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For which they had wasted and have since continued to waste, Their Lives and Their Fortunes, in Factions, Ill humour, and nonsensical Expectations, in drunken Cabal, in silly Riot, and stupid Opposition~ In that Stagnation of Government. In that new form'd Administration. In the beginning of that War, I had the Satisfaction to find myself acting in my own Element in Support of Government. But when the Administration divided among themselves upon Measures, which Those Men who cried down those Measures were soon after the Foremost to pursue, when Ministers themselves in Parliament took Pains to disavow the very Conduct they supported, to show the Insufficiency of the Expence which they promoted. And the Impracticability of the Measures which they pursued, when Government in a manner deserted itself, and the War seem'd deserted by Those upon the continent, who had the nearest Interests to support in maintaining it. When I found myself thus check'd in the support of Government, when no constitutional, no national, scarce a personal Motive remain'd to encourage me in continuing that Support. when Dissatisfaction in the Conduct of our Allies; Distrusts in the divided Councels at home, and Disdain at the Conduct of Those, who appear'd most favour'd, when they least deserved it of the Administration, as wellas of the Crown, and of the Nation. when I saw all this, I grew weary at first, and then disgusted, and in that Disgust extended from Things to persons, In that Disgust which had too great and too general Motives to be resisted: I own I expected no more, any national any Real Good to be built up from such Materials, and did believe it would be the least Evil, to see the Building fall, that it might [[catchword]] be. [[/catchword]]