ned, yet no hoſtilities have followed; and they who ſat wiſhing for miſery and ſlaughter are diſappointed of their pleaſure. But as peace is the end of war, it is the end likewiſe of preparations for war; and he may be juſtly hunted down as the enemy of mankind, that can chuſe to ſnatch by violence and bloodſhed, what gentler means can equally obtain.
The miniſtry are reproached as not daring to provoke an enemy, leſt ill ſucceſs ſhould diſcredit and diſplace them. I hope that they had better reaſons; that they paid ſome regard to equity and humanity; and conſidered themſelves as entruſted with the ſafety of their fellow-ſubjects, and as the deſtroyers of all that ſhould be ſuperfluouſly ſlaughtered. But let us ſuppoſe that their own ſafety had ſome influence on their conduct, they will not, however, ſink to a level with their enemies. Though the motive might be ſelfiſh, the act was innocent. They who grow rich by adminiſtering
