The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-02-27

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proved BY education, greater than thoie or
all the cringihg iycophants Of courts, from
the NOT generous motives, ferved in the
TWO LAP wars. Ia the courfe Of his fervices
he made himfelf matter Of the only art that
would give greater facility, and LET'S indub-
table iucceis 70 the operations OF the army
and navy in time of war. He knew that
wars were unavoidabiet; hough no coward,
ne sbhorrcd fhcdding of blood calm, il
uepId, he fpilt his own with honour, and,
therefore formed his plans upon the mott &C.
nerous principles of humanity and honour
to his country and King. Peace proclaimed
he, betook hiEnlelf to retirement, that he
might hnifh fair the plans he had to lay
before the King but he was found TO be
inaccelable,th,oUgh the thick phaanxes Of
minifters and eoprtiers but, at Taft an
independents frisnd. delivered his plans into
the King hsn!s. .....-...
Now, Sire, theGe plans repgsfented and
explained, how fllips Of war by thssniclvcs
or attended with land forces, might.
with lsi: danger to thcEsieivea, and
greateit advantage over an e..emy [more
than ever ~&s known befcre) come up
to their for,s, without being expofed
to rhe FIRE Of l1ore than thtec or four
guns ar once from the whole place. |
know all the places have Psrufsd every
plaa Of then, and thoGe now mentioned,
fon experience, am fully convinced of the
wn,e OF the truth of the latter; and 70
might you, Sire.
But unhapPily. unbapily, thefe valuable,
noble plans, given into the hands Of bribed
MINORS (thcush they were every way I'M
equ4 TO the talk TO be perufed, were re-
turned even without ba.ks. No reward
was either meant, or a(led FOR this fervice.
Indeed one was once offered but, Sire,
who could receive the reward that was not
OF tn value OF one of your coat buttons,
for the labonr of years, rifquss of life incur
ed thouiand times, but faved by perional
prudence and dilcretion, for the benefit of
the country and iuccels of her aims where
by not only the lives of cur own, but tEofe
of other nations muR have been faved, and
the latter mutt infallibly have been iubdu-
ed with thoufand times lefs effuGOn of
blood
The confequcnce of this was, that the
minioh, who caufec the King to difregard
luch noble p ans. mentioned the affair to o.
theirs Amongft theie, an AmbaAador got
knowledge OF what houd have remained
an eternal fccret 70 little did the minion
and his dt dependents know Of, or value the
arcana OF royal mind, But the Ambaf-
facor, like wife mar, honeft to his King
and countrY, left no fore unturned until
he found out the author of the plans Il
much concerned mis- Excellency he enter
tar d hun wei, and paid royal price for
copy Of tie pans !; a Qualification, though
~. afkeG, never thought Of at this court.
Being in poiiefiioD Of the much-wanted
tresiurss, ne neveA trufed them ont of his
cwn hands Obtained his recall in ihort
tlr,e All the whole plans before his con-
it,,uea,, ano thus made them of no future
u-,i,ty TO LIS, but of infinite fervice to his
Kng for every former dilpoftion was
gu cky altered from which it is evident
that the plans was juft and true, and that
our enemies got poAeiion of that invalua-
Die fecret, which the King ought to
have kept.
Sire, it is now plainly perceivable, that
the King was deceived and betrayed, to
put out Of his pofiefion certain and ilmof
ab(olute controul over the enemies OF the
country, and to part with that great, ndif-
penhble prerogative Of being able to pre-
ferve, upon great occaiions, the lives of
many valuable individuals, and to fecure
the peace Of the people againit foreign enc
mics, by commanding them into their own
limits.
From the ffudy and knowledge of thefe
plans, the King would have comprehend
ed every operation and difpoftion that
could politely be pra3ifed at the places re-
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