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Show .' ~. l:_ '. ,.1 ‘ had any Concern. And as to the Circuml‘tance, that the Swifs have always been able to refill every Invader -,~it is well known, that their principal Security of late Years, both againit foreign At- tacks, and civil, Difcords, has been the reciprocal Interei't, which all the great Powers of Europe 1' .Wlllllfllllfll'm ' I-"I l IllIlll- IE A' A. may you foon become as independent of us, as, (happily for us) the Swift Cantons are. They are now very faithful and good Alies :---But, had they been our Colonies, I would not have anlwered, that they would have Ihewn equal Friendlhip and Fidelity :---Not that I think, felves, nor be brought into Subieélion by any one your Revolt. At prefent however there is a very confiderable Commerce carried on between us and them; f0 that there is hardly a Town of Note in Switzerland, but abounds with Engli/lz Manufactures, efpecially thofe of the Birmingham and Toy-kind. Moreover when our Agents harmlefs Condition, they are ufeful to all, but dangerous to. none. Whereas the Cafe would be vafily altered, were they to be united either by Conquefis among themfelves, or by the Con- that they would ever have proceeded to the fame Infults and Outrages, which diflinguifh come there for frelh Orders, or to collect in their Debts, they are neither tarred, nor feathered, nor otherwife ill~ufed in any refpeét :~--But have quefi of fome foreign Power. * The Frmcl; are in PofTeflion of the Fortrefs of Himni/zgen on the R/Jimz, and of Fort Erlrgfl' on the Rbonr; and therefore have the Keys of Su-z‘fzrr/mzd at both Ends. They have alfo Francbc Compté, which borders on {eve-ml of the Cantons, and the County of Car, which comes up to the Gates of Geneva, and joins to the Pair dz: Vaud; between which and Berna there is not a fingle Fortrels worth men- tioning to flop their Progrefia: And 3mm itfelf 1511MB y of magma-at What then is the Securit firong Place.Part of it, which is worth conquering? Cer~ leall of that themtainly not the mere Strength and Forces of the Srwiyr I w felves, ind€pendcntly 0f the Allil‘tance of other Power; 0 freedy 7uflice done them, if they {hould find'it ne- cell'ary to appeal to the civil Magil'trate. And Gentlemen, perhaps a Time is coming when CVen you, after you have feparated-from us,--[Foryou will never do it before ;]---I fay, when even you will behave better, and more juflly towards us, than you now do:---Nay, when you Will be glad of, and thankful for that very Proteétion A " But this " you will fay, is not material , The very Name " of the Swifi Republics will ferve our Purpofe: " And we look no farther."-Be it f0. And ' cumfiance in it parallel with yours. have, that these little Governments ihould remain in Stall: 7210 :---That is, that they fhould neither be united under one Head among themgreat foreign Power.* This, 1 fay, has been, is, and will be their Defence. In their preltnt ' Now, Gentlemen, as this is the true State of the Cafe, you plainly fee, that there is hardly oneCir- r-‘ cannot be lit much as pretended, that Religion :_ , A f, «.5 -. 17y arife from ("anion an which it ‘xv ' Civil War. It is very true, Religion was not the Caufe of thefe Commotions; but Ineed not tell vou, Gentlemen, that Wars, and even Sfdlp- ; . DEDICATORY. v ' v".‘ LJLJI 9mg, A 'miiitflt-nrrigrew S T L E v < E P I xiv |