fmall Pcofit the Infant will re- ceive from it, and the^ort Space of Time the Houfc of Bourbon^ in all probability, will ei>)oy it. This Article mcri:ts, without doubt, to^be revifed in the future Negotia- tions of the Congrefs, fince the Means lef regulating it after a manner more agiP*- able, to the Glory and Advantage o¥ tii^ interefted Courts, arc extremely eafy. "' . „ XXII. • IT would be lofing^ fight, n0t only of the Security of the States and^Allies of the Houfe of Boiirbon in Itafy^ W^\\\icm(z of the Ballancc of Ppw(;r tn; that Part oi Eu- rope, t negled procuring for this Houfe,^ the fande Facility of defending them in cafe of need, as the Auftrians have of invadjng,, them whenever their Pancy fuggefts. The latter may pour their Troops into Italy, \\'ithout any Impcdirtient, by the Dutchy of • Mantuay and the County of Tyrol, when- ever theyh^vc a mind to invade fome new -Eftate, or have ofcafion to prcfcrye thofe they pofl'efs. The French and Spaniards cannot penetrate on their ^de, without cx- ;pbfing the Lives of a hundred thoufand Men. Prudenpe therefore, as well as the .Importance of the Subjeil, requires it fliould be definitively fettled in the Congrefs, in fuch will re- •f Time •abilityi ivithout legotia- caos ofm ^©f y of the 1 of the :wife of of Eu- Houfc^ 1 in cafe nvadina, s. The 3 Itafyy itchy of , when- mc new vc thofe \aniards lOUt cx- tioufand 1 as the it Ihould i, in fuch a a manner that either France, the Infant, or Spa'ttiy may divide with tht Gcnoefe, what- ever the Houfe of Savoy formerly poflcflcd, or ftill poflcflcs on the Coafl of the Medi- terranean. Without fome Rcgulalion Of this kind, no Security for France^ no Se- curity for the Genaefe, none for the reft of Italy. No Equality therefore, no Propor- -tion^bctween the Advantages of the j^uf- trianSy wlioarc always in Poflcfllon of on? of the Keys o^ Italy ^ and thofe of the French and Spaniards y who in all proba^ bility would never liave one at their Dif- pofal ; becaufc the Genoefe are fo poorly rewarded in the Preliminary Articles, for intruding thoff Nations with it, that 'lis very unlikely they would ever truft them again, "unfefs they are better recompcnfcd in the Definitive Treaty. * XXIII. *T^HE Guaranty of the Pragmatic Sane- • -*- tion oi Charles Vi. ftipulated by the PrcUminary Convention, with the Excep- tions there eiprcflly made,merits more Atten- tion than fome People may imagine, before it is ercftcd into a Definitive Law, obJiga- tory to all Europe. This Guaranty, and thefe Exceptions in the fame Treaty, include jpoft obvious Contradidions, and gives 'U "■ -V' ■ V J- !M (3^) Rife to an infinite l»Jumbcr of Ijicon^jc- niencics. The above-ttientioncd Guaranty.haSj bcci> already aflcntpd to by the principal Powers oi Europe, and cither direftly or indireftly broke by them all. |s it then to be inia« gined-, that the new-promilcd Guaranty will be better obferved by fuch Parties as arc convinced of its being infinitely prejudicial to thcin, or by their Defcendants, when- ever they can find an occafion to infringcl It in their Turn, ^nd to fome Purpofc and Advantage? . ! ' By ^hc Treaties of jVarfaw and Fuef- fin, as wen as by latpr Conventions, fomc foiall Indemnities have been promifcd to the Houfcs oi Saxony and Bavaria : How then fan thefe Promii^s be reconciled with tljc Guaranty exprelled in the Preliminary Ar- ticles? , ' ^ The Courts of Berlin and Turin are promifed a Guaranty of the difmembcreci Branches of the ^ujtrian Succeffion* and a temporary Sarisfadion is given to the Court of Madrid. Now can we flatter ourfcJves That this Difpenfation of the Executipn of the Pragmatic Sandion granted to one, f nd the Obligation of conforming to it, Impofed on the others, is a proper means r? f?P?el^c jiticcrcly the n^xt-Hqrs, tq ' " this \ iH f • ^ \ . ( 37 ) ^ ^lis Divifion, and to the Guaranty which fome pretend they will be compelled tp renew J and that their Defccndants wiU confidcr thcmfclves under any fort of Ob- hgatioh from a Ratification, which their Anceftors nude, of fo gratuitous a Pre- ference? Do they pretend wc Ih^ll ever regard the Titles of thofe privileged Gourts; as more jnconteftable and facred, than the natural Ridits of the Dcfcendants of the ^mperor Jofeph, to the proper and un- alienable Pofleffions of their Anceftors ? Aj leaft tlicfcExceptions tend to convince the Univcrfc, that the Motives of the Gloryt of Gqdi the Good of Nations, the aL vantage of Religion, and the Neceffitt of prefervifig the Balance of "Power m Europe, were all a Chimera; that this Sanaion which they pretended to make all Europe refpea: as a iacrcd and inviolable taw, was imperfeft ^ith refped to fome families, in whofe Favour it is violat- ed ; and valid in regard ro others, /incc It ;s guarantied i anew j thfjt it was allow- able tljcre^re ;fbr fbmp Courts, with- out a Breach ofj Equity or Con(cicncc, to Jial^c a dircd or indireft Attack upoii xW ^andion 5 though it be not permitted to fnal^e any future Attempt againft it, with- QUJ V h .*>• r.it'- (38 ) i out violating both. Vain and contradictory Ideas, which only forebode frcfli Wars and Difturbances to Germany and Europe ! And yet it would have been extremely eafy to have avoided this Inconveniency, by cx- tihguifhing the natural Rights of thofe Houfcs that have been forgot j by indemni- fying, which was no hard Matter, the Court of Vienna, in another Shape, fiip- pofing this Indemnity to be juft and expe- dient J and by leaving the Pragmatic San- aion oi Charles Yl in the State of Anni- hilation, to which the Treatijfcs of JVorms, Warfa^y T^refden, and even the Prelimi- nary Articles, have already, by their Excep- tions, reduced it, in order to fubftitute in the Definitive Treaty fome other Regula- tion in its ftead, more proper to pcrpctuatq the Tranquillity of Europe, XXIV. As the Reftitutions cxprcfTcd in the Preliminary Articles arc far from being relifhed by particular /Nations , fo thcfe Nations are as little fatisfied with the Determinations relative to the Indemnities 'due to them. In fad, the Pre'nch ?ind Spa- niards^ for inftance, muft have a very odd way of thinking, to be pleafed with Dcci- fions, which, in rccompencc of their Vic- ( 3P ) ^ toiics, and -the Treafure and Blood they have expended, of the Ardour with whicli they expofcd themfelves for the Glory of their Kings, to new Perils and Triumphs i which, I fay, for all this, do not reinftatc them in ftatu ^uo prius^ but leave theiii, on the contrary, infinitely weakened by the Lof$ of upwards of four hundred thoU- fand Men, by the Ufelefs exhaufting Of their Finances, and by the almoft total Ruin of their Navy and Commerce. Melancholy and very hard, indeed, would be their Lot, contemptible ever after their Alliance and Protedion, if they could nbt take up Arms any more, not even in their own Defence, or that of their Allies, but at the Danger of infallibly lofing their De- means, if they were vanqui(hcd» or of ex- haufting themfelves in vain, in cafe they were vidorious 5 without ever daring to hope for the leaft Recpmpehcc for thdr Labours, the leaft Indemnity for exhaufting themfelves, or the leaft Satisfadlion for their loijes. And yet this is the ftran^e, abfut'd and unjuft Syftem, which fecms to fcrvc as a Bafis to the preliminary Articles ; unlets the French Miniftcrs have fomc infallible means in petto^ of reconciling them t)etier in the Definitive Treaty, to the Qloty of their pi. (40) their Maftcr, and the Welfare of the Ua- narchy. XXV. IT will riot be ainift tb obfcri^c, that this Syllcm is cxaftly the fame as that which the Author of the Hiftorical Mercury, of the Epilopieurt and . of Co many other wretched Papers, the Aitti bf which is to render even the moft innocent Steps of the Princes of the Houfe of Bouthon lUfpti^ed and odious to all Europe^ has endeavoured to ellablifli, in a Pamphlet published iil 1747, ^^^ intitled. Advice to the Nego- tiators of the ^eace, Ifhere he produces fcveral ancient Plans of dividing the Low Countries^ and an oldMcttiorial attributed to a Miniftcr of the Court of Londom whereby he mtcrids to prove, that Europe Ihould never fufFer the Houfe of Bmtbori to fettle in It^aly^ or to retain any of its Conqueils in the Netherlands, By the temporary and provifiodal Efhblifhmeht pro- miftd to the Infant Don ^Miipyfm bf this Plan would be litterally feiibugh exe- cuted with refpefl: toltdl/i and by a gene- ral Reftitution of our Cbhqucfts, the ofhef tzvt would be perfortned tb the full Rigotir in regard to the Low Cbuntries. Ho^ ^rious, howfweet a Confolation would # 1. ihfe_- rr ( 41 ) this be to Rouffety to have had fo great an Influence, by his Advice, on the Prelimi- nary Articles ? XXVI. THE Introdumon and EftabliOiment of this Syftem would be as fatal to Europe^ as difhonourable to the Houfc of Bourbon and its Crowns. The moft cruel Outrages might be henceforward committed againft this Houfe, its People and Allies 5 the moft unjuft Wars might be declared a- gainft them ; they might be ftript of their mort facrcd Rights^ Attempts might be made to reduce the Bounds of France as far back as the Somme^ the Seine^ or even as the Loire-, and if the Invafions of ^Z- face had fucceeded, it nvight have been law- ful to have Wrcfted from this Crown, the Provinces o{ Alface, Lorrain, Part of the Dutchy of Luxemburg, with the Cities of Antibes, Tptdon OindiMar fettles. But fincc the Breath of the God of Armies has blafted fuch unjuft Confederacies and Attempts; fince Providence has fticd its moft precious Bleftings on our Arms, in favour of us and our Allies J fince it has plcafcd the Al- mighty to crown our Efforts, and to defeat thofe of our Encmfes, (hall wc furrcnder F every t* ( 40 every thing to Courts, who, were they in Qur Place, would reftore us nothing ? No Indemnity therefore for us, none for our Allies ? Have we triumphed for them and ourfelves in viin.> Are we forbid to repoffefs, by our juft Arms, Part of thofe Rights and Demeans, of which we have been ftript unjuftly ? Are the Kings of Trance and Spain to be debarred from making a proper Ufe of their Advantages, by revenging themfeives of their Enemies, whom God has given up into their Hands, or at leaft by reducing their Power ? Can any thing be more (hocking ? Would it not be, once more I fay it, tempting Providence, abufing God's Benefits, and rendering our- ^ felves unworthy of them hereafter, to fplit voluntarily and deliberately againft fo vifible a Rock, upon which the Nation, fooner or later, muft inevitably perifh ? For never fhould we find another Ally to efpoufe our Quarrel $ fo that we cannot abandon the Intereft of our Allies, without hurrying to our own Deftrudion. T XXVII. HE Emprefs-Quecn, the Crowns of France and Spa'm^ and the Republic the only Powers of Genoa, are, in the main, ^ ( 43 ) Powers facrificcd in the Preliminary Ar- ticles. 1. Tlie King Of Truffia is recompenfcd, though there ij(^s no manner of occafion to mention Ms Intcrefts, fince he lud nothing to do with the War that was to be cx- tinguifhcd, or ftopt by the figning of thefc Articles. 2. The Indemnity of the Court of Tu- rin is rcfe'rvcd, not withftanding the Aboli- tion of the Treaty of ^r>»j. 3.. The Genoefe are left without Indem- nity or Security, hotwithftanding the Fahh of Treaties concluded with that Republic. 4. England^ indeed, makes a great Sa- crifice j but (he is recompcnfed for it, by an equivalent, or almoft equivalent Rcftl- tution. This' Crown fufpends the prodi- gious Succcfs of its Naval Expeditions ; but at the fame time, it ftops as prodigious a Progrefs Of the French Armies in the Ne- therlands. It reprieves ungrateful Pro- vinces from the Punifhment they dcfervcd ; Provinces which, by the Lofs of Majirichtt would have been ibon obliged to drown thcmlclves, to avoid the Vengeance of a Crown, to which they owe their Creation, PrcfcrvatiOn, all that they arc and have been, and whofc Favours were never rc- paicjj not even at the very Time they were - ---—"-' ' — — F a : be- »t, I I I ! ( 44 ) , bcftowcd, but by 5)ifrei;viccs, Hoftilitks pf ' \ all Kind^ and by an Aefip^thy.in which \ they take care to Jit^gi^pji^cirjahabitants, f even from their tc/^^^RjIi^mzyi England recovers alfo for th^ <^( Advantage to them fince this Twttljf Iijtight have been fbon abolilhed by f<^cc of Arms. To the T^utch^ on the other hand, this Superio- rity forebode a further dtfmembrin^ of their .Provinces, which the. Preliminary Articles preferve. Thefe People had every thing to apprehend, and nothing to hopei from the Continuation of the War ; while the Ge- noefe have nothing to fear,- but every thing to hope, if they are timely and efFcdually fupported. In this refped, the Condition of the Allies of the Houfe oi Bourton is a great deal worfe than that of her Ene- mies. , 2. By th^ Preliminary ArticI^ the Mari- time Powers recover all they have loft, by the prefcnt War, viz. their own Territory aod their Barrier ; while the Houfe of Bour- boff, recovers neither the Barrier nor Terri- tory they loft by the Spanijh War, Thi^t\t pre- fcnt Situation. But adtlK Fortti^s dc- moiifhcd by the Firenth^ arc skll in that part of the Low Countries which ii to be re- ftored to the Emptcfe Q^cen j and on the other hand the Bortreflcs prcferved, and even meliorated, ar^ all contained in that part which is to be rcftored to the Dutchy is it not evident that the Intercfts of the Emprcfs Queen are infinitely more ncg- lefted in this Rcftitntion, than thofc of that Republic? Bcfides, the Provinces reftorcd to the Empre(s Queen have been fi^e Years the Theatre of War, whereas that part whofe Reftitution is promifed to the i>utch^ has been the Scat of War only one Year. Confequcntly the former is four times more cxhauftcd than the latter ; a new Circum- ftance, which produces a very confiderablc Difparity between the re-inftating of the Queen, and that of the 1Z)«rf>&. Plain there- fore it is, that by theOmiffion of Indemnities due to the Crown of France^ and the Em- prefs Queen, the whole Weight of the War muft feU upon thcfe two Powers, and the Allies of France, Intereds "i- ■:. ^ J, ^V ( 47 ) - Jintcrefts in aj^c^randc ^o oppofitc might be r^onciic4*..ij; i^ ,•.-<. , .!» By fccui&g^ijasjW^tavc already hint- ed, to thcXBOwns dp :^ft?»r^^^ the Pofltrflic^ and irftituiion offuch Places as they pofieffcdbcf©lrA / 2. By indemni^ing the Emprcrs J^ucen, by reuniting to Aufirian Flanders, or to Auftrtan Brabant, all their diriiembered Branches, or -at le^ft the J^orts and ToU- Houfes which obftrua the free Navigatioa of the Scheld, f This is the only way to indemnify that Princefs in the Netherlands, anjd to ren- der the Reftitution mentioned in the Pre- liminary Articles of fome Util^y to her. Befides, without this Advantag^ the Refti- tution of thofe Provinces woiild be only a Burthen to her, becaufc fhe would be obliged to exhauft her other hereditary Dominions to maintain them. This is what Charles VI. declared in exprcfs Tei-ras, at a time when this Country was very far from being in fo wretched a Situation ^ at prefent. The Court of Vienna has no other Refourcc left to retrieve the Conif percc of thofe Countries, whofc Reftitu- tion (he has been promifed, than to free i - , the \ ^ (48) the Scheld from th^fip For^s^ Joll-Houfcs, and foreign Duti^jt^ J(mj?5^om is there- fore an Ob)c(k ^ti^^Lirfnc^ffl^ial Mini- fters cannot but ift$|^ |^|!^i|.j^ the Defini- tive Treaty, without of^^vtog, their Mif- trefs of the Fruits % has a'tigjlt to expeft from the Rcftitution iiipulated in the Pre- liminary Articles. ,.j Even the £»^/i^ themfclyes .would find a confiderable Advantage in this Regula- tion, becaufe they might fend direftly to Antwerp, the Commodities they export to (rertnany, which wouJd confidcrably di- minifli the Expences of the Freight, and the Price of the Merchandize, and infalli- bly procure a greateir Confumption of them in Germany, I am not ignorant that two or lihree l)utch ToWns would be infinite- ly diflatisfied with this Determination ; but convinced I am, that no Law can lubjeft tlie Kings of France and England, and the Emprefs Queen, to the odious Obligation of facrificing the moft efTential Interefts of their People and Crowns, for fear of dif- obliginjg a few Dutch Mejcchants."^ Notwithihnding thefe convincing Rea- fons, the Dutcb^ (if we may believe fomc private Rfipotts) arc furc of recovering a new and more advantageous Barrier than tjic i i ( +p ) the old one, by f he Acqui^tion o^ Antwerp and ^endermtfnd. ^ould this prove true, the Emj)r<^ulcf^ bet- ter to rid^bi^l^^Jafi^ all, the Low Countri«r iifefcas, .Iflme, aH«art, ih blai rcjlgn with as Front is addri^e^ unfooght hyr/^- bcicn forccd^rc is too fond 4h Lives to the a few Towns to fenfibk he canndt; without loffng, at rl^ , whiich his Virtues foaL. ^„. ,v^„ ^im as ibfolute a Command.iis that which his Birth ou ^J ^^^^^ S^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^'^ ^^cir Pcrfons. Should a Courtier prcfume to advifehim to make an idie Sport (rf a finele Man's Life he would hardly go unpunffhiTd i and how then trould his Ma^fty Hikn to the Counfcls of thofe who would pcrfuadc him to rendct the Lofs of abo»t four Hundred thouland Lives an ufercfs Sacrifice? . He has undoubt- /^edly too delicate a Confdence to expofe himfelf to the continual Rcmorfe that muft arife from To criminal an Aftfon. Befides. his Majcfty knows, 'tis the firft Duty of Ki»gs to provide for the Securfty oftheir Sul)jeasj that the Protcclion they owe th«m, extends as wejl to the Repara- tion as Prevention of thofe Damages and Infuks, to which they may be csepofedj and that a Treaty of Peace redounds to their Glory, only as it is r^concilcabk to* thcfc Duties. And no doubt, but, upon this >r:l (ft) this Principle, 4itoM|tt»M8 muft regulate the Dcfinii^5a& what th<^m;5irt^p*Mrbus of con- tinnmg to tt^flii*PpA4CcJiifidence. '..t -J-Hr Decft^^i<|fee King fo oft^n * made, ^^«ait»^tt Anns, only to compel his mtm^ tg % down theirs j ot entering their Cdc^e^, In order only td keep \tix%^mtpt^um, indwith aninrent of rcftorirtgit tothemaftcr the Peace; fup- pofed all along that his Enemies would ndt abnfe, but comply with thofc Declaration? and contribute, on their part, to render his pacific Meafurcy effedtual. But flnce 'tis e- videnr that t^ofc Meafhrcs, thofe Promifc's andDfecWrations, were unable to furmouni the Obftinacy of his Enemies, and only en- couraged them to continue ttic War and maltip^itsExpcnccs the King is undoubt- edly difengaged from any Obligation arifina from thofe Declarations, by the A bull rn^cof them, and has a Right to indem- nify his People, for rhc Damage and Ex- pence which his Enemies might have cafilv fparcd them. ' \ :jtxx. \ V io4*»Vvof thcfc lfedfl^r'4fc well ibitri Gonqucfts «*/,Effis^r Or it ikotr ja^ibe it Imrigues^ liminary airured that a WQuid ptodi^fj^^t whether fonjp j?^ to fecret Spriog^rVlpi to an Apprehc^oi^j^t. tii^/ ocw L^uriels which Vi<^ory piic^red forf the Alai^flial^ Saxe, BelMe . 2Siik Lo'ipendal i. wpuM laile their Credit to too high a PitcUj ia fine, to the Igaorance, Corruption^ and Venality of thotcwhoadvifed itJ Whether among the Motives that could determine our Miniftcrs to conclude a Treaty, fo but- denfome, and of courfe fo diflionourable to the Nation, we are to reckon as nothing the March of the RuJJian Troops, the daily Lofles of our Navy, the exaggerated Impor- verilhment of the People, the Incapacity of carrying on the War any longer, and a thoufand other Motives, which would foon efface the Idea of Difintercftedncfs and Mo- deratioh? Had France even loft a great Number of Battles, had (lie undertaken a War ^ unjuft as in its Prin^ple it is cer- tainly }uft, had Alliances been formed a- gainft her that arc not thought of; could her / / >. * i iff I her Enemies cva| ^^ prcfcribc to this Crown {uch a l*<^Ml§ thU^ a Peace infinitely ^iAi»fco|:ll||M whicli could hard|iy»%lpftt, W il»i|<^iiic,. of all thofc Con<^it^fii«k*ft ,tc^tt/tioii is de- termined) l^oig^e P^itefnary Articlcj; ? Thcrcf«rBHwir ij^||g|.ithem falfc 5 and Heaven grant, ttieyt^f^rovc fo in every Point^t^faifcs 6ttr Alarms ! SjJ» am, i«t Icaft, that the impartial PuoWPRks not view them in that favour- able Light, in which thofe Apologifts en- deavour to make us confider themj and there is fufficient Reafon to apprehend that Pofterity will be induced to pafs the fame Judgment as the Public. This Apprehen- fion ^arms us fo much the more, as the depending Treaty being the moft inrereft- ing Epoch of the Age, it muft decide the Glory of the prefent Reign, as well as the real Intereft of the French Monarchy. Let no one imagine any perfonal Intereft has had a Share in thefe Refledions, which might furnifh Matter for as many Memo- rials as here are Articles. They are vSenti- ments, that entirely flow from a pure Zeal for thp public Good, and the national Ho- nour. ifsH FINIS. %■ 'C^- Queen his Mother, have m^e hUn Of tbdr Claims to the Succeflion^ of the Houfes of jiujiria, Famefi, and Medic'ts ? Yes really it AiK% i aiQ4 the rciCbnabl^ im4 Impartial Public 1$ qi^e in th$ right to oonnder it only as a iimple Baiftcr applied by an hoT- ttle or ignorant Hand* and fitter to palliate tkuL to heal thedeq) Sores the prefent War has tmde in the Houfe of B^urhtm* v After this War has coft the Lives of upwards of fiyo httodrcd thouiaiid Frenfhi^ Sjfaniardsy Gemefiy wANespoHtaUksx >ficr thcfe Na- tiooshiiy^ 4^nl upwards of fourteen or fifteen bu^Kbcd MiHioQ^of Livresto ru|3^ortit; what is the Pvrchftfe of ib much filooKii and Trea- fore? Tturee fimll Dutchics, exhaufted by frequent Wars, a^d of whioh the Houfe of Bourbon