of Rome supersedes: the ordinary 
recommendation, it. must) be recol- 
lected, that that authority is now in 
_ the hands of France ; indeed it can- 
_ not be. forgotten, that your. whole 
priesthood acknowledge obedience 
to one who is the vassal of France, 
__ who exists as a temporal prince at 
least only by the permission of 
France, the avowed enemy of the 
government, under which we live. 
Under such circumstances, it cannot 
be believed, that any fonest and 
conscientious means have been or 
will be taken by the priests of 
the Romish persuasion, to make 
the lower orders of the peoples 
composing their congregations, loyal 
of AEP ORS ES 3 : 
ment of this country. 
I have the honour to be, with 
the sincerest respect and esteem, 
My lord, 
Your lordship’s most obedient, 
And humble servant, 
Redesdale.* 
To the Earl of Fingal, 
Gt. Ge. 
Important Considerations for the 
People of this Kingdom. 
At a moment when we are enter- 
ing on a scene deeply interesting, 
not only to this nation, but te the 
whole civilized world ; at a moment 
when we all, without distinction of 
rank or degree, are called upon to 
rally round, and to range ourselves 
beneath the banners of that sove- 
reign, under whose long, mild, and 
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subjects of the protestant govern- 
535 
fostering reign, the far greater part 
of us, capable of bearing arms, haye 
been born and, reared up to man- 
hood; at a moment, when we are, 
by his truly, royal and paternal ex- 
ample, incited te make every sacri- 
fice and every exertion ina war, the 
event of which is to decide, whether 
we are still to enjoy, and bequeath 
to our children, the possessions, the 
comforts, the liberties, and. the na~ 
tional honours, handed down to us 
from generation to generation, by 
our gallant forefathers ; or whether 
we are, at once, to fall from this fa- 
voured and honourable station, and 
to become the miserable crouching 
slaves, the hewers of wood, and the 
drawers of water, of those very 
Frenchmen, whom the valour of our 
fleets and armies have hitherto taught 
us to despise; at such a moment, it 
behoves us, calmly, and without dis- 
may, tO examine our situation, to 
consider what are the grounds of 
the awful contest in which we are 
engaged ; what are the wishes, the 
designs, and the pretensions of our 
enemies ; what would be the conse- 
quences, if those enemies were to 
triumph over us; what are our means, 
and what ought to be. our motives, 
not only for frustrating their; mali- 
cious, intentions, but for infiiéting 
just and memorable chastisement on 
their insolent and guilty heads. 
The grounds of the war are, by 
no means, as our enemies pretend, 
to be sought for in a desire enters 
tained by his majesty to keep the 
island of Malta, contrary to the 
treaty of peace, or to leave unful- 
° filled 
sonal attachment to the British government, and by their pathetic and nervous ex- 
hortations addressed to their clergy, for the purposes of exciting and maintaining 
loyalty and good conduct in their respective districts. 
__ + * This letter was not answered. But, after some interval, the correspondence 
recommenced, and four letters were interchanged; but, as the latter have not 
got into circulation, the same motives do not exist for their publication, as for that 
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series now laid before the public. 
