Mystery of their (otherwise unaccountable) Proceedings. And as POPE said on another Occasion: 'Tis in the _ruling Passion_: There alone, The Wild are constant, and the _Cunning_ known. This Clue, once found, unravels all the rest. The Prospect clears, and CLODIO stands confest. In the mean Time, because his Majesty is graciously disposed to join with _Great-Britain_ against _America_ in this Contest for Empire, (for in Fact _that is_ the _real_ Dispute, whatever may be the _Pretence_) not only many among the _Americans_, which is natural enough, but (Shame to tell!) even among _Englishmen_ themselves, vent the bitterest Reproaches against him for being the best Friend and Protector of the Mother-Country. Surely Posterity will stand amazed at such a Procedure! The like Scenes of Infatuation and Ingratitude (not to mention Disloyalty and Rebellion) never yet disgraced the Annals of the World! And it seems to be reserved as a Mark of Infamy peculiar to the present Age, and to our modern Race of Patriots, that while the Prince on the Throne is incessantly endeavouring to keep his People free, and to secure their Freedom more and more by all proper and constitutional Measures, such Numbers should be found amongst his Subjects, who are equally industrious to thwart his truly patriotic Designs, and to rush headlong into Slavery. But as Providence very often brings the greatest Good out of the worst of Evils, let us not despair, but that these very Attempts, wicked and unnatural as they are, may be the Means of uniting all honest, and well-intentioned Men the firmer together, in order to support, and even to strengthen the present Constitution. For Example, the two great Islands of _Britain_ and _Ireland_, which are only separated by a narrow Sea, ought not to be separated at all by different Governments, Laws, or Parliaments. No good Reason upon Earth can be given for such a Separation: And it has long been the ardent Wish of every true Patriot in both Nations, to see them united. Indeed, the best that can be said for the Continuance of the present absurd System is, that the City of _Dublin_ would be a Sufferer by the Removal of the Court and Parliament:--I say, this is the very Argument, which can be urged: And yet this has no Foundation at all, but in the Prejudices of the Populace, who are almost perpetually mistaking their own Interests. Even the City of _Dublin_ would be a very great Gainer by such a Removal: For it would acquire _Industry_ in Exchange for _Idleness_; and then the Hands of its Tradesmen, by being the Hands of the Diligent, would enrich each other by reciprocal Employment;--the Hands, I say, of those very Tradesmen, who in their present State, are almost as poor, as the poorest in the Kingdom.--That this is the natural and necessary Course of Things, and not an idle Theory, or visionary Speculation, I appeal to Fact and daily Experience;--and I appeal, not