Excerpt from A Letter to a Leading Great Man, Concerning the Rights of the People to Petition, and the Reasonableness of Complying With Such Petitions V with the Senl'e of the Nation, exprefs'd in this dutiful and precedented Way of Petitions. This is their Confolation in the midfi of their Difirefs: Whereas, had you been one of the Parricides; or had you {har'd underhand in any of the Com. Mon Plunder had you (into been ad vane'd, to lheltcr any of the Guilty, or given any Reafon to fufpeet it, thereby to prevent the publick Enquiry's taking Effefi; 'twould be a melancholly Con fideration to your Countrymen: And infiead of the prefent Pleafure they feel, in knowing to Wife, lo Honefi, (0 Un. Corrupt a Perfon as your (elf fills the Poll you enjoy; they would then fuffer all that Uneafinefs, which mufi follow from the contrary Refleaion: Infiead of feeing you continued, with great Sa tisfaaion, in your prefent high Station; they would, foon, triumph over the Difgrace of One, who was an Enemy to his Country: For, a Guilty Great Man cannot long fupport himfelfamongft an Injured Free People. I am. 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.