ful topick of ſtanding armies have loſt their weight, and are no longer bug-bears, to deter them from purſuing the true intereſt of their country.—I ſpeak this, for the honour of Thoſe, to whom we are oblig'd for this happy Coalition!
Nay, ſhould it, at any time, be thought neceſſary, for the ſafety and glory of this nation, to heap Honours upon ſuch men, becauſe they have been Enemies to their country; and to cruſh others, for being over-zealour in their duty, (which poſſibly may be ſometimes objected) I have nothing to ſay againſt it, however grating it may be to thoſe, whom it ſhall affect: littl einconveniences muſt be ſubmitted to, for the publick good; and as long as the Places of truſt and profit are not engroſſed and monopoliz'd in a few hands, but diſtributed without partiality amongſt the moſt deſerbing; as long as Penſions are bestowed only upon thoſe, who are intitled to them by their zeal and ſufferings for the preſent Government, and not ſquander'd away upon the moſt ill-deſerving men, I think every good ſubject ought to ſit down contented, under all private hardſhips, now without bleſſing thoſe wiſe heads and honeſt hearts, by which the Publick is ſo well ſecur'd!
I muſt, however, beg leave to obſerve, that whenever ſuch retrograde meaſures ſhall be judged expedient by thoſe in power, it will be
