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this General Review and Muster of the Forces on the Malcontent, as well as the Government Side, let every one consider well within himself, what he ought to do at the present Crisis, as a constitutional Patriot, an honest _Englishman_, a loyal Subject, and a prudent Man. THE END. ERRATA. P. 19. l. 10. for _Cacus_ read _Polyphemus_. P. 62. l. 17. after _Labour_ add _and_. P. 62. l. 19. dele _and_. P. 65. l. 8. before _Sailors_ add _and_. P. 72. l. 21. after _Produce_ add _of the Excise_. Footnotes: [1] In the Year of the Rebellion 1745, and for many Years afterwards, the _London Evening Post_ (now a republican) was then a flaming _Jacobite Paper_: During which Period the Author of these Tracts had frequently the Honour of being abused by him, under the Character of a _low-church, fanatical, Oliverian Whig_. Once in particular (above 20 Years ago) he was complimented in the high-flown Strain of _Josiah ben Tucker ben Judas Iscariot_. The Times are now greatly altered; and so is the Tone of the Abuse. But the Author is perfectly resigned to these Vicissitudes of human Affairs: And he has no other Favour to ask of this, and of all his Brother-Scribblers, whether weekly or monthly, in Sheets, or in Pamphlets, than that they would _never praise him_, because that, and that only, he should look upon to be a _real Disgrace_. But it is not the _London Evening Post_ alone, who from a violent Jacobite has commenced a fierce Republican. Many like Instances may be recollected. And indeed the Transition is natural enough; for if a Man can be so absurd as to think that there is an _indefeasible_ Right in any one Family, when that Family becomes _extinct_, he turns a Republican. [2] The late Dr. BUTLER, Bishop of _Bristol_, and afterwards of _Durham_ had a singular Notion respecting large Communities and public Bodies;--a Notion which perhaps is not altogether unapplicable to the present Case. His Custom was, when at _Bristol_, to walk for Hours in his Garden in the darkest Night, which the Time of the Year could afford; and I had frequently the Honour to attend him. After walking some Time, he would stop suddenly, and ask the Question, "What Security is there against the _Insanity_ of Individuals? The Physicians know of none: And as to Divines, we have no Data either from Scripture, or Reason to go upon relative to this Affair."--_True, my Lord, no Man has a Lease of his Understanding, any more
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