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 Immoral Writings should seem no less the Object of the Magistrate's Attention. Tho' These may not shake the Principles, yet they inevitably corrupt the Manners of a Nation.

Personal Defamation, or Calumny thrown on private Characters, is another Evil, which seems rising at present with unheard-of Aggravations. Two flagrant Instances of This Enormity the Writer will pass unnoticed, lest he should seem to insult over the Exiled or the Dead.