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Show D. in particular , or to the Conduct of the Allies in general, with Relation to thefe Preliminary Articles; I will lhew you, Firfl:, That if to infift on the pth Article was a Fault, the D. of M. is not to be Mam'd for it: And, Secondly, That to infi!t on thatArtiale was in it felf right, and neceffary· in Order to a good Peace. Fi~ft, I fay, That if to infift on the ;7th Article was a Fault , the D. of M. is not to be b!am'd for it. Firft, bec:mfc if he did inlift, 'cwas what he was oblig'd to; he had no Authority to do otherwife. All the World knows, that both Houfes of Parliament did the Beginning of that Y car ( r709) addrefs the Queen, That no Peace fhould be made with France, witl;wut an entire Reftitution of the Spanijl ~natchy : And Her Majefty was plcas'd to exprefs Her fclf very well plcas'd with their Addrefs, and that lhe was perfectly of the fame Opinion. This Addrefs being thus approv'd, no Mini!tcr had any Power or Authority to conclude a Treaty upon other Terms, without Her Maje!ty's Command ; nor could fuch a Co1i1mand be expected from Her, without Advice of J-ler Council : And I belive a Council will not ea!ily be found, that will advife againft the joint Opinion of both Houfes of Parliament.' If therefore the nth Article was inlifted on, the D. is not to be blam' d; he did but hisDu-' ty, and could not juftify his doing otherwife ; which, if he had, would as certainly have, been made a high Crime and Mifde,neanor, as his no~-P.oing it is now maJe a M:mer of Complaint againft him. Tl)ere is no Roorri ' 1 / ' ·,! for /'-· [ 3• J for any ObJ' e<nOl·!O il I1 ere, unlefs it Co ld b prc;cnded, that this Addrcfs was of hfs e ~unng ; the cbmrarY. to which is as e~i ln~wn, as the Addrefs it fel f. But ti ·o· ,e. p all~, that the .D. of M had 1 ~Is !nakmg thi> Addrefs, 'tis as plain~otl~;;:dh m It was made, he was bound b it . en that rcquir'd the R Jl· • Y • and fince :ll cuuunon of t1 h 1 SpaniJ•! Monarchy, he was oblig'd 1e \~ ~~~ upon )t. So the nth Article tO In~ .. moufly ~dhcr'd to as it is by all th:~. ~~ftant- . and ·rhcJr ~oi ng fo, I' fhall now lh Im ers; was very nght in it fclf and . c;;,v yo!l, Ord~r to ,a.go?<l P~ace. ' neceuary m Firft, . tis nght m it fclf that . . rcafortable not hard or ~ fc 1 ts, Jll~ and man, as thefe Advo~ates I~f o ;,nt, or mhuha\ rc it thought' For I rl • ranee would D·r · W 1at IS the p · · upute, but to reftore to a . . ' omt tn what has been unjuftly k n AnJur d. Perfon, not th~ ~njur'd Part ta en rom him? Has Laws of Jnftice, a fig~r t~h~_F~ndan~emal tl:e ~arty that does the In 'ur t Jsbi· <?r ts not fi•.tunon, where it is dm6l·o~ Jg d t? Reth• s the Cafe of th / ~ e · And ts not defipa j·r of ~ver' .e panijb Monarch)·? I · provmg any Ufi · Juft, i( this is not . bu 'f . b url?anon un-it alte~ t)Ie Cafe b:Xaufi 1 I It e. unJu!l: :1 does has, not , ufu~p'J it fo e 1~:e 'ft?g of Fran~e Grandfon ~ Atll I tl rl r.1111 e , but for his I • 1e CIS obJig'd ll \~ 1at .I . have unjufily {( . 'd b t~ reuore gm;n it co a third•Pe fi eiz ' e~aufe I have my Po':fer ~ Do r on ' provided it be in as weU1 as l;is Gr~~~Fatt!~l~~ D, of. A_njou knovt.. Uf~Jr"ation ~ C · 1 f1' that It ts a violent I. "'" · an1eo F'I t 1e other had-no R. h ~g 1t keep,. what .Ig t to gJYe-? Is it not kept |
