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of the communication was, the same with that of
the money, to do mischief to the country — But where
is the badness of the sign, when no sooner do we
kno wof the communication, than we know the
object & the sole object of it, & that that object
neither was nor could be,any other than to save
the country instead of injuring it?

By how much would the country have been the
better, if instead of thus volunteering himself to
prevent the enemy from invading it, he had
cautiously lain by, & for want of the advice in
question, suffered them to have carried their project
into effect?

Which is the best subject, he who at the hazard
of every thing that is or ought to be dear to a man,
exerts himself to save his country, & that in a
way bidding as fair as possible for efficacy, or he
who, for want of such exertions,chooses to let the
country take its chance? I know who is the more
prudent man of the two —taking selfishness &
nothing else into the account of prudence — I know
who in this sense is the more prudent man — the
treatment Mr Vaughan has met withshews it
but too plainly — but what I ask is — who is the
most public-spirited man, the most loyal subject

Oh but there was something in the stile of the
advice which bespoke a well wisher to those to whom
it was given... I dare say there was— I am sure
there

Identifier: | JB/169/245/002 "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	002	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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