. The craftsman. to the ^eflion, and iearch out theTruth of Things by fuch rigid Examinations. However, You give A^^y^ unhappy Peers to under-ftand, before Tou part, that Tou are 2, fair and gene-rous Jd^uerfary, (as, indeed. You always were) byvouchfafing fome of Them a xtry good CharaSler ;nay. You are fo gracious as to acknowledge that, ifii. had been your Fate to hwve been ^xPeer ofNorth- Britain. N^ 42 5. T^he Craftsman. ii Britain, (what Pity, methinks, is it that You arenot ! ) You could not have found in your Heart tovote againft Them, unlefs it had appeaid that Theyhad incorporated Ih
. The craftsman. to the ^eflion, and iearch out theTruth of Things by fuch rigid Examinations. However, You give A^^y^ unhappy Peers to under-ftand, before Tou part, that Tou are 2, fair and gene-rous Jd^uerfary, (as, indeed. You always were) byvouchfafing fome of Them a xtry good CharaSler ;nay. You are fo gracious as to acknowledge that, ifii. had been your Fate to hwve been ^xPeer ofNorth- Britain. N^ 42 5. T^he Craftsman. ii Britain, (what Pity, methinks, is it that You arenot ! ) You could not have found in your Heart tovote againft Them, unlefs it had appeaid that Theyhad incorporated Ihemfehves in a Lift <zvith improperPerfons ; That is, I prefume, all Perfons, who op-pofe the Minister and his Agent.— I hope thePeers of North-Britain will acknowledge this Honourin a grateful Manner, and do You the Juftice toconfefs that, however They may have the Misfortuneto differ from You in Sentiments, They have foundYou no Enemy to their Perfons, or their T^itles^ D. N°425. Saturday, Auguft 24.^1^^^,. The fame Suhje^ concluded. Shall now pay my Refpedls to Mrs. Of-borne, who hath obliged the World withtwo DiiTertations on the fame Subject. This learned Gentle^voman does not pre-tend to enter into the Merits of theCaufe, but levels ail her Artillery againft one poorParagraph in my former Paper upon this Subjedl,concerning the Oppreffion of Scotland under the Dukeof Lauderdale ; which hath, indeed, exafperatedMr. Walfinghajn and ail the Court-Writers to a verygreat Degree ; but as Mrs. Osborne is the mofl: copiousupon it, 1 think it my Duty to addrefs my J unifica-tion to Her. This Paragraph contains no more than a generalObfervation that Minifers, who aim at arbitraryPower, generally begin with oppreffing Scotland, as^he weakeft Part of the Ifland, that They may be the 12 ^he CraftsrIan. N*»425. tlie better able to manage England Vik^nvzxdis. As anInftance of This, I inentiond the Cafe of Scotland,under Lauderdales Adminiftration, in the Reign ofKing Charles the 2d
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