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A25373
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Remarks upon the present confederacy, and late revolution in England, &c.
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Anderton, William, d. 1693.
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1693
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Inconvenience and to maintain an Army abroad at the same time The only way is to take him at his Word recall our Forces break off the Confederacy and to stand upon our own Legs maintain a good Army here at Home pay them well and augment our Navy But yet this Method has its Difficulties too so hard a thing it is to ensure any the least degree of Mundane Felicity For should we leave the Confederacy in the Lurch which his present Circumstances seem to encline or necessitate him to consent to if the Parliament think fit then the vast Arrears owing to the Allies which they could never expect to get from him would oblige them to unite with France declare the P. of O the common Enemy and England the Seat of War That he is indebted to the Confederates seems highly probable to me by the Elector of Brandenburg's pressing the States and the King of Spain so hard for the Subsidies or Pensions due to him the last Spring representing to them that without them he should not be in a condition to maintain the Forces he had on foot which the Elector of Saxony did likewise the same time and 't is not unlikely that was one pricipal reason of Hanouer's slow Proceedings the last Campaign And if I be not much mistaken in my Conjecture the P. of O. must come in for a Snack in that Affair as well as the States and Spain especially if he be the Primum Mobile of the Confederacy as the Monthly Account and one of the late Slips term him But to return the latter would be insignificant for Reasons formerly mentioned so that our Case looks desperate But if we should break up the Confederacy by consent these Arrears must be paid which no doubt will arise to a large Sum which would be hard for us to part with in these Circumstances and to support the Charge of a War besides But Oh the Descent This must be carried on yet None can desire more than I that a Descent should be made into France and therefore notwithstanding the Disappointment of that Design the last Summer I intend to attempt it the next Year with a much more considerable Force c. What a parcel of Stuff and Contradiction huddled together as if the Noise of the Cannon from Mons and Namur was not out of his Head yet To talk of a Descent so publickly so long before-hand enough to frustrate the best laid Project in the World If it were impracticable the last Year much more the next There are the same Difficulties at least this Year if not ten times greater but nothing will serve our Turns or be worth our Noble Attempts but Impossibilities By the next Year there will be a potent Fleet to obstruct us if not powerful enough to defeat and ruine us more powerful Diversion by Land early notice of this Design all possible means found out to prevent us by Sea and Land and it may be a Descent to anticipate ours and what then Ay but I intend to attempt it with a more considerable Force Is not this a palpable Contradiction to his modest Request he had made before of a Force at least as great by Sea and Land as we had the last Year i. e. If we may be permitted to understand him he desires if it can't be otherwise but the same assistance of Men and Money he had the last Year and he will attempt it and if they enable him with a much more considerable Force he 'll attempt it if notwithstanding all the forementioned greater opposition he 's like to meet with the next Year than the last he intends yet to attempt it though with equal Forces to those he had before Why was it not attempted then when there were far less Will he engage to be wiser next Year than the last or that the French shall be more Fools or that they shall be less able to oppose him with a more powerful Navy and a greater number of Land Forces the next than they had the last Campaign and he be stronger and abler to attack them with the same Forces he had before And suppose he be enabled with a more considerable Force can he assure us that their Diligence in repairing their Losses at Sea and the considerable Augmentation of their Land Forces will not exceed his more numerous Forces and render his good Intention as impracticable as ever This is just such a passionate desire as he had to fight LVXEMBVRGH Hand over Head without the least shadow of Hope to get any Advantage but meerly to keep up the Opinion amongst Fools of his being a Fighting Spark and scorning to pass a whole Campaign with doing nothing so he is resolved to attempt something by Sea though he is sure to get nothing but hard Blows and expose some thousands of his English to be knock'd on the Head or to die like Fools to their immortal Honour And this is all he seems to promise in his Speech to attempt a landing in France which was ever laugh'd at by sensible Men before and ought to be hiss'd at now Well! but here are grand Motives to stir us up to support him with all the speed imaginable We are exposed to the Attempts of France while the French King is in a condition to make them and therefore the great Advantage we have at this very nick of Time of being joined with the most of the Princes and States of Europe against so dangerous an Enemy ought not to be slipt especially our Countrey and Religion lying at stake c. and we have the same Religion to defend c. What Advantage have we now that we had not before Are we but just now entered into the Confederacy or have we or they been asleep or drunk all this while Why an Advantage now Are they stronger now or more politick or resolute than before Or if we have had little or no Advantage in being joined with them all this while what assurance have we of any from henceforward I am sure some wise Statesmen who have transmitted to us the Experience of former Ages do assure us if a Confederacy does not make some notable Impression upon the common Enemy the first or second Campaign they are never like to do it afterwards but grow weaker and weaker till they sink into nothing and as to these Confederates notwithstanding they have served almost an Apprenticeship under one of the wisest Masters of his Craft in the whole World have added so little to their Skill and approved themselves such notorious Dunces that we have no hopes of ever seeing a Masterpiece from them to their grand Disparagement and our infinite Loss And after all this Pother are we exposed to the Attempts of France and is France a dangerons Enemy and the Power of France excessive Who may we thank for all this Was it not the P. of O's being joined with most of the Princes and States of Europe that brought us into
of the Spanish Low Countries had in the Prince of Orange's Enterprize against England but not believing what he did was done by his Master's Command his Majesty was in good hopes to have persuaded his most Catholick Majesty to have joined with him for the Restoration of the lawful King of England c. To which purpose he made several Proposals that were all received whilst the Success of the Prince of Orange continued doubtfull but when 't was known at Madrid that the King of England had left his Kingdom then nothing was thought of but War with France That his Majesty was also farther informed that the Spanish Ambassadour in England visited the Prince of Orange every day and importuned him to declare War against France c. But finding that his most Catholick Majesty was resolved c. Gen. Hist of Europe Vol. 1. Month Apr. 89. As to this last passage I am sensible many prejudiced persons will be ready to object the little Reputation the French King and his Ministers have had for their Veracity these many Years but if we reflect on the vast Charge he is constantly at for Intelligence in all places where he is concerned and how much it imported him to find out the Mystery of the Confederacy it ought in some measure at least to incline us to credit him especially when it 's notoriously known he had intimated to King James some considerable time before he could give credit to it the Design of the Prince of Orange and the States General against him and proffered him such Assistance that if he had complied with it would have effectually prevented this late Revolution in Great Britain and consequently this bloody and desperate War which has been the sad Effect of it And there are some persons now living of unquestionable Integrity and sufficient Interest to know the truth of it who assert that Don Ronquillo the late Spanish Ambassadour plainly told King James that if we would not be induced to join in the Confederacy with the Empire and Spain against France he would run the hazard of losing his Crown so certain it is that the Revolution here was an immediate Effect of the Consultations and Resolutions of the Confederacy though not publickly enough hitherto understood to the great injury of the King and perversion of his Subjects These Passages out of a publick Account of the Affairs of Europe allowed to be published and as we are obliged to suppose approved by the States General for the present till something more material be offered by more capable and intelligent Persons may seem to any reasonable man a sufficient Proof of my Assertion that what the Pr. of Orange has lately transacted there was not managed by him alone against the Intentions of the rest of the Confederacy If so why did not they remonstrate against his Proceedings by their Ambassadours to King James and the Prince of Orange too and as in Honour bound contribute their Assistence when especially requested to it towards his Restoration Nay why did they on the contrary by their respective Ambassadours and Envoys congratulate the Prince and Princess of Orange's Accession to the Throne and by this means virtually declare to all the World that King James was justly deposed and that the Prince and Princess of Orange were become the lawfull and rightfull King and Queen of England So that the more nicely we examine the methods of the Prince of Orange's Proceedings the greater reason we have to conclude this Objection to be a meer Sham and Excuse His charging his Father in law with Male-administration Violating the Fundamental Laws of the Realm with setting up the Roman Catholick Religion imposing a Supposititious Heir upon the Three Kingdoms in order to put by the Succession of his own Children meerly on the account of Religion c. What was all this to the business of France and the Confederates The only thing in the Prince of Orange's Daclaration that makes for the business pretended is the Private League Offensive and Defensive between King James and France which notwithstanding could never be produced and exposed to the view of the World and if it had been so could never be any just pretence for their assisting to invade him unless it had been contrary to former Alliances between him and them none of which appearing it is altogether as frivolous as many other Shams in that Master-piece of Villany the forementioned Declaration Upon these Suppositions then 't is apparent that that which was to give Life unto the Confederacy and bring it into Act was the pulling down King James and setting up the Prince of Orange so that before all this was accomplish'd the Confederacy was but an Embrio and no better than a Conditional Stipulation and upon the unsuccessfulness of the Prince of Orange would have been stisled and vanish'd into nothing There was no War declared before this Gentleman was most Traiterously Proclaimed King but by the Duke of Bavaria Nov. 10. as you may see in the London Gazette The Emperour and Dutch did not till March 89. and in all probability it had not been done afterward on the Confederates side if this Praeludium to all the rest had miscarried To this effect we may remember that the Dutch Ambassadour when charged by King James in the behalf of his Masters the States General with assisting the Prince of Orange with Men Money Arms c. for his Expedition against the express Articles of Peace and Alliance made between King Charles the Second of blessed Memory and the States of the Vnited Netherlands 1667. particularly the 11th Article wherein it was agreed That the said King of Great Britain and the said States General remain Friends Confederates united and allied for the Defence and Preservation of the Rights Liberties and Immunities of either Allie and their Subjects against all who shall endeavor to disturb the Peace of either by Sea or Land And Artie 13. That neither the said King nor the said Common-wealth nor any of the Subjects of either inhabiting or residing within their Jurisdiction shall cherish and assist the Rebels of either party with any Succour Counsel or Favour whatsoever but shall expose and effectually hinder all persons abiding residing or dwelling in either of their Dominions from supplying or furnishing any of those foresaid Rebels by Sea or Land with Arms Succour or Assistance either in Men Ships Arms or Warlike Furniture c. And Article 14. That the King of Great Britain and the said States General shall Mutually Sincerely and Faithfully as there is occasion assist each other against the Rebels of either by Sea or Land with Men Ships c. Article 15. That neither the said King nor the said Commonwealth nor the Subjects of either shall in any of their Jurisdictions Countries c. receive any Rebel or Rebels Fugitive or Fugitives declared or to be declared c. pretended to know nothing of it which is a plain Indication they would have insisted