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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25777	The argument against a standing army, discuss'd by a true lover of his country.; Argument shewing that a standing army is inconsistent with a free government	Trenchard, John, 1662-1723.; Moyle, Walter, 1672-1721.	1698 (1698)	Wing A3631; ESTC R15603	27,307	44

THE ARGUMENT AGAINST A Standing Army DISCUSS'D By a True Lover of his Country Medio tutissimus ibis LONDON Printed and sold by E. Whitlock near Stationers-Hall 1698. TO THE READER HE who Writes Argumentatively must of course draw a Party against his Opinion The Writer hereof Prescribes not to any but only puts in his Mite in order to maintain That Liberty and Property are an Englishman's Birthright And so by consequence you must allow that he is not for Arbitrary Power and wou'd be unwilling to furnish one Board to make a Scaffold for such a Building and what he lays down proves the Truth of it But as he makes out the Happiness of our Constitution to be the Envy of our Neighbour-Countries so likewise he agrees That it is a Limited Mixt Monarchy and endeavours in all places to keep an even Ballance betwixt the King and the People He owns he has seen several Papers upon this Argument but he is satisfied his Readers will not think he is a Plagiary some of those who have appeared seem to have been angry and others have not toucht upon our Author's Notions The Ingenious Author of The Argument against a Standing Army writes like a Gentleman of Quality and Parts at least his Stile speaks him so and he is all along treated as such and in return he requests him that if he reads this ensuing Paper he will be pleased not to wrest any thing to a wrong sence because no hardship was intended And will only add that this is the first time he has appeared in Print and that no Provocation from any Party ever induced him to this Vndertaking He has delivered his Opinion by endeavouring to set all things in a fair Light and leaves the Candid Reader to Judge of his Propositions and so bids him Farewel THE ARGUMENT Against a Standing Army DISCUSS'D THAT the Author of the Pamphlet which is here Examined may not be prejudiced in the Reading of this Paper shou'd it come to his Hands I have thought fit to assure him on the Word of a Gentleman That Liberty and Property are Glorious and Popular Names and I hold them Sacred in my Opinion and therefore I will in all places treat this Anonimous Author with all the Respect due to a British Champion To begin therefore with him he meets you Cap in hand with a fine Compliment setting forth the dismal Dissolution which has been on the Theatre of the World owing to the Growth and Progress of the French Power and draws from thence most admirable Conclusions which are most certainly true viz. our thrice happy Situation which has freed us from the Insults of Foreigners and made our Neighbour Nation the Scene of War who lying open to the Insults of Enemies are forc'd to be upon their Guard Hercules like with Clubs in their Hands I agree also that Neptune is our Titular God That we are Medià Insuperabiles undà and stand like the Earth Immovable and Fixt But in the next Epithet we part for tho' I agree with an Antient Historian who says That our Wooden Walls are a good Defence yet I fear that the Internal Convulsions which he says he dreads not may come to pass unless some regular Forces such a Number as our worthy Representatives see fit be continued in Pay And here I must beg my Reader to take along with him my Reasons for the same which may Bias his Opinion in my Favour How long ago is it That the Disaffected to this Government boasted of their Numbers and of having a Laodicean Party ready to close upon fair Terms Pray can you tell that these Passive Gentlemen because at present they vent not their Malice against the Government so publickly as they used are better Established in the Notion of the King 's Right Alas there are too many who look for Promotion on a Change prompted by Duty as some call it or an Indigency of Fortune and will chop about like the Wind upon a prosperous Gale Again ought not means to be taken to curb these Prancers who as our Authors Title Page has it wou'd put a Fraenum in Ore covering over their sly Designs with pitiful Shams that will not pass but if it shou'd they soon wou'd find out a Why-not when the Tables were open and so carry the Game And Summoning the two famous Generals Liberty and Property into the Field will soon revise Old Stories which have been in Man's Memory and when we are destitute of Soldiers here call in a Foreign Aid to back their Pretensions But of this more when it falls in order and course for now I must follow my Author into another Room and will not part with him where ever I find him Brave and Loyal He says Nature has been liberal to us in our Situation our Luxurient Soil is productive of numerous Commodities fit for Trade and Commerce that Trade makes us Masters of Silver and Gold which come without toiling in the Mine for it that it Breeds us Able Bodied and Skilful Seamen as much as even Luxury it self can covet Methinks he has given us good Reasons not to tempt any Ambitious Prince to venture at it And if we have not a Power and that in Regulated Troops not in his Militia Project as I shall shew anon pray what Assurance can we have of Peace and Quiet longer then Grumblers see fit Is it to be thought that any Advantage in the Articles of Peace will tempt the late King to be at Ease Is he consulted withal or did he send any Propositions to the Congress Is he of a forgiving Temper Pray put on a good Assurance in your Countenance and tell me if he be Is the Pretence of his presumptive Son adjusted or not Well I find Silence grants the Point This Point then being over you are next pleased to put us in Mind That the King is Mortal and to our Grief we know it On so sad an Occasion give me leave to Remark That by Virtue of an Act of Parliament the Crown is likely to descend at his Death on a Female a Princess who tho' she has all the Inherent and Noble Virtues of her great Ancestors yet may labour with Difficulties to fix her self Firm if she has not some Standing Forces of Regular Troops to oppose a sudden Tumult or shou'd she Die first a Prince in Minority is like to put in his Claim who may meet with a Youth about his Age to oppose him the contrary whereof as all good Subjects heartily wish may never come to pass so we ought to provide against And what better way can there be than having such a Power who served in that Capacity before But now to go on with my Author he says That we ought to be Freemen and not Slaves and goes here very wide of hisMark for he tells us An Universal Deluge of Tyranny has overspread the Face of the whole Earth As for the word Whole it might have been left out 'T