Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1793 edition. Excerpt: ... titled to have ideas of what ought to be the eeprefentation, as much as I have. I have declared that lool. is my minimum, that I would be fatisfied with trying that experiment. I have been endeavouring, for years, to bring down that to be the opinion of the inhabitants of Perthfhire; and I hope, though there are perhaps one half of them of opinion, that it ought to continue, I hope there is nothing feditious in that.--' You, who by your loyal and Heady conduft in thefe days of adverfity, have lhewn thtt i ' you are worthy of at leaf t fome fmall portion of liberty, unto you we addrefs our language, and tell our fears'--My Lords, there is furely nothing feditious in this, but the mof t loyal and fteady attachment; the pen of a Cicero or a Demofthenes might fiave copied this; and I will fhew your Lordfhips that a great deal of pains has been taken to collef t thefe paffages together, and that nothing can be more foreign from fedition than what thefe people had in view.--' In fpite of the virulent fcandal, or malicious efforts of the people's enemies., we will tell you whole truths, they are of a kind to alarm and aroufe you out of your lethargy. That portion of liberty you once enjoyed is faft fetting, we fear, in the darknefs of defpotifm and tyranny! 'Too foon, perhaps, you who were the world's envy, as poffeft of fome fmall portion of liberty, will be funk in the depth of flavery and mifery, if you prevent it not by your well timed ef forts'. Thereis a chain of fears, they may be real, they may be imaginary, I care not which; but it occurs to thefe defponding petitioners, who had their petition once refufed, that this was a moil terrible ftroke, and certainly it is a very great difappointment. But is there any thing...
