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to France, but whether he was any other than a well-wisher
to his own country, & in order to prove him so, an ill-wisher to a
country must be defined to be — one who braves all personal considerations
in his zeal to save it.

If Mr Vaughan had not been something of a well-wisher
to France, I much question whether it would have been in his
power to have appeared so much of a well-wisher to that country;
as a man to give himself the smallest claim of being listened
to by any country, must appear to be. For from all that I have
ever had opportunity to observe, & opportunities have not been
wanting, Mr Vaughan adds not only philanthrophy but sincerity
to his other treasons.

I am admitting all this while that of which the contrary
is evident & undisputed — that Mr Vaughan had an intercourse
with the enemy. How stands the fact? Mr Vaughan's intercourse
is with Mr Stone, & with Mr Stone only. Mr Stone's intercourse
is with his Brother in France: & it is the Brother, & he only
if I recollect right, that has any direct intercourse with any
man who comes under the denomination of an enemy. In
the correspondence of Mr Stone, of whom I know just nothing,
there is a disguise which in the correspondence of any friend of
mine with such a Country I should be much concerned to see.
But in the communication made by Mr Vaughan, there is nei-
-ther disguise nor mystery. Having something of an acquaintance,
as it appears, with Mr Stone, who, as it appears, to his advantage
of the slightest acquaintance to display his political importance,
Mr Vaughan, observing as he thinks, among the French
symptoms of a disposition to take advice from any man whom
French Vanity & presumption can find a pretence for numbering
among their well-wishers, thinks this a good opportunity of
conveying reasons to them against an enterprise, which, how
rashly & foolishly soever conducted on the part of that country,
would

Identifier: | JB/169/249/003 "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	249	Info in main headings field
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
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Notes public		ID Number	57069
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