ought to be employed in more effectual fervices, to defend a number of towns and a length of fea coaft, which, when taken, the French are not able to garrifon, and which it was never their intention to annex to their crown. Their real scheme is to conquer a fpot of land fomewhere about the middle of the North American coast, by whose produce, in tobacco, might be faved to their nation upwards of one hundred thousand pounds per annum, while they amuse us with invafions and conquefts; the defign of which we idly imagine, is to fecure to themfelves fettlements in Europe. This is fo palpable, that the very Dutchmen themfelves are convinced of it, or they cannot reconcile with good policy, the withdrawing of their garrifons out of the barrier towns, and thereby expofing their borders to the incurfions of the grand mo narch. LET France raise four hundred and fifty thousand men; what must be the confequence of fuch a numerous army? They must be paid; and where will they raife the money, if their trade is ruined? thofe very forces, which are so often boasted of, to over-awe their neighbours, muft live upon the vitals of their own country, or difband themfelves for want of employment; could Britain be once refolved to depend on their naval power, and to ftrengthen the hands their colonies, fo as to enable them utterly to extirpate thofe perfidious neighbours, that ог of can can be content with nothing lefs than our expulfion from those most valuable poffeffions. As for the ftale argument, that the German princes muft fall under the Gallic unless propower, tected by Great Britain; it deferves no confideration. It is even begging the queftion; Have they ever been put to the trial. Let them fight a little, pro aris & focis, as the Dutch did against Philip II. of Spain: and there cannot be the leaft doubt, but that all the powers on the continent (if neceffary) will unite against fuch a reftlefs and ambitious neighbour, and enter into a league for that purpose, which, cemented by felf-prefervation, will bind them much firmer together than the largest British fubfidies. THERE is yet another confideration, and a weighty one too, why we should prefer a fea, to a land-war on a foreign continent. The large fums of money, which are applied for the payment of hirelings, or of our own national troops, fent abroad, never return into this nation: whereas, moft of the money expended on the marine, and obtained by prizes, is laid out at home, and circulates amongst our own people. Therefore a fea-war is moft eligible; it is what the nation has long wifh'd for, and is most ready to fupport; becaufe, thereby we expend leaft; reap the greatest advantage to ourfelves; and do the greatest damage to our enemies: to this kind of war we are indebted for Gibraltar and Port-Mahon: and I am forry that I cannot find out one D 4 foot foot of land on the continent, belonging to Great Britain, that has been either conquered or preferved at fuch a vaft profufion of British money and British blood, as have been lavishly thrown away in our former land-wars. 1 THAT thefe and the like confiderations have had their due influence on our prefent councils, there is great reafon to hope from that vigour and activity, with which our naval force is commiffioned to annoy, and ftrike terror into a daftardly people, who triumph in their perfidy, who confide in their deceit, invade us in time of peace, and cut our throats under the name of friends; I fay, there is reafon to hope that they are not to be deceived, nor to be made ridiculous and contemptible, by prolonging nego tiations about our undoubted rights, established by the law of nature, as well as by particular treaties and as long as this fhall appear to be the object of their arming, there can be no doubt of a cheerful and effectual fupport from the people. Did they not contribute willingly under an administration that gave them great reafon to doubt of fuccefs? what then may pected towards the fupport of a war not only commenced at their own request, but carried on in fuch a manner, as they apprehend will beft promote their public intereft; and a minifter, who is afraid of throwing himfeif upon the affections of the people, or of making himself popular by fubmitting to their judgment, where their property is chiefly concerned, must be be ex one one trained up in the fchool of corruption: a fpawn of that minifter, who preferred any fort of peace to a neceffary war; who established a ministerial tyranny by corrupting the representatives of the people, and by an undue influence in both houses of parliament, contrary to the real intereft of the king and subject, as BUT, if we are rightly informed by the ch-r of the exr in the laft feffions of parliament, that the government by the year 1757, would be able to raise four millions per annum, without any new tax, except two fhillings more on the land: and thạt this would be a sufficient fum for the maintenance of a fea-war; there can be no want of money, nor any new debts contracted. Oh! may we hope that the time is come, when the miniftry and people shall be fo united in one interest, as to cleanfe the Augean ftable of corruption! when it fhall be faid by the deliverers of the people to a pack of place-men, who in idlenefs and luxury cat out the vitals of the nation by their largé falaries, and execute their offices by depu ties; and to the gang of penfioners, Away with you! we want no fuch flender fupports! we depend on our own integrity, and the voice of the people! and by applying the immenfe fums paid you in falaries and penfions, to the fupport of a juft and neceffary war, for maintaining the honour and dignity of the crown, and protecting the trade of the nation, we shall relieve their taxes, we fhall convince them by our our actions, that it is their interest to aid and affift us; and fhall efteem it a greater honour to be thus immortalized with the title of good and faithful stewards to our king and country, than to be idolized at our levees by that crawling vermin of a free state, who fuck the choiceft and most nourishing parts of that blood, every drop of which ought to circulate to give due warmth and energy to the whole conftitution. No. 6. SATURDAY, September 13th, 1755. Equam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem Mr. MONITOR! HOR. YOU cannot do your honeft countrymen You as this, than by ftrongly inculcating that firmnefs of mind, which is here recommended. I am not one of thofe, who give into all the extravagancies of the ftoic philofophy. In fpite of a thousand Zeno's, I profefs myfelf (because I feel myself) but too often mere flesh and blood. I avow pain to be an evil; and when a boy at Westminster school, I foon found my old mafter, Dr. Friend, a much better reafoner than the fage Epictetus. But though I had much rather |