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 characterized, should now condemn This as a despotic Measure in the Servants of the Crown, which They themselves formerly exercised when in Power, and still continue to exercise towards their private Dependents:—These Gentlemen would betray a very notable Inconsistence in their Conduct: And therefore, without any Decision on the Rectitude of such a general Practice, would stand convicted of an undeniable Mark of Licentiousness and Faction.  

HE Patrons of Faction would endeavour to delude and inflame an ignorant and licentious Populace against their legal Governors."

A blind and unprincipled Populace have ever been the most effectual Engines of Sedition: And above all, Those of the