I shall first mention, as a proof of a real distinction betwixt these parties, what every one may have observed or heard concerning the conduct and conversation of all his friends and acquaintance on both sides. Have not the _Tories_ always borne an avowed affection to the family of _Stuart_, and have not their adversaries always opposed with vigour the succession of that family? The _Tory_ principles are confessedly the most favourable to monarchy. Yet the _Tories_ have almost always opposed the court these fifty years; nor were they cordial friends to King _William_, even when employed by him. Their quarrel, therefore, cannot be supposed to have lain with the throne, but with the person who sat on it. They concurred heartily with the court during the four last years of Queen _Anne_. But is any one at a loss to find the reason? The succession of the crown in the British government is a point of too great consequence to be absolutely indifferent to persons who concern themselves, in any degree, about the fortune of the public; much less can it be supposed that the Tory party, who never valued themselves upon moderation, could maintain a _stoical_ indifference in a point of so great importance. Were they, therefore, zealous for the house of _Hanover_? or was there any thing that kept an opposite zeal from openly appearing, if it did not openly appear, but prudence, and a sense of decency? It is monstrous to see an established Episcopal clergy in declared opposition to the court, and a nonconformist Presbyterian clergy in conjunction with it. What can produce such an unnatural conduct in both? Nothing, but that the former have espoused monarchical principles too high for the present settlement, which is founded on the principles of liberty, and the latter, being afraid of the prevalence of those high principles, adhere to that party from whom they have reason to expect liberty and toleration. The different conduct of the two parties, with regard to foreign politics, is also a proof to the same purpose. _Holland_ has always been most favoured by one, and _France_ by the other. In short, the proofs of this kind seem so palpable and evident, that it is almost needless to collect them.