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Show PLEAS AND ARGUMENTS, PLEAS A'NJD ARGUMENTS. and maturer Refleftion, they feem now to be it is believed, and taen for granted by both Parties, that what they give up for the Sake of "*V'Vii‘?‘vfii'eti:iisrnnaste: to generally convinced, that it will be ablhrd to think of terminating the Difpute in any other Way. Scheme is adopted, i‘o much the better, inalmuch as fewer M1f1l11efs will enf1e, the [mullet Peace, doth not invalidate their Right and Title to that, which they chufe to retain. But this is by no Means the prcl‘ent Cafe 2 For the Armies to no Purpefi; the leis Blood will be Claim of Right on either Side multibe univerfal, or there mull. be no Claim at all: And neither Party have it in their Power to recede a Tittle fpilt:---And I add lil;1 11i1e, as no 11nw01thv from their Pretenfions, without fubverting the will be the Expence of maintaining Fleets and Confideration,tthe leis {If7"ch will be occa- lioned. Yet nevertheleis, as an Attachment to old Opinions and favourite NotionsIs not loon eradicated, nanny there are, who {[111 think, "(MIMI/ll!!!" ll"! I lull" ME Hence therefore, the fooner inch 21 H 01133 " That reconciliatfiry lVleafures ought firfl to be " tried :---Becaufe, fay they, after all have " failed, We can but come to a Separation at lal't. " In the mean Time, let each Side drop fome " Part of their Pretenlions; let fomething be fa‘ " crificed by each for the Sake of Peace : And " then it is to be hoped, when a Progrefs has " been made thus far, fome Scheme or other very Foundation of their Claim to all the reit. I am well aware, that an AHErtion of this Nature will fhock many Perfons: And therefore I would not have ventured to have pub- lilhed it, had 1 not thofe Reafons to produce, which appear, to me at lealt, to be very convinc- ing, if not felf evident. But whether they will have the fame Effeét on others, is beyond my Province to determine. Howevel, after the Pleas and Pretenlions, the Claims and Titles of both Pa1ties are fully fet forth, and fairly flated, every Reader will have the better Opportunity ofjudging for himleli; ‘ may happily be deviled for compromifing thC " remaining Difficulties. Or perhaps. theft " Dill‘erences may be found to be {0 inconlide" rable, as not to be worth regarding." THIS is certainly very good Advice, where it can be followed. But the Misfortune is, that in the prefent Cafe, any Scheme for a Compro71.1:ch is ablolutely impracticable. And the R631011 is, becaufe in all compromifing Schemes, 1t SECTION |