Excerpt from The Fatal Consequences of Minist, Influence; Or the Difference Between Royal Power and Ministerial Power Truly Stated: A Political Essay; Occasioned by the Petition Presented Last Session of Parliament by Six Noble Peers of Scotland; And Addressed to the Noble, the Ancient, and the Rich Families of Great Britain; With an Appendix, Containing Copies of Those Accounts of IL
I man not take'it Upon me to' affirm, that the Perfons fufpeéted are really guilty 5 on the contrary, for the Sake of them, for the Sake of my Country, I wilh they maybe able to juf'cify themfelves in the moit ample manner, upon a fair and impartial Enquiry: But if they are really guilty, our Con/litution cannot be preferved, His Majefiy's Govern ment c'annot without a firiét Enquiry, and a sfeoere Puni/bment; and if they are, innocent, their Ch'araéters' as Men of Honour, and as good Subjeéis,' cannot be vindicated without a fair and an open Eu quiry: In the firfi Cafe, every Man of Ho nour in the Nation ought to promote an Enquiry; in the lafl, the Gentlemen accufed or fufpeéted, ought to infilt upon it; and therefore, as a Friend to my Country, if they are guilty, as a Friend to them if they are innocent, I refolved to ufe my belt Endea yours to promote a flee and impartial En quiry into that Affair.
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