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Excerpt from A Letter to the Freeholders of the County of Durham: On the Proceedings of the County Meeting, Holden on Thursday, 21st October Instant; And Particularly on the Speech of John George Lambton, Esq. M. P
What was, in part, the character of that Meeting, how un like a Meeting of Freeholders, must be evident from the fact, that even the mover of the Resolutions was hissed, because he spoke with disapprobation of the intended Meeting at Man cheater on August 9th. To elect a Representative in Parlia ment of the unrepresented people of that town. Meeting, I -will first say one word respecting the Declaration. The Hon. Gentleman is reported to have said of it, that his hearers might easily see all the machinery, by which it has been prepared; Magistrates, Attorneys, Agents, and all the list of characters, by whom the Court, where we are now assembled, was lately occupied. Any person who will take the trouble of looking at the list of names which were subscribed to the paper, when Mr. Lambton spoke of it, will perceive that Magistrates formed but'a small proportion that most of those who from their rank might be expected (as in fact they did) to take a lead in the measure, do not (unfortunately for the County) act as Magistrates; that there was not, in short, a reasonable pretext for ascribing it to per sons ordinarily employed in the business of our Quar ter Sessions. Therefore, if accuracy in stating facts forms any part of that Gentleman's notion of the duty of a public speaker, he will be sorry to perceive that he has in this instance been palpably inaccurate. This, however, is a matter comparatively so trifling, that it would hardly be worth noticing, except as a specimen of the Speaker's temerity of assertion, a quality which will afterwards unhappilv be illustrated in more important instances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
