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Show _ ( 3o ) ( 3I ) " eflion of the C-n; But I will fay what Ad- " viceI did not give the K-g, I did not advife the upper Houfe by Succeflion to an ancient Ba- " the K-g to violate any of the Laws of Na-- tony; he told me he did not like my German War, I honoured the Man for it, and was (any ‘_‘ tions. when he was turned out of his Pofl." "As to the Report of the Gentleman's preventing in fome Way, the Trade for Bullionwi th the Spaniards, it was {poken of f0 confi dently, thatI own I was one of thofe who did believe it to be true; the Gentleman muf‘t not Wonder that he was not contradicted, when, as a Mini- Iter, he alferted the Right of P-- l-m-t to t-x Am--a. I know not how it is, but there is a Modefly in this H-fe, that does not Choofehto contradict a M-fl-r. I with Gentlemen would get the better of that Modetty; if they do not, perh aps the collective Body may begin to abate of its Refpefl for the Rep 5." .AI! _ " A great deal has been faid out of Doors, of the Power and Strength of Am---a. It is a Topick that ought to be cautioufly meddled with. In a good Caufe, on a found Bottom, the Force of this Country can crulh Am---a to Atoms. I know the Valour of your Troops, I know the Skill of your Oflicers ; There is not a Company of Foot that has ferved in Am---a out of which you may not pick a Man of fufiicient Knowledge and Experience, to make a Go- vernor of a Colony there; but on a dangerous Ground, on the St_p A-, where (0 many here will think It. a crying Injuttice (I am one will " Lord Bacon has told me, that a great Queftion lift up my Hands againft it) in fuch a Caufe would not fail of being agitat ed at one Time or other; Iwas willing to agi tate that-of the German War. Nobody would object to it, one your Succefs would be hazardous. ' flnz---a, Gentleman only excepted; fin ce removed into if the falls, would fall like a firong Man; {he 'WOUld embrace the Pillars of the State and pull down the Con---n along with he_r.'i ‘ the D2 |
