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 It is not amidst the confusion and tumult and uproar of so many hundreds, assembled without previous intimation of the nature of those measures which are to be brought forward by the self constituted representatives of Counties and Boroughs.—It is not amidst the yellings and factious vociferations of those who are equally ready to clamour for a question of which they have neither considered the true foundation nor calculated the several bearings and various effects, or to rush forward at the nod of their demagogues to insult the magistracy and mock at the very semblance of justice, by refusing to hear the statement of principles, or the defence of conduct inconsistent with their own crude and vague opinions.—It is not from men, who, whether as speakers, or hearers eager to speak, flushed with wine, with acclamation, with applause, are precisely in