Excerpt from A Caution to the Liverymen of London Against the General Election: Being a Sermon on Drunkenness; Shewing It Both a Sin and Folly, to Which Is Prefixed, an Address to the Livery, and Another to the Candidates Tongue. He (hall have my Vote, I promife you; aye, if I had a thoufand. Q p'he 1s a fine Man. I never ate better Turiie a'ndchine in my Life. Excellent old Port, Ne'd. He 13 certainlya man of Underfianding. Who doubts it? When he fpeaks, it is always to the Pur pofe. Commendable indeed. So did Balaam' s Afs - Once - Who would be a fuccefsful Can didate, -if we were to judge - you know what I mean-provided the Mafier would give a Treat. Why - I think you are right. Elo quence, however, is not a necefi'ar'y Qalifica tion. True. After your patriotic Squires have harangue'd for four and twenty Hours - What then? A Yea, or Nay, is to decide'the Afiair, and he that Can nicely difiinguifh the-differ en'ce, is the wifeft of all. The Man, who can notfpeak, W111 not mifreprefent us Pray Gen tlemen be fober' fhew yourfelves wife, re deeming the Time, becaufe the Days are Evil. Follow Jethro' 8 Advice to Mofes. Choofe ye out 4513 Men, fuch as fear God Men of Truth, hating Coveto'ufizefi - Gifts and Rewards will biafs and corrupt the Integrity and Impartiality of the majftour Candzdate. The public Wel fare and the Dignity of the Sovereign will be facrificed to his private advantage. He means not to ferve you, but h1mfelf - T be Man, however eminent his Abilities, fhould not be permitted the Power of doing Hurt. He cannot heartily concur in framing Laws of Reformation, who will be the Object of their Cenfure.(5) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.