urt of
Berlin will doubtless express great dissatisfaction at that
measure; and everything which excites their apprehension here, will
naturally more or less interfere with the energy of their
operations against France. I do not mean that these arguments would
be stated as reasons against their acting up to the conditions of
the subsidy; but I fear they would nevertheless be found to have
too much influence and effect in practice.

The objections which have seemed to me to arise against a large
subsidy to Austria--from the little hope which I should have of its
producing from hence that exertion of force, and that course of
military operations which, with a view to Holland, we should think
ourselves fully entitled to--are of course much increased by my
apprehension of the bad and dangerous consequences which would
affect our Government at home, from a second disappointment of so
costly an experiment, which I must hope need not be considered as
necessary to the prosecution of the war.

If it is true--as it may, perhaps, be found--that much of the
languor and apathy of this Court arises out of a confidence in the
greatness of our exertions, which may allow them to be sparing of
their own, if (as there is reason to believe) they have still the
fair means of recruiting their armies and maintaining their present
military force, is it not to be hoped that the necessity of the
case will rouse them to the use of those means, when they see no
other prospect of safety open to them? They sometimes talk stoutly
of all that they would do by arming the empire, and other vigorous
measures, in case the French succeeded in forcing their way to
menace Germany. But why are these exertions to be reserved for any
other situation of things? and why are we to pay them a million and
a half, rather than put them to the full extent of all their own
exertions and resources? Nor is it, perhaps, to be overlooked, in
this view of the subject, that the crooked policy of Prussia would
perhaps acquiesce in the loss of his own subsidy much more readily,
if he does not see it given to Austria, but has the satisfaction of
seeing Austria fight her own battles with her own men and money.
They always insist here, too, that they are sure the King of
Prussia, even if his bargain sho