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calculation or belief. We humbly 
reprefent to your Majefty, that in 
the hands of thofe minifters, no- 
thing has profpered. Inftead of 
reftoring monarchy in France, they 
have been compelied to. recognife 
the republic there eftabiifhed, and 
to offer propofals of peace to it. 
Inftead of difmembering the terri- 
tories of that republic, they have 
fuffered it to add to them the Ne- 
therlands, Holland, and great. part 
of italy and Germany; and evena 
part of thefe kingdoms, which the 
fleets of that republic have infult- 
ed, have only been preferved from 
the calamities of an invafion by the 
accidents of the feafons. In their 
negotiations for. peace they have 
been equally unfuccefsful. It was 
ts be expected. When they afked 
peace they were abject, but not fin- 
cere; they acknowledged their im- 
potence, but not their errors; they 
difcovered the moft hoftile difpofi- 
tions towards Franceat the very time 
they proved their utter inability to 
‘eontend with her. © When they 
wanted to obtain our confent to 
the war, they affured us that it was 
necefflary forthe fafety of our own 
commerce. At this moment moft 
of the ports of Europe are fhut a- 
gainft us, goods to.an immenfe a- 
mount are lying upon the hands of 
our merchants; and the manufac- 
turing poor are ftarving by thou- 
fands, They affured us the war was 
neceffary for the prefervation of 
prabPriy and public,credit. They 
ave rendered every man’s proper- 
ty fubjeé to an order of the Privy 
Council; and the Bank of England 
has ftopped payment. They affur- 
,ed us that the war was neceflary for 
the -prefervation of the conftitu- 
tion:—They have .deftroyed its 
bei part, which is its liberty, by 
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oppreflive « reftri¢tions’ upon the 
right of petitioning, and upon the 
freedom of the via ; by profecut- 
ing innocent men under falfe pre- 
tences; by fending money to fo: 
reign princes without the confent 
of parliament; while, by erecting 
barracks throughout the kingdom, 
they give us reafon to fufpect their 
intention of finally fubjeéting the 
people to military defpotifm. They 
affured us the war was neceffary for 
ihe prefervation of the unity of our 
empire. But they have fo conduct- 
ed, and are ftill fo conduéting 
themfelves in Ireland, as to alien- 
ate the affections of that brave, 
loyal, oppreffed, and perfecuted na- 
tion, and to expofe the moft flou- 
rifhing of its provinces. to all the 
horrors of lawlefs military violence, 
Thefe are not common errors; 
they are great crimes; and of thefe 
crimes, before God and our coun- 
try, we accufe your minifters. Our 
affections to your Majeity’s perfon, 
our loyalty to your governmeitft, 
are unabated :—your Majefty’s vir 
tues are a pledge for the one; the 
conftitution which makes yoy 
King for the other. But duty to 
our fellow-countrymen and to our 
pofterity, which is but another 
name for that affection and loyalty, 
impels us to reprefent to your Ma- 
jefty, that your minifters are de- 
frauding us of the benefit of thofe 
virtues, by, deftroying the channels 
through which they flow. They 
have tarnithed the national honour 
and glory; they have oppreffed the 
poor with almoft intolerable. bur- 
thens; they have poifoned the in- 
texcourfe of private life; they have 
given a fatal blow to public credit; 
they. have divided the empire; and 
Ahey have fubverted the conftitu- 
tion, We humbly pray your Ma- 
jefty, 
