Butifweask，WhatBelleisleorFranceandLouisXV。hadtodothere？theanswerisrigorously，Nothing。Theirownwindyvanities，ambitions，sanctionednotbyfactandtheAlmightyPowers，butbyphantasmandthebabbleofVersailles；transcendentself—conceit，intrinsicallyinsane；pretensionsovertheirfellow—creatureswhichwerewithoutbasisanywhereinNature，exceptintheFrenchbrainalone:itwasthisthatbroughtBelleisleandFranceintoaGermanWar。AndBelleisleandFrancehavinggoneintoanAnti—PragmaticWar，theunluckyGeorgeandhisEnglandweredraggedintoaPragmaticone，——quittingtheirownbusiness，ontheSpanishMain，andhurryingtoGermany，——interrorasatDoomsday，andzealtosavetheKeystoneofNaturethese。ThatisthenotablepointinregardtothisWar:ThatFranceistobecalledtheauthorofit，who，aloneofalltheparties，hadnobusinesstherewhatever。
AndthewagesduetoFranceforsuchapieceofindustry，——thereaderwillyetseewhatwagesFranceandtheotherpartiesgot，atthetailoftheaffair。Forthattooisapparentinourday。
Wehaveoftensaid，theSpanish—EnglishWarwasitselflikelytohavekindledEurope；andagainFriedrich’sSilesianWarwasitselflikely，——Francebeingnearlysuretointerfere。ButifboththeseWarswerenecessaryones，andifFranceinterferedineitherofthemonthewrongside，theblamewillbetoFrance，nottothenecessaryWars。Francecould，innoway，haveinterferedinamorebarefacedlyunjustandgratuitousmannerthanshenowdid；nor，onanyterms，havesopalpablymadeherselftheauthoroftheconflagrationofdeliriumsthatensuedforaboveSevenyearshenceforth。NayforaboveTwentyyears，——thesettlementofthisSilesianPragmatic—Antipragmaticmatter（andofJenkins’sEar，incidentally，ALONGwiththis！）nothavingfairlycompleteditselftill1763。
HOWBELLEISLEMADEVISITTOTEUTSCHLAND；ANDTHEREWASNO
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