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great attention the accounts of the proceedings at the popular meetings which have been held of late, (illegible text) I have no hesitation in giving it as my opinion, (illegible text) the proceedings at Paisley bear away the palm. T(illegible text) are the model for the imitation of every town ⟨and⟩ county in the kingdom. It appears from the ⟨declaration⟩ of the speakers themselves, that they are ⟨tradesmen⟩, or manufacturers. They apologized for ⟨the⟩ want of ability for the task they had undertaken, (illegible text) one of them observed, that he had been urged (illegible text) ward in part, with a view of rescuing Scotland, f(illegible text) the disgrace, which the general servility of his ⟨countrymen⟩ in high life was but too well calculated to b(illegible text) upon her. Look then, at these tradesmen; read t(illegible text) luminous, eloquent and powerful speeches; com(illegible text) these with the few disjointed members of sentences wh(illegible text)
Lord frequently, on such occasions, stammers (illegible text) or with the redundant and senseless trash of a br(illegible text)ing "Learned Friends;" make this comparison r(illegible text)er, and then say, whether that you believe that th(illegible text) an age when hereditary and professional privileges (illegible text) likely still to make mankind bow implicitly to their (illegible text) Great national evils generally in the end, bring t(illegible text) antidotes; and as this is a season of uncommon ⟨distress⟩ and peril, so it has brought forth such a po(illegible text) of public spirit, and of talent as to convince every (illegible text) that the cause of freedom is in able hands, and ⟨the⟩ affairs of the country would not suffer by the ⟨chaos⟩ that may be expected to take place. Canning (illegible text) called the Reformers "a low degraded crew." (illegible text) the best parts of his hundreds of speeches were selec(illegible text) they would not amount in point of talent to what (illegible text) find in the speeches delivered at Paisley, on the (illegible text) of October. It is a very false notion to suppose, (illegible text) men in this country, are possessed of talents and (illegible text)dom, because they possess power and emolum(illegible text) Thus far Cobbet. I will now ask you a single ⟨quest-⟩
