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<p>would not fail to be pregnant with incalculable miseries to <hi rend="underline">this</hi>.<lb/> | <p>would not fail to be pregnant with incalculable miseries to <hi rend="underline">this</hi>.<lb/> | ||
He accordingly delivers to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Stone in London a paper giving<lb/> | He accordingly delivers to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Stone in London a paper giving<lb/> | ||
a picture of this country as happy & as honourable for this | a picture of this country as happy & as honourable for this country<lb/> | ||
as they are just, representing it as impregnable, & all<lb/> | |||
attacks upon it <del>helpless</del> hopeless, & this is the traiterous intercourse<lb/> | attacks upon it <del>helpless</del> hopeless, & this is the <sic>traiterous</sic> intercourse<lb/> | ||
of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan with France.</p> | of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan with France.</p> | ||
<p>If M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan in his own mind attributed to his advice<lb/> | <p>If M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan in his own mind attributed to his advice<lb/> | ||
a degree of possible influence on the minds of men in France,<lb/> | a degree of possible influence on the minds of men in France,<lb/> | ||
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distinguish good-wishes towards one of two contending countries from<lb/> | distinguish good-wishes towards one of two contending countries from<lb/> | ||
ill-wishes towards the other, I leave it to be imagined whether<lb/> | ill-wishes towards the other, I leave it to be imagined whether<lb/> | ||
the discrimination was <del>natural</del><add>likely</add> or could appear likely to be made<lb/> | the discrimination was <del>natural</del> <add>likely</add> or could appear likely to be made<lb/> | ||
with perfect accuracy by French vanity & infatuation.— There is a<lb/> | with perfect accuracy by French vanity & infatuation.— There is a<lb/> | ||
sort of overweaning forwardness with which the best intentions are<lb/> | sort of overweaning forwardness with which the best intentions are<lb/> | ||
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you will now, I hope, be of opinion with me, does not attack<lb/> | you will now, I hope, be of opinion with me, does not attack<lb/> | ||
upon the conduct of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan.</p> | upon the conduct of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan.</p> | ||
<p>Believe me, Sir, it is not any <hi rend="underline">domestic</hi>, nor certainly anything like<lb/> | <p>Believe me, Sir, it is not any <hi rend="underline">domestic</hi>, nor certainly anything like<lb/> | ||
a <hi rend="underline">party</hi> connection, (for I have never looked upon M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan as<lb/> | a <hi rend="underline">party</hi> connection, (for I have never looked upon M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Vaughan as<lb/> | ||
a party man, & I am sure I am none) but that sort of <hi rend="underline">moral</hi><lb/> | a party man, & I am sure I am none) but that sort of <hi rend="underline">moral</hi><lb/> | ||
feeling which the idea of suffering worth is so well <sic>intitled</sic> to <del>exact</del><add>excite</add><lb/> | feeling which the idea of suffering worth is so well <sic>intitled</sic> to <del>exact</del> <add>excite</add><lb/> | ||
even in the most <hi rend="underline">distant</hi> bosom, that has called forth this unbidden,<lb/> | even in the most <hi rend="underline">distant</hi> bosom, that has called forth this unbidden,<lb/> | ||
& unlooked for, tribute to Justice, from</ | & unlooked for, tribute to Justice, from<lb/> | ||
A Constant Reader. | A Constant Reader.</p> | ||
would not fail to be pregnant with incalculable miseries to this.
He accordingly delivers to Mr Stone in London a paper giving
a picture of this country as happy & as honourable for this country
as they are just, representing it as impregnable, & all
attacks upon it helpless hopeless, & this is the traiterous intercourse
of Mr Vaughan with France.
If Mr Vaughan in his own mind attributed to his advice
a degree of possible influence on the minds of men in France,
it was not without reason. He was known in France as a member
of the British Legislature. He had once filled a public character in
France. He had maintained connections, at a time when it was
a matter of ornament to any man to maintain connections, in
France, & that without regard to party, & consequently with men
of all parties. If he looked upon himself as being well known
in France it was not without reason: & in Mr Vaughan's
instance to be known is to be esteemed. In proportion as he was
known in France, he must have been known, as I observed before,
as a well-wisher to France: & if English sagacity is so ill able to
distinguish good-wishes towards one of two contending countries from
ill-wishes towards the other, I leave it to be imagined whether
the discrimination was natural likely or could appear likely to be made
with perfect accuracy by French vanity & infatuation.— There is a
sort of overweaning forwardness with which the best intentions are
not unapt to be alloy'd. But even this imputation, venial as it is,
you will now, I hope, be of opinion with me, does not attack
upon the conduct of Mr Vaughan.
Believe me, Sir, it is not any domestic, nor certainly anything like
a party connection, (for I have never looked upon Mr Vaughan as
a party man, & I am sure I am none) but that sort of moral
feeling which the idea of suffering worth is so well intitled to exact excite
even in the most distant bosom, that has called forth this unbidden,
& unlooked for, tribute to Justice, from
A Constant Reader.
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