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.that the life arid - foirit of our conftitution to bewailed to an account, or punifhed by-our. would be loft. Our. government wouldi-from parliament "tilrhe-is given up by thef crown, zi; lthjRiTio have as juft a pretence to uiu that oric of the worft kind ; for ifwermuft Liktrty "aslhTpedple oF ehufe, it "would be better for us to have'anab- .-to.:. fqlute monarchyfoupdd upon the pr thcipls This fort of goyernmenLthe Royal Family ofpfn? nn todiJ fu Spotted bfuperftitious priefts, V o u t c -ylrtha forny faults or :!TTamenTsItfe -vouldv it is true v b c Jlavcs b ut they miRht yfcrve their vyritingtiiereipS pfllie Kinir7 to draw u pon himfelf poptfft i fen t m en t, X b v ovc r t u rh i n e ore ndeavou ring to iizifvziA7niild "fn flrtn nnnn us : fo r m m w 3 - .r b not oiilFii flaves . ... , i- , -' : r. '- ' v.-- ' ' ' r . - - rt it l$ut5 with reipect to our miniiters, and all in power under the king, it is otherwife. 1 forts onicentioufnefe would be encouraped , T They arrall "atifwcrable, not only for their in: ordcMpliTill but in many cafes for the con- couldi-neveitxpc bts paid off:; cjua ,ot thoie the) employ.; Nay, t HejareT taxes jtnd:if ajuweraye fori u nor.to.bcxelieved of any of our paid ctt? great care would be taken to contract -und-necLfrarv-maxim of-ftate : oiir debts muit be-keptftindinganourtaXes-c caufe the dependencies they create arc neceflary they are bound in duty to give him gotel and whclefcmc advice y: and if 'he enters into- any : mealurcs, which are intanfiftent with the in terell of the nation, and'.contrary to the laws 6 f t h e kingdom, they c ) u ft i?nfv e r , a n d ; wi! i- . . . -r....T.. r yj ,Jrr:rStt33rivi . .. . be prejery for the fupport of our government. UnderJuclv a-government as this, it would thererore ttve vvTTcfs rpt men's heads are to turn giddy with power, and how ready mot! men are ur t u r n t h e ztTr" be impofiible for the people in a and regUr jr mtthodrtobyng tny-mtntjer :to juftW : ?P? GUr ot trie the rz; as long as he continued Ithe FAjyouRirg of the and, enriching thcii?cr Jt-him pretending to the gift of prophecy, I ; as it is poffible to imagine let the Vfr of may foretell that we (hall have, jn future Hmes, the 'nation be Jt crificcd toToreigneri ; let the as we have had, in times paft, many miniften, tun IPs h ue t o r o v t r : the people ) to ; t o plundt r the nation y and ri-th e exchequer and till the; crown threw him tvery-year-proudyiof hisrVifdomnd-jn Vtzylct-mmte.j&n&$ at every TKtv iiu ywy imak i ial, enquiry imo jnariet iciun iriEnglaud y yet he would conti- - k . - ' L . a 1- ' . J. . ' a. ..'ir..1l A . . -7 . I -ilnlii 'atilAirn V Alfarf ttrn mil Afl(l lllif l-n by having 3 majority in one, or both houfes o f : p ar 1 i a m en t , e n t ire ly under; thejr diredtion 1 hi.q difFererice between the real intereft and fafety of .the Royal Family, and the intereft and Safefy of t h e Ki ng's minifters, fhews us. , pretend to be z free t people I Could we then how neccfiary it is to diftmguilh between that nretc1id"no - wU r-Qove rn Qf s-to n-A ccou t ta nd-pu n i fh i ngt rue-a nd-or i ginal-nat ure-of ou rconultu tion? thcm.for;th'cmt(an i Height now and then throw a pri me m i n i f tcr t r ; put' to be- torn in pieces by the', mercenary, rnob; in parliament at the command ojfV and; in o?der to give an ;air . of popularity to the ncxti .that fuccQcdtd b ut if hg ip mi ft iQ vcr - nocence, and defy the friends of the people to 1 ay a hy : t h ; hg to h is ch a r ge Could we then and that power, which has- fmc6. been vefted in the crown,- either; by accident, or by the art of mi n i ft c ; 7 KeT i f ft I fh a 1 1 call t h e royal, ppivcr of the crown ). the laft I fhajl call, what it really is, hc minijlefipl pozifef of the trewn. - Eroaiih-anUcnc-luftwir sr.
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