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 'letter 
 
 TO TRI 
 
 PRINCE OF WALES, 
 
 ]K COKSEQUENCE QT 
 
 A SECOND /APPLICATION 
 
 TO 
 
 For the Payment of Debts wantonly contraftcd 
 fince May 1787. 
 
 « His Maiefty could not, however, **/*/? or </c/fr» the affiftance^f 
 this SmZSiLn a W/ ground cf^aation that the Pnnse w.U 
 avoid contnaitig any Debt* '^-^-^J^fj.^^^^,^ j,^g ,, .^^ c<,««««^ 
 
 Cre<U'Britain, May it, 1787. 
 
 " I feci a zeal to the full awmrm »nd « fin«re for the prtfervatjon 
 of the Hereditary Monarchy as any man mEngUnJ, but the beftj^^^ 
 
 to nreferve it. Sir, i» to prevent its being opprdTive Wt^e people. 
 to preierve u, o. , r^.^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ AI«rtAi, tn tU 
 
 Houfe ofCmm»s,OH Monday, Af. x7» i795' 
 
 LONDON: 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 London, May 9, 1 795, 
 
 The following pages were fent by the poft 
 to the publifher, accompanied by a requeft 
 that he would inftantly get them printed. On 
 receiving this requifition, he refolved to re- 
 linquifli the defign he had formed of reprinting 
 fome letters addrefled to the Prince of Wales 
 in 1784, under the fignaturc of Neptune, and 
 which were, at that time, extremely popular 5 
 but finding, on a rc-perufal of them, that they 
 contained matter which well deferved the at- 
 tention of His Royal Highncfs, and which (by 
 omitting fome circumftances applicable to the 
 politics of the day) might be acceptable to 
 thofe who eftimate the importance of Princes, 
 not by their titles, but their, virtues; and who 
 xcvcrcncc men for their good qualities rather 
 
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 than for their rank' or good fortune ; the pub- 
 lifher has, In fome degree, purfued his original 
 plan, by anne^g the tetters ih i^ueftion, (re- 
 duced into one) to the following addrefs, the 
 Author of which, It is hoped, will pardon the 
 freedom that has been taken with his very ju- 
 dicious and f^fonable remonftrance, and which 
 has been taken with no other view than to 
 rtfctie the coonfay iirotn ihe extortion of tlkofc 
 from wh©m betar Cdndaa \s expefted, and 
 t»bbfe- <9^ttt|*le clhfidt ^il ^- havkig \yef^ 
 coftMef Al>le inflvttfflce on the morals aftd m«rt^ 
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 [ his original 
 ueftion, (re- 
 add refs, the 
 il pardon the 
 I his very ju- 
 e, and which 
 iew than to 
 tiefi of tlkofe 
 :Xpa6l:ed, and 
 laving t^yety 
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 PRINCE OF WALES,. 
 
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 SIR, 
 
 SI IT is finccrrfy to be lamented, that amidft the 
 %rious defcriptions of people v^itli whom your 
 Royal Highnfiis has ofibqiated, that 'none of them 
 have liad the vlrwe to imprefs upon your mind 
 the neceTity of confirming the sffurance, given ky 
 HisMajefty in \']%'j ilhzx. you would avoid cmtraSiing 
 ^»y debts in future ; and it is no lefs to be regreted, 
 that the force and importance of the truth con- 
 tained in the fpeech prefixed to this letter was never 
 fuggefted to you by thofe whofe perfonal intercftft 
 alone required that redlitude and propriety fhould 
 mark every ackion of your life. The fami- 
 liarities to which moft of them have been ad- 
 mitted, and the confidence with which many of 
 them have been indulged, would have authorifcd 
 an admonition fo deferving of your attention, and 
 & intimately connected with your honor and h^p- 
 pinefs. -- Duty, as well as friendftiip, would 
 havejuftified the freedom of fuch falutary advice. 
 
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and a very trifling attentbn on your part, would 
 have prefcrvedyou from the difgraccful hunniliatiofi*^ 
 of iiaving publicly received it in the fcvere and 
 poignant language of wel]|, merited reproof. Un- *' 
 happily for the credit of your own reputations^ 
 (and no lc& fo for the country which maintains you^ 
 in fplendor) many of thofe whom it was your mis* ^i 
 fortune to felect for companions, imagined the/i^* 
 had an intercfl: in deceiving you ; while othcrs,^;^ 
 vain, abject and profligate, courted your fav6r by i^ 
 flattering your follies, and adminiftcring to your*' 
 irregularities ! I will venture to aflert. Sir, thaC^'^ 
 there is only.e«* opinion throughout the BritiftP-^ 
 Empire, not only withrefpect to the general tenoi9«* 
 of your conduct and the injuftice of the claim whicKXi* 
 has been injudicioufly, not to fay indecently, mad^q^ 
 on the abufcd gcnerofity of the nation, but (whicfci "J 
 is of much greater confequence to your character)?-^ 
 with regard to the primipks and Jent intents froirt -^ 
 which /-&<»/ conduct has unfortunately refulted.— * I'^s 
 This opinion. Sir* however it may offend you, hn sd 
 been publicly announced to the world, not through)? s 
 the queftionable medium of ourpublic/prints,notbyvJuvv 
 
 the idle and loofc converfations of intcref^ed indi*' *^ 
 viduals, influenced by private pique i nor by the 
 difafFcfted few who, enemies to Royalty, behoW^ 
 with malignant joy thofe improvident adiom of > 
 yourfelf juid family which have a dirc^ ttsndcnci?^ i(^ 
 
r part, would 
 il humiliation 
 e fevere and 
 •proof. Un- 
 it reputation, 
 maintains you 
 vas your mis- 
 magincd they 
 while others, 
 our favOr by 
 cring to your 
 ert, Sir, that 
 It the Britilh 
 general tenor 
 : claim which 
 »cently, made 
 I, but (which 
 lur character) 
 ntiments from 
 ly rcfulted.— 
 fend you, has 
 , notthrough 
 :/prints,notby 
 itcrcfted indi- 
 ! J nor by the 
 yalty, behoW 'i"ii 
 ;nt adtoQs of o1 
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 tQ bring Monarchy into hazard and Contcnipt.'and ' 
 from which more danger to our civil cftabhlhnif-nts 
 is, to be appreohcnded than from all the inflamatory 
 writings of all the incendiaries with which the French 
 revolution has delug'd Europe —BUI" BY 
 THE COtVlMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN 
 IN PARLIAMENT ASPEMBLED ! It is 
 the Britilh Houfe of Commons, Sir, (the moft 
 valuable and moft important branch of our It-gi- 
 flature) that, by unanimoufly hefitating (without a 
 full attendance of its Members) to difcharge debts 
 for, M^ich it is almoft to be wifbcd you were pcr- 
 fonaUy rcffwnfible, has tacitly acknowledged you 
 are: unworthy of the farther liberality of your coun- 
 try«i jilf the call of the Houfe fo judicioufly infifted 
 upon by Colonel Stanley, and fo prudently acceded • " 
 to by the Miniftcr, ihould be confidercd as i per*">^ 
 fonal difrefpcftj if, your pride fliould be offended '^ 
 at the check it has happily received from the derhur^^ 
 to a requeftat once unrc^onable and ill-timedj it hiay ' 
 be {MToper to enquire what right you had toexpeft- "^ 
 z compliance after a conduft fo indifci*eet (to ffiealt- '^ 
 with extreme terdernefs of it,) and which has beeit ^^ 
 fo obvioufly incompatible with every obligalldh^'^^ 
 that you owe to yourfelf and the nation ? Ifsyin*-'^ 
 imagiiw^ Sir, that the accident of your birth e<i^^'- 
 ferred on you the right to fquander in tivcry fpefcles -^^ 
 of licentious diflipi^cioii (he revent)e$ of th^ ^oumiyi 
 
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 If you think yourfclf entitled, from your exiitcd 
 rank, to levy contributions on our wealth and in- 
 duftry, and to render Parlianient the mean and fcr- 
 vUc inftrumcnt of youc cxaaions. it is full tunc 
 that your Royal Highnefs Ihould be undeceived 
 i^ith refpeft to the equity cf your prctcnfions, and 
 ,hc extent of your power. It is full time that you " 
 Ibould know how very much your fortune and 
 your happinefs depend upon a Gorrcd and tempe- 
 rate condua, and that it ivas owing to the fcan- 
 dalous waftf, profligacy and profufion of the Court 
 efVcrfaiUcsandofitswortklefs Princes, that the 
 former has been defcrvcdly annihilated, and .he 
 latter become defpicablc and degraded vagal,.nds , 
 harrafled and driven from date to ftati, F""/^'' 
 fricndlefs, and defpifcd without the moft d^ftant 
 profpea of ever regaining either a comfortable or 
 a permanent eftablifl^mcnt. A very few years arc 
 elVpfed fince thefemenllvcdin aftilcof fplcndor and 
 ,n.gnificencc unknown to ^ more temperate 
 H^anners of this country. Every knee became 
 flexible at their approach, and the ready hotjimage 
 they received from millions, was more the fpbnu- 
 «cous tribute of generou.affcak>n t^«»'>-f ^ 
 ' adulation of an enflaved mukitud<: Contraft their 
 former glory with their prefent forlorn and wj^t- 
 .hed condition ! EK«mioe the hiftory of tbe« 
 ptoaigate, fpendthrift liv«s» and trembte at the 
 
n your exalted 
 vcalth and in- 
 mean and fcr- 
 t i s full tunc 
 3c undeceived 
 ctcnfions, and 
 
 tinie that you 
 r fortune and 
 c^l and tempc- 
 >g to the fcan- 
 3n of the Court 
 rlnccs, that the 
 ilatcd, and '.he 
 led vagat>';tids J 
 latt, pcnnylefs, 
 ^ moft diftant 
 
 comfortable or 
 •y few years are 
 eoffplcndorand 
 fiore temperate 
 y knee bccaraa 
 ready hommage 
 norc ihc fpbnia- 
 \ than the fcrviUj 
 j;. Contraft their 
 briofn and wr«t- 
 
 kUtory of thcic 
 
 trerobte at the 
 
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 confeq^uenccs ! Behold their pcrfons pro'cribcd by 
 common tonfcnt, through the vaft extent of terri- 
 tory, in which they were once idolized: their 
 claims to diftindion treated with laughter and de- 
 rifion; their afflnt-nce exchanged for beggary; 
 the acclamations of joy with which they were every 
 where falutcd, converted into the moft poignant 
 reproaches i and their biith, titles, and rank.trcatedf 
 with mockery and contempt: whichever way they 
 tul-ii^'difgrace and infamy ftare them in the face J 
 t&ey have, ncft. even the miferable confolaticn of 
 being |ntied, and if ever) thing can pofitbly add 
 to the uccumiilated calamities, under which thefc 
 wn*'ched outcafts wander from place to place, it itt 
 ^i»l>.*^^e.bettcr part of mankind approves of the pu- 
 •niniment they have received for their aggravated 
 guilt, folly, and depravity. Their hiftory. Sir, 
 Ihould ferve as a mirror to Kings and Princes-fc 
 thefe may behold in the conduft of the former, 
 the dcftiny they may expect by following To ruinout 
 an example. It is from the adverfitic« of othert. 
 Sir, as welt as from our own, that the moft in»- 
 ftriictive leffons for our conduct in life are derived; 
 and whatever tends to convince mankind of the 
 infiahitity of fortune, deferves their moft ferious 
 attcntioii. The fad rcvcrfc which the French 
 Princes have experienced ought not to be an un- 
 proBtablc lcffi)n to your Royal Highncfsi and for- 
 
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 give me, Sir, if I add that tlic people on wliom 
 you haVe fo unrcuionably called a Jccond time to 
 difcharge engagements which duty, as well as ho- 
 nor and gratitude, forbade you to contract, have 
 an mtcrelt much greater than you fufpect that the 
 example of France iliould be. a warning to you 
 and your {;imily— Is it nut^a reproach; I will not 
 fay to your juftice, but to your prudence, that you 
 Ihould again call on the bounty of the nation to 
 admir.ifter to your extravagance, in th rery midlt 
 of an arduous and perilous war, avowedly under- 
 taken to fecure that Conftitution on theprefervation 
 of which you are dependent for food and raiment ? 
 ,;Is it not as extraordinary. Sir, as it is lamentable 
 '''and unaccountable, that with the very terrible 
 C!;ample before yo'.^ in a neighbouring natiori that 
 .you* (houlc! have pertincioufly, nay ciiminally 
 'adhered to the fame fyftcm of difordcrly and un- 
 juftifiable expence which contributed ro (hake, and 
 finally to fubvc:t the Throne of Louis XVIfh ? 
 Is it decent i nay. Sir, is ithon'^ft in you to expeft, 
 for the mere gratification of your vanity, that any 
 addition fhould be made to the accumulated bur- 
 dens of this country, at the very inftant that the 
 genius of tinance, exhaufted and defpirited, is 
 compelled to accept ofpriv af; donations from cor- 
 poratv. odies, and even from individual of ail ranks, 
 to carry on a contell, the. great objea of wliiph is 
 
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 lie on whom 
 fccotid time to 
 as well as ho- 
 contract, have 
 ufpect that the 
 raining to you 
 ich : I will not 
 knee, that you 
 f the nation to 
 i th rery midlt 
 /owedly under- 
 theprefervation 
 d and raiment ? 
 it is lamentable 
 e very terrible 
 rins nation tliat 
 
 nay ciiminally 
 orderly and un- 
 "d ro fliake, and 
 Louis XVIth ? 
 n you to expeft, 
 I'anity, that any 
 :cumulated hur- 
 
 inftant that the 
 id dcfpiritcd, is 
 ations from cor- 
 luah of ail ranks, 
 b\t^ of Wliich is 
 
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 to prcft-rve you and your family from ruin ? Is it 
 not a reproach to your ftelings, Sir, that you are 
 I'oUcitung an enormous fum from Parliament, 
 amounting to near a million, to difcharge debts 
 wantonlv contraaed, and for which not even the 
 fhadowof anrxcufe can be urged, while every 
 nobleman and gentleman in the Britrfh dominions, 
 while tradefmen, mechanics, and manufafturcrs, 
 while even the labouring poor have relinquilhcd a 
 portion of their fcanty pittance, and all of them.havc 
 generouHy contributed to the very erftant of their 
 means, «> the defence of their country ? 
 
 Wil'^it, can it be' believed by poderity, that 
 'while all'ranks and defcriptions of men, vying 
 with each other in a laudable zeal for the common 
 caufe, facrificed the comforts of life and a part of 
 their property; while munificent fubfcriptions were 
 cheerfully opened in every country, town, villa^"?, 
 and hamlet in the kingdom, to enable the Miniltcr 
 to profecute the w^r with vigor and effed:. or* to 
 alleviate the calamities of thofe who became vic- 
 tims to it, that the Royal Family of England fhould 
 alone have remained infenfible to the calls o{ hu- 
 manity andofpatriotifm, ajd that one of them 
 in particular, uninfluenced by fo many animaiiny 
 examples of public virtue, fliould require a pojtioa. 
 of the money raifed for the exigencies of ihe State 
 to be appropriated, not for the kir »nd honcft pur- 
 
 
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 pofes of his dignified eftablifhnnent, but to difcharge 
 a variety -of eiigagerrtnt which he dares not reveal, 
 and which Parliament is bound in juftice and in 
 policy to refift ? Is it not ftrange, Sir, that your 
 name does not appear in any one of the public fub- 
 fcriptions to which the perilous conflidl in which 
 we arc involved, or the unexampled diftrefs of the 
 times has given birth ? We are told that the lau- 
 dable inftitotion for the relief of the widows and 
 children of our gallant feamen and foldiers is 
 under your patronage, as if a charity of that nature 
 and extent ftood in need of any patronage but that 
 of the public! There is indeed to every ad'ver- 
 -tifement that appears from the focicty, a v.iin and 
 fervijc difplay of your nam.e, unworthy of the com- 
 'fn\tis,e and of the inftitution but the barren privilege 
 -of afiixing a name no longer refpeftablc, is the 
 .,f\jm total of your contribution ! Surely, Sir, you 
 muft ftrangely have mifconcel/ed your relative 
 fituation with the people as well as the generally 
 -Kceived maxims of xight and expediency, or you 
 would never have come forv.ard with a claim as 
 imprudent as it is hazardous and unjuft, and which, 
 I, with all the circumftances annexed to it, looks as 
 ^if you confidered the wealth and induftry of the na- 
 ^liion as your property, and that we hold the hancft 
 fruits of our labour, or the more ample pofTefllons 
 of inheritance not in fee, but as fie-wards in truft 
 
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 ut to difcharge 
 ires not reveal, 
 juftice and in 
 Sir, that your 
 he public fub- 
 inflidl: in which 
 1 diftrefs of the 
 d that the lau- 
 LC widows and 
 md foldiers is 
 r of that nature 
 onage but that 
 0' every adVer- 
 ;ty, a vain and 
 :hy of the com- 
 )arren privilege 
 eftablc, is the 
 jrely, Sir, you 
 
 your relative 
 Ls the generally 
 diency, or you 
 dih a claim as 
 iuft, and which, 
 
 to it, looks as 
 uftry of the na- 
 hold the honcfi: 
 nple poffefllons 
 Uwards in truft 
 
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 for your fole profit and ufe. Ir is time. Sir, that 
 you fliould be recalled from the errors of your edu- 
 cation and of bad habits. It is time that you fhould 
 be awakened from the delufion in which it is impof- 
 fibleyou can continue without inevitable ruin to 
 yourfclf and mifchief to the nation. Every indi- 
 vidual is interefted in the fuccefs of this forcible 
 appeal to your reditude and difcretion, and if you 
 are wife; you will prove by the regularity of your 
 futuie conda<a, that tie appeal has been made to 
 a man wor% cfdie fituation into which the acci- 
 dent of birth has thrown him ' — In May 1787, a 
 meflfage from the King was delivered to Parlia- 
 ment, on the fubjeft of your debts amounting to 
 ONE HUNDRED and NINETY-THREE 
 THOUSANDS.SIXHUNDREDandFORTY 
 EIGHT POUNDS. Thefum teas confidered as 
 enormous and the people as little fatisfied with the 
 part you had taken in politics as with your tran- 
 faftions in private life, exprcflfed their difapproba- 
 tion of your conduit in terms which would have 
 fuggcfted to any well conftrufted mind the inefti- 
 mable value of reputation. Your youth and inex- 
 perience were however urged in your behalf, and 
 the uftfufpeifting generofity attached to the Britiih 
 charader inducing the legiflature to confide in the 
 folcmn alTurance given by Majefty, itfelf that 
 your Royal Highnefs would avoid contra^ing any 
 
 •1 
 
 ; 
 1 
 
 ^ 
 
( 14 ) 
 
 debts in future. The fum of one luindred and eighty 
 onethoufand pounds were voted, which, with the re- 
 trenchments fromijed and expeifcd, was thought 
 would cfFe£lually releafe you from your prefcnt, 
 and preferve you from all future embarrafTnients.— 
 I fhall not be reproacned. Sir, with prefumption, 
 when I aflert that no authority, however rcipeftable 
 fiiould operate againil matter offa^. I will even 
 go farther, and maintain that it ceafes to be refpec- 
 table the inftant it endeavours to evade truth or to 
 promote falfehood. 
 
 Your Royal Father, in 1787, flood pledged to 
 the nation (of whofe loyalty, affcdlion, and libera- 
 lity he has received abundant proofs) that you 
 would not again trefpafs on its bounty, yet in April 
 1795- -in, lefs than eight years. His Majefty, in 
 violation of his royal word, comes forward with a 
 pitioustale of woe, and folicits the country (laboring 
 • under the pfeflure of accumulated burdens, and 
 engaged in a conteft of the moft ferious nature) 
 (or. a fum very little ftiort of a million, to difchargc 
 
 
 T"' And His Majefty has the fatisfaaion to obferve, 
 nnrc hafl criven the fullcft afluraticc of his dctermir 
 
 that the 
 
 Prince had given the fulleft aflurance of his determination to 
 
 •iconfine Ws future expenccs within his income, and \aA fettled z, 
 
 plan «nd fixed an order in thofc expenccs whicii, U was trufted, 
 
 could efifeftually fecure the execution of his intentions. 
 
 Kv'g'sMeJfage, Mmy 1787.3 
 
ed and eighty 
 h, with there- 
 was thought 
 your prefcnt, 
 irrafTments. — 
 prefiimption, 
 er reipedable 
 I will even 
 i to be relpec- 
 ,dc truth or to 
 
 od pledged to 
 n, and libera- 
 loFs) that you 
 y, yet in April 
 is Majefty, in 
 brward with a 
 untry (laboring 
 I burdens, and 
 erious nature) 
 m, to difchargc 
 
 ob{er\'e, that the 
 s determination to 
 ;, aiidMfittledsi 
 ich, it was trufted, 
 ntentions. 
 gf, Mmy 1787.] 
 
 ( >5 ) 
 
 a. frefh catalogue of debts which, it was promifed, 
 Jhould never be contraSi.-d. 
 
 I pafs over i\\f: pretendid h\Q of horfes/at the for- 
 mer epoch, and a variety of other indecent prac- 
 tices, which announced as little delicacy as wUgrily, 
 m thofe who counjelled fuch mean and difhonorablc 
 expedients. I have not the leaft ooje<aion, that 
 the fcandalous hiftorics attached to Newmarket, 
 and all the little contrivances to abufe the credu- 
 lous fimplicity of the Nation, fhould be buridd in 
 oblivion. The times have mofl: woefully demon- 
 ftrated, that Princes as well as Pkbians, ■ may (land 
 in need of an a£i 0/ Grace, and my juftice is not of 
 that inexorable nature, as to infift on the full mea* 
 fure of ptinilhment, even to the greateft delinquents. 
 This a£i of Grace, you have received, and I am 
 willing to allow, after the moft vigorous inv'eftiga- 
 tion of your charafter, that your claim to the indul- 
 gence Ihewn to you, at the time, and fince, fhamc- 
 - fully abufed, was very admiffible. Yet with every ^ 
 ^difpofitidn to pafs over the tranfaftionsof that period 
 1 cannot excufe your fubfequent conduft— — I 
 believe, that if better maxims had been inftilled inw 
 you by thofe who had the chafge of your education, 
 or if you had been taught in later life to fvm ajuft 
 eftimate of the obligation you owe to fociety, that 
 there would have been no occafioa for this addrels, 
 ior for thofc fcvcre, but neceffary animadvcrAons in 
 
 ;y>; 
 
( i6 ) 
 
 parliament, which have offended your pride. Btit 
 your having been ill advifed by Ibmc men, and tnijltd 
 by others, can ilever juftify the demand which 
 has been made on this country for the enormour 
 fum of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND 
 POUNDS and which I am afraid (confiderable a». 
 it is) will fcarce pay Ten Shillings in the Poundj^ 
 oh the fum total of your debts! I am really income 
 petent to guefs, what arguments, even the minifteifit 
 with his fplcndid talents can urge in excufe f6r a 
 demand, which in times lefs profligate and cornrpt,, 
 would be called /tf^i/i(?«J ; his fituation is embaraff. 
 ing— The dilemma to which he is reduced by the 
 luthlcfs junftion of prodigality and rapacity, i« 
 certainly diftreffing, and even your Royal High- 
 nels may venture to feel for his perplexities, without 
 being fufpefted of affeftion or refpeft for the man. 
 
 It was impoffible that Mr. Pitt could rcfufe to 
 
 deliver the meffage refpefting your debts, (ungoft 
 and ill-timed as it was) vrithout a direA breach 
 with his Sovereign, and the hazard of expofing the 
 Country at a very critical period, to the danger of 
 another inter-regnum ! while on the other hwidyfcy 
 complying with the commands of his Majefty* he 
 was certtin of obtaining a portion of that odittm 
 which belongs, almoft exclufively, toyoupfelft- A- 
 think too favourably of your temper and difpofitioni 
 Sir, to fuppofc that you can receive as^ygratifi<»ti«o 
 
r pride. Btit 
 len, and mijltd 
 ;mand which 
 ;he enormouk 
 HOUSAND 
 onfidcrablc as 
 n the Pound, 
 rtally incotiv- 
 D theminiftcr, 
 excufe for a 
 e and cornrpc, 
 )n is embaraff. 
 :duccd by die 
 i rapacity, is 
 Royal High- 
 rxitics, without 
 I for the man. 
 ould refiife to 
 debts, (urgoft 
 \ direft breach 
 )f expding the 
 . the danger of 
 other hwidi by 
 u» Majefty* he 
 c^ that oditim 
 CO yowfelf* 1' 
 Mid difpoHtiofl, 
 R^ygratifkattoo 
 
 ( 17 ) 
 
 from the very aukward predicament in which'you 
 have contrived to place the man, who incurred your 
 difpleafurc fomc years fince, by'refiiting a claimi 
 the admiffion of which, would have enda.igered tht 
 e^npire; but if your Royal Highnefs ihould bear 
 in vindidive remembrance the oppof.tion you mee 
 w'ithatthat time fronri his firm nefs and fidelity. If 
 you fliould harbour any refentir . in your mind, 
 for his manly and dignified condud: in the affair of 
 th^' Regency, your revenge mud have Seen amply 
 gratified, by the ungracious taflc which has been 
 impofedonhim, of applying to Parliament on your' 
 behalf for money, to difcharge improvident debt*, ; 
 and Jew bargains, at the very inflant he could not 
 obtain fufHeient for the defence of the empire witH^^ 
 out adding very confiderably to the innumerable ' 
 taxes, by which the Nation is moll oppreffively 
 and ihamefully burt^ened ?~Mr. Pitt may have 
 afted prudently, m hazarding his fame and popu^i?^ 
 larity in preference to the rifque of leaving the" 
 country zfecond time without a government— The ' 
 conceffion may have averted a calamity of much 
 greater extent than fubfcribing to, or in other words ^ 
 (Encouraging your excefles., but if he has pledged ' 
 himfelf to fupport the unpalateable meafure in ^it-^^ 
 liament with all the Credit, influence, land autho-'' 
 rUy of office, he has done mere than he ought to "^ 
 have done, jind no longer dcferves to be the 
 
i 
 
 i 
 
 ^ 
 
 ( i8 ) 
 
 uiiniftcr of this cotinti7l— It muft be matter offm- 
 . ccrp affliftjon, Sir, to every man who has a, juft 
 cftimateof the excellence of the BritiOi Confljtution, 
 and \yhofe loyalty to your family is neith.ev iervllc 
 nqr ^flfulTlcd, but rational and unaffcdcd, that the 
 King (hould have been fo ill adviicd as to apply to 
 parliament to relieve you d^Jecond (Ikjc, from pecu- 
 niary difficulties, after a pofitivc afiurance in 1787, 
 that.*1 he would not bavede/iredor exfe5Ied the ajfif- 
 tanee-.oftbe Houfe ofCcmmoMh but on a well grounded 
 €xpe^ation that your Royal llighncjs zvculd avoid coii- 
 traSflngany debtsirifuture" This declaration. Sir, ill 
 accords with the meffage deliver'd by, the chancellor 
 of the Exchecquer on the 27th of laft month, and 
 which, fromthew4w;eritwa,recei,ved, arid the com- 
 ments it excited, muft have produced very unpleafant 
 fenfatioos in his Maj-.-Ry'r, bread— I do not wifh to 
 add to the poignancy of his feelings on an occafipn 
 ^Q diftreffing, but the meafure was certainly inju- 
 dicious, if not hazardous, that brought on a difcuf- 
 lioivfrom which no credit could pofiblyrefukro jtf«r 
 .chaia6t?r, and which plicy Ihould have coir^pcl- 
 Icd you to avoid, a^ nwment like tlje prefent, 
 when- the onerous eftablifhnncnt of Monarchy is 
 invidioufly contrafted with the moderate expences 
 ofa Government, lefs complicated and fplendid, 
 and (which is really worthy of your moft feriou* 
 cohffderJition) His Majtftrin giving way to a ten- 
 
latter offm- 
 lo has a juft 
 I)on(ljtution, 
 either i'crvilc 
 ted, that the 
 s to apply to 
 , from pccu- 
 mcein 1787, 
 'Hedthe ajfif- 
 well grounded 
 dd avoid cou- 
 ration. Sir, ill 
 lie chancellor 
 ft month, and 
 , arid, the com- 
 ity unpleafant 
 io not wifh to 
 n an occafipn 
 ;crtainly inju- 
 it on a difcuf- 
 yrefukrojtfwr 
 have conf\pcl- 
 ; tlje prefent. 
 Monarchy is 
 rate expences 
 and fplendid, 
 moft feriou« 
 way CO a tcn- 
 
 '(lernefs /// hefto^ved, has made it'aqueftion with a very 
 conndcrable part'of the community, whether be 
 ■ has Ihcwn that attention to the cmbaraflfcd fituatton 
 ' of the country, which the people have a RIGHT to 
 expcft from their fovereign ? It is poflible that th.s 
 mdifcrcet anxiety to extricate you from difflcukies 
 refultmg from riot and extravagance, may diminifli 
 that love and veneration which a loyal and generous 
 nation hashicherto demonftrated for your fanrrily , 
 nor can it be attributed to caprice or difafFeftion, 
 ifthemarkc^d, and fcandalous indifFcrencc. which 
 a life of dilTipation evinces for the miferies of man- 
 kind, Ibould weaken that refpeft for your Royal 
 ' Hl'^hnefs, which you have been taught to confidcr 
 as I tribute due to your birth. Is it not a reproach 
 to your juflice as well as to your prudence, Sir, 
 (for you are nO longer an infant, neither can you 
 ■ plead ignorance or inexperience in excufe for your 
 ' excefles) that your debts amounting to ONE 
 HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE 
 THOUSAND. SIX HUNDRED AND 
 rdUTY EIGHT POUNDS* in the Year 
 ^'1787, and for the difcbarging of which yoii r«civcd 
 
 - •■■- \- J 
 
 Videthe Anaial Regiftwfiw 178; l»^g« «3«. for the ita* ^, 
 Jirji dcbt.-The items gf fecond U i. thoujjW w.llnever app» 
 
wn 
 
 <i 
 
 ao ) 
 
 that fum from the ill requited bQupty o^tjuc Nition* 
 fhbif^d have grov n in the fhort period of eight years 
 to ^hc monflrous and unpardonable fuc of a 
 
 MILLION? •,; \, . ^ 
 
 ^'f i It hot an imjjcacnment at once of jour grati- 
 tuddMand' iinderflanding, Sir, to exped that the, 
 pcb^l^'who To chearfully contributed to yowr fup- 
 p6?r,'ittd who have already fublcribed mod libe- 
 ral!^ to y(^ur eafe, fpTendor, and independance»i, 
 Ihould lay thcmrelves under additional impofts 
 
 ecaufe yo" have been imprudent, or Jometbing 
 
 laorfe f 
 
 Is k not a reproach to your Feelings, Sir, that 
 while tlie nniddle and lower orders of fociety can 
 with difficulty obtain the common nedeiraHW 'df "'. 
 ]ife ; while the aggregate takes wjiich, every indi,,,^ 
 vidualpays to the exigencies of the State, amount ■? 
 to, at leaft, fcventeen (hillings in the pound, art«I.''^ 
 that wKile the laborious poor,* fmarting unden:l>« ih 
 
 Siait^t if.i>. i 
 
 I', i'**. 
 
 ,i3(!ia; ft!ii«aP-^'*' 
 
 • 'Tlie fnilertiye peafaatj detlittite 'of every refouree Ijirt induflty 151^ 
 to fupport his wretched offspring, *and even that relbiute (poor an4''.^^ 
 fcan^ i* it is) a contingency on his health and capacity for hbw, rauft 
 toil IJAnltor the folitary (killing with which he daily feeds and doatlu ; ri 
 his Mflplefr famiiyi It haf repeatedly fallen witjiio my oUwrv»tion,r. 3,k 
 I'ince'the iAmn^-jncemient of this letter, to behold in a variety of inn, a u 
 fbaci«, tH» (Wtrpfce aillre&Ja||i5»yatjd lijjr tiie iUnefc j>r .infirmity, nair 
 
the Nition* 
 
 f eight years 
 
 fue of a 
 
 jour gnur,^ 
 •.^ that t\]c\ 
 
 yowr fup,f{T 
 i mod libe^r 
 dependancc,fj 
 nal impofts 
 or Jomething 
 
 rs, Sir» th^i;. 
 " ibciety can 
 edcirarib4'-W 
 .,evcry iD4l5,t,- 
 ate, amoi^fr' ■ 
 pouttd, 'aWd^"' 
 ^g unc|er C^.jh 
 
 irce hirt iudu^y 
 Ibiiite (poor ami- 
 ty for hbor, muft 
 feeds and cloatlu 
 j «tty oUjetvatiooj 
 
 1 a vnriety of »n»r,u vt 
 Mf» or ,infirmityj, m^ 
 
 if •• 
 
 [ " ] 
 
 fevere preflure of hunger, have been" forced, in 
 order to prolong a wretched exiftence, into inlyr- 
 reftions of a very ferious and alarming nature, thsil 
 you, infenfiblc to their deplorable condition, aad 
 to the accumulated calamities which mark the pr^*,. 
 fent tim^, (hould come to Parliament, and rccjuii;e 
 thofe burdens to be increafed, and thofe calamities 
 to be augmented without producing any one vouchee, 
 tbsc could jiidify Parliament to the nation fur fo 
 
 H 'l'' - T ' "" ■■.'■■■ . . ■ ' . ,- , — _ 
 
 of th» children to whom, as well as to Iheii'haplefs p..rcnts, exiftcn^ 
 apjicars to b« cvrry thing but ableffing. Contraft their deplorable cch^;. 
 ditvon with your o«vn exalted ftate! KccoUe£l how much3rou arelndebtttl 
 . totbantt fortbcfu})<:rlorityQfyowrf<)rtuj>e} and rcnjcnibering that tlieie 
 men are your fcliow creatures } poflijATing, in ronimon with yourfelf, 
 a right fo the fominon fiecefl'ariei and enjoyinojts of life, let me aik 
 youi lSir> if you can, witliout blufliing, demand, exclufivc of the 
 very ample in? cw aUfl^ed you by tljc nation, a fumthat weu]<f com- 
 fbrtabiy maintain, in perpetuity, O^E THOUSAND 8EVEJI 
 HUNDRED i)f thefe very peopfe whofe affliflions you would incrcafe, 
 and whofe niorl'el of bread you would embitter and render more difficult 
 to obtain, ill order to defray your extravagance ? Sir } it it againft 
 natbn { it is againft Juftice, humanity, and right : it it againft jour 
 perfonit) infereft and feciirity, that a dfproportion fo fcandalous and un- 
 natural ft^ould exift between MAN and MAN ! God uever dcfign^ 
 it i and'the Government that authorifet or connives at^he abufe^ haje«r4* 
 jts,tnuiquiUity or exigence. It is no abatement of the fuflerings aa4 
 agonifing forrowt of the famjfti cott^iger, that the portion of happineft 
 it not more tJiffufedltmbng the higher than it is vnongtl^ lo^e(-of-, ., 
 4cTs of fociety. Ir is ^no alleriatiott of hit diftrefle that while Iw it pc- 
 
I 
 
 i;i;W'a'^i»t 'of '^H^h\k moni^y > Will Voi^r 
 ■*ciyalHlghncfs reveal tl.c di%ra<ien.l' t^erh^ which 
 We 'fwcilcd your prcfcnt debt to a lUm Whtch 
 'rem^^syaur application for its payment as prcpo- 
 
 ^ikiVous as it is indecent and i"'^""'^^^^^'^^^,'^^^ 
 ^;^;puwiUnoc;indfbrtl;ebeft;or.^ 
 
 any. fuch ftalemcut. Yet, ' 
 
 » •« Whether^Youatcline it ^lommodeftyor 
 "• " . . ....-.» ,.,nnn» demai'.d as a ngnif "*»* 
 
 .11 
 
 t. ab,wl«m^^»«» V«"«"^** 4ema.;.d a*angM; ^ 
 
 J^llAlHe* ftrvile of'' oar dcp 
 ja»9K *Ui:vi to W'^Wt.as a,fovo.a-, 
 
1 
 
 i"' Will yoilr 
 il'itfcrh^ which 
 ■^"ibm Which 
 lent is pftm- 
 
 
 \o fioijiiloJv 
 
 diQ mnabeiHi vot- 
 er provokwl t)y priJe, 
 efancft. affonlKimho 
 IftcrttD comfort to his 
 
 ftarving. wgg«* »»** 
 rndt btifts of winfer. 
 
 St«i«e to vrtiicK 'yfttor 
 
 becaufc y.5U are wret- 
 E aiid vitidiaive mind 
 
 prefsKwiby thecaulc* 
 nation that flwulil ai»- 
 our maihtttianre, fl\«» 
 10USANDPO0NB8 
 the fupi (ample«».lt \*) 
 you would cpnfent to 
 ine it fiom modefty « 
 g foitiiiclt *ioi*iyiWim 
 
 rbtkf»(rtiomH>¥»^«n* 
 demai-aasarigUt, and 
 
 ill not »cnhiti to afi'ert 
 
 . ( *3 ) . 
 
 I will not Inquire Whether the money advanced 
 ifl 1787 was faithfully applied to che oftenfiblcpur- 
 pofcs for which it was aflccd and granted. Neither 
 .^»U I inquire whether thofc ccconpinical arrange- 
 nicnts took place for which you ftood pledged M 
 Pai liiiincnt and your country. Nor is it neccfTarjf, 
 the mvflj^e delivered to the lloufc of Comrinons 
 on the' 27th of laft month is a fufficient anfwcr to 
 every qucftion of the kind j it is a direft and evident 
 violation of the contratT: in its mod effen/ial parr, 
 and enables us to afcertain, wtth atmoft mathrma- 
 tfcal pfrtiflon, the fidelity with which the other tm- 
 4ttknf e/ tii bond}ivtt been fulfilled i but though 
 I am willing to fpare you the mortification which 
 deteftcd fiilhtfy nluft ever feel whether it is* found 
 Jia ^ pottage or a palace} although I fo^bearj from 
 motives of affcdlion and loyalty to your family, to 
 ertttJ'into a fcrutiny which certainly would not tend 
 j;o infpire the people with a love of royalty, I feel 
 no difficulty in' aflcrting that, confidcfihg all tjhc 
 ch-cumftances attending your prefentincumbrancesi 
 , the mode in which, and the purpojesfor which they wcfc 
 • contraftcd, with the pofitive aflurance from Pil^^- 
 iefty rtfelf that no future claim of the kind (liould 
 ^ eyer be brought forward, that the Houfe ofCorti- 
 ninons cannot vote for the payment of yoijr debts 
 ^without being guilty of a breach of truft, and for- 
 '.' femiig the confidence of the nation !' '" ^'^ •*'* "^^ 
 
THE'iyETTERS OF IfEiXyNfi 
 
 ■:Jm Mi Vffff? kU'Ljh,-: I. 
 
 TO THE • " 
 
 nm u]j PRINXE QJ? WALES,. . 
 
 ^hi'Sf' ■ ' t^M-} 4.-.I . < • II ■ •■ ■-^'^ 
 
 -f'til, .•,..: .■:»« imifew< sill Ifei^^*:*^ flif 
 
 While your, irregularities ^ej-e connnca witfim 
 
 the circle ofjuvenile indilcrt- tions, and your conduft 
 
 could be accounted for in the natural progrefij of 
 
 the paffions, your exceffes, nunriefous'as tjbcy have 
 
 been, excited indeed our wonder^ t^ut licVcr pro- 
 
 ; yoked our indignation. \Ve beheld i^pu emerge 
 
 , from the nurfcry with even paternal affeftion ; 
 
 every heart was devoted to your intereffi j and it 
 
 was.ueitber dilficult nor unworthy ,t)f; yoy to have 
 
 preferved tliofe prejudices which had been gene- 
 
 rouflv fojrmed in your favor. ,The intehiperancc 
 
 : of yoi(ir youth gave no offence j aiid in the _coni- 
 
 . mencement of your carreer, %,^'% n?f <ij;. 9"^© 
 
 ,, iqfpeaed that wp ijiould have occafion to execrate 
 
 the obje<^ whonri we ad^^^ed. >v; *» -i 
 
 ^,,^ Jj^fih?. . Sir, were the,^,a4v^ta^s u^^er wIpcH 
 ' YOU entered into fociety ; and give, .me leave to 
 inform you that ypu.mufth^ye been extremely inde- 
 fatigable to have effaced fo effedcually thofc favorable 
 
 ■ - .~»*^-^.BT-a.'-,,r-;-t. , ■ — grrS i ' 
 

 i ,' V' 
 
 ifi 
 
 t'i-**} f:im"->% 
 
 )nnnca wit 
 
 nin 
 
 yourtonduft 
 al progref* of 
 s'as t]hcy have 
 ut neVcr pro- 
 (fi^u emerge 
 lal affcftlon ; 
 tereft j and it 
 f^ ycHJ to have 
 idbecn gene- 
 intenriperance 
 d in the com- 
 $ never once 
 on to execrate 
 
 ■• .-. '■ ■: * 
 i under which 
 
 .me leave to 
 
 Ktremeljr indc- 
 
 ;hofc favorable 
 
 
 ( ^o' ) - 
 imprcffions, and to have changed the current 'of 
 opinion agiirift you in lo flioVt a time. 4t.-'-r 
 
 T o your imprudent choice of friends may be at- 
 tr*>buted your prefent painful ficuation. 
 
 It wafr vtvir misfortune to feleft thofc for your 
 companions who, having neither fortune nor cha- 
 raacr to lofc, were ready to conduft you into aH 
 the atravagancics of the meaiicft and moft dan- 
 gerous debaucheries—Their profligacy rendered 
 ' ^hem the willing panders to your pleafures, while 
 llVeir poverty involved you in their profbfioii and 
 necciTities. The nation feels the confcquences of 
 i&^'cortiplicated evils and beholds with equal 
 "ali^hnment and indignation, a progrfft uncom- 
 ^i^niy Vapid from bad to ^.^, and which rmy 
 "^^v^nwaliy terminate in ferious mifchief to yourfelf 
 '^d vq^ir countfy.-It muR have been no Icis 
 " fetfV\ng io your royal father than dilgraGefUl to 
 '^^yfl'-tl^t the fifft public aft of yoAr life was 
 fSinguflhed by an indecent oppofition to the mea- 
 ' f rerdf^his Government and the coftftitunonal 
 rights or his Crown.--It would be difilicult to ac- 
 " count f^r the motives of fo decided and Ibextra- 
 ^^^rcitakry a conduft, if flife party with whom ^rou 
 b%ve condefcended to aflToCiate, had notfevea.ed 
 ' iir<:Oiidftions of your contraa:.-The engagemeftw 
 *'on )'our part have been executed with the] moft 
 ■'aaive arid pointed fidelity, with a grmnefs ^Hith 
 -*ii^^ . ■ ' ^■■*°'' ■ ' ' ' ■ ' 
 
I , . ■ ( 26 ) 
 
 ^T iiibt^nsj" ..1. ;? .«.;■ ' . ^ . 
 
 has triumphed over every obligation, (^f filial 'duty 
 and refpca, and rendered you ioienrible to the 
 general intercfts of ycur fellow citizens.--I will 
 pafs over the moral turpitude pf irritating a fon 
 againft a father : the infamy of the afiion wiU dc- 
 
 tddtdly fall on tlie incendiaries, but tl]e fad con- 
 fequences rcfulting from a condud fo atrocious, 
 mav ultimately affeft the peace and profpenty 6f 
 th6 nation that has a claim on your gratitude m 
 
 ^.return for the fplendor,^pdJI^?;|ljxy^^?vjh^5|^^ 
 
 "■it l^PPorfs you. ., f-shnqqc, 
 
 • To thoi;; who have abufcd Y^^Vi i)???^')'^^^? ff' 
 inexperience, I have little to lay^. Jrpxiv'r'' 
 
 -have rendered them incprr?giblp,,3..d^admomnort^ 
 beeome uOtlels, wherejdiere K,F4^i|>^er fhamc Hdr 
 Sentiments to give them force. .U .it poftible. Sir, 
 
 •<thW thofe ^vho 'have, hjidfthe .im^rt^pt cKargq-of 
 ^ur education, C0UI4, have concealed rrom^bur 
 ki^owkdge the tbrms apd (pirit pf t)^^onftitutioh? 
 I Mils it^neccffary to inform yqu.that before the nn an 
 ' to whom you., look. up can perfprm his promife, 
 two events not very likely.tp happen muft poH- 
 tively take place ? He muft be refto.ed tof ower 
 In the ftrft inftaiice^an4 inlhe fepond,^,the >JA- 
 TION muft confenttotheincrcaleof incqme^ 
 
 -^hich you iiave been ftattercdand delMtW^.^^-,': 
 The public, Sir, are under no obligation to 
 difcharge thofe debts i^hich your profuGon has 
 
 ttm^ 
 
^f filial duty 
 fible to the 
 ;ns.—- 1 wUl 
 it?iting a fon 
 :ion will de- 
 ||e fad con- 
 fo atrocious, 
 jrofperity of 
 gratitude m 
 with,wl)i<fh 
 
 mpucity'stncl 
 Long hibifs- 
 aomoninohs 
 ;r fhamc nor 
 3oftiblW,1Sir, 
 nt cKargq of 
 i from your 
 
 coriftitutJoh? 
 
 y.<iK ■■■' "'•' 
 fore the man 
 
 his proiiiire, 
 
 1 inqft pofi- 
 
 I ed to power 
 
 id, the'NA- 
 
 inqomewith 
 
 (bligation to 
 )rofufion has 
 
 ceated , nor U it very probable that. ^conGdenng 
 ■fufficient for all the hor>eft purpofe. of yo« pr"^ 
 
 -^Sfro,r,o.,as«e!la.*cimpo«r.^^^^ 
 :|rof^the kingdom, which w,il -' ^^-^ ^^ 
 'd«h»^and unncceffary expenditure of the pubic . 
 • "'7" The War with America, ruinousm every 
 :fS:iX begun and more idly conduced, ha, 
 ■ '^ ffl^rheoecple with innurnerable taxes, and 
 ^^rlo« incapable of .uft^nl^-y 
 S^r^al burthens, ^et. the author of th.sun 
 fortunite and difgraccfu! war, whom you have ^ery 
 ^T^ir, execrate, is honored with your confi- 
 •f ^"in 5;:« of pride and in«gritr. we 
 '^li'cbhten, to aa a fervile and fubord,na« 
 '€tHe man who has repeatedly m^aced him 
 
 f»tot and the block . The c^am-' 
 f ^iickfiined by Ae weak and corrupt adm^. 
 
 inobtainins' ri^jjonti« tn both Houfes of Parha 
 •'lj^^Ka«a^«^h..ftheftriacftceco,^ 
 "dirpeifel,le: indthefe truths,^ too obvtous tob= 
 
C 28 ) 
 
 unHupwo., tp you, (hould at Icall have taught you 
 to rq(b[amyiQu,f extravagance. ■ 
 
 '^'j^jUlfj^ of youth offords you no excufc. You 
 ftan4. .ill ^'differsnt predicament from that of a 
 priv%(^ gi^ntkn^aj). , His perfon and property are 
 *nfyjrq^abk for the debck he contradls^ bankruptcy r^ 
 and ^ pfifon terminate his carreer,'Und the nation o'- 
 , feelsf j^o, iricqnven,icncc fiom his follkcsrr-but you, hr 
 Sir, hvfG.no propfrty, ypur annual kicoine is aaic! 
 annu;|J,do|wuon wUich may Ge withdrawn or withhekf, \ 
 and \«|]|£ftcv< ypur wretched affociateS may aficrtiil 
 to th|5 cpotrapy, the peohi^e of EnglIanu will 
 never, fuhtpit to recomppnic thpfe wjip pjure and . 
 jnfult them \ mx A\\u\ ;tvi.4.VMi3 biu .-^Khrn oi 
 
 It AS ^. maxim, Sir, uhiverfally admittfcd, that irnl 
 thepeppl? flapuld h^ve but «« opinion of their So- ion 
 vcreigttj and Uiis maxim holds equally good ivhew^Ib:' 
 applied, ;Q|^tl>e prel'm;Tiptivi? Heir to the Cxowaj^wnrn; 
 It woyjdj^e an idje waft^ of tijiif to explain to :;foiro •; i 
 what.lhai, ,Pf iijion ought to be. Jhofe to whom i f '--^ 
 ■ your iad,MC^;^ipn, has b?eii confided canftoL ppfljWy ; u // 
 have perrpittcjd you tp-adv^ce to matuiity in \3tter 1 
 ignorance of fo important a truth. 
 
 It is img^,ffijl?|e, Sir:,,t|^af you. can be unac- 
 quainted yfi^j^.thp pji^bji^^^ rqlpedting your ., 
 condu^, !. y^,u have, ieari^^J. it in the well foundcd» uf^^',- 
 though int;emper4t« rei'exitment of the people* • 
 whofc honcft indiga^tipn, provoked by your com-;. 
 
 
 »i*wr- 
 
s. taught you 
 joq^-ii to ;"■ . ■'. 
 tcufe. You 
 n that of a 
 property are 
 bankruptcy 
 id the tiatioo 
 srr-btit yow,: 
 iitofxne IS an, 
 lorwkhheWii 
 t may aficrti;'! 
 rciL-ANu will 
 jrtjure and . ; 
 
 nitttd, that 
 of their So- : > 
 rgoodivheiiRfb:' 
 
 e CT0wai4-wnrn; 
 
 plain tort<*^i ^'^' 
 fe to whom ' 
 lot pofljWy.h ' 
 
 uity in \3tt(!r -''. 
 
 be unac- i 
 ;6tjng youpHjci-!s| 
 eU foundcd,rf-jif(w 
 che peopleg'J viim 
 your Qomih '.ii8! 
 
 1 
 
 i ^9 ) ' 
 pH^atcci ofiFsncesj hafe* fbreedtheni to yibktfr ch*'^^' 
 limits of rcfpcct ;ind deccney, and hwrl tficir feri'-'^^ 
 rtiWim's^-in your veny fate.— I knriw that yoU h'av6 
 been tou£ihd to dtfpiffc cbepubiic opinion, and-thit"'^ 
 thr u/ipwcni^ng tfndeaVours elf your HttrePande*"*! 
 moni<Ji;iahav;c.lvcn'«c<srted to irtfpire you with ^ 
 conmiv't i'iit :popivlar applauftr. Adopt the idea, 
 and yovii'4'trture iiife'WiU be miferable—^be affui'ed',' ' '' 
 Sir, that popoUrity is the bcft fecurity for d Piirtce.- 
 I pis not -4^ fltTa:»atirrg as you have befell told. 
 Privatii individual* have found it pretaiious be- 
 caufeijf has been gencroufly advanced to them 6h 
 the fcredic of 'pfttfellions which th«y never intended 
 to realift, and they have funk into obfcurity on their 
 Impdfturcs being difcovered. But this is juftice, 
 not ca^rioeki-«-Prof€<rions of patriowf»« arc unne- 
 ccflaijy Kvh«re the power wcifts of carrying them intd 
 immeeH«ce«x<K:ution. Our opiniott of you villi ever 
 be regutated by your conduft. Defer vc well, and you 
 will rtWer hai^e occafion to reproa<ih the multitude 
 with iftcottlfency or want of affedion. Unhappily, 
 Sir, the bias of your educatiori has given way to 
 
 bad example. ' 
 
 To fail into the hands of pimps, gartiblm add 
 profticui»$> i% among the common ai^eldents ^ 
 whtckfeviif young man is expofed on his entering 
 into foctetyi'and may be eafily correfted : but you, 
 Sir, difdaining the progreffive ftages to difhonor, 
 
( 30 ) 
 ihrted from the nurfery "into public life, the very 
 I^ropandhcrooffaaion, and attached yourfeifto 
 men of ruined fortunes, and charafters who, under 
 the fanftion of your countenance, have attempted 
 to annihilate at once the prerogative of the Crown 
 and the rights of their fellow citizens. • 4 i^^'- - "''•'- 
 ' You have, however, had th(! ttwprificationt^ 
 find that the credit of your name- could not avail 
 thetti. They have htcn driven from power v«th 
 every mark of ignominy, and experience muft have 
 convinced >^outhat5t was impolTible tobecon»eaed 
 ,,ith them without partaking of theirinfamp bte^v. 
 Jo war againft experience is to give defeat » 
 the preference to conqucft and to hold honor and 
 happinefs at defiance. Believe me. Sir, the people 
 are not to' be awed, by the fplendor of your rank, 
 into an approbation of your errors, muclvleft vt^ 
 theybedifpofedtofupport them, and yoy ?will do 
 well to remember that it is among the nioft • coni-^ 
 mon maxli^^^f P'-^^ence to avoid thole contefts 
 in Which much may^lie ioft and nothing can be 
 
 ^^tlic 'varrous cxceilcs into -which yo« *»av« 
 piupatd with a" ^r^aipitancy unexampkd in the 
 annals of 'this cotintry, have involved you in pe^ 
 cuniary difficulties, ybiv have no right to call upon 
 the nation to extricate you. " c j 
 
 I am very far from wifhing you to be confined 
 
c life, the very 
 lied yourfelfta' 
 ers who, under 
 lave attempted 
 e of the Crown 
 
 1^ ...tj (i-j't; U i,S\L 
 
 Gould not avail 
 E>m power v^ith 
 iencemufthave 
 tobeconB-cftctti 
 r infamy* Ixuj::^! 
 o give defeat J 
 hold honor and 
 Sir, the people 
 >r of your rank> 
 , much'lefs vHUfi 
 and yoxji will do 
 the nwjft com*'? 
 id thofe conteft« 
 nothing can be 
 
 ."^ ,■<..._, (i I. U . f'.'.J 
 
 vlii^h yott hav» 
 ixannplfed in the 
 (Ivcd you in pe«^ 
 ight to call upon 
 
 ,u to be confined 
 
 ( .3' ) 
 within the fcanty limits of a penurious income; 1 
 would have r: fully <qual to your exalted brth and 
 expcaations, but in fixing your eftablilhment, an, 
 atoention n..a be v^aid to the finances of the nat^ou. 
 The former muft ever depend upon the latte^ 
 and it may perhaps be matter of informat.on to you 
 that every new tax under our enormous load of 
 debt is an advance towards. a revolution. ^r^H^ 
 'v.^hi8 is a ferious and an alarming truth which 
 fhoukl awaken you to a fcnfe of ceconomy for the 
 IhkeofyourdHf ai.d family, fhould you have no 
 regard far the al.pire to which you have an here- 
 
 ditarr clfii'^ ', -■ 
 
 I The political relation which you have to the 
 et^nftuution gives the meaneft of yovir fellow ci- 
 tizens an intereft in your condudh 11- ^^^'^-f 
 millions is involved in that of yours, and thedan^er - 
 to be apprehended from your conduft and long- 
 cftabliflied habits is fufficient to alarm even cobfi- 
 cjence itfelf. Unhappily, Sir, the people, anxious 
 to avert the mifchiefs with which they are threat-- 
 cned, have in vain endeavoured to Ihame yo« out 
 of riot and bad company, to recall you lo a fenfe of 
 yourdignity,andtotheconfiderationoftho(etenur^ 
 
 bywhich the imperial diadem of Britain is he|d.^^ 
 
 .-Tou cannot be uninformed that, the violation of 
 
 them coft one Monarch his life, and anotl«r^ hif^ 
 
( 
 
 J- 
 
 ) 
 
 Crown ; but it may not be aaViCs to i cnund you that 
 you are liable to the Tame penalties, 
 i \V»Hen you in^prudently' cmbiirk«rii in the ftrrvicc 
 of oppolkion, it diil Bot occur to you, pcrhapij, 
 that it ought to be an invariable maxim whh every 
 branch of tlie Royal Family to oblervc the ftric^dV 
 Beuii-ality towards the various ta^ionb which arc 
 perpetwally contcwUng for an afccTidancy in the 
 Government ; but fincc your tatal and. difgraccful 
 plliance witli men of the wc^rft and nioft profligate 
 characters in the kingdom, it has been the principal 
 oHee'toftlveLr attention, to iedxice you froin the 
 confideration of a truth no IA'h obvious than im- 
 poreant, by plunging you into all the cxceiies of 
 frxpenfive, riot and diflfiparion as if it ha'd been their 
 fiKt determination that your ruin Ihould precede 
 that of the empire. 
 
 tM¥our intimacies, no lefs mean th.m dillionur- 
 •bk^vith fuch men, have not only excited an alarm 
 •mong all ranks of people at home, b\it become 
 the table talk at every tavern and coffcc-houfe on 
 the continent, where you u^: more cenlijred lof 
 yeur want of pride than for your want of prudence^ 
 and while foreigners behold with fcorn andaftonifnf 
 ,ment the heir of Britain degrading himfelf bdow 
 evcivtlie meanneft of his wotthlefs companions, your 
 feMow citizens lament, with the moft affedionat; 
 
'mmmmmmm 
 
 wmmmmt 
 
 cniind you that 
 
 d in the (irrvicc* 
 1 you, perhaps, 
 axiai whh every 
 irve the ftri(StciV 
 tioiib which are 
 :cT\(iancy in the 
 and. dH'graceful 
 
 nioft profligate 
 !cu the principal 
 hy©u fi'CMn the 
 -vious than Inv- 
 1 the' cxcelies of 
 it ha'd been their 
 
 ihould precede 
 
 th.m diflionor- 
 excited in alarm 
 ne, bxit become 
 
 coffcc-houfe OQ 
 ore cenlured foj- 
 lant of prudence; 
 :orn and aftoniflir 
 ig himfelf below 
 :onipanions, your 
 moft affedJonat? 
 
 (33 ). 
 
 concern, your obftinate attachn^cnt to men wh« 
 have neither talents, integrity, nor manners. 
 
 A /nomcntary reflection would be fufficient to 
 awaken you to a fenfe of your fituation, but your 
 aflbciatej, aware ot the danger of leaving you to 
 yourfclf, here artfully contrived to keep you in the 
 word of diffipatlons, lell a lucid interval Ihould 
 rcftorc you from the deliriunn of pleafurc to the 
 ^^^rcife of your underftanding. 
 , They arc confcious thai they muft fini(h when- 
 ever you have the virtue to refume yourfelf, and 
 ihey do well to keep you in profound ignorance of 
 the dangers, which fur round you. 
 
 In the black catalogue of their aggravated guilt, 
 the infamy of playing off the fon againft the father is 
 npt the leaft criminal and ingenious— it is perfeAly 
 copfiftent with their principles, and favorable to their 
 defigns to render the former a dupe totheir artifices 
 and the latter a cypher in his dominions j but as 
 millions arc involved in your fate, it is impoflible 
 but the clamours of the multitude will fc^cc their 
 way through the fturdy . and beggarly phalanx 
 witK which you have guarded Carleton Houfc, and 
 cpunfel yoy to iicknowiedge a truth which filial 
 duty... iB4epcndcnt of every political obligation, 
 ought to have fuggelled to you. 
 
 RecoUed, Sir, the hiftory of the two men who 
 would arrogate to themfelves the firft offices of the 
 ftate, and tremble for theconfequencesof your cx- 
 
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 ( 3+ ) 
 
 traordinary partiality. Recollect that one of them, 
 in time of profound peace, excited a civil war in 
 the diftant provinces, by reviving a claim wiiich 
 had been abandoned as imprafticable 8 years before. 
 The colonifts, ftanding on the adamantine pillars 
 ■of the Conftitution, aflcrted that taxation and rc- 
 prefentation were infeparable. A negative was 
 founded from the fliores of America as from the 
 voice of Jove, nor has the thunder of the Britifli 
 arms been' able to cancel the irrevocable fiat of 
 truth and juftice. Fleets and armies wer? tran- 
 fported, at an enormous expencc, to recover by 
 violence what had been loft by folly; but as the 
 waV was as ill condudled as it was wantonly begun, 
 the events of the conteft were the abfolute lofs of 
 America, a ruinous war with three great maritime 
 powers of Europe, a diminition of commerce, 
 rievenue and dominion, and "an increafe of taxes 
 which puzalcs the ingenuity of finance to raife ever 
 fufficicnt to pay the intereft of the money voted for 
 thefbppoft of Government. ' ^ :1 
 
 Is tt- to this wretched politician who has dcf- 
 privcd his country of an extent of territory equal 
 to half of Europe, that you wilh to give your 
 confidence ? Is this blufterer in politics, whofc 
 capacity and views extended no farther than the 
 managcn^ent of his mercenaries, and who vainly 
 thought that if he could triumph in Parliament 
 h« could triumph every where clfe— Is this great 
 
at one of them, 
 a civil war in 
 a claim whiich 
 ; 8 years before, 
 imantine pillars 
 xation and re- 
 negative was 
 a as from the 
 of the Bricifli 
 /ocable fiat of 
 nies wer? tran^ 
 to recover by 
 yj but as the 
 lantonly begun, 
 ibfolute lofs of 
 great maritime 
 of commerce, 
 icreafe of taxes 
 ice to raife ever 
 cioney voted for 
 
 n who has dct;f 
 territory equal 
 
 to give your 
 politics, whofc 
 arther than the 
 ind who vainly 
 
 in Parliament 
 —Is this gr.eac,: 
 
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 luminary whom we now fee fallen fron^i his fpherc, 
 and moving as one of the fatcllitcs in the circle 
 of an inferior planet, that one performed a fubor- 
 dinate courfe round his bright orb, to be again 
 called forth into public life, tl^at he ngaj^ coiijpi^M 
 the ruin which he began? . ^ , . . , 
 
 ''Is it this great miniller, degraded into a mean 
 and fcrvile depcndance oh the very man whv me- 
 liifccd him with the block in the zenith of his powcr> 
 for the complicated crimes of venality, treachery, 
 and corruption that is to work ourljpplitical falya^r 
 ti6n ?— Shame upon fuch folly ! ^ t!>«3l'H ' 
 
 Is it to fuch a man. Sir, that you are fo anxioua 
 t6 confide the fafety of the nation J Impoflibic I 
 Were you to pronounce it in my prefence, I {houl4 
 queftion the fidelity of my ears. Is it, from a June-* 
 tion fo unnatutal that the mod valuable appendage 
 of the Britilh Empire is to beprefervcd from fol- 
 lowing the ruinous example of America? or caa,. 
 you ferioufly believe that apyebald mipiftry, comnt 
 pofed of odds and ends and men of draw, canpcif^ 
 fibly reftore this country to her former fplendori- 
 You may reckon to eternity, Sir, but all the cy- 
 phers in the univerfe will never make an unit. .;», i 
 
 America torn from us by the very root i Ireland 
 on the eve of revolt, and Scotland beating the 
 loud drum of difcontent to the barren Orkneys, 
 exhibit a very gloomy and humiliating profped ; 
 whi]'^ a faclion in the center of the kingdom, undtr 
 
I( I > 
 
 ( 36 ) 
 
 the flipftion of your authority, is indefatigably em- 
 ployed in brining their Sovereign and the mcafurei 
 of his Government into difrcpute ? Are you to be 
 informed, at this period, that your very exiftencc 
 dc|»cndi upon that of the Empire ? Our acres 
 will remain to us through every change that can 
 poflibly happen j we have only to transfer our 
 allegiance J but a revolution configns you to beggary 
 and exile. In fuch a moment of calamity, you 
 will nm only find yourfelf without property, but 
 without friends j and the vermin who, at prefent, 
 bafk in the fun-fhine of your favor, will be the 
 firft to abandon you to the rigor of your fate. 
 
 Xet us, however, hope that an event fo melan- 
 choly to the kingdom and ruinous to yourfelf, will 
 be prevented by a timely attention to the obliga- 
 tions which you owe to your country and your 
 
 family. ' . 
 
 Confidcr what you have at (lake, and banifh 
 from your confidence and focicty a fet of men whofc 
 pernicious councils and profligate manners have 
 done equal injury to the power and the morals of 
 the nation. 
 
 NEPTUNE, 
 
 Finist 
 
"atigably em- 
 th« meafui-ef 
 ire you to be 
 cry exiftcncc 
 ? Our acres 
 ingc that can 
 transfer our 
 ou to beggary 
 :alamity, you 
 property, but 
 10, at prefent, 
 ir, will be the 
 rour fate, 
 rent fo melan- 
 ) yourfelf, will 
 to the obliga- 
 ntry and your 
 
 :e, and banilh 
 
 tofmcnwhofe 
 
 manners have 
 
 I the morals of 
 
 lEPTUNE. 
 
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