_British Councils_, since the Usurper’s _Accession_, have had _foreign Interest_ their constant Object; and the Power and Finances of the _imperial Crown of Great Britain_ have been betrayed, prostituted and squandered, for the Convenience and Support of the meanest Electorate in Germany; and the _Elector’s_ Conduct has been more destructive and detrimental to our Country, than all the _Finesse_, _Treachery and Force_, that the _French_, or any other _Adversary’s Council’s and Power_ could have attempted or effected. _Land-Armies_ only can sustain and cover Dominions on the _Continent_; these are raised in the Country _protected_, and maintained by the Country _protecting_. Here _Great-Britain_ has all the Burden, and _Hanover_ all the advantage: Whereas NAVIES are the British Bulwarks, which have, by the _Elector_, been neglected, misapplied, or employed to her Disadvantage, and can alone guard and protect her _Dominions and Commerce_. If the present _Convention_ had any regard to Self-Preservation, or that of their Constituents, they would _this Session_ have made new _Laws_ for the further Security of _Privilege_: The _Pannick_ diffused universally over the _Electoral Family_ would have prepared an easy Assent to any Law in the Subject’s Favour: But, even here, these _Representatives_ omitted this _second Opportunity_ of securing and improving the Happiness of their Electors, and, instead thereof, have given _additional Power_ to the Usurper to suspend the BULWARK OF LIBERTY, and invert the Order and Method of _Trials for Treason_: _Precedents_ they will have occasion one Day to _repent of_, since they very probably may fall _Victims to them_.