The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 10, 1760, Page 2

~FHere Yaslately been publify’d in London, A Letree addrefied to Two Great Men, frem which many Exiralls bave been made in divers public Pepers, as well in England as America. " qbZ Publifber of the Gentleinans Magazine, who bas taken o Part of tbis Letter, Gnd feems much to vegret, that the Nature of bis Mifce!- laneous Publicalions would ndt admit of bis publifbing the Whole, [ays, _ thz Aatbor of the Letter was a moft able and [pirited Writer, and the Twe Great Men are fuppofed to be the Duke of NEwCASTLE and Mr. Pirr. A Copy of this Letter falling into cur Hands, and [o well merit- ing a Perufal, we fball not, as we publifb it purely for the Emolument of our Readers, make any Apology for fo doing 3 but give them the wHoLE of the Letter, in this and fome [ucceeding Gazeties. A LETTER Addrefled to Two Great Msem on the Profpet of Prace, and the Terums neceflary to be infifted on in the NecociaTion. - Mzea quidem femtentia, peci, gue nibil babitura fit infidiariim, Jemper eff confulendum. De Offic. Lib. 1. There isa Tide in the Affairs of Men, Which taken at the Floed leads on to Fortune ; Omitted, all the Voyage of their Life Is bound in Shallows and in Miferies. On fuch a full Sea are we now a-float, And we muft take the Current when it ferves, Or lofe our Ventures. 4 My LORD, and SIR Z OU will be furprized at an Addrefs made to you jointly - in_this Wianper 5 but a5 I have oot the Honour to be much acquainiec. with either of you, ( though 1 efteem _ you both, at leaft while you remain conneted ) I hope ;o wail forgive me for troubling you, in this public Way ; and the tacher, as I think the Matters I fhall write upon, to be of very great Importance ; and as you will difcover by what | am going to fuggeft to you, that I am a true Friend to O/d England, and a fincere Lover of my Country. I have long tho’s that our Minifiers of State may be much affifted, in their Deliberations, by Perfons who have not the Honor of fitting at the Council Board. The wifeft Meafures have often been pointed cut, in the Courfe of parliamentary Debate ; and Members of either Houfe, perhaps thofe leaft conlulted by Government, have frequent- ly been carlieit in foggeltiog fush Plans of public Policy, as Govern- ment itfelf has been glad to adept. The Exdin&ion of factious Op- pofition, the Unasimity of every Party, and the Acquiefcence of every Connection, in whatever Scheme is propofed by his Majclty’s Servants, while it hath produced infinite Advantages to the Public ; hath deprived thofe who cirect the Cabinet, of all fuch Parliamentary Inftrufion, as their Predeceiiors in Power ufed to receive. You, my Lord, of late, fcarcely hear-any Speechin the Houfe of Lords,but that of a Lawyer on a Scotch Appeal 5 and the hereditary Council of the SHAKESP. ~Nation rarcly affemble for higher Purpofes than to alter Seztlements and del:berate on Bills of Diverce. And you, Sir,in the other Houfe, where {5 many {kilful Champions ufed formerly to engage, and ftrugale for Victory, remain fingle in the Field of Battle ; and your Speaker takes the Chair only to vote Millions and levy Thoufands, without the leaft Debare or Oppofition. The Channel of Parliamentary Inftrucion being thus ftopt, no other but that of the Prefs is left open, for thofe Heads ¢+ Advice to which it may be worth your while to attend. For this Reafon it is, that 1 have thought of addreffiog youin this Manner. WhoIam, it mattersnot, Let it fuffice, that, unpenfioned and unemployed, | can vie, in Zeal for the Public, with thofe who tafte the Sweets of exorbitant Salaries, and unfathomed ' Perquifites. Knowledge be equal to my Zeal ; whether my Acquaintance with the World, and Experience in Bufinefs, have enabled me to offer any Thing that may be of real Utility, muit be determined by you, and by the Public. ~ This I am certain of, that my Intention is honeft ; and while [ pleafe myfelf, [ hall endeavour at the fame Time, not to offend eitherof you. Some Produ@ions, in which you have, of late, been jointly taken Notice of, proceeded from a faftions Difpofition, which [ amunacquainted with, and deteft. For, far from wifhing to difunite and feparate your Interefts, I am fully perfuaded that without ~your perfect Harmony and Union, the great Events which have happened under your Adminiftration, will not have thofe permanent good Confequences fo much to be wifhed for : And itis only from your joint Concurrence, that we can hope for any of thofe prudent, fpirited and national Meafures concerning which I propole to offcr youa few Hints in this Addrefs. Confidering the prefent diftrefied Condition of France, fallen from its alarming Power, and Greatnefs, into the loweft State of Diftrefs and [mpotence ; unfortunate in its military Operationsin every Quar- ter of the Globe 3 beaten all Europe over by Sea and Land ; its Fleets failing, only to be deftroyed ; its Armies marching, only to tefting Bills, Whether my. o 2 L E T run away ;5 without Trade; no Credit; ftopping Payments, Pro- and to all Intents 2nd Purpofes a Bankrupt Nation} their King, the Princes of the Blood, the Nobility. and the Clergy carrying in all their Plate to be coined, for the prefent extreme Exi- gency of their Affairs ; difappointed and bafiled imall their Schemes on the Contitent, a%d taught to think no more of fwvafians; by the Deftrultion of the only Fleet they had left ;—I fay, confidering all thefe Circumflances, which I have not exaggerated, in the leaft, it'is not unnatural to imagine, that a Period will foon be put to the Trou- bles of Europe. France, unable tocarty on the War, muft foon be reduced to the pecefity of fuing -for Peace. We have had Bloodthed enough. God forgive thofe who have occafioned this terrible Deftruftion of thie human Species, and fpread Mifery, and Devaftation, for fo long a Time, in aldok evety Cor- nerof the Globe. The great Succefs with which the Arms of Bri- tain have been bleffed, puts it in our power to give Peace to Enrope: And it is to the Horour of his Majefty and thofe who dire& his Councils, that the Diftrefles of our Enemies kave only enabled him to give the World a Proof of his Moderation 3 and to {hew that his Intlination to make Peace, keeps Pace with the Inabilicy of Franee to prolong the War. ‘ i < ‘As his Majefty entered into this War, not frofm Views of Am. “ bition, fo he doesnot with to continueit, from Motives of Refent- “ ment. The Defire of his Majefty’s Heart is, to fee a Stop put to “ the Effufion of Chriftian Blood.” . What was declared in the above Paragraph of hisMajeity’s Speech from the Throne, to our own Parliament, at the Opening of this Seffion, has fince that been notified in Form to our Enemy. The Readinefs of Eugland and Pruffia, to enter into a Treaty, and to give Peace to Chriftendom, which Prince Leswis of Wolfenbuttle hath been autherized to communicate to the Frenth Minifter at the Hague, will no doubt, open the Door for a Negociation, in 2 tnanoner the moft likely to be embraced by the Court of Perfailles; whofe Dif- graces and Diftreffes, too great to be differnbled, and tco extenfive to be remedied, will difpofe them to liften with Attention to ever propofal of Accommodation,’ made to them by an Enemy whola Sword was unfiteathed only to punifh Perfidy 5 and whofe Succeffes, as appears from theit making the firft Advances towards a Treaty, have not infatuated them to prefer unneceflary and ruinous Conqueft, to a reafonable and folid Peace. 2 It is, therefore, ta be hoped, and te be believed, that Peace is not at agreat Diftance ; and upon this Suppofition I thall beg Leave to offer a few Canfiderations to yo, as to the Perfons on whom the Fate of this Country depends 3 Coufiderations which are equaily importane as they are feafonable ; and an Attention to which; before you eriter upon any Negociation, may, perhaps, aHift you (if I may be allowed to fuppofe you fand in Need of any Affiltance {m direting this Negociation to fuch an Iffue, as may be equally hénourable to your felves, and ufeful to the Public. In this. Situation of AJairs, one of the firft Matters relative to the future Nogociation, which, no doubt, muft occur to you, will be the Choice of thofe Perfons who are to be trufted with the great Con- cerns of this Nation as Plenipotentiaries. ~ And, as much will depend upon this Point, I .fhall beg Leave to begin with giving you my Thoughts vpon it, and the other Topics on which 1 propofe 6 trouble you will naturally arife from each other without obferving any other Order, or Cenneétion, befides that in which they fhall ptefent themfelves to a Mind intent upon its Subjed. With tegard then, to the Choice of Plenipotentiaties, Tcannot but lament the Difficulties you have to encounter, before you will be able to find fuch as the Public will have Reafon to thank you for. 1 am not totally unknowing in the Chara&ers and Capacities of many among theGreat. But when 1 caft myEyesaround nie,l own that { 4m greatly furprized, but {till miore grieved, to find fo few among us, capabie of conduting the arduous Tufk of making a Peace. Whe. ther this hath arifen from Negle& in the Education of our Men of Quality ; or whether the Qualifications w hich fit them for Stetefmen, has been negleted, in Comparnifon of fuch as fit them for Aribur’s, or Newmarket 5 or whether it be owing to the State Policy fo fyfte- matically adopted, of late Years, of giving Places, not to the Perfons who can beft execute the Bufinefs but to thofe who can beft do a Jobb. Whatever be the Caufe, the Fat is certaip ; and it is Matter of Amazement that there fhould be fo few in this Ifland, who have given any Proofs that they are capable of conduting with Ability, much lefs with Dexterity,this important Bufinefs of a Nego- ciation with France. Men who are verfed in Treaties, knowing the Interefts, Pretenfions, and Connexions of the ‘feveral Princes of Europe ; fkilled in the Principles of public Law, and capable of applying them on every particalar Occafion 5 acquainted with the Commerce, the Colonies, the Manufaétuares of their own Country ; Mafters of all the Inftances of Infraction of former Treaties, which, occafioned the War we are now engaged in: Ina Word, Men whofe Rank and Confequence among ouifelves, may command re- {pe&, and procure them Authority, amongft our Enemies 5 and who to every other Qualification, already enumerated; can boaft of an Integrity not to be corrupted, and a Steadinefs in fupporting the In- terefts of their Cowntry, w!‘mi,cl%.bg_o Difficulties can difcourage, and no Temptations can fhake . ——3uth are the Men, whom you muft f..‘i.