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OK 8. /R»r^ 'J^c|]|--*-^li8 ai^ true Goar- dians to theie Kingdoms;, have done every Thir^m thrtrPower, to retrievt wlurtl^as Joft malate Adminiftration » that they i^Te ai- «»oyW)ver"d more than couJd probibfr be «^^a;j and arc therefore feKly accufed by the find Letter Writer. , "•Mm*. ''"••■NinfaMi ^'> John. BiAtiuoirt. *~-rwnili^—^ii " I . ' - *^^^ g c o y D E»D *r li I Q J,. l 6 N n H: jna^rdd^b, the Bcotl^lcr. of 1^ a^V^^; € •tv^'f^r •% N». c » ) LETTER To the Author of an EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES, csr^. c* SIR, tDoubt not but you are much pleafed with your late Kerformance, as it has been greedily re- ceived, by Numbers of unwary and difconten- ted People bf all Ranks j for Detraction, how unthriving a Diet fo- ever It is, will always be a (landing Di(h, and never want Guefts,.with keen Appe- B tites, h (2 ) * f titei» todsvour it. Curiofuj^ will make fach W If you had been furnifli'd withClirii- dour, as well as Truth, I would not only have applauded the Eloquence of your -Perlbitnance, but alfo ^e Imporlttice of your . 3ti bf ttlr ion «h4 4 '(3) yourbiicoverles;notwhhilandlng tbe g^eat Sorrow and UneafmeTs it would nave given me, to think that this happy Illand, fnr which all its Inhabitants ought to have the higheft Eiteem, fliould be deceived, and plunged into irretdcvable Ruin by its own Guardians ; hut, as you have not really Copied the Face of the Truth to the Life, or have, thro' an Extremity in Proportions, diftoripd the Features of it, I tnuH rather com miferate, than congratu- late you upon the ^)3^ecution o\ your Work 'y and doubt not, in the leaft, but, tvhenevcr you fhall grow fo Fortunate as to be relieved out of your Prejudices, and to confider thefe A^airs with Temper and Impartiality, that then, you ^iii inwardly feel, at kaft, if not outwardly exprefs, fome Sentiments of Remorfe or Compuniflion, for the Difturbance and Contention you have attempted to jaife^ and unfeignedly repent that you ever was an laftrument to foment Fadtions^ and giye'Occaiion for any DomeftxEeodsaDd Animofities in this Realm, fettled a« it now is, in a State of Tranquility ; by blad- ing and befpattering the Charaders of two fudi emiaent Members in . the Adm.ni- ftratton thereof. •\ t :Ul|U:^ B z >■* ftii*^ ^-^-W' %j^*-» ^Whxwvw ( 4 ) Whoever you arc, Sir, and what your Principles, or what your Ends, by this Enquiry into the Condud of thofe Mini- flers, I. am utterly a Stranger; and will hot, atter your Example, let my Inven- tion to hard Labour, in beating out fuch diiingenuous Suppofitions and Motives tor your Condudt, as you have dune for theirs; but will be fo charitable as to believe, as in one Place you fay. That you are a fincere Friend, and Weil-wi(her to the Royal Family now reigning, and to your Country ; notwithftanding that, by the Air of that Language you ufe upon this Topic, one niight be inclined to (ufpedl; your Sincerity. But this, I can auTure you, whatever Friend you are to K— and Country, that your Performance againft the Two B rs can only fcrve the Jacobite Party ; who are ever waiting to keep their hungry Hopes from ftarving, for fuch Bones of Contention. Their crafty Ring- leaders know how to convert all manner of Divifions, that in any Shape may arife in the Government, to the Nouri(hment of their feeble and finking Caufe ; and how to revive, by thefe inte- iline Difcontents the droopoig Spirits of their bigotted and incontiderate Followers^ of which our foreign Enemies, In the End, are always fure to reap the Advaniage : Ami II ^li ( 5 ) And to this want of Ui^animity, to theft Domedic Divifions and Circumventions it is intifely owing, that the late War has proved fo unfuccefslul i and not to the Mifcondudt of Two B — - — -rs, as you would very unjaftly perfuade us. Not only our Neighbouring Nations, but all the World are furpris'd, that nei- ther Example nor Experience can eradicate that malignant Humour in us, of being ever reftlefs, impatient, and unlatisfied with one another } that we can neither be fenfiblc of own Profperity, or never content with it j but ftill unhappy in the midft of Happinels. Are not Numbers of this Nation continually mifled by de- ceitful Profpedts, Pretentions and Pre- pofTefllons, even fometimes fo fatallv far, as to renounce their Duty and Allegiance, what they owe to their King, their Coun- try, to their Family, Pofterity and Them-r felves ; of which we often fee many pri- vate and publick Inftances of the greateilr> Calamity ? So that it may be no great Mafter- piece in you, Sir, to pleafe a iew or many fuch People, with your Enquiry into the Conduft o[ the Two B rs, cfpecially as fuch Part of the People were already prejudiced again ft the Peace. But this Prejudice was the fpurious Ifliie of B 3 Ignorance H ( 6 ) Ignofi^txce or Inconfideration. It was no whcrq nouri(h'd, I fay, where there wa8 ^ due Intelligence acquired of the State and Situation ot AfTairs ; where there wasj a futocient Knowledge of the Powers w€ had to cope with, an:■ to j>^ ( " ) we arc likely, in the Space of a fe\v Ycarsj* to retrieve ^ fettle, upon a more laiUng Bafis, whatever we haye loft by tlje late War. ' I beg. Sir, for the Sake of com-i^ n;ion Juftice, m?ike yourfelf acc^uaintei^ with the ^r{ps<>^ thiis great Afliir \ (hea you will find, that we are indebted f(Hr this iignaUnd important Revolution, inn very confidcrable Degree, to thefe Two 3^ — -r$ : For never would the Peopl* of Holland have fettled their 'Qo^rmnent, in the hopeful Hatids they adually have done, ir they had not been fpirited there-» to^ by tbtconftant Solicitations which the Two B-i— rs caufed tb be made, in the mod pathetic and perfwaftve Manner to the States General, to exert them(elves,and ad their Part heartily in the Common Caufe, which was now become dangsrous CO the lad Degree/ And, furely the^ Et> torts are far irom ruining a War. Here in England^ the f^inck pky'd i Game quite difierent from that in Hmdnd^ or elfewherc, They lull'd the late Sir R — '- ff^-^'itiM pacific Meafiires, and the H^'pocrify, or if yOu ple^, the outw^nl pacific DifpoiiciOn of Carnal Fleuty^ wa4 too fpecious, too pkuiible, I and iip ItK, III (12) ' » - ■ ■ I and too ^(hlonable to be left unimitated in good Earned by him. The firfl Frdhs of this Pacific Plan, which he, by the foft Sophiftry, or fallacious Arguments of French Emiflarics, was pcrfuaded into, was the Treaty of Hanoifer, aeainft Spaing and the Emperor Charles VL This Trea- ty was (uccceded by that of Sevil, to make Don Carlos King of Naples and Sicily i aiid then .in t734i a Neutrality was advifed; when the Emperor was at War with- France ; for Cardinal Fleury cafily perfutded Sir i?'—-^ IT——^ that France was at Peace with all the World, even in the midft of a bloody War. By this Means France was ftrengthened, by the Acqutfition of Lorrain and B^^ ; and thus he laboured for Twenty fucceflive Years, to aggradize the Fr$nch King, at the Expence^ and to thi Deftra6tioh of our old and natural Ally the Houfe 6f j^uftria, at a Time when our Ctrcum- fiances and Safety required to alHft, with our utmoft Power, that Auguft Houfc ; not to mention the folemn Tredtife, whereby we were obliged fo to da > Here you obferve, that our natu^t Enemies had gained confiderable Power; at the Expence of our natural Allies, by the former M— — rs Mifcondud 5 where- by ki 4 (13) by the Situation of Affairs wearing quite another Afpcdt, confequcntly gave alfo another Face to the fucceeding War, in the Gonrfe or Goncludon whereof, the Two B rs cannot juftly be accufed^ becauie they have not only performed alt that was in their Power to retrieve what was loft in their Predeceflbrs Adminiftration, but have adtuaily already retrieved fome Part of it, and I dare venture to ailure you, that if they had not gained Ground in this refpedt, we fhould as yet, not have been able to obtain any Peace -, as will hereafter more evidently appear. c The State Locufts, or Emiflaries of France, were not fatisfied that they had tutor'd Sir R W-— in Puh/ick Af^ Jairs, to their Hearts Cbnten c, but they muft alfo have a Hand in the Family Affain^^ which concerned thefe Kingdoms ^ and Sir R W was weak enough to be intirely fway'd by them in thefe : For as foon as there feem'd to be a Prpbabili-' ty that the prefcnt K'4* of p224iiiWniight be married to our P^fl^Ks R^t^iL, then they confidered that by thefe Means the r two Hpufes m>£' t be in fuch a Manner cemented, and their Intereft or Power fo ftrengthened, as to overthrow the wholctl Scheme they w«re labouring at: Thcrc^^ • fore !■? tort thttt was nothing more neccAry, than to make aB wide a &reach between the Houfea of H r and B g as they could $ and how hr ^y have fuc- oeeded, all the World know£. h . * As thus the Marriage between P-~- and the P fs R— — was froO-rated, and the P fs muft be wedded for their Purpofes ; >ur wife M " was at once advifed to marry her to the P-— ^ of — — , becaufe it would no where ferve any better Ends than in Holland, They had preached op all the Sweetnefs of Power and Grandleur, of which all Men are fond, td their Party in the Senate at the Hague ; and, as they once had obtained Power, they advi(ed them to keep it at any Rate ; whereby having inftill'd a Jealody in th6 Faftton the^ had won over of theP— *— oft) , it wa^ very eafy to foment and encreafe it, by frightening them with .Apprehen- sions of his near and pOteiit Father^in Law. How much fuchlnfinnattons have ferved t\M French Caufe, and how much the Common Caufe has fufier'd by their fmifter Artifices, I need hot xepeat here, it being obvious to all the Wbiid. Bat God he thanked, the Scene, beyond tlimr Power to prevent it, is changed for ^e ;v:: better i 1} . ( »5> better j the F*—- ^ of 0-**^, tefteatl of being curbed ftlhd reftrained to that^can^ ling of Pbn^ef that \9is etideav6at«d by the Frenchified Partia>ahs, is at ;!ic Head of Affairs j aod we want nothing but the hearty Union of ourfelves with'hitti, and then "wte ftall reap the falatstry Cotolc-^ quences Acreof. As foon is the French had obtained Lorrdin wA Bar ; Don Carks was fetried opon the Throne of Naples and Skify ^ and nothing Avas to be got more in the Emperor CbaHes the Vlth's Lrfe Tkne ; then, they prortioted a Party Cabal at tlic Courts of Ftenfta and Peter/hurg ; whfeie nothing con'd ferve their Porpofe fo hopc^ foBy as a War with the Turh ; ^nd the Emperor was weak enough, to break that Peace whli them which was not (hen expir'd. But Ais Stroke of Fremh Policy, was calculated for no other End than to weaken ftitt more the Houfe of Anfirin, and par^cttkrly in that ^t of the WcfrM fmtA whence Oai»e diofe brave FeUows, tkeT^andoun^ who «re the Terror of the F^incB } and how well our Enemies fttc*- coeded in this Point, is but tobwtll known to all Ole World ; for by this visry Pi^ojea, the Hoofe of Attfiria 16ft very neat two Kingdom^i which, hy^!« Treaty tf Bet- wj^jo , grade^ h; 1 (»6) gradif vrtte refigned to the Turks^ and which, with thofe in ifj/f, made^r in Number s and this, within the Space of Eight Years Time. The Peace with the Ttfrii was huddled up under French Mediation, which advif- ed the Imperial Troops ^o be difbanded, and, in (hort, the whole ^rmy to be de- ftroy'd ; for they made the Court of Vi- enna believe, witn their detufive or fuper- ficial Guarantee of the Pragmatic SanSiion^ that there never wou'd be any more Oc- cafion for Military Men ; and this alfo was not unpalatably fwallowed down by the Imperial Miniftry, fuch Truft and Confidence it repofed in them, notwith* {binding the diiingaged, and more, pene- trating Standers-by, did plainly difcero» that the French a€ted moft difingenuoufly, and by their plaufible Preteniions, ob- truded the utmoft Impofitions in this Matter, on Behalf of the Bmperor, The Pope's Nuncio^ then at the Court of Vi^ ennaiy was very much exafperated $t theft their bafe juggling Tricks, and very zea* iouily inveigh'd againdthe moikUnchrifiian Proceedings of thofe that call tjbemfelyes^ « Mofi'Chrifii/m People ; infifting, that *' by their deceitful and enfiiaring Mana- ** gement^they had> to the great Detriment « of '% '§■ ( 17 ) 11 of Ghrid^ndom, facrificed the Aufirian *' Terretories to a Pack of Infidels and ** Barbarians^ only for their own wicked " private Ends." Which Exprclfions did fo enrage the M- fs of M— — x, and made fuch an Ebulition of bis Fr^;7r/j Blood, that be laid violent Hands on poor Nuncio, and cai^'d him in the Drawing - Room before the Emperor's Face. Thus far they proceeded, during the Ena- peror's Life^ but as they cou'd advance no further, his Death became neceflary to compleac the Buiinefs they had in Hand. ,Thc Emperor foon after, within a few Months, did adually die j which, to me, is very remarkable, that this Monarch (hou'd fo complaifantly make his Departure out of this Life, juft at the Time it was widi'd for, to perfed the Schemes they had con- certed» j But it is publickly known^ that this. Nfo- narch was poifon'd with Aqua Tu£ana,\ and that his Favorite Page, ik Spaniard h^ Birth, to whom he. bequ<;athed a con&- derable Leg^^y, did commit this moft korridand villanous A^ion. What Induce- ments he had, or. by whofe Iniligatipn it was performed, I am not able to inform 79U* tat it is, heft known tp tbpfc; Ma- , ■ " G giftrates H I ( '8 ) gidratfes of Mildttf whb took his Depofi- tion, orConfeflion^a (hortTime, before his Death, of this hellilh and inhuman Deed ; which he proved, and corroborated by Let- ters and other Papers of his Confederates. #/ The whole Proceedings of his Exami«> nation, &c, were tranfmitted to Ficnna, and I heartily wiih, that Court wou^ publish this Tragical Hifiory, with every individual . Circumftance, that the whole World might be convinc'd, and behold with Horror and Indignation, who it was that thus treacherou fly confpir^d the Death of that moft clemeiit and virtuous Prince. Thus, Sir, you fee at one View, what our Neighbours have been at ; that thby have gained, by leading Sir^-— • IK— -^ fo unfeafonably into pacific Difpofi- tions ; more Mifchief to us, than all thie united ^Forces ot France were able to do in twenty Years Time ; and it is without difpute, to the Errors and Mift'ilkes of the faid late Minifler owing diat the War has not been io fuccefsful, is we cou'd wi(h. But as under thofe itlaniftA Difadvafitages^ the Two B*—- -^rs cafme ifr- to the Adminiftration, and haVe l^ed their utmoft EndeavcMiFS to recover what t^s loft ; it is therefore unreafonablelnjuftice to fi :po(i- »rehis )eed; ^Lct- vates. xami«- tCfitUtf every whole >ehokl it was Death Prince. as we laniftft ifmeift- bd^fr lat iVtls fijuftice to C 19 ) to Charge the Two B— ra with the Inadvertancies of another Man. But to proceed to ibme other Particulars. % Firft^ Sir, I will {hew you more dif- tindlly, how you have been mifinfornicd in, or have mifreprefentedi the ConduiH: of the Two B-r— *-rs in our Tranfadions Abroad. ji f. Secondly, I will make k appear, that tbey have done more than in moral Pro- bability coud be expe^«d, under our pre- fent Circum()ances. Lajiiy, How the Advantages tbey have a^uaUy obtained, many be improved, to retrieve and recover that we had loil, by the Management of the late M — f«r ^ ^^ and if you, Sir, to thcfc healtfig and iifi- lutary Endeavours, wherein the Coficotrd ^uid Profpeiity of the Nation i« {(^ d/ttfif- ly concern'd, will join your groat apd nblc Talents, inftead of eroplpying tibiwn to promote Murmurs, and multiply Male- conteats you may, in fomp Pegrce, .Ri- val the B-r- — rs tbemfeh'ef in Glory, thoie illaftrious Gemini ^ that are always iihw- ing, but never at reft, till ypu bq^Qfl^i^t la^ both Cafior gnd Pollux tOQ, t - , t. C 2 Fhji !( r 20 ; Firft then, As foon as the Emper.^r was dead, all Parts, at lead France zii*\ 5^^i;f, were feemingly in Sufpepce lor a Time, before any Alhance was concluded withP a and B a ; and T a was the firft that opened the Scene, v. 4th a Demand of ieveral Dukedomes in tS*-— 4; however, this Monarch was, as yet, a Stranger to his Vi<^ories ; and even thofe great Mafters of all crooked Condu(^, the collufive French did not chufe to engage too cbiely, or engraft themfelves, till they faw thofe hopeful Blodbms o\ his Military Power, which promiled to Crown the Progrefs thereof, with the Fruits of Suc- cess. In thefe Circumftances, the Court oiB n was rather inclin'd to a Com- poiition, and to Propofals extreamly fa« vourable to the Houfe of Juflria ; and particular Advantages' for the Common Caufe were adualiy offered, but were re- je^ed at the Courts of V-^a and L — »• Upon what Account thele Propofals were difregarded, I will not take upon me to refolve : But this I can fay. That the Two B- rs, to my certain Knowledge, did every Thing in their Power, who were not then at the Head of Afl&irs, to per- fove the K — of P a in our Interelt And It always has been the favourite Scheme of the Two B~*rs, to reftore a good ( " ) /l !•» % good Harmony with that nioft potent M—h who is fo nearly in Blood allied to us ; and that this is the mod advantageous Intereft we can cultivate, for the good of the Com- mon Caufc, and our own Prcfervatxon, will appear undeniable at the fird View, But as this was not brought to pais, \% hich was abfolutely owing to the Mif* condudt of termer M rs; and not- wichdanding the illSuccefs of Affairs the two B -rs had maniteftly no other Defire than to render the War vid^orious. They advifed, by all Means, that it fliould be endeavour d to divert his P M — -^ from making any further Progrefs, who was now become very Formidable ; and thro' the preffing Remondrances of the Two B— — rs, to which the Solicitations of the Hungarian Miniders being joined, two Ambafladors were Tent to him in the Field ; whethn alfo Baron Ghke/, from the States-General, repaired lor the fame Purpofe ; and thefe Mmiders were fo fuccefstul, as to obtain a Peace from a powerful M' ch in the midd of his Conqueds ; and they thus produced the Treaty of Btejlau, This NegociatioQ was trania^ed folcly by the Advice; or Addrcflcs of the Two B rs ; and to their everlading Honour, mud it be re- C 3 corded. .1! i. .1 « ( 22 ) corded, that this importcnt Accommo- datiion was brought about. ' I know very well, that there arc o- thcrs, to whom, the Merit of the laft mentioned Tranfadlion is afcrib*dj but as all Men are fond of having their Names ^nd CharadltfS embroidered over with glittering Ad ions j fo there are never want- ing fome, who, for their own private In- tereft, will difpoil the true Proprietors of them, and publickly drefs out thofe, whofe Patronage they are courting, in the Plu- mage (hat belongs to others : And this being the Cafe here, we mufl reflore the Merit of this Affair to its right Owners, and no longer attempt to divefl the Two B rs of it ; and, as I hope you arc a Oentleman of Candour and Humanity, I perfuade myfelf that you will, for Ju- ftice-fake, enquire firfl into the real Truth, without Paflion or Prejudice, of thi^ and every other Particular, k elating to the Condud of thefe, or any other eminent Perfons, who have engagjMl themfelves in the National Service, before you appear in Publick again, to inflame the Minds of the unthinking, or unpacified Part of Jviahlcind, . It ( «3 ) ■^j'i It is manifed, the Two B-— rs arc not pufF'd up with that Vain-glory cf Popularity, or are inclined to that often- t^tious Parade of reprefenting the minu- teft Atome of every Achievement through large magnifying Glailes to the Publick, as their Neighbours, who refide in the capital Region of Vanity, are apt to do. I aflure you, if they were thus difpofed, there are Matters enough of the moft foUd and fignal Confequence, of the mod weighty Import, in which they have been concerned, and for which they might be mod jufUy and honourably celebrated, without the need of any fuch little Aids ^i magnifying GlaiTes, Trumpets and the like. And tho' the Adions of great Men appear with a native Grandeur, they rather chufe to deJervCy than defire our Approbation of them j but the Icfs they deiire it, the more it is paid them, and no Praife flows fo pure, as that which is unrequeiled, that which is voluntary ; nor would it diftill fo readily from my Pen, if it were not a Free- Offering, of which, tbofe whom k concerns, are intirely unacquainted. The Mihifters aforefaid, having by the faid Treaty of Brejlau^ confiderably wea-* ken'd the Enemy, which was alfo a C 4 Means !i 15 I ) ( 24 ) ^|eans to ttCcue Saxony from under the Bondage of Fr^^^^; tbcy next endeavour'd to ilrcngthen the Allies at any Rate, and by their Advife, the Treaty oi JVarfau was produced ; and this Treaty would ab- folutely have been Advantageous to us in the higheft Degree, if the L— d C- / had npt committed that great Over0ght of not invitmg the K — of P — into the Treaty of Worms ; and I believe it was f eieded, for no other Reafon, but becaufe the Two B rs did advife it ; for if? — had been invited, it is more than probable^ that he, at that Time, would have hear- tily acceded to the fame, and by this Means prevent a fecond Rupture. Tliefe, Sir, are all Circumftances which indifputably prove, that the Two B rs laboured at nothing lefs than to make the War as vidorious as poHible, and to re- trieve thofe Honours, Dignities and Pri- vileges of the Nation, which were loft in. former Minillrics ; contrary to what you endeavour to perfuade us, viz. That they ftrove to render the fame precarious and unjuccejsjuh P^g^ 5. You labour with all your Power to exclude the Two B — rs from every Thing that is notable,, meritorious^ t V and (25) and fervkefbly perform'd, during the Courfe of the War; and invefl not onlya Favourite of yours with the fame, but what is more Criminal, you charge the Two B rs with fuchMeafures as tend to nothing lefs than to the Deftrudion of all that was obtained in Favour of the Common Caufe. This Aflertion is very extraordinary, as it is an AfEiir, whereof the Truth is fo eafily compas'd ; and therefore, I only beg that you would, without Prejudice or Animofity, penetrate to the Foundation of this Matter, then you will find what I affirm, to be Truth, viz. That the Two B rs, had the greated Share in thofe Tranfaiftions that produced fuch a notable Crtfis m Favour of the Common Caufe, wherewith you vain- ly endeavour to embeliifh the Chara^r, or magnify the Merits of others. You charge in your Letter, p. 4. the Two B rs with Impofition and Deceit, upon every Individual, as well as the whole Nation: But this, Sir, give me Leave to tell you, is but like the reft, only your own ipfe Dixit '^ and it would be great Injuflice to allow this alone for fuf- ficient Evidence. For all the World knows that the Two B — ^^— rs never did attempt to deprive us of, or, in any Shapp C 26 ) .'1 ki i w Shape^tiridge or aboUfh th^Haheas Corpus Ad, and trying High Treafm by a Jury, the two fundamental Supponers of our Libeircies ; upon which Rock, King James the lid. (plit, and beat himfelf to Pieces ; nor ever would have loft his Crown, had he lett theie two Points in Statu-quo^ and pot attempted to over- turn them. And as thefe two Points are the Fountains of all our Rights, Liberties and Privileges, is it not maniieft, from tlieir very Adions, that the Two B rs arc the religious Guardians and Prefervers of theie our lacred Pledges > Nor can it be deny'd, that next to God, it is owing to the Meafures of the Two B re, that thefe three Kingdoms where not enflav'd in the late Rebellimy when both our Liberties and Fortunes were abfolutely in the great- eft Peril. How (urprifing was it thcrt fore, that thole, fo much pretended Pa- triots, could appear fo ealy, quiet, and with fuch chearlul Afpeds, while they £iw their Country in fuch eminent Danger, without advancing one Step to its Relief: What muft one think of fuch Men? *f. It may perhaps be objedcd, as (bme- times it has, by the Oifafteci^ed been, that in the hxc'ReicUim^ the Kingdom was not Corpus Jury, of our Jamts ^eces ; n, had uOj and /; And rains of vileges, Ldipns, sligious :;re our deny'd, I to the 'at thefe d in the ibcrties le great- it there ded Pa- iec, and le they eminent Step to : of inch as{bm&- een, that lorn was not m (27) • riot in any Danger ac all, of lofing it^ Rights and Liberties ; and that it was only to frighten the People with Slaveryi &• in order to blacken thofe Political Enthu* fiads, the Jacobites. However plaufible this Suppofition may appear, at the firft Glance, I can affure you, the Truth is otherwife ; for upon the flridieft Scrutiny that has been made, of the Defigns and Endeavours of this FaBioa^ \i tOAj be pofitively aflerted,that theprefent^^^v^^i/^x are (lili as ftrongly tindur'd with the Notions of difpotic Power, as ever their PredecefTors were in King James the lid s Time ; and have ftill, to this very Day, the fame Inclination to aboliih the Habms Corf us Ad, and the Trial oiHtghTnafm by a Jury ; and fo long as this Blood runs in tlielr Veins, no reafonable Creature, who has any regard for that Fr^om which is the Birth-right of his Species, can have any Compaflfion for Men of liich Principles, as would fo bafely fubvert it, but abhor a Government that would de- prive its Subjedls of fuch natural Rights. Therefore thofe pretented TatrsotSy who did not lend an helping Hand in that perilous Crtfis^ are not to be excused, nor in any Shape to be allow'd that glorious Title they are fo prefumptuoufly tond of. But as the prefent Government doesitridt- ( 28 ) I I f I i\ is!. lyprcfcrvc the ancient Rights and Liberties oi the Subje. is, it isbut juft and grateful in all Men, who are protected under the com- lortable Shelter thereof, to acknowledge ibe invaluable Blefling, and applaud the Vowers that difpenfe it : And as the Two h rs have been Indefatigable in the Cultivation of thefe, and many other National Felicities, it muft be the black- eil Ingratitude imaginable to charge them ^'ith National Impofuion and Deceit.* -Mn You afiiire us, Page 8. that the Ern- pror^ Charles VII. after the Battle of Dettingen, made fome Overtures, ex- treamly favourable at Hanau^ which were rejeded by the Two B rs. We were indeed inform'd, at that Time of fome Propofals, in the publick Papers ; but they were in no wife fo favourable, as you reprefent them to have been. The Two B rs did endeavour to improve the Offers at that Jundure made ; \mi when they found thofe Propofals to be of fuch a Nature as could not anfwer the Advantages that were to be reafonably expeded, they juftly and prudently re- jefted them ; and, in Fadt, thefe Propo- fals of the Emperor^ were but Shadows of Advantage, the Iffue of mere Conveni- ence, or, only the Fruits of Pofitical In-_ fmcerity, (29) fincerlty, and never really intended on his Part, b«c what he otier'd, lor no other Purpofe, than to withdraw the Eng/rj^h Army Irom the Neighbourhood of frank- forty where he then rtfided, and was under Apprchenfions, that they would block him up in the City: And il we fliould allow that they might have lorcctJ the Ernferofy at that Time, into any Terms, wc fee no Pealon to grant that the Two B— — rs were aCcountaWe iOr the Omiflion. ^ You tell us likewife, that there was at the fame Timea Propofal made at Hanah^ of a Match between the Emperor's Daogh- ter atid the Archduke^ and that he was to be elected King of the Romans-, This Piece of News neVer did I hear of before, altho' I was well informed, at that Time, of the Tranfadions at the Imperial Court, then at Frankfort. But there fecms to me, in this Propofition, not only a very gteat Iriconfifltncy, but almoft a moral ImpoflTibility ; tor the Archduke was then in his Cradle, an Infant but three Years. old, at which Time tlie youn^cft Pnp- cek of Bavaria wa§ fo many Years older, as would have repdcred the Difpropoj^tlon in fuch a Match too unequal, tod ^i'.ni;'(?a-V foaablc, fpr the Court* of Vienna to al- io w of. And I r is. ?! I ( 30 ) And fuppofing the Emptor had at this Time been rcconcil'd to the Court of Vignna, and his Troops withdrawn from the F jncb, this would not have been of fuch happy Efk&. as you ima^ne ; for all the World knows, that his Forces were of no determinate Confcquence one Way or other, therefore it would have availed nothing with France ; but we, in Fa6(, fhould have brought an additional Bur- then of an 100,000 /. upon ourfelves, and France would have been eafed and ferved by this very Treaty, in cafe it had been concluded ; for it is univerfally. known, that this Emperor had nothing to fublid: .on, but the Penfions and Subudies he re- ceived from the Court of France : There- fore if we had allowed the Emperor a Pen (ion upon theie Conditions, that of France would have ceafed $ and this Ex- pence to fupport the Emperor^ would not only have repaired tne Lofs of the Bavarian Forces^ but have greatly con- tributed to augment their Army ; and be- fides paying the Bavarian Troops, as they were obliged to do, we (hould have fkv- ed then> full as much asour Penflon,for tKey never then would have made a Peace; but certainly continued the War longer, and with greater Vigor, to pcrfca: the Na'iktl Plan ^ and this feems fo much more* pro- bable c 31 ) bable, in that great Crifii of Affairs at the Emperor's Death, when Bavaria w%6 recovered and joined to our Intereft : But k did not in any Degree whatfoever, alter the Military Syflem of France ; fo that, in Fadt, if ever the Treaty oiHamim had fucceedeJ, it would have been no more, than as if We had annually given 103,000/. to the French^ to make their War more effedual againft ourfelves $ an^ this would have been an admirable Piece of Policy ! It is then indi(]3utable, that the grand Mifkke lay in the OmifTion of making the Treaty o( ff^orms, without inviting the K— oi i*^— *-ti^ gan be lidd at .their Door. ' * . Alfo i P ■!,:: i I I tt ' (33 ) As to what is related, Page 12, That the Two B — --rs had prevented the fend- ing of a Squardron into the Eafl Indies, and that the E — / /— ^ C y might thank the Two B rs for what was done by Mr. de la^ Bonrdannois ; for this Accufation, I fay, like the reft of your In- coherences before obferv'd, we have no other Authority ofFer'd, but your own Word ; and as this Affair is of fuch a Nature, that no Body but a Member of the Privy Council can be thoroughly ac* quainted with the Truth of it, it is but juil to fufpend our Belief, as of a Matter related by a prejudiced and namelefs Au- thor, unteftified, or unconfirm'd by any Voucher at all : And indeed what Credit can be given to any other Part of fuch an Author, who not only (hev^rs himfelf of fuch a doubtful Gender in the Intereft of his Country, but one who is fo inceflantly contradiding himfelf ; whofe Sentiments are in fuch continual Variation about two and the i'ame Perfoos ^ whofe Wea^er^ Cock Judgment is ever reprcfenting them, in every one, and all of their Actions, at one and the Time, Men, . both of the deepeft and (hallQweft Capacity ? If this Accufatiop had been de^gn'i} to have any .weight with the confiderate Part of yoar Readifrs, it ought to; have been aiftrtcd . under ll i 23 ) under the Authority of fome Privy Coun- fcllor, who was preicnt when the lending of a Squadron into the Eaft hiiies was under Debate; and even then, theConducSt oi the Two li rs ought not, at firft Sight, to be peremptorily confidtr'd in tliat violent Conflrudtion you would put upon it, till we had heard and examined the Motives and Arguments wherewith they oppofed and rejected this Expedition, and compared them with the State of thofc relative Circumftancjs, w hich might fur- ther confirm the inexpediency thercot ; which Arguments or Circumrtances, un- doubtedly muft have been very cogent and convincing, it it be true, as is afler- ted, that they prevailed upon a whole Council- Board, at a Time too, when they were not intirely at the Head ot Affairs. In Tage 13. We meet with the fecon^ o[ your tnrce notable Inliances ot Accula- tion, which is the Mifunderflanding be- tween Matthews and Leflock j and here we are, with the ufual Authority, allured that Leflock would not Fight : You cou- clude that it mull be fo, becaule it was certainly reported \x\France^ that he would not engage againft them, whenever an Adion Ihould offer. I think, as this Matter has been brought to a tair Trial, D and i v'\ ' I)!' If: ( 34 ) and LeJIock under the greatefl; Difadvan« cages, clear'd him(elt in the Face of the Publick ; it is thertfore one of the weak- eft and mod partial Ways of reafonin^^i to draw a Charadler of any Countryman, from the vulgar Rumours that might be fpread of him in France^ and thereby to quedion, or attempt to overthrow a pub* lick Enquiry, beiore which, Leftock had vindicated and jufti/ied his Condud, which M s was not able to difprove ; tho* he had infinitely the Advantage of Leftocky for he was then a popular Man, and the whole Town in his Favour, which, at the iame Time, was highly prejudic'd againft Leftock, It is theretore a very coarfe Way of arguing, quite unbecom-^ ing, and beneath a Gentleman, to think ot (Irengthening his Accuradons,with foul, vulgar, or violent Language, when Truth, Realbn and Probability are deficient ; fuch as the Words, ii^amouSy furious ymaltgnity, &c. as we ^nd in this Page ; and many more, of the like dirty Complexion, di&> perfed throughout the whole Performance. i Now let us proceed to the Tbini and . laft of your notable Inflames, Fnft^ You ^ give us a Calcuhtioa of the Confederate Army, that m«^e the Campaign in the Year 1744. Secondly^ Your Otre is- to make ( 35) make the French weak enough, and to periuade us, that we were able to make great Efforts againft them at that Time. And, Ihirdly^ You charge the B— *^rs with giving Orders to Marihal tVadi for not fightings or making Head againd the Encmiy. I admit, that the trench Artny was not fo flrong \nf landers during this Campaign, as they were afterwards in o» tbers^ becauie the French Forces were di- vided, and chiefly empk>y*d in Mfelce^ againft Prince Charfes ot Lorrain ; but theOy it is at the fame Time a Truth, that Madhai Wade never did receive fuch Orders of Prohibition from the Two B— *-rs, as you afcribe to them : For the Marlhal's Inilrudlions or Orders were, to gaii» all fuch Advantages with his Army, over the Enemy, a^ by a prudent Cendu^ he mod probably might \ in which, undoubtedly, attacking and fight<^> ing the Enemy is imply 'd ; and that the* moft effeduat Means of defeatmg cher Eirsmy, was not omitted in the MarHfttrs Orders^ i» obvious tio all Eur0fe^ by the EflForts and Endeavours he made this very Campaign ; in iuoh Manner, is wtnikl havt rendered the faitie notably fuoscifahil to the Common CffUfe, by fi^ nal Addons and Estploits, had ho not been interrupted. For in chefe very Endea^ n D * vours .: ?> I:, (36) vours, he was oppofed by the Dutch and Aujlrian Commanders ; \^ho, being Gen- tlemen that were poflefs'd of large Eftates and Effeds in this Country, and having impatiently flatter d themlelves with very fanguine Expectations ot a fudden Peace, they ftrenuoufly ftrovc to preferve, as long as they polTibiy could, that Country on every Side, in which their Properties fo largely lay, from being raade the acting Theatre, or Seat ot War, which might have deO^roy'd, and laid every thing dc- iblatc about them. And the more effec- tually to prevent any Engagement of the Enemy in thofe Parts, they ufed their utmoft Power to engrols the Command of the Army in Flanders to ttiemfelves; which, however, when the Court of Vienna grew acquainted with their narrow and felf-ended Purpnfes, they declined in- truding the fame any turtlier with Men of fuch unfafe Principles, as were to be fway'd by their own private and particu- lar IntereO: more than the general Safety and Welfare, or good of the Common Caufe. This Refufal of Ibch Truft, or Confidence in them, both publickly tefli- fied where the Misbehaviour and Blame lay, and, at the fame Time, difcover'd the true Caufe, why Mzx{)^^\JVade could not compleat any c£fedual, or decifive £n-> ,f. gagement !■: ( 37 ) gagemcPt with the Enemy : 'Twas there- tore owing to the Obftrudlions of thofc who flioula liave been Co-operators in the War, and not to any pretended Reftrainr, proceeding from the Orders of the Two li rs, as it is unjuftly and maliciouily alledged againd them ; and this appears now undeniably Evident, from that Mif- underdandlng, between the commanding Officers of tiie Confederate Army, whicH was cauled by, and did vilibly enfue, upon the laid Oppofition. In the 14th Page we find another Ac- cufation, of which, fuch a notable Author as yourfelti might have made a Fourth notable Inilance ; and this is the Propo- fals of the Generals Ltgonhre and Somerfieldy for attacking and laying Siege to Mauberg and Landrecy, And then ycu tell us by what Means the younger B r fruftrated this hopetul Scheme, of which you promife fuch extraordinary Advantages. We may believe it to be true, that the younger B r m ght de- lay the immediate Entrance upon, or Execution of this Enterprize, till fuch Time as the Sentiments of the Dutch^ their Diflike or Approbation, or how their Refolutions (lood towards this Proportion were known. And in Truth, tliis was m the moH; juft, difcreec and regular Courfe that could be taken on this Propofal ; whatever Anfwer he might give, or Con- ftrudtion is put upDn it. For it is not only the Duty, but the Safety of a Mi- nifter of State, to confult^ as well as con- fider^ how far the Operation of a Plan laid jown by a Field-Officer, is practicable, how far it is confiflent with the Treaties that Tubfift between his Mailer's Subjeds and Allies, how well the latter relifh, or ate inclined to it, how able or willing to furnifh Stores, Supplies, Provifions, Men and Money to make the Event fuccefsful, and whether the Gain or Lofs will be greater, if it be fo or not. Thefe Particu-* l^rs mull be confer'd upon, and concerted Dy the Civil Powers, who are equally concerned, before the Military Powers,, who are otherwiie bufied in their Sphere, in their own Duty, and Difcipline, their Gamps, Marches, ^c. can put them in Execution. Thus we lee, that all the Ope- rations of a Confederate Army, are, and muft be mutually lettled by all Parties ; So that, in Fad, this Scheme could not be executed without the Conlent of the Dutcb^ therefore was it indifpenlably re- cjuifite to confult with them upon this Head ; particularly at a Tirtie, when the Af&irs in Holland grew fo tickliAi or precarious ( 39 ) precarious, and that rotten Government was at a Lofs how to preferve or fupport itfelf. Therefore, that they might better compa(s their Self-prefervation, and more diredlly preferve their own Safety, they waited for every little frivolous Pretenfion tc allineate themlelves from their Allies : And undoubtedly, as our Difregard of their Opinion, or Difpofition upon this Occafion, would have been the Caufe, fo their Dcfertion would have been the Effcd, if the B rs had fuffer'd this Plan to have been executed, without any Conf ^U '^n thereupon with the Dutch, Altho* I have hitherto confined myfelf pretty much to Foreign Tranfadrions, yet I cannot help touching tranfiently, on a few domeftick Paflages in your Libel, and particularly in^. i6, 17 and 18^ where there are iome flag^rant, if not flagitious ones. 'Tis there, you give us an Account of the Contra^ which the Two B rs, made with th^ Sraad-Bottoms^ and how the different . his and Heads of Parties were introduci^^ o his — ~ by the B^- — rs, and by v«iiat Means they recei- ved a Court Abiblution. Give me Leave, Sir, to obferve to you, that, in the Detail of your DiTcourfe, you do not approve your- Iclf that Friend to his and the R D4 F— , )■■! ■ '5 (40) F— — , as with fome Readers, you would delufively infmuate yourfelf to be ; for if you were, you would not falfely reprefent his ^ — in a Light fo mean and difad- vantagpous as you do. I am (hocked alfo at thofe ExpreflTions Which attempt to render an exalted Character fo abjecSt ; when all the World can give Teftimony of that inherent Valour and Magnanimity in him, which are mod averle and re- pugnant to any ^^rh pufiUanimous Sub- milfion, any (uch L or Degree of Sla- very as you would i t^geft : Therefore, it mud be none but his Enf.;mie5^ who can offer to infufe fuch delpicable Conceptions of his s being a C e to his M s ; which would ftrike him with greater Horror, than il he was really one to his moft profefled Foes. Human Na- ture, elpecially in thofe of the higheft Dignity, is moft jealous of any Bondage, and moft impatient under it ; nor can they endure any Proportion of it, with- out the higheft Relentment, as the Poet truly fays ; Condemned to Fetters^ and to Scepters horn f *'Tis in this State, unhappy Princes mourn. But what mourning, what Complaints, what.Exprobations do we hear of, as we -. .. Ihould ( 41 ) fliould loudly enough do, if there was any Truth in thefe feditious Intimations ? If there is none ; were the Qld Talion Law to be put in Execution, and yourfelf made the Judge, in any other Cafe but your own, I would leave you to determine, whether he, who falfely perfuades another, he is (uffering under a State of Bondage or Imprifonment, did no^ deferve to be truly punilh'd with it himfelf. If the ne- ceflary Decorum of a proper Relcrvation, in Perfons of fupreme Authority, to pre- vent their becoming popularly cheap and familiar ; or if, a beneign and gracious Deportment, a generous Confidence in, or Complaifance towards their Minifters, Officers, ^c. according to their Rank, whom they employ, or with whom they treat, as tar alio, as is proper, and moft confident with the Dignity invefted in them, muft be called C — t — y, I leave you to reconcile the Propriety of the Term to Men of Senfe ; to thofe, whom you have left diflatisfied in it, and who may call upon you for a further Explana- tion thereof. A monftrous Difparity, alfo there is, in your Parallels of Times and Events ; (uch as you introduce of King^'^y&w, Henry III. Edward, ^nd Richard II, To compare them E ->< (40 them and their Miniflers, with the prefent Prloces aad their Adminiilration, and to write of fuch diftant, or diiproportion'd deigns, by skimming off their fuperfkial and general Simlitudes, or by fuch drained and partial Conformity to the Do(%'ine ot PardlUls^ as you and others, to ferve fome prelent Ends have attempted, has, by confounding of Times, divorcing and maiming of Giaraders, in extending of foine, and refcittd'mg of others, no lefs than by abridging and contrading that natural Variety there is in the Springs of Human Adlions, proved one of the greateft Corruptions of Hiftory, Such tyrannical Treatment, is like that wherewith a certain noble Robber of Aitka^ named TrocruAes^ was want to entertain his Gueds ; who was not con- tent to blunder them of whatever they had, mod rich and valuable, but muft criffle them too ; by reducing every one he pleafed to the Meafure of his own Pedftead ; If they were too (hort, they were racked and Jiretch'd outy if too tali» cho/d off at the Legs, to the Extent, or Dimenfions of it. The fame ufe is made of thele malevolent Comfarifonsy and commonly with the lame Humanity, when any moda:n Cliarac^ers of Eminence are to be reduced to the Sts^ndard of ibm^ that (43 ; tbftt are moft fit for the Purpofe in Aa- tiquity ; whereby the Merits oi Friends and Favourites may be ieugthned out, and thofe of Competitors and Antagoniils, Jbortned to the Patterns or F,xamples pre- pared, or fhap'd out for them : But more eipecially, when fuch inc mparable Com- parifons are drawn out by your GrumbU' tonianSt and thofe, who defparing of having any ^ower in the Government, cannot lea\ fnarhng and gprowling out Invedives againfl: fuch as have* This Way of writing, has been an old Artifice, to dii^tisfy or incenfe a Prince againfl his Miniftry, and the People a^ gainft their Prince; and it he whowilfuJly nres anHoufe, is juftly (entenced toDeath* as a capital Offender, I know not what Puniihment that Incendiary deferves, who kindles fuch Fuel as may inflame a whole Nation ; \i you urge, tliat it is but the Embers of Two h rs, that you have been raking up, and that no great Dan- ger can be feared from them ; I anfwer, tlvit it is not to be heeded, Yio^Nfew the Sparks are, or even ho^fmall^ in thoie Embers, fo much as how combufiibk the Matter that may be about them. Ti^0 %6i, You give us another Speci-^ men of your perfound Skill in State Poli- cy ( 44 ) 1^ cy, or "«: ' your zealous Propqnfity again, LO i ^ Porpagation of State Oif- cords and Diflentions, tho* you prove yourfelf, but a Novice, in the wile and well-contrived Form of our Oeconomical ConftitutioH thereby. For never was an H r Ap 1, with fo many (bining Qualities, as you juftly celebrate in ours. by any prudent Managers of the Govern ment in this, or any other Country? placed at the Right Hand of the T e. With how many Inftances are we not furnifh'd, of the melancholy Difafters that have befallen whole Countries, when ever fuch an indifcreet and difadvan- tageous Pofition has been prefer'd, as would make the two greateft Luminaries oF the Kingdom mod effedtually eclipfe one another ? Such Contiguity, whereby Monarchy in Pofleflion might be skreen'd, or interpos'd by Monarchy in Reverfion, would be look'd upon in the Art of Politicks, as a Difpofition of Power no lefs profufe or improvident, than in the 'Jeweller s Art he would be, to gild over a Dianiond, or in the Science of Heraldry^ the laying of Or upon Or. Betides an H r Ap 1 is always looked upon, ^ and indeed, is no more than a Subjed to his S n Fa- r, as by the Motto under lis Pr~-ly Cognizance, is, to thb Dayi ^ molt ( 45 ) moft dutifully acknowledged :* For thefe Reafons, amone others, it has been thought moft eligible, by our beft expe- rienced Managers ot Government, trorti the moft wholefome Rules and Examples of State Policy, that 'tis moft to the In- tereft of the Nation, as well as the S^— Ml, and his Su r himfelf, that he (hould have a Situation, or Court allow'd, becoming his State and Dignity, feparatc to himfeu. I have all the Reafon I could with, to believe, that if the H r ■} Ap 1 were prefer'd to a Station fo near the Th — -e, he would, moft cer- tainty, Ihew and jxprels the greateft re- verential Regard to his R F ^ and make the beft ufe of the Power that fhould be invefted in him. But as to any Arguments that might be advanced to re- duce fuch a Propofition to Pradicc, they are either here fufficiently anfwered, or it is totally unneceflary to expatiate further upon them ; fince they have neither fway'd, nor do confift yvitli thofe Maxims, Rules and Cuftoms, which have prevailed in the Appointment of a different Efta- blilhment ; fmce they might only further tend to diftrub and diflatisty thofe Heads and Hearts, which are of equal Depth and pifpofition with your own, to relifh the BieHings of a prudent and quiet Go- vernment ; ir ;,), ( 46/ venunent $ and fince tfaey are \^hstt the Two B rs have nothing to do with. .'00 r I cannot omit obferving here, that none but the mofl: inveterate £nemtcs to tht R, 1 Ei~e of H r^ and fucli whofe reftleis Heads are continually agi- tated and tormented witb the Verttg^^ or Difeafe o^ Revolution, could ever Sc any Profped of Encouragement, in creating a Mifunderftanding between the H-* ■ ■> Ap- 1, and the Two B— — rs : For they have, with the mod indefatigable Zeal, exerted the utmoft oE their Power,^ in promoting the Incereft of the H— -— c of H— — re ; fo that, it would be a moft unproportionable Return, if any of the S -rs of this auguft H— — e, ftiould reward fuch faithful and unwearied Dilt« gence in their Eftabliikment, with any Dijf race or other Indigufty^ tnftead of tbe moft gracious and honourable Acknow* ledgments. If fuch Gratitude were to^ become a Court Fafliion, who would not hereafter fear to ferve a P — — c, in bis moft jud and important Oceafions > But) thele ungrateful Infufions can only work upon Ignorance, Prejudice and Ingratitude itfeif ( therefore, I am perfuaded. Sir,, you may gjive over your Endeavours on this Head,^^ and defpair in Time, that an/ No«« tions r none otht fucli agi* K or (47) tlons of fuch ignominKHis Treatment can ever fuid Harbour in any noble and geno-i rous Mind : For, God be thanked, our H— — r A— — pt, is endow'd with indi virtuons Qualities, fuch fine Oifcemment^ and happy Intelitgence^ as will enable hin^noconly to firfbrm^W Things that mud redound to his own Hmout^ and the true InUreft of his (kuntry ; but to per" cem how eafily thofe, who hive (eliiihljFM (ludied nothing but their msm Ends, may fall thereby, into that Dlfgrace themfelws^ which they have thus envLoufly, or mah-i- cioi»fly, been contriving ior others. But here we muft return a little to the Foreign Afl^tcs ; where, Tagt x^. You charge the Two B rs, that they W9r* r'ttd the Dutcby and comfeU'd the Queen ofHttftgary to confent to the Extenfton of the Command to the D — e, over the > whole Army. Here, Sir, you are mif- inform'd. It is true, there was Applica- tion made,, for the D — e to Command the whole Confederate Army ; but thcn^ the Cafe b quite otherwife, than as you reprefent, and vainly periuade us it was : . Thcrebce I will endeavour to fet yov.;^ right, in the Tcstb of this Matter, if you have any towardlky ladiaations in you to embrace it ; ior, in. Fan^,^ the ASair was this ( 48 ) this. — The P of O his Party, by this Time, did confiderably increale among the People ; his few Friends in the Council, did improve their Adherence, as much as. lay in their Power ; and, as they forefaw, tliat if the Army continued in the Hands of the contrary Party, then their great Defign, might probably, in the very Attempt, mifcarry, or be entirely fupprcfs'd with the Army -, therefore his 'faid Friends were adually the firll, who privately promoted, and advifcdly con- ^ fented to the inverting of the D — e with the Command of the whole Army : And then, if our M — — rs laid hold of this fair Opportunity, to cultivate their fa- vourable Diipofition, by joining their Application, for bringing the fame more effectually to pais, is this. Sir, to be branded with any kich arbitrary or violent Terms, or Meafures, as H^orrying and Comfulfion ? That this was a prudent Step of our Friends at the Hague^ is maniteft, by that great and memorable Event, the Ele(fhon of the P— — ot O to the Hereditary Stadholderjhif ot all the UhitedTrovincesi how unfuitable (oever the Reflexions may be, that have been made of it: And that, by this Means, the laid Command has produced (49) prcduced more eobd Efiedts, thah cVcr cou'd be cxpeded from a Commander of interior Rank, is without all Doubt ; for, the Court of K— tf and the Dmtch^ never cou'd, nor indeed wou'd have fuffef^'d their Armies to be headed by a General, who^ in Quality, was below the D— c, left they fhou d raile Contentions lor that Authority, among Competitors of greater Equality with one another, and difguft leveral Princes who had Commiffions in the faid Armies : And it was of the higheft Im- portance, to intruft the Army under the Condud of a Commander, in whole In^ tegrity they cou'd fately confide ; for If the Dutch Army had not been thus fecured, the El' "^ion of a S-^dh'-^r wou'd certain- ly ha' 'en precarious, if not totally pre- vented ; becaufe the French Party in the X>>unpil at the Hague, wou'd undoubt- edly )iave recaird the Army, to oppofe the Populace by Force, in the very At» tempt of this Eledlon ; and that, all under the fpecious Nameot reftoring the Publick Tranquility ; but as they cou'd not have the Army to their AfTiftance, this grand Af&ir was brought about, without any great Pifhcuky, and fcarccly any Blood- ied. Thus, Sir, you have beheld, by rwhat Means the D-^e became Commander in Chief ot the Contiederate Army, and £ what I 'i i,; ( 50 ) what happy Ends it has anfwer d in this rcfpedl. Is it not therefore a Barbarity, of ^vhich the very Titrks, who arc remark- able for calling their Prime Minifters, under the lead I'retencc, to Account, when they have a mind to facriiice them, wou'd> or might be aihamed ; to conceal the Truth, introduce fuch enormous FalAties,iind per- vert the good Deeds or Anions, into Ca- pital Offences, of thole they deiign to make their Vidims ? For v. hen they have no real Crimes to charge them with, and yet their Dedrut^ion is refolved ©n, they fend them Word, that their Death is de- termin'd, either by theJanazarieSyGrzad SigHWj or Mahamed 'y and indeed, to gratify fuch humane and fw^et temper'd Gentleman as them, and yourielf, it wou'd be the (horteft Way among CbriJiianSy to introduce Turkift> Principles, in the Treat- ment of EngUJh Miniflers, But before we part with thcfe Principles, wherein yee io harmonioufly agree, let me invite you to hear thofe of a HeatbeHy oc rather to read them aloud, before any Company, in which this friendly Eftjile may be can- vafs'd; if you can do it, undillurbedly, and without much change of Countenance. •' As we wou'd," lays my Author, ^ that «* a Painter, who is to draw a beairtiful ** Face, in which there is yec wanting !' fomething 1. 1 m (Si) *« fomething to renddr it perfcA, (hou6t ** neither totally omit, nor rigidly ex*- " preiS) that which is defe<^ive ; b«cau(e " tbiSy wou'd deform it ; and that^ fpoil " the Refemblancc : So, fmce it is Very " hard, nay almod impoflTible, to difjilay '^ the Life and Tranfac^ions of the greacelV Man, wholly fite from all Frailty, Fai-' lure or Overfight, let us in the fame Manner follow Truth: And if f^jme ** Laples (houd occur, which have been ** occaiion'd by any Mifreprtfentation of *' others, any Emotion of fudden Pa/lion " in theml^lves, or the mere Neccfltty " of the Times, let is look upon them/ " rather u the Deiedls of Virtue^ than a*^^ " Vkcs I let us carry the Pencil tenderly *' over them, out of refpe^ to Human *' Namre\ which never fufriiHi'd any Man: " with fo many amiable Qualities, fo many ** Inclinations to'ExGellence,but that there " was ftill wanting (bmething, that wou d " fiirniih him to Perfedion." Here my« Author, kindly ftops, to let yod rumi- nate. and reduce him tc a El mere I «^.»^ '?-i (S» J 91CW Skeleton. You fcem to intimate, or rather, boldly aderr, that he did not un- derhand tlie Art of War ; but ot this, like the reft, there is ftill wanting fulficient Proof. To make us link with you in Be- lief ; the Reaions you offer, ot his Toutb tiadlnexferience, are too weak and infufii- cient. Have we not many Examples beiore our j^yes, and particularly one, in the laft War, of a young Hero^ who has through- out the whole Courfe of it been, both an amazing G>nqueror, and furprifing Tranf^ a^or of Af&irs in the Clofet ; and that, without any Alliftance or Advice > He has roc only fucceeded in every Thing he has yndertaken, but all the World mud own, that he has performed all thefe Affairs with the greateft Prudence and G;ndud ima- ginable ; and yet, he was not only youngs but alio unexfmencd: So that, nof. only from this, but many Inftances more, too t^ious here to enumerate, it is very ma- nifefl, that Age and Exfmencey iW ad- vantageous Concomitants, are not: always the only, or abfolute Requifites, to make a good Councellor in the ^lofa^ or Hero in |:he Field. But your Performance is extraordinary, ^here you enter upon the Arcana of the J Two B— — rs, the Magazine of their Se- crets I I ( 53) crets, tho* by what Means, or Intelligence^ we (ee not ; however, being only known to yourfelf, you Pamphleteer ii freely away to the Publick, without any Proof or Evidence at all ; expedine every Body will build the moft firm and folid Struc- tures ot Belief, upon your imaginary Foun- dations. Such trothy Food may fatisfy your Tolitick Camelions^ and thofe who chu(e to feall upon Air, bin will ftarve all theie who exped, and are capable ot digefl- ing, any fubftantial Entertaininent. To thofe, it obvioully appears, that it was im- poffible you cou'd give the true and real Motives of the Two B— — rs, for putting the D— e at the Head of the Army ; and iv ever they were the principal Means of it, tt is but reafonable to fuppofe, that they wou'd referve fuch Secrets, of the utmoR Confequence, to themfelves : Therefore, this lame and tottering Aflertion, wanting the Feet of Authority, cannot ftand long, or fupport itfelf in the Credit of rational Readers, without falling to the Ground. It is confpicuoufly known, how the D — e has been Educated, and that he was defign'd for a chief Commander from his Infancy ; that he was conflantly train'd to it, and in his moft early Y<:ars, in-r trcduced into the Army : confidering E ^ thele i S- ■>■ I ( 54 ) there Circumftances on onq Hand, and en the other, the private Solicitations of our Friends at the H—e^ as was before related j I fay, it cannot then, with any Colour of Reafon be fuggefted, that it ,was the orig'uial A<^ of the Two B — — rs, ;nor that they could pofllbly have any fecret Views or finifter Dcfigns in the .;j fame, as you endeavour to perfuade us : \^o (uperficial or fophiftical, is your whole Reprefentatioi* of this Matter. i In the laft Page quoted, we meet with another Piece of News, unheard of, or unconfirm'd ; for here it is affirmed, that . the P of O , after he was made S—dh— r, had a Quarrel with the D-— e, about the Command of the Army ; that this Ferment, as you are pleafed to call it, was put into Agitation by the Two B— — rs, and that the D — e dared not to hear of any Temperament. In the Ftrft Place, I have Reafon to believe, that never any fuchDifference as you inform us V of, did (ubfifl between the D — e and the P — of O — . Secondiyy That both Armies have been joined, is certain ; and that the D — h Troops have at all Times iharcd in fome Degree with ours, in the Warlike Operations, is aKn maniieft; as well, as that they did nor, on all Sides, behave them- felves (55) fclves ittc^cth-i' fo tardily, as, from time to time, has been reported here in England: And, in the Third Place, it feems impro- bable, or rather impoflible, that the P-— of O— — (hou'd at this Time, have any defire of Commanding the Army, when he had, and ilill has, fo much fiufinefs tipon his Hands, to reftore the National Concord, and relieve his Country from thofe tivil Commotions, under which it had been fo long harrafs'd : So that, the Arguments which wou'd fuggeft him to have been any fuch Competitor, or covetous of making himfelf fuch a Leader in War, at the very Time that he was fo deeply engaged in cultivating Peace about him, being in- cojlfiflent with themfclves, reduces all yo\ir Subftance, upon this Topic alfo, to ^adows. In the next Pages, 3o> 3 ^ and 32, The good Underftanding between the D— e, as Commander in Chief of the Army, and the Two B rs, you fuppofc to be too great ; from whence you draw a whole Chain of fuch Confequences, as betray a Spirit of fetting the Nation in a Ferment, if 1 may ufc your own Word : But from that which I have already obferved, by what Means the D— e was introdued, or father educated in the Army, and by what £ 4 Means ( S6 ) Means he was advanced to the Head of if, all your Conjedlurcs on this Matter, will plearlydiflipate and vanifli away ; more ef*- pccially, when we confider, that the Two B- rs have a firmer Footing in the Civil Power, than they can poflibly think of obtaining by a Military one ; for this, a$ it wou'd be a weaker, fo it wou'd be both a more uncertain and more dangerous Sup- port; and as they arc at prefent, in a State of pcrfcdt Safety, it wou'd be Madnefs to run into one of fo uiuch Jeopardy. For> that the Military Power, can never be that Supporter of a Civil one, as you fuggeft, I cou'd prove to you by innumerable In-» fiances, of which it may be fufHcient only to re^er, to what we may daily fee with our Eyes, in that Contempt wherewith the Civil Power is treated throughout thofe Neighbouring Countries, where the Mili- tary Power prevails; which demonilrates, that thefe Powers cannot agree, and the lail is almod incapable of fubfifling, where the former is predominant. So that it cannot be imagin'd, that he who is once at the Head of the Civil Power, will ever dream of being nioft firmly or fafely fuf- tained in it, by a Military one ; efpecially as the latter is maintained by, and depen- dant upon the former. But if you think that the Star.Hing Army is dill too great, make a Motion in the H— — of C — — w, and ( 57) tnd if it Is made apparent, that^,our Forces are llill too numerous, I am per-> fuaded, the Two B-— — rs will not be a- gainfl a furher Redudtion, of thofe that fhall be deem'd fuperfluous or unneceiiary, tho' we daily fee, and hear, that whole Re- giments of Sea, and Land Forces are dif- banded and reduced ; at which all otii; Neighbours are greatly furpris*d, confi- dering how Affairs at prefent in Europe (land ; and tho' it has created many Dif- putes, both in Parliament and Print, which is the mod prudent Step, to disbandi our Armyand Marines, or keep ourfelves flill in a manner arm'd ? I confefs,! am for the lat'^^er, and that upon no other Account than for the Sake of 6elf-prefervaty.on. But I will not expatiate upon this Topic, be- caufe it has already been mod accurately handled, and to revive it afre(h, might draw the whole Cabal upon me, that en- deavours to over-rule all Meafures of Go- verment, without Reafon or Foundation. But 70,000 Men are not fo eafely raifed, as you imagine, at lead, it cannot be done by the common Way of Recruiting, im- ferceptably^ as vou fugged : So that we may be very eafy on this Head. „ > Your other Suggedions, which you call ugly Symptoms, and from which you dray/ frightful Confequences, were currant a- mong W\ :l 'f m -if •• ( S8 ) IIio^gfthe yacehites, Bhoiit two Years agd ; and from thofe Gentry, you have, to al- hrm the Publld, copied thefe ugly Symp^ toms, which were firft raifed by the crafty Ring-leaders of that Fadion, to ferve their Ends ; and I am heartily forry to find, that fuch a blefled Patriot, as you cndea\ )ur to appear, fuch an Enemy to Strife and Diflention, fuch a Promoter of Concord and Quietness, one fo defirous of niaking his great Loyalty, Candour and Abilities, (hine thro* the Underftand- ing and Memory of Mankind, (hould fo imperceftablyy fo feemingly unawares, or unknown to himfelf , proftitute his Pen in the Service of fuch a Threadbare and (habby Caufc. But, Sir, if you cou'd really make fuch Faflts good, againft the Two B— — rs, what need was there of going this Way by Pamphleteering, to work, and by ^ that Means, to raifc infigniiicent Preju- - dices among that Rank of People, moftly ^ in private Condition, which arc ihefFec- tuaL and cannot avail your Purpofes ? ^ There is a (horter, jufter, miore equitable, "^ as well as a more noble and effectual • Way of Proceeding, than this, if they ^arc guilty of the enormous Crimes where- with you load them j which is^ in the I Houfe ( 59 ) Houfe of Commons. Introduce your Al- legations there, and make them goocl ; and then, it will to fome Confequence appear, and to the mod confiderable, the moft equal Judges, that you truly are, what you endeavour to feem ; whereas at pre- fent, ho Body can judge otherwife, but that this Produdion is the overflowing of your Gall, or Spleen, upon fome Difap- pointment or other, by one or other of the Two D — — rs, in fome Preferment, or other like Caufe of Difcontent} for it is impoflible that thofe who are at the Head of public AfTairs, efpecially here in England^ where the Nation is fo much divided into Parties, can gratify them all ; and therefore in this abjeft, vulgar Me- thod, roar out to the Multitude for Re- venge ; as tbe Puritan of Amfterdam more fuccefsfully did, againft one of the fineft trained Creatures for the Field, in a cer- tain Nobleman's Pack, becaufe he had de- prived him of a dainty Morfel, on which be had propofed to fcaft : His Confcience or his Courage, would not let him beat him \ no, he would not, for the Indies^ hurt a Haic of his Head, but he would glvelbim a bad Name; fo drove the ge- nerous Creature, whofe true Charaderiftic was Fidelity itfeif, into the Streets, and cry*d out, a mad Dog'^ thus having con- figned w ( 60 J iigoed htm to the Mob, they, without Examination or Enquiry into his great and capital Offences, knock'd out his Brains. XI 4 From Page 23 fs to 37, You give the the Two B -rs, with Sir 22— /F— , equal Share in the former Adminiftration, and in all the foregoing Pages, you al- low them no Share in his Miniflry, nor^ for fome Time after. But, however, you cannot do otherwife ; you will make the Two B — — rs gnihy, right or wrong, which were impo^ible to be done, but by your fophiitical Reafons and falfe Hi^ ilory. For here you become fenfiblc,^ that our Misfortunes are owing, as I have already obferved, to the miftaken Mea^,' fures and pacific Difpofition of that former M— — r; and therefore, with all your Labour, you find it impo{Iible to queAion or challenge the Two B rs, unlefs you bring them headlong into the for- mer Adminiflration ; and when the Scene of Affairs begins to fhift, and Saxony and Bavaria recovered, then the Two B- — rs muft not be in the Miniflry, but fbme other Favourites mufl be iatitled to th4 Merits thereof : And then again, fo fopn as the Affairs go not fuccefsfully on> the Two B— — rs are brought in to appear in it out eat his the ~» on, al- nor ivcr. ( 6i ; in the Condu^ thereof; and all this for no other Reafon^ but that they may be accufed as the Fountain of all our Difa^ flers. And, indeed, Sir, I am furprifed that you are not aOiained at yourfelf, throughout all thefe monftrous Prevari- cations, Contradictions, and Intanglcments of Truth ; which are io palpable, that the meaneli Capacity can difcover them.^ If the B rs had a Share, during Sir R Pf^ *s Time in the Adminiftra- tion, they had it undoubtedly, in Times after him, when Affairs did change for the better ; and, in courfe, a Share in the Merit of the fame : But it is needlefs to reafon upon this Head ; for all the Na- tion, and all Europe know, that the B rs were no Partners with Sir R W- in the Adminiftration : They had indeed their Pods, but never any Share in the main Management, or Diredtionof AfFairs, either Domeftic or Foreign ; and' therefore could deferve no Share in the Cenfure, But not with (landiug, the feveral Diffi- culties and Difadvantages under which they laboured, they would adually have retrieved more than they have done, if they had met with an htarty Coacur- rence in fome of their rroccwdings, and V had \f (6a ) had not been interrupted by Tome unfor- tunate Interventions in others ; for in the midft of that flouri(hIng Progrefs the French was in, the Two B — — rs omit- ted no Opportunity to rcfque P a from an Alliance with France ; and when thus the Englijh and Auftrian Party at that Court gained Ground, and optned the Way for the fucceeding Treaty of Drefden^ then the unnatural Rebellion in Scotland broke out ; whereby we were o- bliged to withdraw, not only our own Troops, but alfo 6000 Dufcb, from Flan- ders ; and, if this fatal Incident had not happened, the French would never have made thofe Conquers there, which they afterwards did. Since I have mentioned this infamous Rebellion^ which has been fo detrimental to the laft War, I cannot help obferving, how much we debafe ourfelvcs in the Opi- nion of our Neighbours 5 how much a- (lonifh'd they are, at our being fo eaiily deluded into Party GonteAs againft one another ^ which our Enemies are ever watching for, to foment and blow them up into interline Commotions! It is an eternal Scandal and Reproach to this Na- tion, that fo many 6t our Countrymenr become thus the Fools^ the Tools and Vaflals ^63 ) Vaflals of thcfc French, and other forciga Foes, and all by thra Means, only to contrive their own Enflavement ; to be- come Traitors, as unavoidably to Them- felves, and their Families, as their con- temporary Countrymen, and all their Fo- (lerity t But 'tis obfervable, that you do not chule td enter into the Particulars of this Affair, becaufe you could not do it without allowing fome fmgular Commen- datiohs to the Two B rs, who fo emi- nently exerted themfelves in the quelling and defeating of this Rebellion^ and mud confequently therein be acknowledged the Two principal Guardians of thefe Three Kingdoms. How monftroufly abfurd therefore is it, for you t accufe them, in Page 43, with even tvnni.iving at the Growth of this Rebellion ? I wonder you did not, by the fame Rule of Reafon, and Juftice to Veracity, affirm too^ that they were pri- vate Promoters of the Pretender*^ intc- reft; You tell us, th&t all Eurofe was amazed at the Bdiaviour of the Two B-^— rs \ but it may be much more fo, at the Unconfcionablenefs of your falfe AllerMon, becaufe it is abfolutely incre- dible. You endeavour to eftablifb this Accufatiohj by boafting of Proofs, biit have Pi mi (64) have produced none ; which yoa wou'd furely have done, if you had really pre- ferved fuch material and authentic Proofs, as would render Doubt impoflible. Of chefe, we cannot judge, becaufc we arc left unacquainted with them ; but what your Meaning is, what Ends you aim at, or what Cenfure you deferve yourfelf, for making fuch a flagrant Charge, with- out latisfymg your Readers with any Au- thority for the fame ; I fay, fuch difin- genuous Afperfions, which almoll every Individual in the Nation, knows to I ? falfe, and of which, not only a great Part of Europe befides, but even all the 2acobites themfelves, to mycertain Know- dge, have already, before your Perfor- mance appeared in the World, given their Teftimony to the contrary, in Favour of the Two B rs, may highly deferve a more folemn and judicial Examination, iLhan is here pretended to. Almofl in every Paragraph, you are repeating your Charge againft the Two B- rs, of their aiming at notlwng fo much, as to Ruin the War^ as the only one, where you endeavour to ac- cufe them with; and I have already inade it manife(l, that this Charge IS without any Foundations whatfoever, and ( ^5 ) and it will Co Evidence itfelf, as to feridef it pad all manner of Doubt, from what I Ihall further obferve upon this Head hereafter. But, Page 41 and 41, you endeavour to fupport this Imputation, with a Story fo incredible, that you vain- ly labour to render it plaufible ; becaufe, what you affert, is, undoubtedly, a plain Proof againft your own Aflertion: For, if it was the Intention of the Two B—rs to Ruin the War, they would then have thrown fome other Impediment more ef- fedtual in the Way, and therefore would not only have utterly refufed to furn fli the D' — e with Fighting Orders, but alfo have omitted every other Means that would promote the fame : For, by this Time, the D — e had gained Experi- ence to his Theory in War, and there- fore, if your Aflertion had been the real Caufc, they would not thus precarioufly hade rifqucd their favourite Scheme, by merely conjecturing what the Troops would, or would not do» And befides, you do not give us a right Calculation of tl^e Forces then under his Command ; for there were alfo Hejftans and Aiifirians in the Army, which you have forgot to mention ; and beiidcs this, the Dutch did not all turn Tail ; they were but 3,000 .. . F - Men tjifv - your Af&rtion might have iome Air of Plaufibility ; but fo long as you cannot abfolutely prove fuch peremtory Fighting Orders, or iuch incautelous and premature Management in the Camp, with- (67) Without any Confaltation lii Councils of War, your Aflbrtion will ever appear Self-convidtcd, without the Trouble of our proving any farther Abfurdity or In- congruity in it, and in open Defiance of any Support or Countenance you can fur- ther give it. In Page 46, At the Emperor's Death, yon bring ihe young Ele ; and indeed, if there had been Money, they might, in a (hort Time, have been confiderably aug- mented J for tlie Aujirians evacuated B — ine, that in treating of fuch confide'* rable Afliftance, that he did it in fuch a (ordid Light, and with fuch contemptible Expredions as you do ; as if it were gene- rous enough in us, to degrade that >ervice and Favour we were at the fame Indant feeking ; by faying only we could hire it, implys fuch a Complication of Indigni- ty, towards that powerful Ally, with In- gratitude, at the very Juncture we want- ed the Shelter of its Power, and Info- lence, at the Time that we were fenfible ot our own Imbecility, as would very much derogate from the high Opinion which the World conceives of that great Politi- cian, who endeavoured to be at the Head of Aftairs ; if, I fay, in no better, than the coarfe Colours, wherewith you daubt it out; he could ufc only fuch fneering and mechanical Phrafes towards thofe, who might be, in his Mafler's greateft Exigencies, his greateft Auxiliartes, aliho' it were only in Embrio, or Propofition. Thofe who are in a State of Neutrality, or Independency, and totally unneedful of fuch Supplies, may think of them as they pleafe, or call them Mercinaries ; but thofe that fland in need of their Aid and AfTiftance, ( 74) AfTiftance, will find other Language (• treat with, or of them. To look th?n into thefe Times, where- in the E — of G , according to your Account, did recommend the hire of thefe Troops, you will find, that Firfl, But fhortly before a Revolution had happened in the Ru n Government. Secondly ^ That in this very Revolution, the prefent Emprefs was elevated upon the Th e. TjfciW/j'jTherefore, (he abfolutely required her Forces at Home, for her own further Safety. Fourthly, That the French Party had a great Share in this Revolution, was, at this Time, the moft prevailing at Court, and continued fo, till the /ear J 744, when by the Difgrace of the Mar- quis de la Cbetardie, only glimmering Hopes remained for us to promote our Interefl; for the Treaties you mention. Page 67, that were concluded with the Courts of London and Vienna, in 1742, and 1746, did not, in any Ways, oblige the Court of Petenbourg to take Part in the late War^ and tended to nothing elfe, but to acknowledge one another, in their refpedive Stations: In this Situa- tion of Affairs, I a(k. How was it pof- (ible to hire any Troops from R^ a^ how (75) how much focvcr the E — of G — ^ might dream of it ? It is well known, that the French Party did maintain themfelves at the Court of P^-^g, till the latter End of 1746, when the Scene changed in our Favour, which the Two B— — rB immediately did improve, and do the utmoft in their Pow- er to reap the Advantages of ; and they were fo fuccefsful, as to obtain 30,000 Auxiliaries, whereby the good of the com- mon Giufe is notably reflored, and the Rujfan Ambaflador now refiding at our Court. His Excellency Count Ez leating to lay der to ily im- :ontent and f 79 ) and DlfTentions do not difable us ; and alf thefe fortuitiousCircumftances and Events could never have joined, or fucceeded one another, if thefe Troops had been tranf- ported by Water, and landed in the BaU tick, I could prove this more copioufly, with many convincing Particulars, but have already exceeded the Limits whcreunto I propofed to coniine myfeh; but when- ever my Pen turns into this Track again, I will not only make this Argument more evident, tho* it muft be to many fuffi- ciently foj from what has been already faid, but alfo Ihew you, that the Over- tures or Propofals of France, whereof .you take Notice, in Tage 56, were m- confiftent with, and would have been detrimental to the Interefl of the Nation, if they had been accepted. But now I will proceed, fhortly to recapitulate what the Two B--~rs have performed, more than in moral Probability could be expected in our prelent Circumilances. I. If we recoiled: from what has been before related, it will plainly appear, that they have, by their Traniadions, intirely fruftrateJ that Naval Plan^ which was con- b { 8o ; concerted by our Neighbours, wherein they already were lo tar advanced ; for the' French Navy itfelt is worfted, and they were not able to caufe us to acknow- ledge a new Maritime Power, or any Settlement in other Parts of the World, the Definite in Treaty, or in Favour of other Powers thereupon depending. II. They reftored the Imperial Crown to the Houle of Auftrta^ at fuch a pre- carious Jundiure, when the hme was transterr'd to the Houle of Bavaria^ and the mod confiderable Powers in Germany did oppole the fame ; by whirh Means, all Germany is regained to our Intereft. III. By this Means the Houfe of Au- ftria is reftored to the Condition of keep- ing a (landing Army ot 100,000 Men, provided they imitate their Neighbour.*, become Iruga!, and lufter the Military, 10 be the prevailing Power, in their Countries. IV. Their obtaining the Heredhary Stadholderfhip, for the F' of O -^ whereby we can be ei abled to have the Service of 50,000 Men upon any Emer- gency, at once, without Lofs of Time ; . , not not not «s of late, when the Goverm^Ot wai divided within itf(?lf, ^ V, The Alliance with Rufia; which ia pF {q great Conf equence, that it gives th^ Sway in the ballance of Power. I cou*4 ^dd o(her Inftapces of lefs Importance i (put as thefe, at the firft View, are obvious to every Body, they may, at thi$ Tin^e,. fuffice. , Laftly^ Let us here confider, How' thefe and other Advantages, which the Two B rs, as faithful Guardians of th<;f(? Nations, have obtained, may be ip:iproved« F/r/?, As nothing cou*d be a greater lleproach tp our Readinefs in making a Peace with our Enemies, than our apr pcaring more ready to go War, with one another ; fo Ipt us not be content with having epded our War5 Abroad, without being careful to Cultivate all the Advan- tages of Peace at Home. As we knpw that nothing can hazard our Liberties and Properties, like Difccrds and Divifions j fo let us learn, that nothing can more firmly fecure them, than Concord and Unity ; without which we {hall be fure to make ourfelves both the Prey of our Fo- reign Enemies, and their Scorn at the fame Time, G Se- I . i- ,4.ij.i..iuK'JiJH