To the fame account we inufl alfo place the 

 hundred millions expended in an unfuccefs- 

 ful attempt to reduce the rebellious colonies; 

 por is it any thing to the purpofe whether the 

 coloniescould,or could not have been reduced; 

 whether our generals behaved well or ill ; or 

 whether we had the right or wrong fide of 

 the queflion* 



Let our opinion with regard to thefe parti- 

 culars be what it will, the event is mani- 

 feft, that adventuring deeply in commercial 

 fchemes is dangerous for a nation, as well as 

 an individual ; and, with refped: to our own 

 particular cafe, the fadl is undoubted, that all 

 >ur attempts to aggrandize ourfelves have 

 ended in the lofs of money, embarraflment 

 of our affairs, and considerable diminution of 

 our national character. 



Perhaps, it may be faid, that the errors 

 committed in the management of any fcheme 

 are not to be attributed to the fcheme itfelf ; 

 and, of confequence, that the folly of the 

 Britiih miniftry, in not fending a fufficient 

 force, under the command of generals (that 

 could be trufted) in due time, to fubdue 

 America, is, by no means an evidence of the 

 infufficiency of a commercial plan for the ag- 

 grandizement 



