Observator in London, Middlesex

Foreign Alliances and Marriages Across Nations

Ob. I align with those who see alliances with foreigners as political contracts among nations. The text argues that a combined power is needed to curb French influence, citing historic English and Dutch relations, the Glorious Revolution, and the Hanover marriage as proof that foreign marriages and alliances can strengthen England when allied Protestants are involved, while warning against harmful foreign office appointments.