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Show 96 SERIES POPULAR OBJECTIONS. 97 or ANSWERS To " electing, and depofing Kings Ihould be made " the Subject of daily Converlixtion. This Right, and inflamatory Harangues have been regarded in flnzerica as the Oracles of Law] have fpolten contemptuoufly of this Performance, and have ‘F is one of thofe deiperate Remedies, which never " fhould be adminifiered but in dcfperate Cafes; commended the f]?7Z€Vi([Z7Z.Y for refufing at all " and therefore is not fit for vulgar Ute, or Times, as well as at pretent, to pay any Regard " common I'l‘aftiCc". We all know, that the " Revolution was a necefiary Work; but there "is a wide Difi‘erence between Neceliity, and " Wantonnefs. When therefore I hear, that " Men are for ever inculcating the Duty ol‘put- " ting revolutional Principles in Praiiéce, with- " out regard to Times and Circumfl'ances, and " whether in Seafon, or out of Seafon; I al" ways fufpec‘t, that thefe Men mean to fay, " we wilh to over-turn the preient ConPtitution‘, f‘ and LO erect a Republic in its Room I" NAY more, this wizflimtiaizal Whig, and frat-"y great Lawyer had the Courage to maintain, in a folemn and judicial Charge, the Prerogative of the Crown in the great Adair of Prefiing; notwithfianding the popular Prejudicies were to firong, and the Mace-Patriot: f0 clamorous againf't it. And when he printed his Speech, I had the Honour of dilperfing many Copies of to Judge Fos'rER's Law Authorities. If this is the Cale, let them {peak out, let them publilh their Objections, and fet their l‘xames to what they publifh, -Time will Iliew the reit. As a Clergyman, it is often objected to me, that I am a mercenary Wretch (or as Mr. BURKE was pleafed to phrafe it, a Ccurt Vermin) Writing for Preferment. This is very hard and cruel, after Io many foiemn Declarations [O the contrary. Let it therefore be oblerved, that whereas I had often faid before, I would never directly, or indireflly feel: for Preferment; I will here add, once for all, thatI will never acrept of any, even tho' offered to, and preerd upon me. I So HELP ME GOD. long before it was publifhed with the ref't of his Works in the Folio Edition. But I hear, that HAVING now, I think, faid enough on this Subjeft to convince thofe, who are capable of Conviction, I {hall proceed to obferve in general, that of all Controveriies agitated in modern Times, this about the Colonies appears to have one, or two of our Law-Patriot; [whofe feditious, been carried on by their Friends and Advocates this unmszémfi/e Trac‘l, as foon as printed, and and " ‘ with |