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3**^/3^sßo6C?f^^ GUGH the -facrcd Majcfty of Kings ought fiot in
i, iW t ‘ ‘*ConTWoft'’fcafe*'-to be approached by every Jittle Buty-.
J-j J . body di> fmokms Remonfl ranee-maker j yet wh-n
.•pi ;w our Prince’s palace is on fire, and his facrcd perf.rn
* ‘W ■ in the mid ft of the flames, themcanell of his fubjeds
hath the privilege then to give him-teaming of hts
J d.-toger,- aruUo assist to'quench thofire. This Inm
’5 H , “*-** afraid; Sir, is at present too near out case, or 1 would
not have*afTuml the’BoTdcfcfVto disturb your repose, or have placed my
felf ft)difadvantageobfly bfcfoVe yoar Majcfty, frs'i rfurlt e*pe£'to appear,
tmdershe charafttr ofc a publick Censor of flic rnartUrts .tof yoUf-'Mitiitlci?;
and .a. petty .State Heformer. But it is not I alone thacam thus concerned
and bufy.fof the.publick that the whole nation are at this time mourn
fully’ r J tfle£tutg;Qn !thfe nriferable we aie fallen into from that Jiappy
and glorious prefpettof th,ing> which wc had,iu thq beginning of you.*
Majeily’a_icig.n* ‘ This hath pjjt all mert upon’ enquiry into the causes of
the unhappy change of our affairs; and I find it agreed on all hands th't
the principal bccafioh of oor misfortunes, (or rather’ mifrannagcmcnls) is
frbm the intriifting thofts with the government of all, 1 who arc the irrecon
cilable'enetriifek of the constitution of the kingdom.
‘ And yet there are. Tome about your Majesty who (for base and
<3jdj. f qdeawur*® f yqp.wUMhe dellruftive politicks of courting
afld thff.notorious, cpcipigs of your family, and would perluade
}jwi tba*.jth Jacobites and.Toriea, arc ihcpniv party truly principled for
swarthy-/#nd that on the contrary, your Maje/jy’s belt friends, whom,
they call Whigs", though, fhey seated your family on the throne, arc haters
of ?nd are o/Goigiopu'vaalth principles; or at bell for mak
ing their Kings no more than Dulses of* Venice, anti Kings of Clouts.
Ifow tfcis-ir-a-notton so fal/e.fo fatal to the prosperity of your affairs,
and so daqgerops to tfre very beiirg o'Fyour goverttment, that 1 cannot but
Alihß fnitghfy'neeefllry thatthis tiratter should be fairly Hated and laid
Hefore'VdurMaJefty. ’1 am'ftnfibTfchow unfit t atn for the tafic, arid how
<Jpenllie &j of preAiroprib* In hwcmptlng ts. ! ’Bnt as the Ton of
€yf|is, r ‘'&hft4vas from his-bitthdumb, tWokc silence when he saw Jkis fa
ther In the lands of his minderers, so have l tefolved'to break* through
all imp*dinf?ffb J , : ihd to endeavour to refeue my King opt of She bands of
tWofe Vbrtraf pfl ncipled' ? nie'n, wHo'havc never failed to ruin all those
Rings ‘id* ebuntfj who have'“been guided bv thfcw? nnU who Will as
undoubtedly bring you asfd yoar afcairs into as rrcatdilficulties, if ytfa be
not delivered Tfom thceounfels. * J 1 1 :
‘And, now, Sir, if 1 may pfefjimq so fqr, fvill vour Majcfty be pleated
to honour, profit hatl\ acqrivflj to you, orrthe natiojn,
by vour .follpmu inftruaions of thqfe who.hqve a(l
3 <?4’i:r a k. Sir., cafl uptjie accouot of j-our,
whole reign, .and fee what you fcftvd gained by exchanging Whigs for To-,
ties, and. ypur people for a Favourite. Have npt your affairs gone back
ward hotW at borne apd a]>rfap i ;Have not n.ifmanagemcuts been multi
plipJFKiyjs.the^'not cooled of yppr fnhjeas...-and Idlenpd
tbq doeTW.you from foreign, ftatps ? Do not your
obljrua Hi bufiqcfi. which,ought to be and dilpatch
hufindfs wbich ought tq be obftruacjjf p? taey nqt your fub T
jeaifc by dctftyiqg apd deferring them in their molt just claims and preten
ftons/ whillf they comply with your~enemiea-i thair-moft unreasonable
demands ? Do they not connive art every crime, and countenance every op
preffipir ofcthotpeopld; ftMthfngfrom the.had< of jlH<scthskfe wham
lant h condemned to,death ree> treafijn-jßnd.fo'r mlicder J Would fjot
such Ministers ambfriendiraa- tlulfe be left dangerous to you when profefted
enemieh, r n4y7h r ons in the §js!d, than in your Council, Ca
bincti;>nd% ;hey would., .j ‘
But I know the commcjn-pnfwcrfo all these kind of compiaints.ia, tfraf
it ir more easy to find faults than remedies.- •If you_ please, therefore;
Si?>-\%Wllt cotiTi(!er of remediTj; a£nd I think thetc may bp fome
ouVbolkAfyahdceVtaip,; and they are these: • i ‘‘ ■
Firft,’ Sir, plcafed toreinove from your person, council, coiJulcnce,
at\fl dfStes-df tHII, mfcrt bred up and confirmed in principles deftruftiv^
fo*bur i to your people; ahd-rodifcOuhtJ.
ranee all State-Projcaon and
in the oin pretend disorders to recommend their own medi
cines, a<fto f refcribc, as they term it, effectually. • ’
Throw but/ Sit, thefir Achans-to be ftemed by ;hc w}l r ° Wlll °*
therwife, 1 feir, prevent God’s favour to you jWhoblaftyburfucccfsa
broli, r kWrob* you of iht affe&hiVof yopr fubjeflsat home. thth.tr
a?cffrfe<rTWTlK ttheftffthftt rinfel-
daxzlejhe eyes of Princes and lead-them out of t e rig Vv ’ ‘
*&lbtAv>iS , lt: For ‘uncbntroufable and h tlfc
UghHrid attribute of God *. Ahd (as the Scrrpture tells
Ato another, Hcfifijpr jbojt to ms Cod,, -who art
men, Vour alfo are diipleafed with a defipouek power -for tbe
■kings are bouhd bylaws, by matuar<Jompacffs, *c. f
iliatf Kv .l pV^'lt ncAifftmetrr •*ph believe shomfclves fubjefls to the
cS fijtah(2s?S?Sh*slhe and no, n,, t. -rj-gf*
pirfd ehancewWitS isl c^bwowel^
• AM Mr O** Ctotf-*-
w nst wry corrtfl*
tr E D N_ E S D A Y, ■ plmher: lz , ‘ ~6g.
pur.i(h merit of their oppreflers. Arrl uhmrver they fre rhtir Kings beset
with Ministers of lawless principles (thofi wholesale mereliants of arbiv
trary power) they grow miftruftfuf and uneasy, and are ap: in such cafe*
to Ihut their purse; arid open their months. And give me leave to fav,
Sir, that had not the people been made apprehensive and je.duus by feeing
thofc men in favour, whofc mifehievous methods they were so well ac
quain.cd with, and did so much abhor, had they not seen them without
i shame and without controu! pouring the wealth of the nation into their
own pockets; so far from murmuring, the people would have been well
pleased; it ir.ltc.id of half a million your Ministers hid demanded two:
provided they had conlultcd therein your honour more th in their omi
gain ; and had thereby enabled von todifchars*e, not only your own dcVs
compleatly, your father’s too, which inde-.d by every law of honour,
hoticlly and*juft’te, are vour own, and ought to have taken place oft
augmentation-Cffthc ch.tf jufttcelhtp in eyie, and all the other-numerous
corrupt Sinecures and Pensions. ’ ‘
An Englilli King js the greatest monarch on earthj when he reigns in
the liea/tsof h;s fuhjcAs; and all other methods to power and grcat-‘ts
I have hitherto been.found, and l trull ilill will be found, ineffefluaj Bi
England. I remember l once saw written over a Mercer’s ftiop, ‘ Keep
tiiy shop,. and thy (hop will keep,thee and though it be a homely al*
lufion, it is very apphcable to the present point—’ Keep your laws. Sir*
V and your kiwi will k cp you.’ Support your peopiein their riglits
liberties, and Queen Elizabeth fliall piss her royal word for them ; they
will support yojir just prerogative home, and your honour abroad. Angi
Sir, by the way, da not jut your fiat.terers give you a cheap opinion of q
; power derived.from the people, for it is undoubtedly from their consent
alone, that all power mull come ; and though the free voice of the nj£ja,
rity of the people may not at present be thought futficient to appoint their
: own Reprdentativc, there was a time once wen it was found to be fufficiene
to appoint a King. . Nor let this make you uneasy tnat your title to the
Crown is alone from the fame free chpice of the majority of the people :
Revere that sacred choice, and fjffer not your ministers by corruption ft)
weaken ypur own claim in the person of another; for believe me neith|g
any Princess, or Stuart, nor your ministers, nor al! the
who have spoken, or written, oc doted on this fubjett, will ever be able to
find you out a better.
In the next place, difeimrge all Jacobites and mercenary trimmers from
offices of trust and from confidence, remembering always the answer of our
.warlike and wife Prince King-Henry the Fourth, who, upon a complain!
from his people agaiaft fome of his ministers, replied, “ 1 know no evil
by these meat but if they are thought by my people unfit for my service,
iilhall not thjnk fit to coutinue them in it.” . ..
But, Sir, Purgative, alone will not pcrfefl the cure of your government,
:and restore it .to pijrfcd health ; you mull make use of Alterative, too;
there must be & change of measure, as well as dilcharge of mep : And the
method I would humbly offer is in general this,—that you would-be pleas.
ed to follow this general rule, always to be aware of. such Ministers, and
to avoid .such schemes and counsels .as are similar to those employed and
adopted throughout the reign of every one of the Stuarts, and then you.
can Iparcely err; for .whatever isoppofiteto their principles and pratkices,
is thcKliretl, road to your security and fuepefs. But to be more particular,
—First, make the interest of England your chief design and aim ; and
fincc you are borii and bred amoagft us, and it is to be fnppofed glory in
the name of Englilhman,. become an Englilh Kirsfe England i^
1 a nation jealoys of rivals in her Prince’s favour, and thinks herfclf defer.v*)
ing of his carp and his cardies. ‘ If the people of. England think you have
a favourable opinion of them, they will deserve it; if not, they may per
haps at la ft be driven to deserve your worst opinion too. This huuiuur
of the nation Queen Elizabeth found early, and applied herfelf so hap
pily to it; a! by this Tingle point to mailer all her difficulties (the greatest
it may bethi* averTrince had to flrugglc with); whereas her fucccffiys,
the Stuarts, by.contrary mcafurcs,.brought themfclvcs into very unJor*
tunate
In the oexr place. Sir. k’ me deiire you to avoid concerning yourfetf
in eleflion? of Members of Parliament, of influencing them when
fen. The Parliament a facrcd part of the Engaffi conftuution v
like the Ifraditcs ark of old, is not to be but With
treat thpfe who touch; and therefore, Sir it: will be.y W
frue interest glaive the people free to their cho.cc, and the
disturbed in *heir Teats, and .free, to their opinions when chofrn. Thq
pradice ofcpnupting *nd the placing andpenfioning of Men*
be-s of Parliament, will always disgust the nation ; and they have rgloj
to refentitj-for-this is.indeedlomakca pump of the I r lament, and by
Doutinc in-a pint of. water to a tuft. BeMf*, ortbe
| vote,^a ofTafliamcot .Ml he priced in o{ tru J >
not fit for this is dellroying the gpvfrnoient twp ways at poce; fi
Cfin tkold phrase. U making a Parliament of Clouts. aodOijicp.
of Clout's at the fame llroke. It if true, this is nota
the bulk of the people, who are uevef roused agamil evil
f t t u e : P confcauenccs, confine themselves to murmurs only as .onga .
fJmoJerawn f't” Mi“**r f PP ,iil ” i ,Uc ’" f ' h ’ ,b?
, w* ;i) pr 1. 1 rj(K and ignorant as wicked) IhalJ exext (|Uvl
iblute power which his pred:dTqrs though possessed cf'cautioufly CQOr
cealed ? when, he MI totally annihilate our antient government jjjr
the very /W* of election, and by openly (porting with the fuidl
tenng tne very ‘.wr- . k‘ , u/ :n Kv such a nrocccdtoit awake the pee-*