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+ Having in several newspapers
observed a variety of paragraphs
indicativeexpressive of censure
or suspicion,
I apply myself
to your experienced
candour and
impartiality
for the admission
of (+)

February 15<hi rend="underline">th</hi> 1796

To the Conductor of the L Herald

Sir

+ Having from of
and to all be free ed of of five of
I will call upon your justice admit a (+) word or two of exculpation,
justification, in regard to the conduct defence of a man some thousands of miles
off, Mr Benjamin Vaughan, of whose paper, dissuading
an invasion of this Country, so much has
been said of late. The base statement of the fact, had
it been stated, (& no man either has contested or
can contest the truth of it) would have been sufficient,
I will not say to preclude all censure, but to establish
in behalf of that gentleman an incontrovertible
title to public gratitude & applause._ Understanding
the enemy to be mediating an invasion, he risks
his character, exposes himself to the consequences
that have ensued, to dissuade them from it. — He
had communication with the enemy — Be it so —
but to what purpose? — To the purpose of injuring
his country? No — but of rendering it the very
highest service which is in the power of a
good subject to render, to his own or to any country.

It is a bad sign when a man holds communication
with the enemy — So anyone might say, & with reason,
who know thus much of the matter & no more. But
why a bad sign? — Because it looks as if the object of

Identifier: | JB/169/245/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.
Date_1	1796-02-15	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	169	Main Headings
Folio number	245	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	to the conductor of the herald
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	57065
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