The Interest of Great Britain in the Approaching Congress Considered: In a Letter (Classic Reprint)

Efficient that he himfclf mould enjoy the benefit of your Lordfhip sabilities, unlefs his people mould mare in them likevvife. This, my Lord. is a fcvere proof of Royal Eftcem ;and tiie more ib, as your Lordmip becomes a Minifter at the rnoft critical period of any that Otf Britain has feen for a century pad, A period perhaps that, politically fpcaking, is as critical as any fhe ever faw. In another country this would not be a difcouraging circumftance, becaufe, in other countries, the Sovereign sfavour can protect a Minifter, in this it has often undone him; and fometimes, not (o much through his demerit as the caprice of the people. I, my Lord, as well as you, am entering upon a new fcene of life. The good opinion of my country has given me a feat amongft her rcpreientatives jand, if your Lordihip will pardon the familiarity of the idea, I cannot help loojking upon myfclf as one of the audience at that great political drama in which your Lordmip is a capital ador. But, my .L ord, fpectators are the judges well as the hearers of a dramathey form the bench as well as the .
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