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As to the preservation of Sweden, had
that been an object, no great exertion would have
been necessary:- Not to have destroyed her liberty;
not to have plunged her into a pretenceless war
against a superior enemy – If such be preservation,
Heaven grant that Britain may never be
preserved!

As to cessation of hostilities, a Sovereign,
whose only fleet has been disabled in an
Engagement, will readily enough cease from hostilities
at sea; a Sovereign, whose only army has
mutinied, and made peace for itself, will readily
enough cease from hostilities by land. Such
were the cessations on which the British mediator
blushes not to found his pretensions to neutrality
and impartial justice. After the Turk had been
spirited up to attack Russia in the South, the
Swede was spirited up to attack her in the North,
to prevent her sending a fleet to the Mediterranean
to retaliate on the aggressor. For accomplishing this
object, the bare show of hostility on the part of Sweden
was sufficient: And Britain, long before she pretends
mediation, had consummated her injustice.

Every where out of England these facts are
as notorious as the existence of the powers to which
they relate; and would be so in England, if the
only sources of information, accessible to the bulk
of readers, were not poisoned by ignorance or
corruption, or national partiality, or party prejudice.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	057	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c6
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	b&m 1829
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1829
Notes public	bowring, x, 201ff	ID Number	3358
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