An Old _Whig_ is for chusing such Sort of _Representatives_ to serve in Parliament, as have _Estates_ in the Kingdom; and those not fleeting ones, which may be sent beyond Sea by Bills of Exchange by every Pacquet-Boat, but fix'd and permanent. To which end, every Merchant, Banker, or other money'd Man, who is ambitious of serving his Country as a _Senator_, shou'd have also a competent, visible _Land Estate_, as a Pledge to his _Electors_ that he intends to abide by them, and has the same Interest with theirs in the publick Taxes, Gains and Losses. I have heard and weigh'd the Arguments of those who, in Opposition to this, urged the Unfitness of such, whose Lands were engaged in Debts and Mortgages, to serve in Parliament, in comparison with the _mony'd Man_ who had no _Land:_ But those Arguments never convinced me. No Man can be a sincere Lover of Liberty, that is not for increasing and communicating that Blessing to all People; and therefore the giving or restoring it not only to our Brethren of _Scotland_ and _Ireland_, but even to _France_ it self (were it in our Power) is one of the principal Articles of _Whiggism_. The Ease and Advantage which wou'd be gain'd by _uniting_ our own Three Kingdoms upon equal Terms (for upon unequal it wou'd be no _Union_) is so visible, that if we had not the Example of those Masters of the World, the _Romans_, before our Eyes, one wou'd wonder that our own Experience (in the Instance of uniting _Wales_ to _England_) shou'd not convince us, that altho both Sides wou'd incredibly gain by it, yet the rich and opulent Country, to which such an Addition is made, wou'd be the greater Gainer. 'Tis so much more desirable and _secure_ to govern by _Love_ and _common Interest_, than by _Force_; to expect _Comfort_ and _Assistance_, in Times of Danger, from our next Neighbours, than to find them at such a time a _heavy Clog_ upon the Wheels of our Government, and be in dread lest they should take that Occasion to shake off an uneasy Yoak: or to have as much need of entertaining a _standing_ Army against our _Brethren_, as against our known and inveterate _Enemies_; that certainly whoever can oppose so publick and apparent Good, must be esteem'd either _ignorant_ to a strange Degree, or to have _other_ Designs in View, which he wou'd willingly have brought to Light.