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" - ■ ' HHli lihlw - i^' W A R -t i J f ^ .^ ^1 v^*t n :3:v 'O evil appears gre'*ter; or to have been attended with heavier calami-> ties and diftrcfs through all the i' ; nt .records of time, than that deflraC" tioQ generated in the moKl free and magnani- mous ftates, from the mutual rage of difcord^ party^ an4 diflention within themfelves. No nation exids at this day, that ought for her own iake to avoid, > with fo much care and attention, the fatal efedts of that evil, as^ this fMtion of Great Britain. Whilfl diCordant and divided among ourfelves, no pcjple have been more harih and fevere upon one another, B OS W-.i.^i or more expos'd themfelves to the contempt, ridicule, and Icorn of Europe : but whilft united and uQaaiiiiiQUV WcLive always ahnv. every other people, been not only hisippy and profperous at home, but efteem'd and honour *d abroad. In (lances and proofs of this will natu- rally and necefTarily occur to every one, who has the lead knowledge of his own country^ or has had the fmalled opportunity of be- coming acquainted with foreign dates. There will not therefore be any occafion at prefent to recur to didant times^ oj: even to go back to the laft war. We -may confine ourfelves to what has happened lately, and within our own knowledge^ to what we liave feen, to what we have h he difplay- ed his own moderation, and the ftrong attach- ment he had for the peace and felicity of all the chriftian powers, by manifefling his reluc- tance to war»^ and bearing fo patiently the loiTes and affronts we daily inflided upon him ; whilft he nobly endeavoured to reclaim us by the magnanimity of his own condu(5^, fo (Irongly exhibited in the declarations be had made, and the delivering up of our frigate fo foon as (he came within his power. Whilft thus he attra(3«d to himfelf the confidence, afFcdtion, and f teem of alinoft all the courts t7l of Europe, he gave no lefs attention to the ftate of parties in Great Britain. This cir- cumftance was then, what it always had been, and what it always will be, a moA choice and delirab'e objedl to the court of France ; as from thence k can bed take advantage of us in commerce or in arms, in peace or in war. Comprehending perfcdlly the dilemma ot our A ', the attachment of its leaders to- wards peace, and from this caufe the unpre^ pared Hate of the nation for an adive and vigorous exertion of its power ; he encouraged the cTtpedicnts propounacd for an amicable ad- juihnent of differences, whilft he fikntly and iccrctly made preparation to employ his whole force for atchieving the conqueft of North America, revenging the loffcs and infults he had foftained 6t\ the high fcas, and depriving US of every powerful aHy ':o aid us in our accumulated diftrefs. Th<; good fortune and vigorous meafuTes of Admiral Bofcawen, join- ed to the French indifcretion in giving np the fuperiority by calling off their convoy too foon, rendered the fir ft of thefe abortive j but the *y*ar 1756, difplayed the moft perfedt comple- tion of the other tWo. — ^Our fquadron much * inferior to the enemy at parting from Eng- land, iand afterwards aP8;mented only by an accident^ impoffible to be forefeen here, and not to be actounted for there at the time it happeaed, met the French fquadron in battle, — B 4 - and it 4 I [8] and left it in full pofieffion of the Meditorra* nean Sea. — Our little garrifqn, unfupportcd, and ur informed oi any relief, was, through length of time, and difpair of fuccour, driven to a furrcnder of Minorca. — The houfc of Auflria, (for which we had expended fo much blood and treafure) and with it the whole German Empire, the Empire of Ruflia, and the King of Poland, were intimately contrac- ted and combined with our enemy ; the reft of the courts of Europe put on at beft but a cold face of indifference towards us, all but the fingle King of Pruffia, at whofe deftruc- tion that tremendous combination of powers was pointed : this was our iituation abroad. At home the people, inflamed and enraged at our national difgraces and lofTes, accufed one to another the temporidng and procraftinating meafures of the A . The A threw the blame of all upon the inability and Cowar- dice of the admiral of our fquadron. The people were fufficiently enraged againft this admiral from the events happening under his command. But without attempting to excul- pate his conduct, or find fault with any for accufing him j juftice prompts me to point out one horrid and deplorable confequencc of national party and difTention in this very gen- tleman's cafe. For, from whatever quartc-r it arofc, a moft infernal fpirit of cruelty broke forth, in exhibiting over the kingdom portraits of [9l of this admiral, cloathed in his uniform, to expofe him in efHgy to the infults and mock trial of the loweil and bafeft of the, people; who were fpirited up, by fums expended on purpofe, to rear piles of fire, that after having gibbeted him, they might throw him into thd fi^es. By fo illegal, tyrannical, and cruel a practice, a rage may be infpired into the bed: of common people, and the moft generous and fentimental nation on earth may be roufed into a brutal fury, fatal to the braveit and bed: of its commanders, the worthieil and ableil of its ilatefmen. I am far from faying this was the charai^er of the man I have mentioned, but thi^ nxight be the effedt of fuch a condud, in the cafe of any man ; and by its being prac* tifed upon him, he received, mod violent marks of cruelty and injuflice, in being thus publicly condemned and executed in effigy by the mob, before he had an opportunity of making a defence. The laws were infulted, and the piind of the nation preoccupied, as much as it was poffible, againft receiving any impref- fion in his favour. But from whatever de- tedable fource this unconflitutional and tyran- nical fplrit arofe, the fentim^nts of the nation grew ftrohger and flronger in its averfion to the condud of the. A— rA hfin'^-^ |f i%i .- Great Britain was then like a (hip labour- ing in the fca at the mercy of the waves, and vrg'd fin at random before the fury of a (ie- ftri flive -.1 ill ' u ' (how themfelvc^, , v^^:, ,;>i.: ; )., , nuUmy^ , The battlesi the fiegesj the naval engage^^ mcnts, by whic)) all this was effedted, were not locally operated and atchieved byMr.P—- « The fe£^mep^ the foldiers, the commanders of (hips and corps, the admiral, the generals^ had all of tlvsm their great and refped^iye (hares of n>erit« ,Qi|t as much as the applaufe due Jo officers, is above that due to the men whom they animate, condudt, and lead on to adioni pi^tpf generals and admirals, above that of |he officers, or, t}ij^firfnies and fquadrpns they coni- cnand, and,v^yj|heir genius and fkill mpve ^nd guidle in th^if fif ft difpoiitipi^) and afterwards ^ccQrdii^ig l;9i;)^e uice epn^rgipncies of the doybt- fpl conffid^; ppint ,and dire^ . tp fuftain of be fuflained^ ip the critical and aloioft impercep- tible moment^ of advantage: fa mucfai;ti;an<» fcendently elpv&ted is ^h^j applaufe^ honour, and; fame duff %tp Mr. P--^, above whatr can be due to any.vpr^ all th^ reft. His capacity, his integrity, . t)ie vigorous powers of his mindj attra^ed the j{;veaj^ts, the confidence, the hopes of the nation ; j^aptivated the efteem and favour of thr.i fovemign, who was at Brft prejudiced ag^inft bin}, and reluAant, to receive his^ fer- vices; raifed cheerful and conftant fupplieS| xqual to his. great, and exteniiye views ; form- ed, .encourageifl, and adopted plans big with glory and public utility j.c^led' merit from gbfcurity, ^i'i -i It-! ^l>fOurkjr, and ietting afide the Accidental clr- cumdances of rank, exhibited geniufes equal to the arduous enterpdzes to be accoitiplifh- eds made the ilandard of &me and honour ¥6 condft, not in fuccefs, but ki doiiig what was ^ft, and what was pofRblevigaVe a certain ai!urance that all fuch ad^ions wduld be ap^ proved ; a circumftance no tefs conducive to luccefs, than genius and ability in the general who commands : and infpired the nation with the fame fentiments; a lingular inftance of which appeared moft confpicuouilf, when tht Tiews arrived that our general liad; difpair'd of being able to take Quebec. It was a mittef of mod important confequencie^ had occa(ioh4 ed great expence, and created lliigh expeflk-^* lion; yet not a murmur enfued, flic niinU ilry and the nation were emially^firm ; fatis^ fkd that every thing poffibfe had been» and would be done, they waited with a truly Roman fortitude, the (Irokedf fortune. Un-« det thtfh influences the arms 6f Great Britain profpered; her people and her forces mutually encdoi^aged and animated one another ; tnerit of every kind had its proper fphere of a^iop \ and the divine pt'ovidence, in cafes of the itiofl defperate and improbable crifis, bleffcd our QDanimity with aftoni(hing fuect^. \ ^ Four years had almoft paffed away in this ^nihttrrupted ftate of felicity, when the good old king, our late iUuArious foirereign, deeped V- • •• ' with >fl with bis fatners, having feen his latter 6«fi crowned with fupcrlatiVe and uncxj)eded glory. The power, the grandeur^ and m^- nanfmity of Great Britain were acifioWledgrd over the w'hdlc earth. ' Our prefcnt moft amiahie fcv^reign next held the reins of go- irernrtientj and the higheft hopes were moft juftly cdrticived of a contihuation of alltheie bleffings,' from the goddnefs of his heart, the purity of his tpahners, and his other excellent qq^lificationsf apd aciconiplifliments. In this ifituatibn a re.fignation took place, and a bright ftar fropi the liorth (hohe with fup^rior mnd- tnct at Co^rt: Mr. P— reigned in OtfoW iafti and L ' ' B '- had; or was fujfpdfi^ to have, 'the lead in the A— — ^. Htirc recommenced and broke:' forth that difdord which ha^ ih)'ce increifed. and is at this time every day atigmentiiig., \ ^^^'- ^••"^ ^^f'^^ ^^ ■ '^ An attempt to develope the caufe of thb rfifcord ; to icpcrate the cs^fe of the two prin- cipal pertbns who are the ohjedts of it, from that of our ihi^dibus enemy^ his hirelings, afid the xnt(pii6td piTt\:s3iti^ 6n both (ides, who Inadvertently, or with 'deiSgn, aid and affift the enemy •itiwid'ning the* breach of utinlOn, ^hich ^uft;bcr of the''Hi|heft utility tor him, and of the' moft dcAradiVe confc<}aehce' to us 5 to off^r with tHV.j^^eft fubrtilflion a jplan of cbalition, and" poiitt oit -the fetal ill rr ^h vtl 'I 3 *' i f f [ i6 1 effefls that may attend the progrefs of party ) V/Hl be the fubjedt of. what remains. ^^ - I have faid that on Mr. P — 's refignation, and L— B 's real or fuppofed lead in the A——*, that difcord broke forth, which has fince incrcafed, and is every day augmenting ; but to have a ^lear view of its caufe, we mail go back to a remoter period; *Our German connections had been an old and popular complaint, and our career of glory and fuccefs had furnifhed us with acquiiition^, not only JfufHcient to accomplifti the end f^r which the war was undertaken^ but to gratify .us with the profpedt of large and additional advantages. In this fituation it was no unna- tural event, that minds of the beft and noblefl difpoiition (hottld be inclined towards eftaecame by degrees more and more a topic of difcourfe and debate. In the mean time the- 4eceafe of his late majedy having introduced -our prefent auguft fovereign to the throne, ^d o4j: freih a^quifitions upon the enemy in IaI! parts of the wodd giving a fpecious pretext C - to 1 .n 11, -i. 1^ I. ■^y [18] to the French court to dcfire the opening of conferences between tjie two nations j they applied for this, and their application was well received. But we are warranted to fay, from the event, that the object of the French court, at that time, was not to obtain an equitable peace for itfclf, but either to impofe upon us a (hameful and dishonourable one, and frighten us into it by the appearance of a nev^ enemy j or, united with that enemy, to iry their fortune in the future contingencies oi & freih war. It was not to fettle things ami^ cably that they fent their minider ; but to iow deep into our bofom the fatal feeds of 4ikot^ and difTention, to corrode and blaft every nor* ble enterprise with infinite more fuccefs, than their keenefl efforts could make them hope for in the premeditated future war. Monf. Buffy on his arrival in Great Brkain^ early perceived amongd us a diverfity of dif* pofition as to the object of peace: the one fivore flexible, earned and gentle; the other more firm, indifferent and blunt. If I might be permitted, I would rank the firft of thefe under the name of L B— , and the laft under that of Mr, P — 5 as thefe two • names have been lately made ufe of as a fort of fhiboletb, to difcriminate the parties who create and occafion oiir ^reCent difTention and animoiity. The principHes influencing the firik ^ thefe fpir^s have been aJread;' dei^i'ib^d^ d^ 2 ^ . it K: It remains that we attempt to delineate thofe f>f the laft. "^^'-"^^ ''''" *' '""' Mr. P — , artd thofe Comprehended in his fyi^em of condudt, were not averfe to peace.' Irf' the midft of our glory and conqueft, thr; Sfltiih court generoully manifefted its equity and humanity for preventing the farther ra- vages of war, by making overtures to that of France for coming to an accommodation : but th^fe overtures were rejedled by that petulant and haughty court, with the fcorn and con- Ifehipt of conquerors. From this recent event, frottntas duplicity and infincerity of that court in all Us tranfadtions, from its movements and iiifcfciijations at alt the other courts of Eu- rope/ fl-om its Unintefmitting approaches to- mrd^ the moil intimate co-alition and upion of intCfefts and fortune with the court of Spain ; and ffom the retrofpedlive view of failure arid difappointment in all our negocia- tiohs and ejrpedients where the acquifitions of the ^word had been defaced by the deeds of the pen, our allies deferted for private artd te(n'tJorary advantages, our honour loft in giv- ing nbftages as a vanquifh'd and enflavcd peo- plfe, ouir intereft negleded or defeated in a ftjjttire endlfefs difcumon of our boundaries of ddrtiinion ; from all tliefe, or fuch like views. It Was. not unnatural for minds of the moft iiiiixti greatnfcft to think, that as they had B-^ . C 2 1 m con- p^ ii'i 1*' !; 1. . [ 20 ] conduced the war with unexampled vigour, which had been followed with unparalclled fucccfs, they (hould improve this fuccefs, and continue the exertion of this vigour, till the enemy (hould be brought to relent, anJ be- come fincere in their dcfires after peace : not indulged in negcciations to amufe and relax our fpirit, whi)ft they were drawing breath, improving by our inattention, and looking out for auxiliaries and fre(h aiTociates to renew the war ; but pu(hed in every ftrong and attain- able port, till reduced to fix at once the capi- tal terms of peace, in clear and well executed preliminaries. In the courfe of this oppoiition of fenti- ments, Monf. Bufly arrived in England : and, from the principles influencing the two great leaders of our A——, became at firfl, wc may prefume, acceptable to L— — B , as conceived to come with a fincere dcfire and inclination of negotiating a peace ; but ob- noxious to Mr. P — , who diftrufted the fince- rity of his intentions, and the integrity of his court. Bufly improved upon the fpirits of the lime, and while he rendered himfelf agreeable by his courtefy and addrefs to the fpeculators of negotiation, dexteroufly threw into a farca- ftical light every virtue of thofe who were for pufhing on our advantages with \ unremitting vigour. Refolution, firmnefs, and intrepi- ;'■>'•• ' dity : ' [21 1 dity were converted into quixotifm, obftinacy, and infolence; dignity into prides manly bold- ncfs into haughty prefumption. Having thus raifed his mafqu'd batteries, and pointed his artillery, he opened his grand fire by that memorable memorial delivered to Mr. P — , on the 23d of July 1761. From this and the Due de Choifeurs declaration about the fame time, it appears, that the courts of France and Spain had combined to* gether, and entered into deliberate, flrong, and intimate engagements, by which the croven of Spain was to dire^ and guaranty our peace with France, and the French king ad- juft our differences with Spain. But vigour animated the court of Britain. Mr. P-— , by order of the king, returned to Mr, BufTy his memorial, as totally inadmifTible ; communi- cated his Majeflies order to Lord Bridol at Madrid, to " remonftratc with energy and " firmnefs, the unexampled irregularity of tliat court; to defire a proper explanation with regard to the naval armaments that had been fo long preparing in the various ports of Spain, and to come to fome ex- plicit and catego.ical eclaircifTement with regard to the deflination of her fleets, as ** well as with refpcdt to her difpofuions to ** maintain and cultivate friendfhip and good •• correfpondence with Great Britain ;" and broke off the conferences, by intimating the -.._..-. , C 3 rccal «< cc (C cc ^ i 2a 1 rccal of Mr. Stanley, and the difmiiiioo of M. Boffy. Expectation Imng upon the wing, refpedting the conduct of Spain, till Lord BriftoFs difj)at€he8 arrived on the nth of Jiq)- tcmber, tranfmitting a paper of Mr. Waiirs, containing the fentiments of that' court, which fully, amply and afFe(flionatcly owns and vin» d'catcs her whole proceedings with France, and intimat^:) the warmoil attachment and ad- herence to the interefts of that court.-^Mt. P — feema to have feen clearly at this, time, the ultimate and fecret views of Spain, and in this profpe6l he flood recollected in all his in*- nate vigour and firmnefs. He confidcrod this explanation of the Catholic King*s fontiments, as a full declaration of his engagements and refolutions to fupport tlie crown of France with all hifi power ; and the interfperfed feint compliments of regard to Great Britaiin, as fa m^ny thin blinds and weak devices to put this kirgdom off from its guards till he ihauld be fufficiently enabled, by receiving his tpeafure from the Weft Indies, to commence war with a greater certainty of fuccefs. To difappdint the effisdls of this plan, to precipitate this proud and unprovoked enemy into his own fnare, to cut off from him his nerves and finews of war, and hurl the calamities of his own duplicity and fincls upon the heads of himfelf and his people j Mr. P — moved for the moft vigorous meafures to* be iiaft&ntl)! .;,,,. .. taken t 23 ] takca and executed) by intercepting hk trea* fures, and carrying the terrors and mifchiefa of bodile enmity into his wide extended domi- nioQSy under the fandion of an open and de-« clarcd war, unlefs, without farther negotiia- ti<>na he inftantly gave the fullefl fccurity and iati^fadion of his friendHiip and neutraticy to the requifition to be made thereof], not by the tardy and cautious ileps of an ambaflador, but by. our cpoimanders in chief at the head of the pritiHi power^ tendering the acceptance af finccre friendship or inveterate enmity, and. armed in the might of the nation to fave or qeitroy. ^ .j.^^. rj^ j^, ^^ t^-iiK;/ i ^ In this gran4 and leading motion nnding. I>imfelf over- ruled, nay unfupported by any but one noble L— — his fellow compatriot and coadjutor in the meafures propofed; he faw his influence in the flate at an end. And , therefore, as he knew himfelf able to anfwer and account for his courfe of admi- niilration hitlierto, this appeared to him the propereft time to refign his truft, when he qould no longer be ufeful in the execution of it J bat muil cither obllru(5l and embarrafs the meafures carried on by others, if he op- pofcd them j or facrifice his own fame and honour, if he concurred in them, contrary to bis own convi^^ion, and what he appre- heniicd to be the intereft of his country. Thefc, or fuch lij{,e fair and honeft motives, ,';i^,.v,. C 4 might *t U4 ] might be, or rather certainly were IriC caufe of Mr. P *s reiignation. "No lefs fair and honeft might be, or rather certainly were, the motives of L B — ^, and thofe who joined with him, in the dif- cuilion of this capital point. A tedious, bloody and expenfive war, with fo powerful an enemy as France, might well induce their attention and caution, how they involved their young Sovereign and country in a new war with a powerful King, rich in his refources of trea- > fure, and formidable by a numerous fleet of capital (hips; or threw this King into the arms and intire intereft of an enemy, whom tlicy might thereby enable to rife with re- newed vigour. Spain had not only (hewed no open enmity towards us, but had at times fo perfevered in profeflions of fricndfhip, that even our AmbalTador was led to think (he defired to be upon the beft terms with us. It was not the intereft of the crown of Spain to embarrafs itfelf with the broketi fortunes of France : and altho* the fricndfliip of nature and confanguinity might be ftrong between thefe two crowns, it was not reafonable to think it would fo far miflead a new King, that he (hould involve his new fubjedts, and his own interefts, in thofe calamities and ruins of war, which might be fuppoled to be un- avoidable, in taking part againft a vidlorious powerful and triumphant nation, flufhed with fucccfs. [ ^5 } faccefs, and ikilled in the arts of conquedi Under thefe circumftances it appeared neither juft nor politic to be the agreflbrs, in hurry- ing on hoAilities, and making an enemy ; when by delay, and farther negotiation, wd might preferve a friend, and obtain the blcf- iings of a good peace with the whole world. But at the fame time it was thought necef- fary, nor to relax in vigour, or be unpre-i pared for the worft j which, if it fhould happen in this way, would clear us from the afperfion thrown out upon us at the com- mencement of our war with France : and our moderation and equity obtain us the efleem and approbation of all Europe, when they beheld with how much reiudtance we entered upon a new war. From this inveftigatioh of the principles influencing the condudt of thofe two great! men, L — B and Mr. P ; we may be able to develope the caufe of the prefent difcord : efpecially if we add to thefe prin- ciples, that generous and noble emulation foi* glory, which has always animated in all aged the greateft and mod accomplifhed men in free dates, and which has been and always will be of the higheft advantage and fervice whild confined within the terms and boun- daries of the conftitution and government; And by comprehending cxadtly the cafe of thefe two principal perfons^ we may alfo be ; iriu: enabled 1 ■r m m m i'\ inXT" mmm i«-" 5. I [26 1 ^ablf^ to f^p^rate it from that of our iaG^y dkniB eriemy^ his hirelings^ and tbofe tniff guided partizans on both fides, who ai^ anf} ^^(l him in widening the br^ch of union aniql national harmopy. For from ail th^t h^s bq^ prcmifed it will clearly appear, f.i Firfl, That L— B and Mr. P ^ igr^e in their aim, which is to advance and e&bliih the glory, intereft and felicity of their IXHintiy., 'Tiw ,^ •■ / 9FfTi->l Li-i;.:r 6esGond> That they likewife agree in tmX that peace is the i^eans of a^compUfhing thaj; r Third, That they differ only in the manner or method by which they m^y beA obtain tnis |)eace. Ir?— B " , ■ ' inclines- to negotiation j Mr. P to the decifion of the fwofd : in ivvhich dilFerence the perfonal, n^oral ^n4:Q^te cbarader of each i& unimpeachable. «^ f Fourth, That it is equally uncertain, 4,.>d iatirely a matter of contingeAcy, which of tbefe methods, occasioning thi& difference, h the bed. A rev^rif of fortune might give the prefefence to L-^B— ^ — *s meafure ; a con-^ linuance of fuccefs, compellidg the eneniy to fue for and accept of our terms, would fandtifj ^r. * • s, ';v;\hh ■ 5bj \i> .;■> iuvy «, From all which we may conclude, that the original and primary caufe of the prefeiii; dif-o cord, was no other than a di^rence of opi- HQJon^ arifing fjrom the difference of genius and kM.iivj ' ' * * temper ^y [ 27 ] temper in thofc two great meity about the nieaf'ures to be followed foir acquirkig peace; as the means of obtaining what was e^ufally the principal objedt of botti, the felicity and profperity of their country: and that ^Oltt the time of deciding thts great and tapical point refpeding our conduct with Spain, when Mr. ?«-♦-**« refigned and L-— B' ■ ' ■ ' ■ l6ok tip the lead in the admimftration, they feavc had a generous contention for feme^ fuperaddfed to their mutuaV attachments to their ebunttyt Mr. P' ■ ■' • - refting tipo» th^ uriequal'd ad* vantages and glory obtained thro* the whole cQorfe of his influence jn the adminiftratlon, and the grateful afFedions^^f the nation fdr his vigarons, fuccefsfol and upright coi!idu€k ; j^,_ B ■ » i > upon the integrity of his public er afFe«ftions, the confciou6it(s of his own abi- lities, the efteem and approbation of his S » ' ., and the att&cktiknt and love of thofe to whom his virtues and capacity are known ; by means of all which he afpires and hopes to rear his iame upon the bleffings and happinefs to be obtained and fecured t6 the nation, by aa honourable and advantageous' peace. • r---:^* -"'•^^-^^''t' ' ' ^ .^i.v^ i : In all thid ionteft, there appears nothing to prevent our refpedt for both thefe. great jnen ; nothing to hinder their mutual entem of one another : and whilft thtir ukirtiat^ t)(b^ jed is one 4nd the fame^ md terminates in 'avj\*/ ■ ">■ ' ^"•' ■ endea- ■HH It !. 1^: f V 1*8 1 CrtdnvoUnng to accomplifh the pubfic good» ^e may derive the higheft benefits from both pf them. Very different is the cafe of our infidious enemy, and the unnatural and bribed hire-^ lings who would promote his caufe y as alfo of the bigotted partizans of thefe two great men, who aid and afTid the common enemy: in widening the breach of union, and driving lis into all the horrors of difcord and party rage. The deiign of thefe is to divide us. It matters not whether we hate or efteem ;. or who be the objedt of either, L — B r or Mr. P They reprefent both of them- m the mod unfavourable and even criminal lights* and would have us fcorn and deteil: each other, becaufe we have been born in different parts of the fame iiland, country and foil : a divifion, which were it to take place, is infinitely bigger with mifchicf and calamity than all the fadions of Whig and Tory, all the abortive attempts of Jacobitifm, and all the diflindtions and parties that were ever at- ternpted before. We will touch lightly upon the artifices of this fort, both as they refpedt Mr. P- and L— - B . Mr.P- — having refigned the feals, has been branded as a penfioner^ and as having all along a£ted in expedition of this penfioni and of the honours conferred on his family : that thefe being his ultimate views, when they -t5;^:Tj wero KL'iwf.a 2 [ 29 1 were {Tered him he meanly accepted them>^ and deferted the fervice of his country. — He has been accufed as haughty, infolent and fe« ditioiisj as throwing up his office with a view to diArefs government, and embarrafs his S , unlefs he were permitted to rul^ with an abfolute fway, and Vizir-like to con- troul the K — — and his whole council.— He has been charged with adting inconfiflently with himfelf, in adhering to German con- nections, paying tribute to the K of P , and exhaufting by a ferics of prodi- gality, extravagance, profuiion and diilipation the treafures of his country, by which the na- tional debt is enormoufly augmented. Malice, armed in all her power of enmity and falfhood, has only been able, in all thefe accufations, to utter grofs contradidtions and abfurdities. To fuppofe the K beftowing, and Mr. P receiving the penlion and honours mentioned, in the way of bargain for his re- fignation ; is to contradict and deftroy the other fuppofition, of his refigning with the infolent ai)d feditious view of diftreffing go- vernment^ and embarraffing hisS . And \p fuppofe, thp. l^ft cafe to be true, the firft Vnuft evideptly be ^f?lfe. For *tis impoffible that the K . > ■, reigning over his free people, •not. only without, arjy oompehtor, but without the fcmi^t|Qf kny fijiftipn to pppofc; him^ r f. i'i ', f 30 i aV?rig tfe imiverfal We and affe(^Ion olf liis fubjedts, fhduld ftoop to reward and ho^ nour a man for. affronting his Majefty, and attempting to dlftr^fs his govemmfent. Th6 prerogative of the Ring is, to difmifs his (tt^ vatits when he h^s. no farther ufe for them • ihfi liberty of the fubjeft, to refign when he can i^Q longer ferve. The reirgnafion of Mi*. P— — has been already mtntiarted, and it appears neithef ' infolent ftor feditious. The ptefcnts and honbnra given to his fkmily upon f hat occafion, were given whh fo mtrch princei ly grace, and accsepted of wltji fo much inde* pendent freedom, as to bdwi*th" every fenfiWe and unprejudiced mind beyond the power of calumny to ftaio. H^d he refufed the bene- volence and bounty of his Pfince, fo nobly and kindly preffrcl on him j ^Vell might thoie enemies of Britain have faid, he was haughty and infulted his S — , would not receive any mark of his favour ilnd efleem, and by that fufficiently indicated his fedirious inten- tion of obftrudting his government. But what demonftrates thefe flanders to be aa abfurd as they are falie, is, the equal eveh uniform con- idufl of this great man ever firice his reflgha- tion. The fame meafores hive been recom- mended, the fame vigorous effoks prcffed upon parliament and minifters, arid the ftme attehi tion {hewn towards the ihteiiitt itid glory of ^is Prtntii dnd country, astVheh !ie Mad the di- i-'«l .< of . * t 3' 3 dtfcdiioft of the war as a mmifter himfelf^ Neither meanly truckling to thofe he left be- hind him in the (late, nor ratfing oppofition of embarraffment to the courfe of governmeitt,^ he aided and powerfully recommended the expediency, the neceflity of giving fulf and ample fupplies for the exigencies of the war int every quarter of the world, not only to Ger* many, but likewife to Portugal. The exaltedf appearance he made in the clofe of the lallr ieflion of parliament, on the fubjedt of a vote of credit, exhibits his charaSer in the purcft light, as a moft faithful fervant to his Prince, and a mod fleady and invariable firiend to his" . >■ 1 [34] many, and intimate with Spain, would hare improved her intereft and fituation to our dif- advantage as a maritime power, in the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Atlantic fcas ? — But we will fuppoic for the fake of argument^ that by fome extraordinary and happy fate, Pruffia, Hanover and Hcfle would have been given up again at the end of the war, only weaken- ed, impcveriih'd and impair'd. Would not France have been, by having thefe countries thus fubducd and occupied during the war, at perfedt reft within hcrfelf, and had only her fea coads to guard again (I any defcents from us? Muft {he not then, in thefe circum- ftances, have been able, before her fleet was fo much dcftroycd as it is now, to have fup- plied Canada with a force far fuperior to what we could have fent, either to attack her terri- tories there, or to defend our own in North America? Is it not likewife highly probable, that in the height of this fuperior iituation, Spain might have been induced to have join*d her early with her whole maritime power j or to have fold us her neutrality ?x the expcncc of our intereft and honour ? V7jth what dif- ficulty did we obtain our conquefts in Canada, where but a very few French troops appeared : what then muft have been the cafe, had the €nemy been at liberty to have fent whatever fupplies he plea fed, not only thither, but to the Eaft arid Weft Indies ? when all thefe cir- t'g of Pruffia, the fums expended upon oui : -' .ops and connections in Germany, have not been raifed out <^ the treafure of this nation as it flood before the war: but that the war has fupplied that treafure, and the nrtion itfelf been enriched. We ihall find that ;he enemy himfelf has paid the expences ij the war, and that the poverty and mifery ., Da of I fa • ' '■ ■ 1.' ; 1 \ ' ft (V I Si 11 i . 1 ii I 'I k f. ■ Ll, ^1' [40l .. of the French fubjecfls have been the enrich- ment of the Bridfti. V7e (hall find that our conquefls are more than a fufficient mortgage for the whole capital debt of the nation, by the future acquilitions arifing from commerce ; and fliould it be neceflary to give part of them back, yet much more may be kept than will correfpond to the capital debt of the prefent war. With this ftate of our affairs before us, permit me to afk, whence ought we to conjedure t i*^'" falfe, inflammatory and treacherous charges . :eed, that Mr. P— has prodigally wafted and diffipated the public money, and loaded the nation with infur- mountable debt; that the accumulation of our conqucAs, is but the accumulation of our di- ftrefsj that our connedlions with Germany have been ruinous to our interefts; that our treaty with Pruflia had neither our prefcrva- tion, our intereft or honour in view ? Are thefe the fenfations of truth, the fuggeftions of patriotic virtue, the feelings of the fons of freedom, liberty and Britain ? Or do they not carry in their very phrafe and meaning, their french original ? Are they not the bloflbms and flowers of that fedudive feed fo plenti- fully Town by Monf. Bufly ; when his whole deportment and ambafTy was to embroil, di- vide and deftroy the harmony, concord and felicity of our country ? To him, and to the dctefti^bly corrupted epgines and tools of his fadlion. [ 41 i fadion, let them only be imputed. Far be it from the true friends of L — B , far from the friends of liberty and Britain, to confpire in fuch combinations of falfehood, abfurdity and detradlion. The fame malevolence of fpirit hath exert- ed itfelf again ft L — B , with as much abfurdity, and with infinitely more audacious indecency. . • ; ., , He has been charged as a man unacquainted with public bufinefs; and therefore, except he could lay claim to infpiration, unqualified for the employment he holds in the govern- ment. — He has been calumniated on account of the fpot of his birth ; and reproached and vilified as a Scotchman, in contradiftindion to an Englifliman : and it has been alledged, that in confequence of this accident, all places of government muft needs be occupied by Scotchmen. — He has been revil'd as af- fuming power by means of his favour with his S ; and the records of pa ft times have been ranfack'd, and invention tortur'd, to bring to public view the crimes and villanies of men and women who have had influence at courts, and the mifrule, oppreflion and perfidy of weak or bad Princes. One thing is very remarkable, that in all this torrent of abufe, not one: fadt has been produced to fupport or give the leuft credit or probability to any part of :he calunirnes fb \r*^ illi- km W I'M I i I: ■:;■' 1} III t 42 ] illiberally utter*d. If by public bufincfs is meant a knowledge of the detail and manner of pafling bufinefs through the public offices j then the conftant clerks and fervants of thcfe offices are the greateft proficients : and it i3 from thcni that all Minifters have learn'd, and mufl learn, the formalities, pundtillios and minutia of bufinefs in their refpedtive de- partments. But if by public bufinefs be meant, a kno\yledge of the conftitution and intereft of Great Britain and its dominions, and the application and exertion of that knowledge to whatever refpejfls the felicity and advan tage of the ftate, either internally, or in the tenor of conduft to be obferv'd externally with foreign powers 5 then will L — B appear from his education as a fcholar and a gentleman, from his rank of life as a noble- man and a member of the legiflaturc, from his acquaintance w»th men of the firft emi- nence in public bufinefs, from his natural habit and temper of mind towards fludy and obfervation, and from his cEConomy, juftice, integrity and ability in private life, to ftand in as fair a light as any Miniiler that has been before him. L — 3 has been charged with being a Scotchman, in contradiftindion to an En- glifhman ; and, as a neceflary dedudtion from this accidental circumftance, it has been in- ferred, that Scotchmen muft needs now oc- cupy [ 43 ]' cupy all places of government. Time was when fucn a defcription and contra-diftindtion had jufl place. Then this illand was divided into two diflindl kingdoms ; which had each of them their own laws, their own intereits^ and flood flhfolutely independent of one ano- ther. The union broke down this barrier; and, happily for both, formed the whole ifland into one kingdom, having but one people, one intereft, one legiflature. This kingdom is neither that of England, nor Scotland, bat the kingdom of Great Britain ; this people are neither Scotch, nor Englifti, but Britons, and the people of Great Britain, This is a fun- damental law of the kingdom, by which the former defcription and diftindion, marking two feparate kingdoms and people, are abro- gated and annul'd. To object therefore to L — B that he comes from the North, is equally ridiculous and capricious, as it would be to objedt to Mr. P or to any other Minifter or officer of the crown, that he came from the Weft, or any other quarter of the kingdom. To think or furmile that the former will only employ and recommend North Britons, is equally abfurd as to ima* gine of the latter, that he or they would only make ufe of Weft, Baft or South Britons. la this kingdom the fubjedts have naturally all the fame right. A man from the North has as good a title to be called to civil or mili- ^■-r _ .. tary r ^'^ i: !• '' s:| v - Hi f 'X [44] tary ^^ pl^vmcnts and operations, as a man from -It *^ou-.h, or any other quarter. And until ic c&.i be afcertain'd that fome particu- lar village, town, county, or diftridt of Great Britain, is fpecially produdlive of genius, abi- lity, merit and integrity, above all the reft; there is no fpot in the kingdom can, or fhould, give any natural juft preference to one man, more than another, to be employed in the fervice of his country. — The feat of government muft neceffarily attradt candidates for preferment from all parts of the king- dom. Move it from London to Edinburgh, and the bridge over the Tweed would be as u fef ul to tranfport the people from the South to the North, as it is now to tranfport them from the North to the South. Remove it to Radnor, and we (hould then find it e.:pe- dient to make roads for preferment over the mountains of Wales. —In what kingdom on earth were the offices and employments of go- vernment ever diftributed in proportion to the numbers pofleffing the fevcral diftrifts it might be divided into, or the taxes they might pay? If there never were any fuch, and if this never was the cafe in Great Bri- tain J why that invidious contraft, fo elabo- rately endeavour'd to be drawn, between the North and the South Britons, as to the former being employed more than the latter? Ad- mitting this invidious fuggcftion to be true. [45] it has not happened under L — B ■■ -, but under Mr. P-"— , and all the Minifters be- fore them. And the reafon is obvious why it might happen, and why it is expedient and fit that it (hould happen. The trade and commerce of South Britain is incomparably greater than that of North Britain, and the gentlemen vaftly more affluent and rich. By this means they are enabled not only to leave their eldefl fons in a flate of eafe and inde- pendency, but to fettle their younger in bufi- nefs and commerce, which fufficiently employs their attention, and gains them frefh affluence and fortune. This flate of wealth and in- dependency puts them above the neccffity, as the confcioufnefs of their own importance raifes them above the defire, of traverfing all the rugged thorny tradls of court folicitation. On the other hand, commerce was later in- troduced into North Britain, longer held in contempt, and is at prefent but in its infancy, in refpedt of the progrefs and growth of it in the South. Gentlemen not being fo rich in that part of the kingdom as they are ii^ this, and being fonder too of renown in arn^s than in bufinefs, as well as not having the means of edablifhing their fons in a high rank of commerce at home, are thence na- turally led to folicit employment at court, or lay out their little fortunes in purchafing com- mifflons in the army, or becoming adventurers i; i' ri i I'i 1 • j' [46] in trade at London, or abroad in the colonies. This I apprehend is the true rcafon and caufe that North Britons may be feen in the army, and in the ferviceof the government, in num- bers perhaps exceeding the proportion of people in the one part of the kingdom to that in the other. But this is not a cafe of favour, bttt arifcs from nature, neccflity and good policy; and redounds to the utility and be- nefit of the whole nation. Every fcnfiWe man amon^ us muft comprehend the advantage arififlff to his country from employing the Highlanders as officers and fdldicrs in our ar- mies agamft the common enemy, by which tbc (bhemes of a foreign faction arc entirely broken, the intereft of a Pretender left with- oot hope, and a very confiderable force not only taken from the French fervice, but added to otjr t)wn : whilft thus all the fabjedts of the nation are united in one and the fame view, to fupport our common conflitution and government, and repel and cruih every foreign enemy. He wii! likewifc with equal clear- nefs perfceive, from what has ^een faid, that it is the advantage and happinefs of the South couittry gentlemen to be in fuch affluent cir- cumftances, as not to put them under the neceflity of appearing candidates in fuch num- bers for employments from the government., as the North country gentlemen arc obliged to do } uiid that this ficua^on which the French ^ fadion J. e [ 47 1 fe€tion would reprefcnt as a grievance, is in fa£t a very high and di(lingui{hing hkfTir.g in favour of the South Britons. — Jufticc and candour would have required, that L— B ■ ■ « fhould have at lead introduced fome retxiark-* ably greater number of North Britons into employments than former Minifters had done, and that South Britons and the intereH: of the kingdom in general were thereby really hurt ; before fo much as the (hadow of a charge ihould have been laid againd him : but jufticc and candour are flrangers to French councils^ and much more to frenchiBed Britons, whea they have become the minions and tools of a faction, whofe detign in all this is not to lay open any real grievance, but to miilead and divide us, by detaching us from our only true intereH:, that of mutual affedion, edeem and union, in order that we may fooliihly em- brace an abfurd, ideal and fiditious fyflem, of there being twp kingdoms, two people, and two intereds, in one and the fame kingdom of Great Britain, feparate foreign and oppos'd the one to the other. Permit them but to effed this, by giving up implicitly your un- derdandings, adedions and feelings to their abfolute management and dir6..:.-.■ vjt**' 4.1 ««■ -i-f- have ■' [ 49 ] have tint of declining his fervice. Our con- ftitution has hkewife provided a regular channel, for laying before his M— — the fentiments of his people, refpedting the ill conduft of his Minifters j and the crown has feldom been known to (light fuch fo- lemn Applications. But, in the prefent cafe, has there been the fmallefl room for public complaint during the (hort fpace of L — B *s adminiftration ? Have thofe outra- geous accufers been able to produce one article againd him, as a man, or a Minifler? — Deftitute as they are of all decency, they have bten reduced to this iingle article, that his M ' has an efteem and regard for him } a circumftance which ought naturally to recommend him to the cfteem and re- gard of the people. — Had thofe detractors gone no farther, the petulance and impo- tency of their charge would have hardly merited notice; but tbey have exceeded the bounds of the moft profligate writers in the moft profligate times. Unable to difcover any crime, they have endeavoured in their invention of prints, and in their hiftory of favourites, to taint our imaginations with ideas of bad women, of vvicked Minifters, and of weak Princes, who have been infa- mous for mifrule in this and other coun- tries. To apply thefe odious and deteftable charadters to the prefent time, would be as ;y*^"^ - ,. „,^, ., .•,■&' ■. " unjuft If I 'i?'i ¥\ hi I ■ t i [ 50 ] unjuH: as criminal. Yet who arc (o blind as not to difcover the intention of exhibit-, ing fuch pictures ? Or who (o hardy, as not to dread their ill efFedls upon weak minds, Simulated by French emilfaries, who may be employed in every part of the kingdom to enforce and heighten them with the mod wicked implications. Permit me here to fum up the oppofition be-, tween the charaders of thefe two great men, who divide our fentiments and opinioiis, and that of the French fadion and its adherents, who take advantage of this divifion. .^.t^i-^- In delineating the principles influencing; L — : B and Mr. P we have feen nothing but what is amiable, patriotic and national. Their ultiniate obje<5t is one and the fame, the glory, honour and felicity of Great Brita'.n. The means of obtaining this obje.fl is peace, in which they are likewife both agreed 5 but have differed with refpedl to the means by which it {hould be brought about. Mr. P- v/ould accomplifh it, by a vigorous unrelenting prolecution of the war J L — B , by the gentle, equitable and candid difcuflions of negotiation. L—- . B— — . while he continues open to the me- thod of negotiation, has, during the courfe of his adminiftration, employed the whole force of the nation in diftrefiing the enemy, and enlarging its conqueils. Mr, P , A , ... ' ' fiuce I SI r ^ , fince Ills refignation, has fleadiiy and inva«* riably exerted himfelfj as a member of the legiQature, in recommending the fupport of our allies, the faithful accomplilhment and continuance of our plan of connections on the continent, the pufhing of the enemy on all fides, and the liberal fupply of whatever funis may be found requifite for enabling his Majefty and his Minifters to effedt all thefe purpofes. Here we fee, not only the point wherein thefe two great men differ 3 but we fee each of them, in his own proper charader, not only blamelefs, but abounding in merit and the ftrongeO- public affedtionsj defiring, intending and advt;ncing the intereft and good of their country. In delineating the motion and progrefs of the French fadion, in their fhameful out- rageous and groundlefs charges again (I both thefe gentlemen ; and of the partial bigotted friends or dependents of each, who may have been mifled into the fame foul courfe ; we have {Qcn^ and can fee, nothing but what diredly, neceffiiiily, and immediately tends to the intereft and feivice of the enemy, the prejudice and ruin of their country. Not bal- Jancing themfelves upon any principles, not concerned about any fair difquifitions refped- ing the merit or demerit of either party, or how Great Britain may be beft ferv'd by the refpedive abilities and virtues of both ; they E 2 ,. , have 1 .\';'i ''4 N;'i * ^i M& I h.' [ 52 ] have drained to the loweft bottom the black- eft fources of calumny and invention, to raife our contempt and hatred not only againft each of thefe re(pe(^able characters, but againft the memory of our late glorious S , and againft the moft amiable qualities of our pre- fent illuftrious m . Even the moft facred recefles of the R— H have not efcaped their enormous pollution. Not fatis- fied in their attempts to alienate our affec- tions from the proper objedts of their attach- ment at home, they have extended their plan, and exerted their keeneft efforts, to raife our contempt and hatred againft our allies and confederates in the warj againft that virtue, that heroifm, that military (kill, which has fo powerfully operated towards the acquifi- tion and accompliftiment of all our riches, fuccefs and felicity. The K of P has been defcribed to us, as a royal free hooter ; and P F , as fleecing this nation of its money, and defpifing her fol- diers. Solemn engagements and public faith, under the management of thefe frenchified politicians become diffolv'd or are annihilated,' on the fmalleft fpecious appearance of conve- viency. Not contented with this, they have afpired, in the utmoft outrage of treafon a- gainft their country, to alienate our affedions and efteem from one another ; to make us fufpec ^ hate, and oppofe ourfclvcsi to raife the •^ U4 \*.»^'>- f 53 ] the abfurd imagination, that one part of the kingdom is only a foreign appendage and ap- purtenance of the other; and to caufe the natives and inhabitants of one place, to be held and treated as aliens and foreigners in another j reprefenting them as having different views, different interefts, and oppofite mo- tives of a- ; . ■ be n c is y t 57 ] be executed by one, or more perfbns, it ap- proaches neither more nor lefs, on that account, towards defpotifm, or exorbitant power. But if any one man be of merit and worth, equal to the bufinefs of any one department ; that bufinefs will be better executed by that one man fingly, than if he were clogg'd and tramel'd in by the aflbciation of many others of different degrees of temper, genius, and extent of fpirit : in the fame manner, and for the fame reafon that a fleet, or an army, is better condudted by one commander in chief, than by many vefted with equal power; or that the armies of any Prince in Europe, are of more fervice, than thofc of the States of Holland, (hackled as they are with the depu- ties of the States. It was Mr. P — *s ability in the management of the war, apd the ex- traordinary fuccefs that attended it, which gave him the ear, the confidence, and diftin- guiflied truft of his late Majefty, in conduifl- ing the bufinefs of that department; which, fo far from laying on him the ftigma of a firft minifter, is naturally the higheft and beft recommendation a man can have to the efleem and regard of our prefent accompliftied fove- rcign. Let us indulge ourfelves a little in con- templating the agreeable profpedt, arifing from this happy co-alition. — With what dig- nity mufl the paternal care and attention of his [ 58 J his Majefty exert itfelf, whilft he employs in the fervice of himfelf and his people, that genius and ability which has been already fo well tried, fo fignally fuccefsful, and fo uni- verfally admir*d. — What an imprefllon muft it give, both at home and abroad, of the * virtue and integrity of our leaders and pa- triots, when fuch as L — B and Mr. P ' ■ , are as ready to be reconcil'd, when the intereft of their country calls for it ; as to aflert their different opinions, when each ima- gines his own the beft : and renewing with the renewal of fentiments, that friendfhip and efteem which they formerly entertained for each other ; cement this frefh union, by the moft vigorous exertion of their joint powers, ibr humSling the pride and punching the du- plicity of the common enemy, until a jufl: ^nd advantageous peace can be obtain 'd, — Hence might we fee war, fhould it flill be neceflary to continue it, crowned with vidtory and conqueft, extending, enriching and fe- curing the greatnefs of a free and happy peo- ple, under the bold and enterprifing** genius pf p : and the national finances applied, with the higheft integrity, oeconomy and judgement, to their true and national ufes ; virtue, genius, and the polite arts, encou- raged and diffused amongft the people ; and a Briti(h parliament, in all its genuine and cjonftitutipnal height of glory, unfolicited, un- ' ' * penfioned -e*: t 59 1 pcnfioned and unbiafled in Its operations, un^ der the candid, honeft and dilccrning fpirit of B »-. Above all, how pleafing would it be to obferve, as the happy efFedt of this fair and natural coalition, the furious factions, artfully rais'd amongft us by the enemy, in- tirely broken and diffolv'd ; and a generous fentimental noble-hearted and united people, blufhing at their having been decoy'd, return to their duty with redoubled ardour, full of efteem and love for one another ; and, ac- tuated by one mind and one principle, whilft: they freely fupport the exigencies of the ftaic by their fupplies, vanquifh and overthrow every enemy by their united irrefiftible brave- ry. — And thus might we behold our King, the greateft and happieft Monarch upon earth, reigning in the hearts of that free, mighty ' and united people, whofe love and affedlions are the impregnable pil^ rs of his throne : behold him as the head and chief of this glorious co-alition, animating and invigorating ; every part 5 diffuiing his benign influence on all his fervants, with the judgment of a wife . mafler, and the kindly afFedion of a princely father of his people ; capable of what per- . haps no other Monarch feels, the ineffable de* lights of private friendfhip, yet fo fuperlatively great, as never to permit this leffer and fe« ^otidary affedion, to interrupt his royal func- tions, and tarniih or obflrudl the intercft, glory ^i v?. / v^