A letter to the Craftsmen : upon the change of affairs in Europe by the war that is begun against the Emperour.

  • A. B.
Date:
1734
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Credit: A letter to the Craftsmen : upon the change of affairs in Europe by the war that is begun against the Emperour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( *9 ) oppofe, in the keeneft Manner, the Part the Miniftry fhall have advifed againft it. Befides many things they will have to fay againft entring vigo¬ rously into the War, they will tell us, that we had no Hand in what gave Birth to this War, and that we fhall in the Conclufion reap no Advantage from it; that the Burden of it therefore ought to lye upon thofe whom it moft concerns ; that England is already fo exhaufted, fo involved in Debt, and lo loaded with Taxes, that it is impofi- fible to find fufficient Refources for a vigorous War; and that we are reduced to this Condition by the Part we took in the two laft Wars for the Defence of the Houfe of ^dujlria, and in Sup* port of the Revolution} and partly by the ill Returns the Emperor has made us fince, by his fetting up the Often# Company, and his unnatural Engage* ments with Spain, in prejudice of his old faft Friends and Allies • and there¬ fore a vigorous War is neither reafon- able, nor poffible to be expected from us? by a Prince to whom we have fo ]itt}e Obligation. C 5? Tet