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 tended to the Subversion of his Throne and Family. This Insinuation, indeed, would not so much merit Detestation, as Contempt and Ridicule.  

HE Abettors and Instruments of Faction would promiscuously calumniate the private Characters of the principal individuals of the opposing Party."

It was the just Observation of an ancient Writer, that "the Wicked is an Abomination to the Righteous, and the Righteous an Abomination to the Wicked."—Yet the Measures which these two Parties take, in their Treatment of each other, are essentially different.—The good Man never maliciously stabs the Reputation of his Neighbour: The wicked Man,