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Show , ' H \‘I||I'|"Il|l\l\'tl:€§». 3} V .. b J- H ': I becaufe this muft fall of Comic, if either lVIr. VBURKE'S, or mine, fho uld beju‘dged to have the Preference. For thefe Reafon s, I fay, I wilh to keep a refpeétful Silence on this Head. BUT in refpect to Mr. Burm a, I need not fiand on Io much Ceremony . For tho' he is confefledly a great R/zetorz'a'z m, and can with his magic Voice raife a mighty Te mpeft of metaphorical Lightenings and Thunders ;"‘th1‘ Heaven be praifed, there is the Period of all his Powers: And his ‘veréa mdmtz‘ zz, his flaming mm, confidered (lJ‘fitC/z. This is not uttered out of a Spirit of Refentment, Pique, or Difappointment, according to the Mode of modern othenExplofions) in Noife and Smoke. NOr doth it, I humbly apprehend, follow, that the Times. For, I thank God, I have no Caufe to complain of any Dilappointment; having finCC my Advancement to the Deanery of Glace/fer in the Year 1758, neither direEtly nor indirectly made the leal'c, or the midi diftant Application for any other or higher Station. This Renunciation of afpiring Views is a Circumf‘tance, which I am perfuaded Mr. BURKE knew per- Orator feétly well: by various Means, and from diffe- Words, are found to end at hit (like many - . WIEIJIIIIMEII'. rent .. ., . ..7 ' endanger the Eng/i z Conl'titu tion and our domeltic Tranquility. For all thefe Circum- fiances ought to be taken into the Account, before a due Judgment can be for med. IN regard to the firft, I will] for the prefent to be lilent about it ;---partly out of Refpec‘t to‘ that auguft Body, which has giv en a Sanction to‘ it ;---partly becaufe it is now upon Trial, whether it can be executed or not ;---and partly like- WIfe V putes for the future,--and which will leafi. "'gv'uvg‘v' E g. ‘ II has..-» Hum: likeliel‘t to prevent fimilar Difturbances and Dif 7 Orator is endowed with a greater Portion of political Difccrnment than other Men, or with more difinteref'ted Sincerity, and real Love of his Country, in making ajuft and honefl: Application of that Difcernment;---merely becaule he has more Words at Command, and can mullet up a greater Army of bright Similes, and florid Expreflions. BUT be that as it may :---I now confider myfelf as {tanding at the Bar of the public Tribunal: And therefore before the Jury is firuck, and the Trial begins, Ihumbly beg Leave to claim, and to exercife one of the diltinguifliing Privileges ofEingi/lzmm in fuch Cafes, viz. To except againft all fuch Perfons in the Pannel, who ap- pear to be under a wrong Biafs, and an undue Influence refpecting the Nature of this Difpute. AND 111'. I except againfi Cattrtz'ers and Plate- , V Now, in order to determine , which of thele Schemes is the moft eligib le ;---it would be right to confider, which is the eafief‘t and molt pra&icable,---which is leafi expenfive,‘which is THE LANDED INTEREST. f" 1 ADDRESS AND APPE AL T0 |