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iy indeed, is, that the fubje€t chanced to attra& the ag notice of the public, towards the clofe of a par- ust lament, when a general eleétion was expeéted to ‘dom take place: for had it happened foon after a gene- ts of ral election, when men’s minds are in a compara- ates tive{tate of repofe, many difcuffions that have been bi i brought forward with great eagernefs by a va- orth 4 riety of individuals, would have been paffed by enfion with indifference. In that cafe, a member of

parliament, inftead of opening, like the leader of th the a pack of hounds in full cry, on the popular fub- nhance ject of a care for the welfare of the lower orders 0 fo as of the people, with a view to excite their ve- uld be neration for his charaéter at the next eleétion, of it at would have contented himfelf with eating his » enor own bread in quietnefs, and allowing others to ne des do fo in the way they pleafed, at fuch prices as ly toa they could obtain it for. Nor would others, fear- se a ing they might be thrown out at the next gene- omenon ral{cramble, have found that it was neceffary vewtes not only to follow, but to try to outdo thefe firt es that, ftarters by ftill more violent vociferations. Nei- Gmile, if ther would the minifter, with a view to difplay “of the his parental regard for the flock over which he eis that| for the prefent watches, have thought it incumbeng Among on him, to depart fo far from his proper byfinefs fuente as to become, like Julius Cefar, and many other

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