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Extras from a pamphlet lately pubts J sed > mthsuga, Coflhderari
* ‘ ons on the present dangerous Crisis.
TT7 FT H whatever specious pretences the art of pa rts may
# W veil its ambitious defcgns, experience abundantly
evinces, that intereji and refimfmnt are the ruling motives
which equate the competitors. - As patties therefore, they
Would not be worth a moment's attention* did they not ob-*
ftru& and injure publick welfare* by their mutwft druggies
to mount the airy piiiacle of promotion.
At the close of a glorious and fuccefeful war,- who did not
hope that the government would be ft unions to cultivate the
bleJ&Bgs of peace/, But Jfow greatly are we fallen from our
expectations t The hours of peace have been Ihamefully
mis-spent in the mere routine of business, the bustle of in*
t igue, and the confnfion of party discord.
To whom fluill we impute this scandalous remiffhefs, this
feemihgly wilful inattention f No one is so unjuft* no one is
so ungrateful, as to doubt the patriodck disposition of the
moft truly gracious Prince that ever filled the firitifh throne.
—No candid man neither is ftf ungenerous as to doubt the
dijbofrtion of the late minister to aid the noble and publick
fpinted intentions of his benign inafter.
. To judge impartially between Lord Bute and his oppon
ents, I will recur to the firft dawning of his adminiftnidon.
prom die time that Mr. Pitt thought proper to resign the seals.
Lord Buys was foppofed to hold the firft place in his Ma
jesty's councils. His Lordship, though not unknown to the
polite and learned circle, was an utter stranger in the poli
tical world. The expeditions which, one party formed in
his favour could only be equalled by the prejudices enter
tained by its opposite. ,
- Unhappily, however, for his sovereign, for the nation,
and for ntmielf, he has proved that he has not all the requi
res ndtifiary to stem the tide of opposition. He no fooncr
fteppcd into the cabinet, than he mewed himfelf too secure
hi ho rovpl matter's affe&ions, and too confident in the con
> ficioofneis of his own integrity. He excited envy by his ra
pid and imprudent progrefe to seize the helm of state; and
he provoked /efentmcnt, by treating fome of the foremoft
men in the nation* with ungracious reserve and supercilious
indifference. ; • .
Was it prudent, in the face erf the publick, to make light
Os popularity / Could he foppofe that, !h a free kingdom? <*
a iftimffer could long support himfelf without fome degree of
popular favour ? Could he be ignorant, that an unpopular
minister mnft soon make an unpopular—f Would ft Ml
pain his.houeft £ii*d Cos be the inftrnmene of lcfieniug the’
.pubUck* afte&ion towards the sovereign he served, towards
the peinoe he loyss? *
Os ail the.kidiCtretiotts, however, which are to fee imput
ed to his Lordihip, that of leaguing with a hardy veteran
king hackneyed in the ways of corruption, was the moft fa
tal and the moft inexcufoble. By this imprudent affiliation,
he, in fome measure, put it out of his power to do the good
he meditated. If he had not;intended to remedy the abufts
of former administrations, he.ftiould not have accepted the
hi|b office he filled. As he proposed to redress them, no
thing could be morcprepoiterous than so unite with the very
men who principally contribute 4<o extend that corrupt fyt-
Wepi, which his Lordihip profefied to reform.
But if Lord Bute has been precipitate and indifereet, the
party who have him have been malicious and unjftft.
The ads of his adaniniftration which they have moft loudly
impeached, are the treaty of peace, and the impofitionof ad
ditional duties on cyder, &c.
With regard to the peace, alf intelligent and moderate
men concur m acknowledging that it is the moft honourable
and profitable for this kingdom, and the moft diladvantage
oua and humiliating so our enemies, of any that ever was
concluded between the two nations.
With refpea to the cyder* bill, it must be acknowledged,
that it was precipitate, impolitick, and inadequate to the
fctTices proposed. Several takes might have been ftevifed,
which would have been more efjeflual; scarce any could
hafe been thonghtof which would’have been more unpopular.
* I*t n* now proceed to examine the condu St of the Opto/i
----or junto,eny be called by that mme.
At me head of theie, who is not ferry to fee one, who claims
f? b i tck at tllc fame time that he deserves publick
eeafore -How could bis pride, how could bis boasted vir
tne* ftoopfo low, as to confederate with men whom he de-
or once affesled to despise ?—With men, of whom
:3 * * *
• u 4 Cnryyicuztuy said, that'” God and th; nation worn i
**, ver forgive them /’’—How could he so far de hi
charader, as to fuffer hit nime to be enrolled * l a
of epicures, who have no other merit to display before Xl
pubUck, than that they—bat? F 7 a the
There cannot be a more convincing proof, that the
* fition to the late minister was founded and per ‘
nal vieyys, than its having been opened before he had caktn
a finrie measure to iuftify either censure or approbation
They condemned the P <*:e before they were acquainted
with a angle article of the tr.*aty; and When the articles
were publnhejf, they en favoured to prejudice the inccnfi
derat* against them, by all the artful malice of invidious
mifconftru&ion and .ni'reprefentition. From the fame pr i n
ciple they raised a clamour against the cyder-bill, and by
falfe faggeftions propagated erroneous notions with regard
to the ad, among the people.
This clamour, which lull continues to rage against th*
government, clfearly jndicites the narr .‘w and felfili defio ni
of those who head the party. Lord Bin 3 has yielded to the
prejudices of the pe role against him, arid, by a prudent re*
fig nation, ffias conful>:d the quiet of the kingdom. Thi*
facrifice, however, will not fatisfy the views of his oppon
ents. They seem bent on bppofttion, whoever is in office;
and would perfuhde the publick, that the late minister ftiii
direds the aftairs of state: which they will ever pretend, till
they are in pbwer themselves: and all their specious ha
rangues amount to this: Wenvi'.l never fnfftr thrgovernmetu to
be at rest till <we Can force ourselves into power.
There will be no end to perfonsA opposition, and ftrug
for power, unlefsafirra reiolution is taken, never to admit
any member of a cabal into any department of the admini
stration. We have tried them. We know them. They
have trodden those paths wh : cK they once told us, led to
bankruptcy and bondage. When they find that, by in.fi lin
ing the palfions of the multitude, they cannot force them
(elves into office, thay will cease their florid declamations,
and Seditious writings. By degreos, their opposition, which
is grafted on interest, will be superseded by an oppoficioa
founded on featiment—the only one which can be of fervicc
td the publick. This will produce a noble competition,
who dull beftadvife for the publick welfare.— Ma/nres, not
***** will then be the fubjefts of debate. Opposition will.
Be Confined to its proper office, and to its proper feat.
But, perhaps, tne mcTft elFcffual method of restoring do
meftick peace and tranquillity would be that of difcountc
nanang both parties indifcrimina!cly % ]>ure thq.nation is
hpUyct fuak fadow, but that thware fome ho left, inde
pendent, moderate neuters among us, who never have wal!o
Jwi in the trammels of either party* If, among rhefe, our
gracious sovereign should judge it expedient to feles foms
In whom he could repose a confidence, and whom he could
ehtruft with the firft posts of gover ament/ foch an impartial
choice might probably contribute t i defeat the designs of
jfetrty, and to reconcile the mistaken and prejudice l public c.
3P|e following ODE for His Majesty's Birth-Day, was per
p formed before theiT Majesties and the Royal Family, on
T the 4th of June..
§ /COMMON Births, like common things,
*” \J Pass unheeded, or unknown :
Time but preads, and waves his wings,
_ The Phantom fwelh, the Phantom's gone!
Born for mijlions Monarchs rife
Heirs of infamy, or fame.
* When the virtuous, brave,
Demand our praise, with loud acclaim
We twine the foftivc wreath, the Ihrincs adorn,
‘Tis not our King's alone, *tis Britain’s natal Morn,
• * Bright examples plat’d on high *
ohine with more blav.e;
Thither Nations turn their Eye,
Aad grow Virtuous aa they gaze.
Thoughtless Enie, and sportive Le'fure,
Dwell in Life's con traced Sphere,
’ Publick is the Monarch's plcafurc,
Publick is the Monarch's Care:
If Titus fmiies, th'obfervant World is gay,
If Titifs frowns, or iighs, We sigh and lose a Day!
Around their Couch, ground their Uoard,
• A thoufiind Ears attentive wait,
* A tkoofand busy tongrcs'rocord
The fnulleft whiipers of the Great.