Excerpt from A Review of Lord Bute's Administration When came the adminiftration affairs were juf't m an Oppofite {tare yet, to the immortal honour of himfelf and his country, he left to his fuccefibrs every advantage that a powerful nation, and a fpirit in the meridian of its thirf't of conquelt, could give; and they, to the everlafting reproach of their memo ries, fufi'ered the war to languiih, checked that glow ing ardour in the people, by fubterfu ge and artifice, publifhing to the world, and trumpetmg by their emifi'aries in every place of public refort, that we wereundone by ourfuccefr es; an abfurdity thatinftantly defiroyed that confidence and that unanimity, from which every public and private advantage had been derived: and not content with this, they unveiled what they called our weak fiate, and 111 all thefalfe glare of exaggeration held it up to the enemy, to inform him we 'be'd heither men nar mehey to carry on the war. Andto crown the whole, a peace was patched up, that is, by the nation in general, deemed inadequate, infecure and diihonourable; becaufe it rei'tores to the enemy that very power, which will enable him in a ibort time to dilturb our tranquility. Thefe exprefiions may perhaps give umbrage to fome of the tools of power, or thofe who are fecking to ferve their particular purpofes at the expente of their country; but let it be remembered, that 1t is the birth right of E nglifhnien to fpeak tlieir fentiments freely on all public meafures, and efpecially thofe which nearly concern their happinefs, trade and in terefts, or wherefore 15 this called a land of liberty. P When once we are afraid to fpeak we are no longer fafe. It IS the doctrine of the tories to f at: us to flavery it is that of the whigs to preferee our liberties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.