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^HE Propriety of this Addreft
will, I prcfume, be generally
acknowledged, when I declare
myfelf a foldier, and that our
prefent military Eflablifhment is the fub-
jedl of my Letter. The repeated AiTu-*
ranees of yoar AfFcdtion for the Army ii^
general, your Zeal for the Interefts of the
Officers, your Promifes of being an Advo^
cate in their Caufe^ whenever a Peace
ihould render any Redudlion neceflary j
your favourable Opinion of our Loyalty
to the Crown, and our Reverence for the
^' "; A 2 Conftitution.

( 4 )

Conftltution, made us rejoice in the Power
tl^at you a^liHued in the Execution of your
Office : A Power, unknown to any for-
mer Secretary at War. We looked upon

Mr. T d as the J&oldier's Friend, his

Patron, his Prote<5lor. We were alTured

h% would employ his Abilities in covering

us from any unneceflary Severities, and

liis Eloquence in reprefcnting our Services

'i in the in€>ft favourable Ligiit lo our •Sove-

\ icign and our Country. If he fome-

• times, perh^s indeed tqo ofjten, feem^d

to overiook^ fh6 Merit of Seniority and

Service, or gave Rank and Preferment to

younger Officers, who are to deferve them

hereafter, yet a partial Error was forgiven

fot . Kis Regard tp the wbpfc : Tha prixat^

Vfce-Wii^ lipjft in the publick Virtue. *"'

...,^uT'in wihat manner, ' Sir^ (hall w«
aipf p,u»j: ' tpr y pui .prefeot tOt^l Chaiige.
gf Cbara(3icf^ r-^^^er indeed a dircjft Co«rjf
t^^didiop tQ.a)i youT former Sentiments
and Condudt ? By what new Arguments
i^ the Rj^aibniflg of Years in a few (hort
Days confuted? Is it frqm the Variety
gf Gepiu% the JFlexibility of Spirit, or the
ijuttuxal IJnceriainty of ajl human Under-
fl^pdiug, ih^i v\'e thus ftart. from one ^x-.
tK^ijjtQv jjljepther ? Qr^ inftead of thefe

fubtile

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ftibtile »nd luctapbyfical Refinements,
does it not merely and fimply proceed
from firft admiring our own Parts, and
then raifirg the admiration of others, by
fliewing the facility with which we can
difpute and argue, and only not convince,
on both Sides of a queftion ? However,

certain it js, that another Mr. T d

now appears upon the Scene. It is con-
fefTed, he ilill pron^sfes to fupport Admi-
niftration in the full Vigour and Extent of
its Meafures. He iliil fwears by the Re-
volution and the Hanover Succeflion. He
is ftill a ^big in Blood and in Sentiment,
His uincefiors were IVbigs* But, behold !
a weak and wilful Oppofition is formed.
He gives it all private jblncouragement, yet
treats it in publick with the Contempt it
deferves. Some honeft well-meaning
Country--gcntlemen are alarmed at the .
dreadful Name of a (landing Army. They
bad formerly been diftinguiflied by the

Name of Ivories, Mr. T dy however,

defcends from his hereditary dignity of
Whigjrifm, enters into their Councils, pro-
fcffes his Apprehenfions of evil Defigns in
the Miniftry, and his Terrors of adding to
the Power of the Crown. He promifcs
his Afliftance in Parliiment ; bqt when
he finds a certain Right Honourable Per-

fon.

( 6 )

fbn, hardly to be fufpedlcd of being par-
tial to Adminiflration, not only fupporting
their Plan, but wifhing it had been enlar-
ged, he prudently declines entering into
the Contefl, gets a convenient Fit of the
Cholick, and retires. >ii

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** But what a lamentable Figure have our
Minifters made through this whole Tran-
fadion ? Is this the Manner in which they
propofe to maintain the Reputation, the
Dignity, the Power, of their Adminiflra-
tion ? They have fuffered their Deciiions

to be canvaffed at Sir F j D ^s,

and even to be made the Subjedt of poli-
tical AUercation at a Tavern. They have
raifed a Party fr6m Infignificance and Ob-
fcurity, to controul their Meafures, and
difpute their Diredtions. A Citizen and
Broker harangues againft (landing Armies,
in the neither Profe nor Poetry of his
own Heroicks. He ftands in the Pafs of
L berty, like another Leonidas at the Pafs
oiTbermopyla, Yes, Sir, 1 fay, another
Leonidas ; and I am authorized in making
the Comparifon. Mr. P — / has been
compared, by a Right Reverend Divine,
to Scipio Africanust for carrying the Parifli
of Hayes to 'Church ; and a late Vinegar-
Merchant is another HanJiibal^ in his Paf-

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. ; ( 7 )

fage over the Alpes. Thus fpeaks his
Epitaph in St, Pauh Church-yard, Hie
jacet tile alter Annihaly qur, per montes et
a/per a vita^ a ce to fibi viam patefecit.

But what could our Minifters propofe
to themfelves by fubmitting the Determi-
nation of this important Meafure to the
Vivacity of Mr. T— •</, or to the graver
Weight of Reafoning among the fortes ?
They had given Mr. T — —d a very valu-
able Employment. Did they imagine they
could fix his very volatile Spirit of Politicks
by Obligations ? Great Spirits fcorn to be
obliged, and Gratitude is a mean Acknovfr-
ledgment of another's Superiority. But
then the Tories : — They reafon upon
Principles, unvaried by Circumftances, and
upon Maxims, that once were true. ** A
** {landing Army would have been dan-
*• gerous to Liberty fome fifty Years ago ;
** therefore it is now, and mufl be for
** ever dangerous. Ambitious, weak, or
" wicked Princes, have endeavoured to
** maintain a (landing Army, with appa-
** rent Views of enflaving or oppreffing
" their Subjeds 5 therefore a Prince, nei^
" ther ambitious, weak, nor wicked, (hall
*' not maintain a Force fufficient to proted
[[ his Dominions and his People from x

fpreigo

. ( 8 )

" foreign Enemy.*' Did oar Minidcr^
{)ropofe te reafon with fuch Reaibners ?
What violent Paflion muA that Man have
for Difputation, who would argue with
Mr. B (i's Undcrftanding ?

« But our Mini dry might imaglnci it
** would give a Proof of their Integrity
<< and Moderation, thus to fuhinit their
** Meafurcs to every kind of infpcdion."
They (hould rather be afTured, that fuch
Condeicenfions have an air of Timidity,
which may make the moH: infignificant
Party contiderable $ give them an high
idea of their own importance, and dis-
courage the Vanity, Caprice or Artifice*
of their Leaders. The Maxim in ^aci--
tus will, in a certain Degree, be true
with regard to all Adminiflrations, as
well as that of Tiiren'us, that their Mea-
furcs can never be fupported, if they arc
fubjedted to the Opinions of Multitudes ;
niji ratio uni reddatur.

Having, I hope, fufficiently proved
that Impartiality of Spirit, with whicb
I have turned Author ; having fhewn?
myfelf neither too much a Friend to Ad^
miniftration, which I do not abfolutely
revere, nor vet too nuich an Enemy to th©

Oppofition,

( 9 ) •

Oppofition, which indeed I do not totally
defpife, I (liall now beg leave, Sir, un-
der the Sandlion of your great Name, to
give the military Eftabliftiment, nro|.\ifed
by Minif try, to the Publick. I Hiall then
repeat tb.e Arguments ufcd in Favour of
the Mcafure, and the Objedl-ions ai-ainft
it, with equal Candour ; with Succif.dt-
ncfs a'i)d Simplicity, for I frojcjs not talk-
ing, t < / <

Iw the pbn propofcd by Adminiftration
for the military Eiiabliflimenr in Great
Britain^ there was a Dccrcafc of 1321
Men, compared with the Reduction afier
the Peace of Aix la- Chape lie ^ and cohfe-
quently a faving, in proportion, upon the
EQimate for majntfiiniig thtm. This
faving is not in itfc;lf very confiderable,
but it (hews fome Attention to that Oe-
conomy fo abfolu ely necefi'iry in cur prc-
fent Circumftances. But fuppofing a mi-
litary Power dangerous to civil I iberty,
.yet certainly the Plan, that Icdens the
Number ot Forces in this Kingdom, even
4hQugh it increafes them in fome other
Part of our Doniinions, mu(t Si.quit our
iAdminiftration of any criminal dcfrgns of
enlarging thie Povrer of the Crown. Great
Britain is> and, I truft, wrll ever be out
.uv-^vVij*A -D beat

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•^eat of Enipire. Here therefore an am-
bitious Monarch, if indeed a Monarch's
ambition can ever confift in en^daving his
Subjeds, will endcavov r to form an Inte-
reil, and eredt an influence eithi^r dange-
rous, or dcftrudlive to Liberty. Ireland
has given Proofs of her being as jealous
of her Freedom as England^ and a;S apt to
rcfent any fecming Act of arbitrary Power
in the Crown, under whatever Title or
Appearance of Prerogative; yet the gentle-
men of Ireland are willing to receive a*, ve-
ry confiderable Addition to their military
£Aabli(hment. Our Colonies are at too
great a Diftance for the Soldiers or Offi-
cers to feel any undue Influence either of
minifterial or fovereign Authority. Wife-
ly, therefore, either to prevent a real Dan-
ger, or obviate the Sufpicion of Danger,
to our Liberties, has the Mafs of our mi-
litary Strength been transferred to Ireland
and America,

It is not, however, without a juft In-
dignation, that I think my felf obliged to
repeat thefc abfurd Sufpicions ; thefe fenfe-
lefs Infinuations. Yet if I could believe
they were generally received, I fhould be
more afhamed of the Ingratitude of my
Countrymen, than angry at their Injuflice.

However,

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However, it would not be wholly incon-
fiftent with the Spirii*. of Gentlemen of the
Army, who have the; honour of fitting in
the Houfe of Commons, to vindicate the
Charadler of their Brother- officers, as well
as their own, from the' Malignity of fuch
Sufpicions. 1 do not mean, that they are \
worth relenting, but perhaps they (hould
not be wholly unnoticed.

But, we are told, that the Liberty
of Rome was deftroyed by a diflblute, li-
centious Soldiery ; or, according to mo-
dern Language, a landing Army. No ;
and beware, O Britain ! by a venal and
corrupted Senate were the Liberties of
Rome deftroyeH. Long before the Ty-
ranny of Cafar did Jugurtha exclaim,
O urbem venalem & cito perituram, fi
emptorem invenerit ! Though private Per*
Tons might dill maintain fome feeble Sen<^
timents of Honour and Probity, all pu*
blic Virtue, and efpecially that peculiar
Roman Virtue, Pairiotifm, was totally loft.
Intrigue and Padlion dictated the Decrees
of the Senate : all popular Elcdlions were
carried by Bribery and Corraption ; all
Offices were openly bought and fold ; the
Provinces were given as Plunder to repair
the broken Fortunes of an extravaeant

B 2 Nobility,

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Nobility, and Luxury avenged the World,
that Ambition had c<3nqucred. . '^^

But Oliver Crorr.j^el, fo fays that cu-
rious Colk<5tor of hiflorical Fads, Mr
B d, enllaved t'nii Country by a {land-
ing Army. No ;, by Parliaments alone
can the Liberty of this Nation either be
oppre'^ed or enflrfveJ. The fclf denying
. Ordinance of th*.,* Parliament alone placed
Cromnel at the Head of the Army, and
could alone have given him that Power,
upon which he founded his Ufurpation.
Yet indeed al'i Liberty, all conftitutionai
Liberty, was deftroyed before he was pla-
ced thus uncontrolable at the Head of the
Army. But a thoufand Circumftances
befides CromiveN own extraordinary Cha-
radler, that concurred in producing this
wonderful Event, muft render our Ap-
prehenfions of ever feeing fuch another,
perftdly ridiculous. .^

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Yet is this the Crifis chofen for fu-
fpedifjg either our Loyalty, or Love for
pur Countiy ? Boafting, I confefs, is not
among the Virtues of a foldier's Cha-
raderj yet in the very Mocjefty of Fads
we may venture to afferf, that we have
carried tlie military Glory of this Natiop

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to an Height (he never knew before.
We fupporie4 the Fatigues and Dangers
^f War, and purchafed, with our blood,
an l^pnourable, advantageous Peace. Wc
are now to be reduced, becaufe we are
no longer neceflary to fupport the Great-
npCs we have raifed. Be it fo. If the
Poverty of the State requires this little
Saving, this frugal Difference between the
half and vv'hole Pay of a few Officers,
we fubmit to our Fate without murmur-
ing. We will not repent us of the Blood
we have (hed. F.^tigue and Danger are
the Honours, as well as Duties of our
Piofeffion. BiU let us not be flandered

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with Difaffedlion to our Country. Let
us not unjuflly, I had almoft faid, un-
gratefully, be charged with Crimes we
abhor. Wc have fought in every Climate
of the World, with 9i Spirit, that diftin-
guifhcd us from the Wretches, who fight
for a Mafter. We conquered in the Spi-
rit of Liberty, ai d are we now fufpeded of
fubmitting to an ab'ed:, voluntary Sla-
very; of being ourfelves the Inftruments
of Tyranny and Oppcffion? But what
are they, who at once infult their So-
vereign and the Gentlemen of the Army
with fuch Sufpicions ? An Orator of
Monofyllables and Adverbs, with his this,
that, here, there thing Defcriptions. Then,

that

( H )

that other convulfcd Prolocutor, who
mouths the patriotic Heroics of his
Leonidas againft a (landing Army. The
Tories too have joined in thefe Clamours
of Oratory and Patriotifm. They had
been ufed to make Speeches againfl (land-
ing Armies, and in the Wifdom of their
Integrity they dill make Speeches againft
Aanding Armies. Let us, be(ides, acknow-
ledge their pious Firmncfs in the Principles
of their Forefathers, for they too hated
(landing Armies. They had long frightened
themf Ives with iome (Grange AfTociation
of Ideas between the Words Soldiers and
Slavery^ as Children are terrified with
f hofe of Darknefs and Spirits. They could
not itrimedictely get the better of habitual
Prejudices. Befide?, they would willing-
ly go down to their Conftituents, as
Country-gentlemen, determined to cor-
re5l the ErrotirSy and ^ppofe the ExceJJ'es of
Admim/iration, Such Keafons may per-
haps juilify thefe Gentlemen, but furely
will do very little Honour to the Wifdom
of the Minifters, who have rendered an
infignificant Party, capable of oppqfing
and controling their Meafures.

I BELIEVE, Sir, it would give my Rea-?
ders a very favourable Opinion of my (in-

cerity,

• ( '5 )

ccrity, whatever they might entertain of
my Prudence, if I (hould afTure them, as
indeed I may with great Truth, that I here
propofed to give them your very animated
Declamation at Sir F > • s JD— < — ^'s, in

Aid of Mr.B ^'s Oratory. Mr. G— r*s

Patriotifm, and the ohftinate Integrity of
the Tories. But impoflible ! Impoflible to
give them even any Idea of the varied
Tones of Elocution, fuch as yours ; or
that agitated Adtion, by which you talk,
from Head to Foot. Then the Argu-
ments of reafoning are fo very different

from thofe of declaiming. However,

I can affure them, That you treated the
Army, the Minifters, and the Crown,
with equal patriotic Diffidence and Sufpi-
cion. You urged the Necefllty of pre-
ferving the Independence of Parliament,
if we mean to preferve our Liberties j but
impoflible to preferve the Independence of
Parliament, if we allow the Crown a
Power of granting fuch numberlefs Com-
miffions. The argumentative therefore
followed in very fillogiftical Conclu lion ;
Wejhould not allow the Crown, &c. You
clofcd the Debate with a lingular Proof
of your own Self-con vidion. Yoa were
not afraid to talk of dying. You promi-

fed

( i* )

fed to maintain your pfefent Sentiments to
the Hour of your Death.

I SHALL not prefume, Sir, to queftion
the Force of this Reafoiiing ; yet I could
wifh to be informed, whether the Inde-
pendence of Parliament be not in equal
Danger, and the Influence of the Crown
equally extended by the prefent. Scheme,
as that propofed by the Miniftry, Fathers,
Uncles, Brothers in Parliament, will fol-
licit for putting their Relations on full
Pay," whenever there is a Vacancy. Thcfe
follicitations will probably be more earneft,
the Obligation in granting the Favour
more binding, and the Officer, who re^
ceives it, may be tempted to be more grate-
ful. But here let us return from the Con-
fideration of partial Opinions, and examine
the Meafure before us in its own proper
Merit.

It was propofed by Adminiftration, to
maintain eighty-fix Regiments on the Mi*
litary £ftabli(hment. The Number in-
tended for Great Britain was confiderably
lefs, than that after the Peace of Aix-la-
Cbapelle, The Remaiader were to conti-
nue in* and to be paid by, Ireland and
America. The firft of thcfe Countries
4 had

' ( 17 )

had maintained 12,000 Men fince the
Year 1749, and it was prefumed that,
cither in Gratitude for the Protedtion,
which (he has hitherto received from
Great Britain^ or in her Wifdom of de-
ferving it hereafter, (he would chcarfully
confent to an Augmentation. The Num-
ber propofed was either three or fix Thou-^
fand. Her Abilities to fupport fuch an
Augmentation could not be doubted ; her
Inclinations were prefumed. She had
grown opulent during even that "War, by
which this Country was almoft impove-
rifhed. She had extended her Trade,
without any Addition to her Taxes. One
particular Reafon made it her Intereft to
receive an additional Number of Troops,
provided (he was only obliged to pay them
while they continued in the Country. It
would prevent the Surplufes of her Reve-
nues from being drawn out of her Trea-
fury for foreign Purpofes, or idly fquan-
dered away at Home, in infamous Jobs,
or vilionary Projedls of Navigation and
Canals. The Proteftant Gentlemen of
Ireland are, in general, willing to receive,
. and have often foUicited the Government
to build Barracks on their Eftates. They
conlider the Soldiers as a Protedtion againfl
the too formidable Numbers of the Rpman

C Catholicks,

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Catholicks, The Money they fpcnd i(
very fcnfibly feltj they are greatly iifciiil
in the (hort Harvefts of an uncertain Cli-
mate j and their Living almoft wholly
I'eparated from the Natives in general,
prevents all Apprehenfions of military
Oppreffions ; all Caufe of Altercation or
Quarrels. Such Ideas uo the Gentlemen
of Ireland entertain of a (landing Army,

The prefent Extent of our Conquefls
in America ce; t-iinly requires a proporti-
onal Addition of Forces, for their Secu**
rity and Defence, But there are other
Confiderations to evince the Necellity of
maintaining fuch a Force. Our new Sub-
je<fls (about an Hundred Thoufand Per-
fons) are all Roman Catholicks, enthufi-
aftick, bigotted, and fuperftitious, in Pro-
portion to their Ignorance ; confequently,
well-fitted for Martyrs in any religious
Entcrprize. Their Priefts have not only
corrupted the native hone ft: Simplicity of
the Indians^ but added the Horrors of
Trench Chriftianity to the natural Barba-
rifm of Savages. Our own Colonies are
jealous of their Mother-Country, and en-?
▼ious of each other's Profperity. Ja the
Province of Penjyhania, a very confide-
yable P^rt of the Inhabitants are Germans^

whplly

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wholly unacquainted with the Laws and
Manners, and Language of this Country.
In the Time of their late Diftrcfs, they
were moft obftinate in refufing to comply
with the Meafures of Government, in
raifing either Men or Supplies, even for
their own Security. It will be necefTary,
befides, to eftabllHi feme nevv Syflems
of Police in all our different Colonies, that
all may concur in bearing a Proportion of
the general Expence of Government ; and
particularly, that they may be compelled
next Tear y however reluctantly, to main-
tain the Troops that are necefTary for their
Defence. For thefe Purpofes, a very re-
fpedlable Force is abfolutely necefTary}
and, for thefe Purpofes, our Miniflers
have made a confiderable Augmentation
to our Forces in that Part of the World.

Yet, even there, the Spirit of Reduc-
tion and Oeconomy (our Miniflry mufl
forgive me) has been carried to a mofl
blameable Excefs. The four independent
Companies, raifed by King William^ are
reduced. Might they not have been in-
corporated, at leafl ; for they have ferved
the whole war, and were given as Rewards
to Officers of Merit ?

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A CERTAIN Right Honourable Perfon
hath affcrted, that our prefent Peace is
only an armed Truce. Perhaps, this Ex-
preflion is rather o.utorically, than ilridtly
juft. We (hall, however, conceive a far
more favourable Idea of the Advantages
gained by this Peace, than fome People
r.e willing to allow, if we fuppofe, that
the French and Spaniards will take the
firfl Opportunity to break it. Be it there-
fore our Wifdom, fince it is our Intereft,
to preferve thefe Advantages -, nor can we
preserve them without maintaining a mili-
tary Force, fufficient to deter our Ene-
mies from attempting to wreft them from
us, or to fruftrate their Attempts. To
talk of the Expence of a Meafure neceflary
to our Safety, is, very wifely y to prefer the
Interefl: of a Part to the Welfare of the
whole. Thus, in another Inftance of our
Wifdom, we put the imaginary Terroiirs
of a Aanding Army in Balance with the
unqueflionabte Deiigns of an enraged and
defpcrate Enemy.

Let us, with Candour, acknowledge,
that the general Inclination of our Mini-
ftry to Frugality has been moft laudable.
Never did Nation want it more, for never
were fuch wafteful Squanderers as our
6 late.

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late Minifters. But there is an Oeconomy«
that, by preventing the Execution of fomc
important, falutary Meafure, becomes mod
ignominious, as well as ruinous to a State.
Such is the paultry Difference of Expence
between the half and whole Pay of an
incondderable Number of Officers. Be*
fides, by the prefcnt Redudion, all thefe
Half-pay Officers are to be maintained by
Great Britain alone. If they had been
continued in full Pay, they would have
received it from Ireland and America,

Upon the whole, the original Plan^
propofed by Adminiftration, was barely
fufficient to perform the Services, which
the great Extent of our Conquers ha4
rendered necclTary, By this Plan, a Foun-
dation was laid for maintaining fuch a
military Force, as might keep the Nation
in a refpe^lable State of Defence. Even
the Expence of this moft neceflary Mea-
fure was attentively and frugally conH-
dered. It was propofed to reduce the pri-
vate Men, and keep up a greater Number
of Regiments and Officers. It had then
only been neceflary, upon any Emergen-
cy, to recruit the private Men, which
might be done in a. much fhortcr Time,
and with far Icfs '^xpence, than that of

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raifing new Corps. In Point of DiTcip*
line, the Men, (o blended into the old
Regiments, would have certainly learned
their Exercife fooner and better, than if
they were commanded by unexperienced
Ofhcers, and all placed togcthe'* in new-
raifed Corps.

This wife, important, falutary Mea>*
fure was loftby the Puiillanimity of Ad-
miniftration. They meanly fubmitted
it to the Declamations of Mr. T *d,

the Talking of Mr. B </, and the

diftorted Oratory of Mr.G r. ThcT(7-

ries too, all honour to their underdanding I
perfifted in adhering to their former decla-
rations againft (landing Armies, without
regard to the prefent Circumftances of the
Nation. May they never have Reafon
to lament this Perverfenefs of Integrity ;
this obflinate, undiftinguifhing Adherence
to Principles. May the Minitlry never
have Caufe to repent them of having gi-
ven up a falutary, wife, well-planned
Meafure to the Decifion of Talkers } and*
may you. Sir, continue to (hine and Aiew
your Parts on either Side of every De-
bate, without endangering the Safety, Ho- j
nour and Liberty of your Country. .

X am Sir, (^f.

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CInce I wrote my Letter I am inform-
'^ cd, that Seventy is the Sum total of all
the Regiments kept in up all parts of his
M— y*s Dominions. Unfortunately for
me, I am in one of the fixteen, which you.
Sir, have been the means of breaking.
To you, therefore, and almoft to you
alone, to you, their Patron, their Advo-
cate, their Protestor, are the Officers of
fixteen Corps indebted for their prefent
Piftrefs, and future Mifery. They are to
fupport their Poverty with Dignity. They
are to flarve like Gentlemen. If I may
judge by my own Feelings of the Scnii-
bility of others, by their own Expreffion
of what they feel, you, Sir, have much
to fear from their Reefentmcpt, at Icaft
from their Defpair.

But whatever you may poffibly fufFey
from either, will be richly overpaid by
your refledting on the Artifices, the In-
trigue, the Eloquence, the Abilities you
have exerted upon this Occaiion. You
will rcjoi^re, ng doubt of Up in the Con-

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