The CAUSE I embarked in was that of my Liege Sovereign KING JAMES THE THIRD, from an Opinion I long since had of his _just Right_: an Opinion founded on the _Constitution_, and strongly recognized and established by an ACT OF PARLIAMENT NOW IN ITS FULL VIGOUR, which neither the People _collectively_ nor _representively_ have any Power or Authority to _subvert_ or _alter_. [See the Statute of _Charles II_.] Nor can that _Law_ be repealed but by a FREE PARLIAMENT summoned to meet by a LAWFUL KING: Not by a Convention commanded by _a_ foreign Prince and Usurper, and intimidated and directed by _him_ at the Head of a foreign Army. To this _Convention_ we owe the Revolution; to the _Revolution_ we owe the _Accession_ of the House of Hanover; and to this _Accession_ all our present Ills, and the melancholy and certain Prospect of the intire Subversion of all that is dear and valuable to _Britons_. _My Opinion of the King’s Title_ to the _imperial Crown of these Realms_, thus uncontrovertible, received additional Strength and Satisfaction from his _Character and Qualifications_, confirmed to me by Persons of the strictest Honour and Credit, and demonstrated to me, that _his Establishment_ on the _Throne_ of his _Ancestors_, would be an _Incident_, as productive of Happiness to the _Subject_, as of Justice to the _Sovereign_, since his MAJESTY’S confessed superior _Understanding_ is absolutely necessary to extricate our _Country_ out of that most desperate _State_ she has been declining to since the _Revolution_, and has _precipitately_ fallen into since the _Accession_. On this Declension and Ruin of our _Country_ have the _Favourers_ and _Friends_ of both _Revolution_ and _Accession_ built _vast_ and _despicable Fortunes_; which possibly they may entail (with the conditions of Slavery annexed) on their _betrayed_ and _abandoned Issue_; it being much more clear that _Slavery_ will descend _from Generation to Generation_, than such Fortunes _so acquired_. Have we not seen _Parliaments_, in a _long Succession_, raise _Supplies_ sufficient to surfeit _Avarice_? Do we not see _that Avarice_ heaping up _Millions_ for the Nurture and Support of _Foreign Dominions_, on the Ruins of that _Country_ that grants them? Nor can this move the least Compassion, or even common Regard for her Welfare and Interest, from that _ungrateful Avarice_.