And after all, what's the mighty Advantage we propoſe by keeping this Force? Why forſooth, having a ſmall Number of Men more (for the Officers will always be ready, and now a great part of the private Soldiers are to be rais’d in caſe of a new War) ready ſix Weeks ſooner to attack Frame. And I durſt almoſt appeal to theſe Gentlemen themſelves, whether ſo ſmall a Balance againſt France is equivalent to the Hazard of our Liberties, Deſtruction of our Conſtitution, and the conſtant Expence of keeping them up, to expect when the King of Spain will be plcafed to die. If theſe Gentlemen are really afraid of a new War, and don't uſe it as a Bugbear to fright us out of our Liberties, and to gain their little Party-Ends, the Way to bring the People into it heartily, is to ſhew them that all their Actions tend to the public Advantage, to leſſen the national Expences, to manage the Revenue with the greateſt Frugality, to poſtpone part of their Salaries, and not grow rich while their Country grows poor, to give their hearty Aſſiſtance for appropriating the Iriſh Lands gain’d by the People°s Blood and Sweat to the public Service, as was promis’d by his Majeſty, and not to ſhew an unhappy Wit in puniſhing ſome Men, and excuſing others for the ſame Fault, and ſpend three Months in Intrigues how to keep up a Standing Army to the Dread of the greateſt Part of the Nation; for let them fancy what they pleaſe, the People will never conſent to the raiſing a new Army till they are ſatiſfied they ſhall be rid of them when the War is done; and there is no Way of convincing them of that, but the diſbanding theſe with Willingneſs. When we ſee this done, we ſhall believe they are in earneſt, and the People will join unanimouſly in a new War; otherwiſe there will always be a conſiderable Part of the Nation (whatever perſonal Honour they have for his Majeſty, or Fears of France) that will lie upon the Wheels with all their Weight, and do them more harm than their Army will do them good.
To conclude, we have a wiſe and virtuous Prince, who has always endeavour'd to pleaſe his People by taking thoſe Men into his Councils, which they have re-
