Produced by Ernest Schaal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) A STIPTICK FOR A _Bleeding Nation_. OR, A Safe and Speedy WAY to Restore _Publick Credit_, and Pay the _National_ DEBTS. [Printer's Decoration] _LONDON_: Printed for J. ROBERTS, near the _Oxford-Arms_ in _Warwick-Lane_. 1721. [Printer's Decoration] A STIPTICK FOR A _Bleeding Nation_. OR, A Safe and Speedy WAY to Restore _Publick Credit_, and Pay the _National_ DEBTS. Do but a little consider, and you will soon find, _Pride_ and _Luxury_, _Corruption_ and _Bribery_, are the greatest Causes of our present Calamities; and if you do not discourage the Two first, and punish the Two last Evils, we shall speedily come to Destruction, and God will blast all our Endeavours. The lively Instance of late, proves to us the _Ruin_ those Evils carry with them: And is there not one good Man, that dares to stem the Tide that is come in upon us, and save us from being drown'd? Is there not one Man that has _Honesty_, _Interest_ or _Ability_, to put in Practice what is so necessary to _preserve_ their Country? Let us shake off then those plaguy Sores that corrupt our _Vitals_; and if we intend to be a Happy and Flourishing People, we must promote _Piety_, which admits of no Corruption; _Honesty_, that listens to no Temptation; _Sincerity_, which never deceives his Neighbour; _Sobriety_ is the Way to Honour, and _Industry_ brings Riches, which Frugality preserves: He therefore that desires to be _truly Great_, must possess these Virtues, and prefer _Publick_ to _Private Interest_. What is the Reason that all Inferior Places of Profit and Trust are _bought_ and _sold_, and true Merit wants its _Reward_? Is it not because the _Devil_, when bought, will be sold? Are not our Exports of _Bullion_ so great, that, as fast as it arrives, it goes away? Which the Publick Entries every Week demonstrate. And were it not for the daily Supplies from _Portugal_, we should have nothing but our own _Specie_ to answer all Demands. It is obvious, that One Single Corporation has put us into this Confusion: And will the _Government_ again trust to _that_, or any other? I should not desire a Friend of mind to be the _Adviser_.