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J . T H E N ° 4 j i - - * . • r S g ^ . \ Y V - >** ' ■«*.*;, 4 \ INeW-York Gazette F r o m S e p t . u 9 t q Monday S e f t e n b e r i $, 1 7 3 8 . A t tbt A j f v r of tht Spanifh Depredations, and been appriAi \ m d thmt then lie w ill g ive hit An* ‘ w h a t Methods will be taken toprocme Stthfac- fiver to tar M ini(Ittrefiding t t his Court. T i n s I ;,p- tion f o r tbe Loffes our Merchants hmvt fu(iatn>d thereby, are at prefent the principal Topicks ef J)ifcmrfe9 we prefnme the following Letter (ta k e * f r o m ik* L < m d ° n E v e n i n g - P o l l ) w i l l not be unacceptable to our Readers, S I R §&%&&&$ M r , Irecm/M , in t h t Daily Ga- m m * * * « s & « A • « $ » # » ■zj t t ur W i zjetteer o f March $ i . has hung out a F l a g of T r u c e , and dc- fires that all Altercations, all indecent Language on both Sides may be avoided for the future, and all former Tranf- actions be forgotten, 1 think it would be b u t j u f l to g r a n t h i m fuch reafonabie Conditions ; thc lntcrcib o f Great- Brtuitn requires it. W c ought n o w , i n m y humble Opinion, to unite in re ven g i n g o u r Country’ s W r o n g s : Bntons ought to kn o w no Adverfaries at prefent but thc Spa- mmds, and fuch as either vindicate their Depreda tions, or underhand endeavour to prevent the Chafiife- ment they deferve from m t W e have, w i t h Plca- iu r c aud Acknowledgm e n t , feen chc H o n o u r able H o u l e of Commons exerting their C a r e ol ihc Nation b y their ardent and indefatigable Attention to thc Complaints of our M e r c h a n t s , and thc Method by which they have enabled curM i n i f l c r s to call Spam to an Account^ and as o u r R.cprelcntativcs have fo g l o r i o u d y gone thfo’ this P a r t ot thc W o r k , it is not to be doubted bat thc M iniftry w i l l as g l o r i o u f l y go thro’ the reft, and anfwer thc carncft E x p e c t a tion o f t h e ir C o u n t r y by an immediate Decla- prehend, Sir% w i l l b e thc Anfwer o f t h e C o u r t o f M a d r id, in o r d e r t o a n u i f c u « , & may be attended with fatal C o n f l u e n c e s toGrcat Britain, if w c don*t immediately declare W a r either upon it, or a n y other formal T u t o f f o r Delay w h a t e v e r : F o r if w c fit ftill a n d waftc lcvcn or e ig h t Months, perhaps a T e a r more, it may be too late to g o to W a r at a ll, or at leaft w c (hall enter into it u n d e r iniinitcly greater Difadvanta- gc*thanat Prefent. I f Spain refolvcs to* t r i c k us, and abufe o u r further Patience, wc d u l l o n ly givchcr fo much more T i m e to d o it in, to fortify her Sea Coafts both in Europe and A - mcrica, to make m e w Alliances, to llrengthcn hcrFlcecf,and carry on feveral Intrigues a g a in lt us, w h i c h w c rmay m o w p revent by a£lingw i t h Refolution and V i g o u r . Another Evil C o n f c - qoenccof o u r giving m o r e T i m e co S p a in m a y probably b e that ol creating unjull Sulpicions in thc P e o p le of thc S incerity o f our M i n i l t c r s , w hich o u g h t to b e a v o ided as m u c h as p o flible ; for it is b y C o n f i d e n c e in one another, b y H a r m o n y and U n i o n am o n g our S elves, join’d to tbe natural C o u r a g e and Bravery o f Britons , tbat w c m u f t hope: t o fucceed ; otherwifc our Merchants muft go uniacisfy’dfor their Loffes, our trade u n f c o i r ’d and our Country remain in Contempt. T h e R c a l o n s that w c might flatter ourfelves w i t h at bom c for c x c u fing our wane o f ILcfolution, w o u l d not be allowed as fuch h y Foreigners* they w o u ld never believe a People held a BaJ lance o f Europe, that had neither thc Courage nor the Means to reven g e * their ow n W r o n g s , and procure Satisfa&ion ration o f W a r againft thc Court ot M a d r i d , if for themfclves, Surely then thofe G e n t l e m e n . « i n «- * . . r > • n I • ? 1 _ 1 . i r * . . i n by thc M i d d l e o f May ample Satisfaction is not made to our Merchants* as well thc Saffcrevs before the Treaty of Seville as thofe that have been plundered /incc, if a Reparation oi H o nour is n o r aho made to Great-Britain, and i f a fuflicicnt G u a r a n t y is not likewife given for future S : c u r i i y. Ih i i r c , Str% vcnt.ui’ d to name a T i m e to be limited for all this, hecaufe I have certain Kea- fons ro f u r that when our Rcprcfcntatiom a n d Dem a n d s arrive at Madrid, that C o u r t will tell us, That his Catholick Majefty muft take fome Time ta confidrr of them ; that his Majefty mss (I like- wife tii’-gfimc lime to fend to America to be e,\ailly tr.jc, 7 ',rdrf many C:,ctsxftii!.cis ej uhtch he has not m u l l bcrniilakcn, w h o fay that R c c o u r f c to a W a r for Satisfaction of thc Injuries w c have received, w o u l d be a R e m e d y much w o r f c t h a n che Difeafe wc complain o f ; for this, I think, can admit o f rao o t h e r C o n l l r u £ i i o n than thac the only true R e m e d y w e have left, i s t o f u f f c r ourfclyos to be plunder’d on, as if that w o u l d mot i n fa llibly ruin us in thc End. Againft a Dodbrincfo derogatory to thc H o nour o f Britain, fo c o n trary t o t h e O p i n i o n a n d Pra&icc of ou r F o r c - F a t h e r s p and i o p o r r c m o u s to thc Landed Intcreft of this K i n g d o m , w h i c h muft either flourifh or whither a w a y w i t h thc T r a d i n g Intcxcfk of it, w c have three recent Exampl .j***.*.— i$m»m on,,
