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appear from this ; that their attempts were directed j t

îlot only to. wrest the négociations out os the a( j

Queen’s hands, but to oblige their courury to carry VÉl

on the war, on the famé unequal foot that had ^

coît her already about tvventy millions more than ^

íhe ought to hâve contributed to it. For they w0

not only continued to abet the emperor, whose íK

inability to supply his quota was coníeíîed . but fa

the Dutch likewife, aster the States had refused ^

to ratify the treaty their miniskr figned at London n0

towards the ^nd of the year one thoufmd feven ^hundred and eleven, and by which the Queen e}

United herfelf more closely than ever to them ; a |

engaging to pursue the war, to conclu de the 0]

peace, and to guaranty it, when concluded, ^

jointly with them ; “ provided they woúld keep j (

a the engagements they had taken with her, and w

a the conditions of proportionate expeníe under Cû

“ which our nation had entered into the war. ”

Upon such schemes as these was the opposition to ^

the treaty of Utrecht carried on : and the means y,

employed, and the means projected to be em- ], !r

ployed, were worthy of such schemes ; open, diretì, yj

and indécent défiance of légal authority. secret con- ^

spiracies agamis the state, and base machinations ffl( j

againft particular men, who had no other crime à

than that of endeavouring to conclude a war, y

under the authority of the Queen, which a party [ W1

in the nation endeavoured to prolong, againft her ; ltí(

authority. Had the good policy of ccncluding. ^

the war been doubtful, it was certainly as lawfulfor those, who thought it good, to advise it, as y

it