IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1^12^ §2.5 |30 "^^ !■■■ ui Hiii us ■u 140 2.0 1.8 m ■ 1.25 |||.4 III 1.6 < 6" ► Sdences Corpordlion ^>' 23 WE&T MAIN STREET WEBSTER, Ki.y. VM (7l6)873-4S&a CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICIVIH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historique. <\ Technical and Bibliographic Notas/Notea tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa Tha Inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibliographically uniqua, which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha reproduction, or which may aignificantiy change the uaual method of filming, are chaclced below. D n n n D n Coloured covera/ Couvarture da couleur □ Covera damaged/ :ouverture endommagAe Covera reatorad and/or laminated/ Couverture reataurta et/ou peiiiculAe I I Cover title miaaing/ La titre de couverture manque I I Coloured mapa/ Cartea gAographiquea en couleur Coloured inic (i.e. other than blue or blacit)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) I I Coloured platea and/or iiluatrationa/ Planchea et/ou iiluatrationa en couleur Bound with other material/ ReliA avac d'autrea documanta Tight binding may cauae ahadowa or diatortion along interior margin/ La re liure aerrte peut cauaer de I'ombre ou de la diatortion la long de la marge int^rieure Blank leavea added during reatoratlon may appear within the text. Whenever poaaible, theae have been omitted from filming/ II aa peut que certainea pagea blanchea ajouttea lore d'une reatauration apparaiaaent dana la texte, mala, loraque cela Atait poaaible, cea pagea n'ont pea 6t4 fiimtee. Additional cpmmenta:/ Commentairea auppi^ftmentairea: L'Inatitut a microfilm* la mailleur exemplaire qu'il lui a 4t4 poaaible de ae procurer. Lea di&taiia de cet exemplaire qui aont paut-Atre unlquea du point da vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une . modification dana la m^thoda normale de filmage aont Indiqute ci-daaaoua. Th to r~n Coloured pagea/ EZI n n Pagea de couleur Pagea damaged/ Pagea endommagtea Pagea reatorad and/oi Pagea reetaurAea et/ou pelliculAea r*^ Pagea damaged/ I — I Pagea reatorad and/or laminated/ Pagea diacoioured, atained or foxed/ Pagea dAcolortea, tachettea ou piqutea Pagea detached/ Pagea ditachAea Showthrough/ Tranaparence Quality of print variea/ Quality iniigala de I'impreaaion Includea aupplementary material/ Comprend du material auppMmentaire Only edition available/ Seule Mitlon diaponibie Pagea wholly or partially obacurad by errata alipa, tiaauea, etc., have been refllmed to enaure the beat poaaible image/ Lea pagea totalemont ou partiellement obacurciea par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, etc., ont 4tA film^ea A nouveau de fa^on A obtenir la meilleure image poaaible. •n pc of fit Oi bi th 8i( ot fit 8i( or Tl •h Tl w M di ar bi rij re Thia item ia filmed at the reducJon ratio checked below/ Ce document eat film* au taux de rMuction indiqu* ci-deaaoua. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X i 12X 16X 20X 24X asx 32X Th« copy filmed h«r« has b««n raproduead thanks to tha ganarosity of: Library of ttia Public Archiva* of Canada L'axamplaira film* fut raproduit grlca A la g4n4rosit* da: La bibiiothiqua das Archives publiquas du Canada Tha images appearing here are the best quality possible considering the condition and legibility of the original copy and in keeping with the filming contrect specifications. Las Images suh/antes ont 4tA reproduites avac la plus grand soin, compta tenu de la condition at da la nettf tA do rexemplaire film*, et en conformity avac las conditions du contrat da filmage. Original copies In printed peper covers ere filmed beginning with the front cover and andinp on the kist page with a printed or illuatrated impres- sion, or the beck cover when appropriate. All other original copies ere filmed beginning on the first page with a printed or illuatrated impres- sion, end ending on the last page with a printed or iilustreted impression. The lest recorded frame on each microfiche shell contain the sy nboi ^^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol y (meening "END"), whichever applies. Maps, plates, cherts, etc., may be filmed et different reduction ratios. Those too ierge to be entirely Included in one exposure are filmed beginning In the upper left hand corner, left to right end top to bottom, ea many frames es required. The following diegrams illustrate the method: LAS exemplaires origlnaux dont la couverture en papier est ImprimAe sent fiimte en commen^ant par la premier plat et en terminant soit par la darnlAre pege qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration, soit par Is second plat, aalon le ces. Tous les autres exemplaires orlginaux sent filmte en commen^ant par la pramlAre page qui comporte une empreinta d'impression ou d'illustration et on terminant par la darnlAre pege qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un dee symboles suivants apparaTtra sur la dernlAre imege de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbols -^ signifie "A SUiVRE ", le symbols ▼ signifie "FIN". I.es cartes, pisnches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre fiimte A dee teux de rMuction diff Arents. Lorsque ki document est trop grend pour Atre reproduit en un seui clichA, II est filmA A partir de I'angle supArieur geuche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bes, en prenant la nombre d'images nAcessalre. Les diagrammes suivants lllustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 A L E T T E R FROM JONATHANS TO THE' TREASURY. O Tempora ! O Mores ! LONDON: Printed for G. B u r n e t, at Bifhop Burnet's Head, in the Strand. [ Price Six-Pence. ] [ 3 ] A E T T E R FRO M JO NATHAN &c. WHETHER vvc are indebted to any vifible Change in our Climate, or Jie Conftitution of Engliflimen his re- ceived any Alteration by the many advertifed Panacea's, both corporeal and political, I will not pretend to deter- mine j but this much is certain, that our Ways cf thinking aie amaz- ingly altered within a (liortTime, and with them, alio, our Ways of Kxprtflion j every thing is to be taken figuratively, the North Briton implies an Englifliman, and the South Briton a Scotchman j one Cof- fee-Houfe is made to write Letters to the Country-Gentlemen, and another to attempt an Anfwcr : I have, therefore, chimed in with this tropical Way of Writing ; and, in my Title, have ftriftly adhered to this new-fangled Profopopceia. I know not, Mr. Treafury, how the Preliminaries of Peace have operated at your End of the Town, where fo many Placemen refidc, whofe Intereit it is to take the Dofe, and wa(h it down with a Libation of Lethe j but, on this Side the Bar, Murmuring, Railing, and Dif- quietude, feem to have fixed their Reign, and nought elfe is heard, but,— Oh I what a Peace 1—1 am ruined ! Martinico and Guadalupe both given up!— What, and the Havanna too! It were in vain to expatiate upon the Propriety of the Meafure, to Hiew the Juftice and A 2 Moderation ii,j|« III m L I t 4 ] Moderation of the Terms, or attempt to demonftrate the Advantages we {hall derive from the Treaty ; it is in vain the Map is called for, and the new Limits to our Colonics (liewn j it is in vain I run my Finger all round Canada, and demon flrate what an Extent of Territory we have added to our Poffeflions : Nay, though I turn to Africa, and fliew them the River Senegal, and talk to them of th» Gum-Trade till I am hoarfe, and pofitivcly allure them I am not concerned in the in- tended Monopoly ; — they ftill fliake their Heads, and call an Eye upon the Wert Indies. '* Were we to have accepted of fuch Terms of Accommodation as thefe, after having heen fo fuccefsful in every Quarter of the World ; we had better have liftened to the Propofals of France laft Year, before we had put ourfclves to the Expence of making War againft Spain ; laid out near a Million in the Reduction of Martinico, and more in that of the Flavanna : — by the uti prjfcjitis^ we fliould have remained in Poflcflion of all our Conquefts, and faved all the Blood and Trea- sure we have wafted in the Weft Indies and Portugal j — bclides, the French then only aflced the Ifland of St. Peter's to cure their Fidi ; but not having made Reilitutions enough, wc have thrown Miquclon into the Baiy^ain to them : It is true, we have the Appearance of retaining three of the Neutral Iflandsj but St. Lucia, which the French have re- ftored, is much fuperior to St. Vincent, Dominica, and Tobago, put together: And as to the Grenadillas, they are fo fmall, and of fuch little Value, it is immaterial who has them." This is the Way of Reafoning of your thorough-bred Patriots, who have for fome Time traded to the new-conquered Iflands, and found the Sweets of their Commerce ; which they would have taken all ima- ginable Pains to have concealed, if we had retained thefe Acqui- litions at a Peace, that they might have kept it all to them- ielves. More moderate Men complain not fo much of the Terms, as the Haftinefs of the Negotiation, before we have had 1 ime to reap the Fruits [ 5 ] Fruits of a Spanifli War, taken two or ^hree more Regiftcr Ship:?, and brought the Dons to Reafon by Dint of their Lofies. Tiiisj Mr. Treafury, is the Language of our CofFee-Houfe, which is cjinpofed of Men well acquainted with public Affairs, who have been concerned in almoft all the Jobs, underwrote the greateft Part of the French and Spanirti Merchantmen, have gained fonie Millions lately by the Rife of Stocks, and were in full Expedation of feeing Scrip, at {50, before the Preliminaries were publiihed. What is it to theai of what Extent Canada is, or the additional Country behind our Co- lonies, as long as Stocks can rife no higher, and a Redu(5^ion of la- tercft will neceflarily enfue after a Peace ? There may be fotne few at this Part of the Town very well fatisfied with this Mcafurc, who are clofely conneded with our Weft Indian Monopolies, and know that, now Martinico and Guadaloupe are given up, their Eftates in Jamaica, and the other Iflands, will retain their ufual Price, and they may con- tinue felling Sugars here for twelve and fourteen Pence a Pound, that they could very well aftbrd for two Pence Half-penny, or three Pence. Had we kept th(jfe Illands, the Value of their Eftates muP necella- rily have diminillied, and the Prices of Sugar in Proportion. To this, perhaps, we were, but more fo the French, indireiStly indebted, for the great C JudefLcafion in the Patriot, who very politely, notvvith- flanding the Court of Verfailles agreed to the lai foj/eJip's, rclinquiuied cur Claim to Guadaloupe. You tell us a your End of the Town, that we are to have the Liberty of cutting Logwood in the Bay of Flonduras, and the free Na- vigation of the Ships laden therewith ; a Concellion never before made us by the Court of Spain j that the French give up their Prctenfions to the Captures made before the Declaration of War, and that we are to be paid the Expence we have been at for fupporting the Piifoners here during the War, which were Objedis we could never before ob- tain, and which we cannot compute by the oppofite Difference at lefs than two Millions and a half. — But pray will this Money circulate in the Alley ? — Had it not been better that another Campaign fliouid B have .. >JMCiitettl^iUK.S_^t t. . f [ 6 ] have taken pl.Ke r Twenty Millioi's more had been railed for the enfuirif Year ; — \Nc mij^htthen have had ihc fingering of a litile, for hbs, Com- inifllons, Ccnrracts, Advance-money, Bulls Bears, good News and bad News, Peace and War, Scrip, above and under Par, lor one more Year. Our Harvcii is at an End ; ami if thole who are Lofers liave a Right to complain, we certainly liave the juftcft Caule to tind Fault with the Preli- minaries, rail at the M — r, and abufe the Plenipotentiary. I am fenfible it may be urged, we have had a fine Time of it, and that we have not had fuch a Game fince the South Sea Afl"air in 17201 — but what is this to the Expedations which wc had raifed, when every Man of us thought to have turned out Plumbs, confidering the good Intelligence which we have carried on for fome Time with the Dutch GazLttt'ers, and the Credulity and Timidity of the Generality of Stockholder.-, who buy in upon the moft flender Report of good News, and icll out as foon as Stockr fall, for fear they fliould be under 50 ? — I lay, Mr. Treafury, had you continued playing into our Hands, asyouufcd formerly to do under fome of your Directors, we fliould ha\e I ctn enabled to have purchafcd half the mortgaged Eftates in England at the End of the War, bought Boroughs by Dozens, and perhaps at laft, in defpite of Religion or popular Prejudice, brought about that great Work, which we have ftill fo much at Heart, I mean the naturalizing fuch of our worthy Brethren as have been circumcifed, but who have as much Religion in them to the full, if not more, than many of us honeft Chriflian Stock-jobbers. We do not here forget, it was found Policy to extricate the King of Portugal and his Kingdoms from their prefent DitHculiies, a^; other- wife there muft inevitably have been a Stagnation of Specie, confider- ing the continual Drains we have had upon us for upwards of Six Years from Germany; and more efpecially as our Spanifh Trade was inter- rupted by the War. —But could not our M s have contrived to make a feparate Peace between Portugal and Spain, without putting an End to this glorious War, by which we have reaped fo much Honour, [ 7 1 Honour, and I might addTrcafure ? Tliofe who were under Appre- henfioivj that our good Foi tunc iiiLIjt be reverfcd, and that fooner or Liter the iMcnch and Spaniards might have made Ibmc dclpcrate At- tempt upon us Iicrc at Jiomc, never confidcr what a fme EOlcft thar would have iud in the Alicv, after Stocks were role to their utmofl. — We fliould have had them down to 40, and a Week's Uproar would have made every Man of us. You fee, Mr. Treafury, we do not here fmd Fault for Railing fake (though, to tell the Truth, there is a terrible Roaring of \iu\U and Bears} ; we have juft Grounds for our Complaints. — All we defircd, was to make the moft of the War, which was but rcalonabk-, jud and equi- table, efpecially when it is confidered how far Individuals have em- barked their private Fortunes in endeavouiing to diiirefs the Enemy, and are great Lofers by the Peace and Conditions accepted. Mr. Atall pofitively infifts upon it, that we fliould never iiavc given Peace to our Enemies till we had taken and dcftroyed everyone of their Ships, as well Men of War as Merchantmen; and that, in this full Perfua- fion, he has fitted out two Privateers of confiderable Force, which were juft ready to put to Sea ; and that he will never give up this Opi- nion, but promote it in all Companies, both public and private, unlefs the Government refund him the Expence he has been at, or grant him the exclufive Trade to fome of the Iflands we have conquered and re- tained. Mr. Beaver, who is not a little concerned in the Hudfon's Bay Trade, has made it plainly appear to us all, that the Country of Canada is a perfed Defert, which no Europeans can inhabit by Reafon of the Coldnefs of the Climate, which frequently occafions People's Nofes to be frozen off from Night to Morning, though feated by a good Fire ; that the Produce of the Country is trifling, and of no ConCequence ; and that we fliall be cut of Pocket by keeping it, confidcr ing the Ex- pence we muft be at to guard it from all future Attacks. This being the Cafe, Mr. Treafury, and there being fuch ju/l Grounds for condemning the Terms we havejuft accepted j I know B 2 not [ s ] not wliat the moil powerful Advocates for pacific Mcafures can urge in their Defence. It is in vain to attempt diverting the At- tention of the People from the Objcd now before them, by raifing and attacking the Phantom of a Party, who never did harm to any but themfdvcs. — Cannot the old Gentleman retire in Quiet, after ha- ving fpent Fifty Years in public, and more than as many Thoufand Pounds in Elcdion-Dinners, and ruminate upon his paft Adm— n, which he has a Right to look upon as the moll glorious of any our Anna's can afford, without having the Fable of the Fly and the Chariot-wheel applied to him ? Are his juvenile and athletic Abilities to be deprecintcd, or his oratorial Powers to be dimlniilicd, by puny Comparilons and vociferous Parallels ? Can he be blamed for not allcnting to the prefent Peace, whereby we retain no Conquefts of any Import, when he hud i'o great a hand in accornplidilng the glorious Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, whereby the Nation reaped fo much Ho- nour, and gained fo many Advantages ? It is in vain to reproach another Perfonagc of equal Dignity, with eflran^ing himfclf from the public Service at fo critic.il a Period, his political Principles having never been known fermented by the Rage of Party, or his Anibition excited by any other Pofl than that of Firfl L — d of the T y. This, indeed, he might think himfclf entitled to, confidcring his part Service?, and the Length of Time he had de- voted himfelf to public Affairs. The Triumvirate is now broken, their noblcfl Leader has had the Mill difpelled, and we may expcd to fee his Ccadjutois fiuk again into Power, and foften into Otlice, I fay, the Attention of the People will not be diverted from the Ob- ject fo immediately before them, bv this Spedtre of Party, which can- not with Propriety be lifted under ti Banner of Whig or Tory : They will expcd: a nice Inquifition into the Merits of the Preliminary Ar- ticles J they will expert fome renowned Orator to rife up, and let forth, with [ 9- J with his mellifluous Tongue, his flowing Eloquence, with Rhetoric : >11 !>is oilv *' That however inclined lie might he to approve every Step, — to vin- dicate every Meafure taken to reftorc the Tranquillity of Europe j — he cannot now, without offering Violence to himlclf, and betraying the Truli repofcd in him by liis Conftituitantsj nay, by the whole Na- tion, remain filcnt whilfl the prelent Preliminaries were under Confi.k- ration. That, had he been inclined to have accepted of lernvs much more advantageous than thele laft Year, he could have given the wilhcd- for Peace, without putting the Nation to the iinmenfc Expencc they have been at in the Reduction ot Martinico and the Havanna, ab well as the Afliltance, though ineffcduai, given the King of Portugal, as well as the other Operatione of War j but that he had rdblvcd within himfelf never to confent to Peace, till he could at the fame Time ful- fil the Engagements entered into with the i ving of PrufTia, — who had, during the Courfe of this War, been the only Bulwark of ProteAantifm in the Empire, and the only Means whereby ive hud conquered ^Inierica in Gerfn.iny\ but that the French dcfiring a fcparate Peace, thougii upon his own Terms, he l\rongly promoted a Spanifli War, which was then reje(5led. That he hopes it will be conlidercd, that Cir- cumftances entirely change the Nature of an Expedient i and though it was the higheft Pitch of Raflinefs to enter into any German Con- nexions at the Breaking out of this War, when they were certainly and mofl inconteftibly ^ M////(/«^ round the Neck of England-^ they in a fliort Time, from a Variety of concomitant Incidents, became our only Refourcej our only Hope; our only Safety; and, therefore, though he was in the F'"ginning fo averfe to grant a Angle Shilling to carry on any German War, from this unforelcen Change in the Syf- tem of Europe, but more particularly in our own Minillry, he be- came more than lavifli in his Grants for purfuing the Operations in the Empire; and particularly for fupporting the Pruflian Caufc and Pretenfions, which were, in every Senfe, fo religioufly jufl: and equi- table. From the fame Mo'.ives, and pretty nearly the fame unexpedl- C ed I 10 ] fd Circiinilances, tlic iMcafure, vvliich, during his A dm n, was fi) necellaiy and expedient, i'jon after b.-came improp-r, and, indeed, idrjrtive : — A ^pani;li W.ir was in (])d >ber c!i;^lble, bat in November inadvife-ible and d^Jr naive. The Conduct he has chalked out to himlelf has ever been uniform and coniiilent j wliatever apparent In- coherences m ly have leemed therein, hare only been latent Chains, and hidie.i I. inks, too nice and refined to be perceived by the vulgar Eye. Upon thefe l^rinciples, may one account for his Condudt, in re- gard to a Kite Dowager, who bequeathed hiin a handfome Legacy, on Condition tbat he would not accept a Pofl: under the Govern- ment j which Promife he tenacioufly obferved during her Life, and would flill have kept, had not his Country called aloud for his Ser- vices j and all private Reafons and particular Confiderations were fet at nought, by tilt Good of tbe Community put in the oppofite Balance. It would be needlefs, after this, to make any Apology for now rifing up, to expofe the Impropriety^ to fay no worfe of the Preliminaries be- fore ihcm. 1 he Good of his Country, and a conftant Regard to every thing that relates to the Welfire of the State, are the only Principles of his AcVion ; — the only Sources of his Condud. How then can he patiently bear the Reftitution of all our valuable Conquefts, the Price of fo much Blood and Treafure ? How can he hear without Emotion, that Guada'cupe, the Garden of the Weft Indies, is to be reftored to tlie French ? and that Martinico, that rich and valuable Ifland, is to (hare the fame Fate, as well as St. Lucia, our Right to which has been io fully and clearly evinced ?— And what are we to have in Return ? — Why, Minorca ; alone Minorca, which has been repeatedly proved not worth protC'fting." A Speech to this Effeft, ^Mr. Treafury, or in even more ftriking Terms, may yet, we hope, produce the defired Effedt, that is, prolong the Negotiation j fo that at leaft defenfive Meafures may flili be pur- lued, and all the Avenues from us to you may not be entirely fhut up. If, nolwithftanding the vigorous Efforts to demonftrate the I'^ Pro- priety ( II ) priefy of the prefcnt Preliminaries, IVace {IioulJ fpcedily lake place l>etwcen lis, Fiance, and Spain, all our Hopes will tl'.en be ceiitered in the King of P , whom we h.ive all pofliWe Re.'.fc>n to fuppofe will not quietly lubmit to the Terms impof d upon him by the lunprelb^ Qjcen ; He will not eafily yield his Pretcnfions to Siiefia, if we may judge iTom the Caufe and Manner he began this \N'ar, and the Me- thod by which he has conducted it j fo that we may hope flill to ice the Flames of War continue lighted in Germanv, which v " fooner or later rekindle the latent Embers of our karce extinguiflKd i-ire. The iuft Ambition, and equitable Fortitude, of that Prince may in- fpire him with the Relblution to furprife Europe with another unex- pedted March from Brandenburg to fome Part of ihc Empire, where, amongft the Papers he Ihall feize, he may find the Clue of a Dtfign, to ftrip him of his Dominions j and fuch a Difcovery may en- title him to treat the Inhabitants with the fame Severity he did the Saxons in 1756. He then may make a Truce with Auflria, in order to join her agianft his Enemies ; a frerti and more bloody War than ever may be kindled in Germany: and, if we may judge from our pafl: Condudl for above a Century, we muft necelTarily take Part in it, to keep the Ballance of Power in due Equipoife. Hence frefli Levies, new Embarkations, Contradls, Subfidies. Jobs and Subfcriptions ; and we may once more, Mr.Treafury, play into each other's Htinds to our reciprocal Advantage, and cur Country's great Emdnment. ] I am aware, that your half-bred Politicians will talk to you of the immenfe National Debt with which we are now loaded, and which is fo imprafticable for us to pay, that it amounts to more than Twelve Times the Sum Total of all our bpecie : That our Eyes are at length cleared from theDelufion, and wc fliall not hereafter fight the German Princes Battles, and pay them at the fame Time for their great Conde- fcenfion in permitting us to do it : That we fhall look to our own Con- cerns, our Trade, Navigation, 2nd Colonies, and not increafe our pu- blic i I 12 ] blic Debt a hundred Millions more, in purCuit of that Phantom the Ballance of Power. But thefft fliallovv Reafoners would do well to confider, if our Pre- deceflbrs, from the Time of King William, had adoptCv'. thefc political Maxims, what would have become of the Proteftant Caufe in Ger- many i* It is true, we have by T'urns (idcd with Papifts a? \vell as Proteftants : but we have always had Religion, diredlly or indirctftly, in View ; and we can look upon thfc prefent War in Germany a^ no other than a religious one ; for which Reafon we (hould the more tenacioufly adhere-to the King of P , and lupport him in it. Your great Sticklers for pacific Meafures pretend we have done more for the King of P — -— than ever he did, or ever will do, for us j that he brought this War upon himfelf, and we have neverthelefs hitherto been his principal Support in it, and have now engaged the French to evacuate all his Dominions they were poflefled of. They then afk this reafonable Queftion, Would he, or could he, have done as much for UP, had we been invaded ? And, add, Our Allies have always be- friended us fo much, as to let us be attacked with Impunity, from the Time of William the Conqueror, down to the laft Rebellion j when, indeed, the Dutch were kind enough to fend over fix Thou- fand Men for our Defence, whofe Hands were tied up from fighting. I fhall not take upon me, Mr. Treafury, to point out how far we fliould aflift the K — of P. after we have made Peace for ourfelves, nor pretend tu argue what Expectations we might have had from Iiim, had he been in our Situation, and we in his j or will I take up the Glove in Vindicaticn of the Condudl of our Dutch Friends in 1745, who might, neverthelefs, have had very cogent Reafcns for what they did. All I pretend to remark is, the War is not yet at an End, as the Ad~ vocatcs of pacific Meafures pretend, and we may ftill hope to fee a good jDiV^^/(?« in Germany. From [ 13 ] From what I have faid, you will perceive we, at this End of the Town, do not entirely agree in our political Notions. Some, as I be- fore remarked, are of Opinion, we fliould have made Peace laft Year, before wc had run ourielvcs to the Expence of the laft Cam- paign j becaufe then, they pretend, we might have kept Guadaloupe, whofe Sweets they have already tafted, and which they are very avcrfe to part from : Some few, who find their Advantage in having no more Weft Indian Iflands than we are already pofll-fled of, chime in with the prefent Terms j but we, who have abfolutely nothing but the real Good of the Nation at Heart, infift upon it ; and, I think, have fully proved, that we fliould not have made Peace, as long as the French and Spaniards had a Ship of War, or Merchantmen left j and, in full Perfuufion that you will acquiefce with me in this Opi- nion, through the fame Motives, fubfcribe myfelf, Your conftant Friend, and Much obliged humble Servant, J O N A T H A N 's.