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Show _. _. t "H A- (53) dued the had, or Cafar conquered Gaul. "If the " army, we now keep up ( {aid Sr. John Phillips 30‘ Years ago, in the Houfe of Commons )"fliould once " be as much attached to the Crown as Julius " (iteilir's army was to him, I lhonltl be glad to " know where We could find a force {hperior to " that army. " * Is there no fueh attachment now exifiiiig? 1- Surely the liberties of England, if not held at will, are holden by a Very preczu‘ious te~ mire. The fupi‘e‘me power is ever pofl‘efl‘ed‘by thoh: who haVC arms in their hands and are difciplmed ' to the 1110 of them. \Vh'en the Archives eonfci~ ous of a good title dilputed with Lyiander a. bOut boundaries,the Laeedemonian "It!"‘Cd [Ha/ward, and vauntingly cried out " he that is meg/fer 6f t/Jix " can belt plead about boundaries." 1 The Marine)- tines of Mellina declined appearance at the tribu- nal of Pompey, to acknowledge his jurildic'tion, alledging in exeuib, mm'wzf pried/(guy, gran/ed Mm: [Iv the Rona/72.: --" \Vill you never have done (exclaimed Pompey) with {fling law: and pried/wigs: " fa mm te/Ja ‘ZL'NII‘ freon/r." § VJhat boundaries will they iet to their 'paflions, who have no li~ mits to their power? Unlimited oppreflion and wantonefs are the never-failing attendants of uni bounded ' hounded authority. Such power a veteran ar. my always acquire, and beingr able to riot in mifchief with in‘ipunity, they always do it with licem tioul‘nel‘s. 'Regular foldiers, embodied for the purpotfe of: originating oppreliion or extending,r dominion, ever eoinpafs the controul of the Magiiirate. The finite force which prei‘erves a delpotilm immutable, may change the del'pot every day. Power is foon felt by tliole who poffefs it, and they who can command will never fervilely obey. The leaders of the army, having become matters of the perfon of their Sovereign, degrade or exalt him at will. * Obvious as theie truths may feem, and coniirmed as they are by all hiitory, f yet a weak or wicked Prince is ealil y periwaded, by the creatures who liirronnd him to at} the tyrant. A Charafler 1o odious to fillijCEts, mutt neeefiarily be timid and jealous. Afraid ofthe wife and good, he mutt iupport his dignity by the aflii‘tanee of the worthleis and wicked. Standing armies are therefore raifed by the infatuated Prince No {boner efiaN blifhed, than the defeneelels multitude are their iiri‘ti prey. Mere power is wanton and cruel : the ar- my grow lieentious and the people grow deiperate. Dreadful; alternative to the infatuated monarch! lH. eonitant jeopardy of lol‘ing the raga/112 ot‘ empire, till the capriee of an armed Banditti degrade him from "' See 2. vol. Debates in the hoof: of Commons. p. 56,7,8. T By a numerous army and a fevere riot ae‘i', you may indeed prevent mobs and riots among the people ', but if this me:L Ihod be purfued for a lorrg time, you will make your mim'» Her: ry'am: azzd'yrur pup/c flown Sir John Bernard's {peech m the Briiifli bouts of Commons, 1744. 2 vol. Debat. p. 118. (Li. if this method hath not been thus puifiied? and Qu. Vth‘ ther the prophecy is fulfilling, or already acco'mplilhed Great-‘liritain ? ‘4‘ Flu. Life of Lyfander. y Phi. Life of Pompey. Whoever me a mercenary army (rays the gear lid. Chanrellor Bacon) tlio' he miy {pread his {Cliik‘l'f for a time, he wiil mew them [can after; and r..'.fe rim/‘2 urn/z urlur afi:/'1gn'_;~,.u. filmfc, yet, like the [IQ/$11M"; dogs, in lioeealine, 121:1 link time, "my will certainly [tun j'i whims". in i SCC Dr. SLIlliNn'S ietiures 0;: :1": laws of Ergl'ini. p. ,5). |
