and the next beſineſs is to cajole themſelves into the favour of thoſe, whom they had before deſpleaſed; which is requently done by leaving their late vigorous adherents in the lurch; or, perhaps, giving them up as ſacrifices to appeaſe the reſentments of the oppoſite Party.
I do not mention this with any vain expectations that what I can ſay will produce the leaſt amendment or alteration; but only by way of apology for my own conduct, in having been too zealous in a good cauſe, and fondly imagining that the reſt of the world were as much in earneſt as myſelf.
It will probably be objected by the little bigots to a party, and tools to ambition, that it is preſumptuous and impertinent for any private perſon to ſpeak thus freely of men, who move in an orb ſo far above his own. Such proveling objectors may enoy their ſordid opinions as long as they pleaſe, which perhaps will be no longer than they themſelves continue in dependance, and their Patrons in place. But let them know, that it was always a rooted perſuaſion in my mind, that every one, who is not become a ſlave by his own conſent, has a right to ſpeak with the utmoſt freedom conſiſtent with decency and the publick good, of any men, in whatever rank or ſtation they are placed. Let them know farther, that I think it the duty of every member of a free ſociety to maintain his private
