It having been always deem’ddeemed in-
cumbent on every Person in my Si-
tuation, to say Something of him-
self, &and the Cause he suffers for, I
could not decline it, however dis-
agreeable to my Persecutors, qnwhen
I once held it my Duty.

The Cause I embarked in, was, that
of my Liege Sovereign, King James
the Third, from an Opinion I long
since had of his just Right; an
Opinion, founded on the Constitu-
tion, &and strongly recognized &and e-
stablished by an Act of Parlia-
ment now in it'sits full Vigour,
which neither the People collec-
tively nor representatively have
any Power or Authority to Sub-
vert or alter.[See the Statute
of Charles 2d.] Nor can that Law
be repealed but by a Free Par-
liament, summoned to meet
by a Lawful King: Not by a Con-vention,82(82)
vention, commanded by a foreign
prince &and Usurper, &and intimidated &and
directed by him at the Head of a
Foreign Army.

To this Convention we owe the Revo-
lution; to the Revolution we owe
the Accession of the Family of Ha-
nover; &and to this Accession all our
present Ills, &and the melancholy &and
certain Prospect of the entire Sub-
version of all that is dear &and va-
luable to Britons.

My Opinion of the King's Title to
the Imperial Crown of these Realms,1
thus uncontrovertible, received ad-
ditional Strength &and Satisfaction
from his Character &and Qualifica-
tions, confirmed to me by Persons
of the strictest Honour &and Credit,
&and demonstrated to me, that his E-
stablishment on the Throne of his
Ancestors, would be an Incident,
as productive of Happiness to the
Subject, as of Justice to the So-
vereign, since his Majesty's con-
fess’dconfessed superioursuperior Understanding
is absolutely necessary to extricate
our Country out of that most despe-
rate State She has been declin-ing83(83)
ing to since the Revolution, &and
has precipitately fallen into since
the Accession.

On this Declension &and RuineRuin of our
Country have the Favourers &and
Friends of both Revolution &and Ac-
cession built vast &and despicable
Fortunes; which possibly they may
entail (with the Conditions of
Slavery annexed) on their be-
trayed &and abandoned Issue; it
being much more clear, that Sla-
very will descend from Genera-
tion to Generation, than such
Fortunes so acquired.

Have we not seen Parliaments,
in a long Succession, raise Sup-
plies sufficient to surfeit Ava-
rice? Do we not see that Ava-
rice heaping up Millions for yethe
Nurture &and Support of foreign Do-
minions, on the RuinesRuins of that
Country that grants them? Nor
can this move the least Compas-
sion, or even common Regard,
for her Welfare &and Interest, from that 84 (84)
that ungrateful Avarice.
British Councils, since the Usur-
per's Accession, have had foreign
Interest their constant Object, &and
the Power &and Finances of the Im-
perial Crown of Great Britain
have been betrayed, prostituted &and
squandered, for the Convenience
&and Support of the meanest Electo-
rate in Germany; &and the Elector’s Con-
duct has been more destructive &and
detrimental to our Country, than all
the Finesse, Treachery, &and Force, that
the French, or any other Adversa-
ry's Council &and Power could have
attempted or effected. Land-Armies
only can sustain &and cover Dominions
on the Continent; these are raised
in the Country protected, &and main-
tained by the Country protecting.

Here Great Britain has all the
Burden, &and Hanover all the Advan-
tage: Whereas Navies are the
British Bulwarks, which have, by
the Elector, been neglected, mis-
applied, or employed to her Dis-
advantage, &and can alone guard &and
protect her Dominions &and Commerce.

The False Glosses &and Fears of Po-
pery, universally propagated, have
deluded unthinking vulgar Minds,
&and diverted all Attention to Reason;
when it is clear, to any just Re-
flection, that his Majesty can have
no Happiness but what results fmfrom
his Britain, who, he must know from 86 (86)
from melancholy Experience, will
not be tempted to part with the Doc-
trines &and Exercise of the Religion e-
stablished in her. His Majesty
must know, that a lawful King
must adhere to the Constitution
in Church &and State, &and shewshow a most
inviolable Attachment to those Laws,
that were made for the Security of
both, whatever Indulgences &and Conces-
sions are made by Conventions to
an Usurper for the Breach of all.
A lawful King is a nursing Father,
who would protect us, &and demand no
more Supplies than the immediate
Services required, &and those from the
Riches of the Country, the Excres-
cences of Trade &and Commerce, wt-
outwithout Prejudice to either; &and such
would be deem’ddeemed best, that were
just sufficient for the Purposes they
were raised, &and for which only they
would be employed. But an U-
surper is a Stepfather, that builds
his own Hopes &and Views on yethe RuineRuin
&and Destruction of his usurped Do-
minions, &and has Joy from the fleec-
ing &and impoverishing of those un-
der his Influence &and Power.

I am to declare my Happiness in having 88 (88)
having such a Wife &and Daughter,
that forgive my involving them in
my Misfortunes, &and having an unde-
served Share in them. I heartily
thank them, &and wish them both tem-
poral &and eternal Happiness; and
hope, that those, who are Friends to
my King, will look upon them as yethe
Relict &and Orphan of a Fellow-Sub-
ject, that has suffered in the Roy-
al cause.

I glory in the Honour I have had
of seeing his Royal Highness,
Charles Prince Regent, &and of be-
ing admitted into his Confidence;
&and I here declare it the greatest
Happiness I ever knew, &and yethe high-
est Satisfaction; &and such as even
my vainest Thoughts could never
have suggested to me: An Ho-
nour to every rational Creature,
that can judge of the many requi-
site Virtues of a Prince, centred
in him truly, tho'though so often fals-
ly assign’dassigned to the worst. His Cha-
racter exceeds any Thinganything I could
have imagined or conceived. An
Attempt to describe him would seem
gross Flattery; &and nothing but a plain 89 (89)
plain &and naked Narrative of his
Conduct to all Persons, &and in all
Scenes he is engaged in, can pro-
perly shewshow him. A Prince, betray-
ed by the Mercy he shewedshowed his
Enemies, in judging of the Dispo-
sitions of Mankind by the Be-
nignity of his own. His Fortitude
was disarmed by it, &and his ungrate
-ful Enemies think they have
reaped the Benefit of it; but
let them not rejoice at his Mis-
fortunes, since his Failure of
Success will, without the immedi-
ate Interposition of Providence,
be absolutely their RuineRuin. What
a Contrast is there between his Roy-
al Highness, the Prince, &and the Duke
of Cumberland! The first displays
his true Courage, in Acts of Huma-
nity &and Mercy; the latter a Cruel-
ty in Burning, Devastation, &and De-
struction of the British Subjects,
their Goods &and Possessions. I would
ask — Who is the true HeroeHero?

I freely forgive all my Ene-
mies, from the Usurper, to Weir
&and Maddox, the infamous Witnes-
ses in Support of his Prosecuti-
on of me: And I must also, &and
do from my Heart, Forgive my
Lord Chief Justice for his stupid
&and inveterate Zeal, in painting my
Loyalty to my King with all the
Reproaches he had Genius e-
nough to bestow on it, when he
passed Sentence on seventeen
at once, &and which he did with-
[o]ut Precedent, because it was with-out92(92)
out Concern.

I beg all I have offended, that
they will forgive me for Jesus
Christ’s Sake, my only Media-
tor Advocate, To whom, with
the Father &and the Holy Spirit, be
all Adoration, Praise, Glory, Do-
minion &and Power for ever. Amen.