A proper answer to the by-stander : wherein is shewn, I. that there is no necessity for, but infallible ruin in the maintenance of a large regular (or mercenary) land force in this island : II. that by keeping up a standing army for preventing an invasion, we shall at last render it certain and successful : III. that publick credit is now upon a more stable foundation than ever it was before the year 1734, and can be ruined by nothing but bad oeconomy, temporary expedients, and loss of trade : IV. that endeavouring to revive parties or factions long since extinguised, in order to divert the attention of the people from the present mischiefs or dangers, is a most wicked attemp. : and V. that the weight of political power is now taken almost entirely from the popular and thrown into the regal scale
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Title: A proper answer to the by-stander : wherein is shewn, I. that there is no necessity for, but infallible ruin in the maintenance of a large regular (or mercenary) land force in this island : II. that by keeping up a standing army for preventing an invasion, we shall at last render it certain and successful : III. that publick credit is now upon a more stable foundation than ever it was before the year 1734, and can be ruined by nothing but bad oeconomy, temporary expedients, and loss of trade : IV. that endeavouring to revive parties or factions long since extinguised, in order to divert the attention of the people from the present mischiefs or dangers, is a most wicked attemp. : and V. that the weight of political power is now taken almost entirely from the popular and thrown into the regal scale
Classmark: BC Pol/MOR/P
Creator(s): Bath, William Pulteney Earl of (1684-1764)
Related people: Morris, Corbyn, 1710-1779
Publisher: Printed for T. Cooper
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1742
Language: English
Size and medium: [2], 78 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/288412
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002555169705181
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A letter from a by-stander [1741-1742] was generally supposed to have been written by Walpole or by his direction.--NUC pre-1956; attributed to Corbyn Morris (OCLC, etc.).
Attributed to William Pulteney.--NUC pre-1956.
Indexed in: Goldsmith's Library 7911; Hanson 5646.
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