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LETTERS written by the late Right Hon.
PlllLlP [DORMER ST-ANHOPE, Earl of
ChcstersiJZ—fl'd, to his Son Pbtlip Stan/aape,
Esq; ksitc Envoy E-xtraordinary to the
Cotm of Drcte/dm. si. - "
L !: 'r : ! R xxv.
_,. . si Is'LlWsstn-Tuj Wenptr to, 1739.
MA INCE you promise tbglve mention, and to
) (iii- mind what you lum. _! shall give myself
5 H" the trouble of writing to you again, and
- shall endeavour to instruct in several
si s " )) things, that do not (: under Mr.
" si "" Mzituite*s provinee; and which. is they
A m! }* did, he could teach you much better than I
. 5? (; can. I neitherpretend nor prop0se to teach
YY" them you thoroughly; you are not yet of
on Age fit forits ! only man to give you
in general nuaon, at present. of some th' thzt {:u must learn
more micx'siu'tv hereafter. end that will t en be : ensier to you.
for having had : gem! idea of them now. For examplqsi to
give you ome notwn of history. \ ct
_. History is an lecount, of whzmer he.: been done by any coun
If in generd, or by my number of people, ox h any one man:
T us, the Roman hillosy it an account of what t Romans did.
at :; nation; the hiflory of Cltiline'e cool" 'mcy, it on account of
what m done by . particular number o people; end the history
of Alexander the Great, written by Wind" Curtiue, is the ac
count of the life and action: of one single man. History is. in
short, an account of rdution of any thing thn has been done.
History is divided into smed ad prophzue, ancient, and
modern. 7 - (
Sacted biff-fy is the Bible, that is, the Old and New Tem
ment. Hsis' Hffieshmt it the history of the ]ews, who wen ]
Ood'e , ' ; and the New Teshmcnt it the history of ;
< ,]gsm " 4 God. ss
Pupil ' fie thcmonnt of GMIunG—k. funhuss*
wa in Ovil'l Morphel'ee, end which you will ltnow . ss
flmvdcal now as, when youcome to read Homer, Virgil. end *
.dv other ancient poetl.
, Ancienth' it the account of nll the kingdoms and coun
Jinol' them" unneth deltmctionof the Roman empire. _ss
- The perfect knwldpctof history in extremely necessary; be- ss
cause, u it itdsom..—-Jct: whlt wn done by other people. in *
w W- it inflmfl'siss- whltto doin the like uses. Besidcs, ?
as it is the connen suliel ofeonversation, it in a shame to be ig- \
nonnt of it. ss
(3th mnfi mussnfflyss-nmpzny hiflory; for it would
ootbcenougb' what that;! wcro done sormclly. but ss
when they Tesip' " I and pogrzph . you know, is the de- \
[ctiptioo of th' :- , Man at the tuations of towns, coun- ;
tries, and tide:}M si si cum lez- mr hy showe on that
Englud is in t e nottlt of Eupfope. thnlpL-mdon is {he chief
town of England. lull ths! it is tituaed upon the river Thzmes.
in the count, of Middlescl: And the same of other tmns and
countriet. Googmphy it likewise divided into ancient end mo
dern; many countries and town: having. now, very different
lame! from what they Imd formerly; and many towns, which
made : grut figure in nncient times, being now utterly destroyed,
lad not exish'ng: at the No famous town: of Troy, in Asiu,
:nd Cuthzge. in Afn'clz of both which there are not now the
least nemzins.
Rnd this with "tention, and th ,; g's to play with as much
ottention; and so farewell. -
(sauclzyior; stay nmssvrcs in an lRlSl—l HOUSE' of com
* " MONB, Nwmbrr 03, 17".
R. Yr'zvt-rtnn d..lucr1, it wasjljll'his 'opiniou, as it was at
the opening us til- sfflion, that th': restflance yf the Ame
j-icsstus wu. m.: L'eb_sh0l]5 and how could he consent to aid the
sate of America, which depended on the deusion of that night?
T he question indeed was imporum, lnd decision very delicate.
If" we refuse his Msjclly's request, we inourtbe dis leisure of
Great Britzinz if we comply, we aid tle defigns o : despotic
Mmish-y. !n this dilcmma whatem guide m? Nothin but
reason and justice. We have mio M'l of Parlilment, dec using
that n.,ooo men are necesszry fat the Mence of the kingdom;
and we have just resolqu the same in the' committee of suppliel.
Now, if we agree to-pzrf with a third plrt 'of (hit number, when
tha'e it. no rebellisiogi—Tpsi'r invasion in Gum Britain, we eonmdict
those las of the legifli't-urc, and belie our o'sitt resolution. Great
Britnin pretends to ? supreme authority-m'er all her dominiom,
.: well in regard 'to internal cuation as to commend! resoluti
ons. Does not this assenion include Irehnd? [t certainly does,
nnd nothing is wzntia; but : plausible pretut, or a proper oppor
tunity to enforce it. This has been enforced in Amicz; thin
caused the war, And therefore the an in unjuR. Let Great
Britain enjoy the wealthof both the lndiel. Let London be the
grand em rium of Europe. Let her out he: eommacill pow
en over ! a son from polew pokz but let on to it, :- to the
sea, hither thou-lhlt come, and no farther. ! these bound! m
exceeded. human tuum: will not submit without murmuring, nor
fice born British spirits without nsiflana. The chmgu have
been begun; about mation and represutdion. but men hm
Milducd themselvn o- du! ' ' sot- wot of settin out on
proper and by! grounde. R nine it not : vleIsi-mion
of perform, but of property. t fish writ: were issue to !" who
held at" the crown in eapite. These m about no in numhet.ss
nnd sat in the right of their property held in (end:! tentm. and
not by my election. A. commune mansul- praye") wit- is
chascd, Ind-eltemled into many hand:. The property of nen
hmdnd beme difl'eminaud , When, too teat to con
vm And lie in Mt m righte. hose who poss- ed what wn—
the pr of one (64! ,an elt—cted one or more of their num
pctvchmhw neprcsspm thutdivided, andthence
31:an Who! ' tation. {he use became the szme
"1 filled lad corpondons which held in clpitc from the crowrt.
The !vbdc mention could not come tom, therefore the coff
peration dccted ssiu qpnseuutivesi This proves how true that'
.assenion woe of Lord Chltham, that blade of grass in Great
Britzin wn Npflsmlflk .But not one ' erican hlade of gmst
is represented in the Britiflsi' Pulinment; . therefore it cannot be
]uffly tuedxhere nd this them the folly and zbsurdity of the
so much vlked o} vinml-repsesentation, end saying thnt many
thousand; idBritIin inn not represented more than the Ameri
cant. Me]? English pnfom may not indeed, but the whole
'English lm ed pmpcrty is. Enghshmen surely did not lose their
irit as well ns their n htl by eroffing the Atllntic? No, they
id nor; they carried ttither'their free-born spirit before it Was
contaminated with ln ipflux of Asmic wealth. From all this it ss
appears the was of Britzin w'lh her eoloniea is unjusiz nor is it
likely it shouid succeed under the anspieet of that Ministry who so
unjultly raised it; form see twelve coloniet united, who are dif
ferent in lituation, diffirentin interesh. different in religion, dif
ferent in manners, different in every thing but spirit. What has
been the success us the British arm, it am}! those peoyle? We
have seen the British navy, the tenor o the world. which used to
carry thunder to every st of the glode, now sailing from one
little island to another, or the glorious purpose of pilfering : few
cattle. We have seen the British troops nt up in Boston neck.
We have seen : Miniltry plotting and pure asin counter addnsscs
to cover their dil'gmce, Ind sending troops : ted in the most
dangerous season of the yur, to encounter tempest: which seem
to have been sailed by Providence, on purpose to prevent more
from embruing their hind: in their hrethren's blood. But, if
even it was just to fiend our troopo, lnd they were likely to suc- ss
ceed, yet it would be inexpedient; for if we should join to sub
due retiftance, Would it not he : precedent apinfl' ourselves, is
ever we should rcsist against a like oppreffion? Bed we fortseen,
or been acquainted With thin meashre. and that we shouhl hue
(ned so much on the military Mabiilhmelt before we had voted
sithe toutine ssheme, we ' have snved t£.oool. but it seems to
have been kept in gette m all the demanded supphes had been
granted.
Captain French spoke next againfldie mensune, end Mr. Prime
Serinnt for it.
Mr. Fnjbt said the only point to be considered was, whether
thia-measutfi' wuld bringen a teconeilinion, which he thought
it would. it out clear thntthe wish of Amcrica ma total m
dependencez and if we refuse to send these troopc, we prevent a
reconciliation, by hindering Great Britain from enforcingrea
sonablc terms, which, is properly enforced, the Amtricnns
might agree to. But. if we even agree to send thclk troops, we
do not thereby condemn the Americlru, we only affilt Grmt
Britain in her time of need. ln regard to the suppliet, thoitgh
they are voted, the money bill: are not Pctvss-d. rctactGentlcmcn
may make such retsenchmentt in them an they th-hgtcessziry.
Ml- Chn—mon snid that he did not ex to hur such : mcffltgc
after the many lssurances of the Mini r, that the n,ooo- men
were completely in this kingdom, undctshould remain {9 irrsisi—ss
olably; and, after the promise. of Adminisimision, that nothing
should be expected from this country to A'nmzi'efl, sibut-the ad
dress to the throne. That notwithsimding the Comm'ssitts'cof
Supply had resolved u,ooo men were necellhry for ourctrdkch,
and had provided for them accordingly; yet While'_the_sC_-Kl'—
t'urances, the .very found: yet tingjed-in their Ulst, the Minuter
forgot himfflt in the messenger of the crown, not to bring to
their longing eyes the Oliveane'h, the emblem of much wrsh'ed
for peacesi but he la I his hand on hipsiswoid tind hecome- lht:
harbinger of war. hat Ite 'congratulnted Administrautm on ut
length. finding out that hithmo invisibie deity of _theu*g, but
on closes inlpection, he "was sorry to discover that deny. like the
God of the Egyptinmj'piitinly nnd simply—l BULlct. That it
the Blitcttiflet' was serious when he promised economy - ought to
lessen the tilpplysiin proportion tostltat ecodo ' uhlm
felt" wieh'ftweijth'e'ez' nnd'to diminiffihiy _
csiallcd on him to do so, but he found ]iiysin'iilfnt on t iat point; and
thcisieforeiinusixonclu'dc no real eqohomyi-ms in his cmmsihipla
tsinctm; ' t' one year's savin' wn the titmostthzt wu mentioned.
) Thee" ueh reduction was tuft" indeed. qoissimked wctth the pro
ss bahfle l'oss os4ooo gallant touctut men, Moted slcssflflce- to up
\ pose the fury of ?" ineensedsi sil el'puirittg people, sisih-dtfence of L
3 their ri hn, considcm against the world in arml. That thereon 1
ss of the orldrn widnfi, zsiche cries of th' helpless 0 In, could not
be weighed in them'odey scale of a Mininer. but this kingsi
dom would be left exposed to every enemy, allurjd by such pfosssct
peas. That the liking (he consent of PNlilMt Vu ; sqssi'egf'inr
politics, and an undermining-dE-a.p9snivg-_pn$_k :;fjsi'a'rti'actriiessntsisi'
Tlm it wan well known (but the ern-nlwm-defifid .t_he ami-ctsi
son of: dun nnd chapter to'ch'en eloquent of an intended Ribs—
op; :th it us: no;: yesiknm it the person uominamd did ride
filec to! i ! i ni . .si, '. 'ct,;.-, :, ' '-_
Mr. SolieitoTGesgsi-nl Fnid? on the w 'ss W4 __
tho chief "summe us'd in! the mgmenutioa, o no 'Gelfflnsi
mm, who voud then nl it. un cmfifiently oppofc the men
sun by thch the expence !: taken un . He bend the sun
resolution mi che 4: 04 of, bosom : ay entered im- ehc mn
sidenfion oft (a ; nddin . ths: ii'werefulbd du-rcquestof
; tho arm, " should lum m- nium, by muluding then to'
their ruin. =
Mr. )mm Brown spoke In usance of th nusun.
Mr. Colle", "god Hl (m. fat lnhnd from ehblishingl pu
udcm, um! nemluuttbd the King] speech, at o ny, th!
British Puli-flhcm, M'M th' shprcmacy over all hit mniniom.
H- npmM And wheel who had been Said m :- land ux
laid on by to land, nnd msmcd by sum' mewnarin. He
took nem- che 'mzem on Honoonbe Gemkmm (Mr.
Gurdknr) du! dame] the man- lncenflonn of sonisin powm,
from the Cubinm of forei Coum. . Hm Mr. ngdimr [bid
the Right Honoonblc Cummin bad mistaken him, e had onky -
\ said Court], not Cabium. Mr. Conoll replied he had indeed
; milhhetct "; :..c mistake wsisi csscfflv ma , us he knew no Gan
\ tlemzn intreat for : Lady": or at Brssl'vy Counselloss'e cabinet thus!4
5 the Honotmblesfientlcman. __ ,__ ,
\ , Mr. Hussssey Burgh thqn rose, and intsbdupsid his oyinion rela
ssctiss-c w th; question, with obsewin that although he had genenlly
. voted on thy side of the House, abie]: ie czllc opposnioa, yede
79th sct it down " a mzxim never to Ne hie support to a motion
which was calguluted to harms; the inifler, and not to serveth: '
people: That when there was : considerable mljority evident on
the pan us Government, he thoughtit belt not to hanrd : ques
tion, which there.- was :: certainty gf losm ; that he made, for 4
[hii reashn, sewer motions than any man" to the House; thus he
'lud no enemies to perl'ecuce, no partifius to serve; lnd the; due si
mi ftt account for his silence during the present sesston; bathe
sui the present question was of the greatest importance, : q'nefiiqn.
arifing from : message sent by the King to his Plt'lilment, fw ;
which an answermust be iven: That, without ss ton, without ]
prejudice, and without ear, he would deliver : o inicn; ud \
that the man did not live, who knew'on whigh {th the queflion ct
that opinion wotthl lul'n. fie then entered largely into the conse
quenccs which might attend the putting this mushre into {tecu
ttou; took a short view of the Ame-ican war, which he term
unjust, as it not only militated against the law of nition, .
law of the land, the law of humanity, but againljxhe law of ne- ,
ture. He mentioned the embming onrhande in The blood of our
kinsmen and near telations; end that the living, which me
mentioned 36 : motive to induce our suppottin the Minillz,
was no man than n bride to purchase our affilssnnce tocutt e '
thman of the Ameriezm; that if the war wuivn, there was no ss
tweesst to hide our cctonmrrence; ths: thetight of tention de
mnnde by Great Britain we; unjuldsi, for thnt it wae contrary up
all reashn that lxmsisilc'si who were the subjeau! ctGmt Britain, ;
should, in respe 'to their property, be a the (nercy of two pow
ers, and acknowledge : right of tuation. Min-theirm As
semblsex, find in the priush Senne; Mif che wu the end."
they could not boat! my peny, for, yryAilling they enjoyed
might, by one lct of ? 'men!, in lch they were not repre
sented, be taken from than for, Wife. Thn 'inind of : smng, ,
thifi musm, would, in all probability, become : bunhen, and
observed our civil elhhlishment would ulways incrqfe whenne:
the military deerused; and that the present savingquld be only
: temporlry relics, which would bring on I future en]; for that
when our own tmops returned, then cut ntihmy would fill blek
into the origin] expence, with the lddivonll burthm of whn
the civil eshlblishmwt may have incteesed. He then mentioned
sso-ctss' defencehss ken, nnd tnsistfd thin we hed not nor} thu- good
, .ct, :mng nen; men who march on utotr lege, and not on -
sir; men who could shmd fire, and not calculation. l-k '
posed very jndicieufiy the nmngcment of our a, and clearly
Proved that we must be open to the insumctione of te White
m the South, and the Steel Bo : in the North; md that then
mmctderihg and the maining o our wives and children'wduld fall
on our own heads. That France looked on this quent] with)
ecnliar pltat'ure, and that we had ! security in that promisea lo
anger than the hopes of accommodntion with the eoloniet exiled;
t'or whenever they dtt'nppeared, and that by thitsi war we un;
wenkened, then it was posiibleeml probable, with a very small
force, they would do such a stsinal mischief to thin kin man
might be trseparahle. He took : view of the commesei tum:
of France with Ameriu, and mentioned how probable it "I .]
thty would sacrifice thetr fticndship to England for I Mulie- 3
connection with America, and pictured the consequence: in Grik- -
ing figures utsi seasoning. He mentioned the disturbaneel which
might arise from the importatiun'of 'these foreign troops. end
atkqd. ksivvhat laws they were to be med fut- offence- in thi
l.! ' & Whether they were to be subject to a jury of chi:
. ...ctlss-q, or to a com't-martia] among tlumselvee? And if'tbc
latter, what dreadful consequence: might follow. He then n
turned to the juflicc on which this request was founded, and slid
such was his opinion of it, he would not vote : single sword
ugztinlt America, without an addtesc to accompany it. seem.
memhng cdnccttlinoay measures: That he foresaw the conse
quence-0 osthit war; and that, if the Ministry wert victoriqus, it
would only be eR-ablishing a sight tothe harvesi, when they had
hunted the grain; it would be only esh'blishing I right to,:be '
shsieam, when they had cut off the fountain. , '
'si.: Sir ]ohn Bladu'm-e said he was totally ignorant ofctthie mentum
when the sesstou opened. _Tlllt it would have been wronges: have .
dcducted the {nvtng iron: the vote: of supplied, before it m
.knct'own whether the troopl would be sent or not. That is the
st'tppliet are raised. and there it a red , on account of thin
simsieTstlm, ..io-M'hl be liable to the dis of Parlilltcn! am"
go's- fsi-nixed
' Trf— tsisi'ss-ntou wan then put on the irstsesolution, and con
-t't'ctt_ittee dtvided, aye. ut; note 76] enljority ". .
sslt being then um midni t, the consideratton of the deem!
"rdsolution wnad'ourned til Monday. si -
" ONDAY. Nonnln 37. ,
,he Comminec of the whole House sat till half past eleven, on
sichesiqtteffion of admitting me Hesstan and Bnmswick true", I
'(v'he'n at length the Committee divided, . es for tdmitting th
troops 63; non 1063 mljority againlt the ignfl , vct
Extract: from : SPEECH of :: Vnomu am si.)
"sfflpctn in lb: Sodtg qsBlLL OF RIGKTSMEN, Ldlbnfbctsi'
Mn.Pnno:u1-, ,—
AM not the author of the queflion before you, but I think it
. good one. 11 in meum to involve the whole of tho! impor.
um conmwrs : An lb: dm-ahyjnsttfiuc he their rfluq
!: um-q-yw manne
Tnxumn end summon, Sir, by the British constitution,
annol be disun'm . Such : dishflion would be directly to un.
der the firflprincipln of our happy eflnblishmcnl, m very due.
of which confiks in an right of ufrmenmion. !! then the
Amnicam are to do considered " I cilh subjefii, do, it: a
\ am to the privilege! of men" mey m entidvd w . um
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