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That recommendation by subordinates should
be taken without enquiry is natural enough, customary
enough, certainly not illegal; and so far without
dispute not culpable. In the present instance, for
judging of the propriety of the recommendation, or
of the views which gave it birth, two points may
afford some light: the one antecedent to the appointment;
the other subsequent: the person
recommended for the office, & his conduct when
invested with it.
The gentleman who comes out of the pocket is
without dispute the friend of the wearer of the pocket
out of which he comes. - What are his other titles?
To me, who neither am known nor know, he is known
by nothing but a name: nor even by name shall
he be spoken of by me. In matters of this kind -
where public money is thus disposed of - in my
estimate at least which never looks for any thing
more than human in the bulk of men - not the
receiver, but the donor- I had almost used another
word - is to blame. What is on record- what is public
- may be mentioned without reserve: & it is
quite sufficient for the purpose. Lord Pelham, on
coming into office, finds him a Police Magistrate,
at £400 a year. By one of Lord Pelham's two exertions,
to this £400 is added another £100, God knows why
or wherefore: and for decency's sake, and because
it could not be done otherwise - the whole corps of
the Police-Magistrates I mean - for as to drudges who
must attend, and must understand the business,
the
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john herbert koe |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7, and note 4 to letter 1824, vol. 7 |
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