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' | <head>A View of the Hard-labour Bill.</head> | ||
<p>every borough in England might be proud to acknowledge for<lb/> its representative M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Howard was, by the chance of Election<lb/>— war, thrown out of his seat in an Assembly, which might<lb/> be more reverenced had it more men in it like him. — Will<lb/> <del>Will</del> any one say, because the Burgesser of Bedford<lb/>were to corrupt as to be insensible to his merits, or<lb/>so fortunate as to have met with still superior<lb/> merits in a rival candidate, that it would be of no<lb/> advantage to the public for M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Howard to have had<lb/> the perusal of such a Bill? and that in a question<lb/>of police M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Howard's opinion is not worth the<lb/> taking? I should be curious to see the <del>man</del> <add>person</add> who<lb/>would <del><gap/> in the <gap/></del> say so. I will<lb/> <del>I will</del> still suffer myself therefore to hope to see<lb/>the time, when the representatives of the public will<lb/>no longer distain to <del>the</del> take their constituents into<lb/> council, and when Bills will be printed for the<lb/>perusal, not of the members of the House only, but<lb/> of the members of the community.</p> | |||
<p>As to what concerns the author of that preface, that<lb/> <hi rend="underline">he</hi> had no peculiar aversion to the interference<lb/>of the public at large, may be inferred from other <lb/>passages in the same discourse. <add>[a]</add> The case seems to be,</p> | |||
<p>NOTE</p> | |||
<p>[a] See p. 9 "many <sic>usefull</sic> and essential amendments"<lb/> says he "even at present may be expected from <hi rend="underline">others</hi> who will" <lb/>"give their immediate attention." </p> | |||
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A View of the Hard-labour Bill.
every borough in England might be proud to acknowledge for
its representative Mr Howard was, by the chance of Election
— war, thrown out of his seat in an Assembly, which might
be more reverenced had it more men in it like him. — Will
Will any one say, because the Burgesser of Bedford
were to corrupt as to be insensible to his merits, or
so fortunate as to have met with still superior
merits in a rival candidate, that it would be of no
advantage to the public for Mr Howard to have had
the perusal of such a Bill? and that in a question
of police Mr Howard's opinion is not worth the
taking? I should be curious to see the man person who
would in the say so. I will
I will still suffer myself therefore to hope to see
the time, when the representatives of the public will
no longer distain to the take their constituents into
council, and when Bills will be printed for the
perusal, not of the members of the House only, but
of the members of the community.
As to what concerns the author of that preface, that
he had no peculiar aversion to the interference
of the public at large, may be inferred from other
passages in the same discourse. [a] The case seems to be,
NOTE
[a] See p. 9 "many usefull and essential amendments"
says he "even at present may be expected from others who will"
"give their immediate attention."
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