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him from a faction . But I see every ^ daymore anil more the necessity p £ forming an association of Uie friends of the people , independent of any party whatever ; an association which should make their own term ' s before they joined' eithter C&sar or Pompey . From the conversaftion of many independent people , I think
the time is approaching which would be very favourable to this idea , for the cry is , /* Caesar is wrong and Pompey is wrong , ' and surely if the people would but know their own consequence , they might in time make , their own choice , and dictate to either * . —What , have we been doing all this time , but endeavouring to effect what the Revolution did not do—to restore the constitution . The
Revolution pulled down one sovereign and set up another . Both parties talk of supporting the constitution , and of their Revolution principles . But it is the business of the friends of liberty , at this important crisis , to do something for the people , and-to make future revolutions unnecessary . We , therefore ,
who mind a reform more than any party disputes , and think nothing gained unless we restore the constitution , must do What we can to keep the affair alivef- — I am determined if possible never to despair of the commonwealth : and I always endeavour to ; persuade ¦ others to make the same resolution . If a particle of despair was : in my nature , it would not fail to shew itself at such a time as
this . The whole attention of the public is taken up ^ vwith the wranfelirigs x > f the two . parties ^ the doubts of a ; dissolution , and now also , with the idea of a general coalition . But what can we
expect from a grand coalition of all the abil / tues in the kingdom ; meaning you know , the abilities of the two Houses * but that , when they , feel their own strength , they ? wi J 1 plunder the t l £ ast , an 4 enslave this nation at thetr leisure ?
Fort , as to the ? two Bills , Mr . fox ' s was a subversion ! o _ i the constitution , and Mr . Pitt ' s wiH certainly put it into the power of the king to subvert it . Ir we have no more coalitions , I think we sriall fee
able to pertfimde on *? party that it is ^ heir interest » to reform : and indeed , I dof not see how Pitt can attempt to stand upon any other idea - for the majority being against him , his only excuse is ¦ , ' .- ¦ « ¦ it : , Ct •> * . ' » > ¦ -4 > f'vi- ;
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than such rriajonty does not speak the voice of the people * . —rThe Doctor took some steps . tjfris morning about a meeting here \ but ; our , party are a rope of sand , and we do not know where to find them , nor whether any one would support us : and * f it failed many would throw / all the blame on the Doctor , for
their conduct gives us no reason to expect favour ^ . — -We are endeavouring to revive the cause *> f * the people , by getting ; a meeting of the Delegates called for Monday morning , and alter that to call a Quintuple but if the people do not ' come' to their senses' before that time .
I shall tremble for ^ thc consequence . As yet , I am not without hope , that if the Union should toke place , for so it is to be called , because the word Coalition has become odious , thei * e are many who will see that thte two parties having joined for their own interest ; ajfe noit v ^ ry likely to
pay any regard tp ., that { of t ^ ie / people , and therefore that It will be highly necessary for them also * to form a untortm support of thfcir dwn-rigrits . t—^ Arid as at ibe best we may expect that the upper regions wiU fee y ^ ry cloutiy , apd that the siin will' sh ^ ne very tittle upon us , without a stbrnvof some sort or other ,
our only hope is that it may be of such a natMrc asto purify St Stephens before there is too great a calm . ^—jlf P ^ i * - ment should be dissolved , and the people ^ for fear of dfsttfrDin ^ tlte ciec ^ ions ^ r hurting a fevourite candidate or some such nonsense « , do not call out fox a rej » w
f ¥ ? . ^ fi *^ * & ^ i ^ - i I think that if the Parliament be dissolved the kin ^ should ^ say , it is because it d 6 & not * peafc the ^ sense of 4 ft *" people . H ^ General Cunningham , it appears , nas assured th ? , 4 ? s ^ l ^ gf ^ ° f C ^ noinpiii that the breseht ministers would b $
found as tfnMindlt to si Parliatrierikary reform as th ^ ir predecessors had been , at which thci tk > iwQ fiiecmed well * ? f ileasedt T )? e poc ^ r ^^ n ^ cTi ^ d ^ fh e ^ w ^ sage tronl an Irfsh paper , aha sent it t ^ Mt . ^ ttVw i ^ h hfs Swn senyln ; e « % it , and gave hirti to undefstand that maoy persons , ; wpqid Jb ^ \ vferjr , tSndiffor « it wh # was uftopfaiMtte mpmfyW i ** not repealed , and a substanUal re *?*™ 'ii ' -i , / TviiTr To , ur 'm - :. A
? 22 d Jan . ' i ^ 4 . ' J - > K r T ^ ' lM : - 1 26 th Jam 1784 . . ?< . - "¦• ¦ ' , ! } wgte / w- l %% f * WJBb&fej' Y" - ^
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602 > Memoirs of Mrs * Jebb *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1812, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1753/page/6/
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