Cui Bono?; Or, an Inquiry, What Benefits Can Arise Either to the English or the Americans, the French, Spaniards, or Dutch, from the Greatest Victories, or Successes, in the Present War (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782. Excerpt: ... LETTER VI. An Inquiry, what Benefits will accrue to America, supposing her to obtain her utmojl Wishes of Independance in the Prosecution os the present War. TO MONSIEUR NECKER. Cut Bonos SIR, AFTER having shewn, that Eng land could not possibly be a Gainer, but must necessarily be a Loser by the Reduction, or Conquest, or Recovery, or Submission of America call it by what Name you please we are now to reverse the Scene, and to suppose, that America, with the Assistance of her great and good Allies, sliall reduce England to the most abject State of Poverty and Want. America, grateful America, triumphs over her M z former former Protectress, and exults on her Ruins. She is a rising Empire, without Bishops without Nobles without Kings. This, Sir, you know is the Language of that celebrated Republican, Dr. Price. But perhaps you have never yet been told the Name of the original Author of that prophetic Sentence: It was your own. Predecessor, the late Monsieur Turgot. Now he is dead, I am at Liberty to declare it. In a Letter of his, dated Paris 18 th of February iJJJ, and sent to Glocefter, under a most patriotic Cover, he says, Je fais des V ux four la Liberte des Americains, parceque ce sera le Premier Exemple d'un grand Peuple, que n'ait ni 'Rois, ni Noblejse. What Infatuation He himself being, as I am informed, of a noble Family, of antient Extraction. But however they; may be, as Dr. Price, when he went to Paris, conversed with Monsieur Turgot, it is probable, that he learnt this excellent Aphorism from him. For in his famous Pamphlet Pamphlet in Favour of America, he adopted this very Expression, with a little Embellishment of his own, without BiJJjops. Though, as Bishops and Presbyters are sometimes used in Scripture, as synonimous Terms, Quer...