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From-F-R-I-D-A-OcTOBERT26, tcKF R IDA Y-November 2y 17647
From the M 0 N I T. O R.
ted, the Proud, the Covetous, are ever rel
iefs to -get, into public Enployments. The
ET the Sort,; or- Scheme ofFroward, the Bufy, the Bold, the Sufficient,
it:wiUpr(ue"theirGamc with more Paffioi7,7Endea-
4; L f JoV thofe are ill 'Goverhriients " vdur, Applicationrand thereby often fucceed,
ZJI-vJwhere ill Men govern, orare where better Men would failr 4
generally employed in the:Qf- - Yet all theft cover their Intentions with
ficesbf State:-' YSlhis is an
moft worthy Pretcnfes, and thofe Patriotick
Evil under the Sun, to which all Things under ymsj-That Men are not born for themelves
the-burljircju
ven b7natura ;'
How can a Prince, Dys Sir William Tern- it is certain they mean quite the contrary.
nle, always choofe well fuch as he employs, - The Danger in fuch a Cafe arifes from a-
-when Mens uuponuons are io eainy mutagen r action petween tnoie ouojects tnat would
ami their Abilities too?. How deceitful are Ap- fuppcrt Government, and thofe that" would
pearances ? How falfe areMens Profeffions ? ruin it, or rather between thofe that pofFefs
Howhidderi are their Hearts ? How difgojfed the Honours and Advantages of it ; and thofe .
their Principals ? How uncertain their Hu- that, under: Pretence of reforming, defign
mours ? Many Men come out, when they J chiefly to change the Hands it is in, and care -come
into great and public Employments ; the little what becomes of the reft. . When thefe
iWeaknefs :of whof
never have been; difcovered,- had they kept either difgraced, or laid afide, or retire of
unhinthetprivate spheres-ot-i
and molt active to ge t u pon -
Princes, who lee ww and
hear with other Mens Ears ; or are confined
in their Choice of Servants to a fmall Number
of Courtiersrwho
as are
the
molt eager
c.
give their Attendance about
This is fuch a Danger as will fooner or la
ter eat but thef vitals of Government, unlefs
the Court, in order to advance themfelves to the Prince and State poiffult their own Safety, ;
Honoursto -Fortunes to Places arid
ments, do not always prefer the belt and wi- thofe
feft to tHe great Qffices of State;
crmmon)r they choofe Men the leaft worthy and thereby leave the Channel of known and
of-th ) u It ice clean and undilturbed ; and
capable to nianage an important Truft and by purfuing the true and common Intereft of
better Servants to their pwn any
than o the Government, : : v Party, excepf in AiclrCafes wlierethey tiiu
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