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Show (4) 'ly, of his lpanegyric. The name of Rocking- ham is a facred depofit in my boibm. I have found him difinterefled, I know him to be ho- nei'r. Before Iquit him therefore, Iwill fil‘fi: abandon human nature. ( 5- ) he fays little, as not worthy of much notice; Of thelatter, his diftiné'tions are nice, his {trictures many, his objections unanfwerable; and yet, although f0 well apprifed of the dangers and'mifchiefs of this Aét, he fays, " I have not So far then are Mr. Burke and I agreed. I am forry that we ihould difagree in any thing. But finding that we have differed, on a late occafion, in our parliamentary condufi'; and that I cannot concur with him in opinion on a matter, as I think, of very great national impor- tance: it is therefore not in the zeal of party, but in the fpirit of patriotifm, not to conf‘ute, but to be convinced, not to point out error», but to arrive at truth, that I now venture to fubmit my thoughts to the Public. I feel the weight of the undertaking, and I with it in abler hands. Iam not infenfible to my own incapacity, and I know how much I fiand in need of excul‘e : but as public good is my object, public candour, I truf'r, will be my befi; apologii . " debated againfl this Bill in its progrefs through " the Houfe, becaufe it would have been vain " to oppofe, and impoflible to correé't it." But this is matter of inquiry. As I thought diffe« rently, I afied differently. Being in the country, this Bill was in its way through the Houfe of Lords before I knew any thing of it. Upon my coming accidentally to. town, and hearing of its malignity, I went down to the Houfe, I oppofed it, and entered my folemn Proteft on the Journals againf'c it. It is true, I flood tingle and alone in this bufinefs; but I do not therefore take {hame to myfelf. Reétitud'e of intention will even fané‘tify error. But Mr. Burke fays, "During its progrefs through the Houfe " of Commons, it has been amended, fo as to " exprefs more dif'tinétly than at firf'r it did, the ‘_‘ avowed fentiments of thofe who framed it." Mr. Burke commences his Letter with the mention of " the two laf't Acts whi ch have Now if the Bill was amended in its progrefs " been pafTed with regard to the Troubles in " America." The firf't is, " for the Letter of " Marque," the fecond, " for a part ial fufpen- reafon " for not debating againf'c the Bill" can- " lion of the Haéeas Corpus." Of the former, he through the Houfe of Commons, Mr. Burke's not be well founded; for his reafon is, " that " it would have been vain to oppofe, and im- " pqflz‘éle to correfl it :" but to amend a thing is A3 to |