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( 27 ) the very shoe-black, that wipes your shoes, contributes to the payment of your salary and your perquisites.

But not only ought the salaries of all places under the government to be reduced, and the perquisites entirely cut off: all sinecures and useless offices should likewise be abolished. And here, Sir, I am afraid, you yourself would run a considerable risk; for, unless I am misinformed, the very board, of which you are a member, is rendered, in a great measure, useless, by the appointment of a new secretary of state for the American colonies. You will, however, I suppose, still continue to receive your allowance of a thousand pounds a year for doing nothing. And, indeed, Sir, you had best continue to receive it; for, if I am not greatly mistaken, you will have occasion for that, and all the other sums you can collect, against the ensuing general election. The price of votes, you observe (and I dare say you speak from experience) is, like that of