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could have it in their power to pay, and 
which, consequently, involved them in 
utter ruin, and doomed them to impri- 
sonment for life,—contrary to Magna 
Charta and the Bill of Rights; and, I 
may add, to justice and common sense. 
But, Sir, is there any redress for these 
violations of, what we call, our constitu- 
tion? If not, do Magna Charta and 
the other written documents, about 
which we are frequently so eloquent, 
give us practically any constitution at 
all? B. 
—— 
‘For the Monthly Magazine. 
A Cueto the rurunE Discovery of 
JuNIUS. 
ee singular good fortune of this 
newspaper writer, who, with a 
solitary volume: of letters, has earned an 
imperishable reputation, whilst. such a 
voluminous list of the learned and really 
useful class. have written only to be 
forgotten, is a signal proof of the resist- 
less power of eloquence over the human 
mind, and of. the enchantment of a 
naturally elegant and polished diction. 
The'successful concealment of Junius, 
who: he was, for is must be now out of 
question, hasbeen a subject to draw 
out, and enthusiastically engage,as many 
grey goose quills as any of those con- 
nectéd with the deepest human interest. 
Indeed; his concealment during the se- 
verab years he was writing, and raising 
such’ an: insatiable curiosity in the 
public, is an example of unshaken firm- 
ness of mind, caution, and favouring 
fortune, little short of miraculous. He 
was, however, at length identified by a 
few; indeed, how could a man of such 
exquisite qualifications, natural and ac- 
quiréd, and of talents of such a peculiar 
order, elude the keen researches of a 
court so ‘vitally interested in his dis- 
covery,/and remain utterly and for ever 
unknown? His letters suddenly ceased,* 
to the astonishment and deep regret of 
his fascinated fellow citizens ; and to my 
intensely felt disappointment, of which 
I have, even at this distance of time, a 
vivid recollection. 
It soon came abroad: that, not mor- 
tality, but a cause next in’ degree of 
efficiency, had deprived the English 
people of the services of Junius. He 
had been discoveréd, it was universally 
believed, and. such overtures made to 
* Notwithstanding which, .we. consider 
the assumed fact of the discovery, and con-, 
sequently all, thatis built upon. It, as very, 
apocryphal.—Ep. 
Clue to the future Discovery of Junius. 
; [Jane 1, 
him, ‘as his virtue could “not*forego. 
Both parties probably, for: obvious rea~ 
sons, concurred that the most inviolable 
secrecy should form’the leading article’ 
of the treaty; and this has’ ‘beenob- 
served with a fidelity almost>/unex- 
ampled. We. have «in’ this’ ‘treaty’ an 
illustrious example of the.placability of: 
royal resentment,’ however’ powertully« 
excited, to intimidation and dearer‘in= 
terests. The court followed, “as might: 
be expected, the royal course; and ally 
the asperities raised by the namecof 
Junius, seemed to be smoothed'down’ 
to the most forbearing and philosophic! 
state of acquiescence. 8. iesoito 
But even exciusive of the: fact of 'a : 
treaty, it seems the barest of all°bare 
possibilities that, the Lords’ North; 
Shelburne, and Germaine, the Duke of: 
Grafton, and many others who willibe 
readily understood, could possibly re~ 
main unacquainted with the person and: 
station of the author of Junius. Ano- 
ther, the most potent ’of all improba- 
bilities, is, that all the’ ‘relative docu- 
ments should be destroyed, and that the 
men themselves should remain ‘with 
sealed lips, even to ‘every friend and: 
connection. Is it possible ‘that’the late; 
Duke of Grafton, who declared publicly) 
he knew who Junius’ was, ‘and«enter+ 
tained an utter contempt for the .man, 
should suffer such a ‘secret, to die with. 
him? What adequate motive could he 
possibly. have. for its concealment ? 
It appears thus a legitimate, sequitur, 
that the means yet remain for unrayel-;\ 
ling the mystery. lo 
‘But as to the various: persons’ to. 
whom the composition of these precious! 
letters has been ascribed, the very mode 
in which the pretended discoverers have 
treated the subject, is a clear indication’ 
that they merely meditated a successful 
guess. 228 Jaommti ted? | 
Parson Horne, certamly. one ofthe | 
best informed men of his political, day;, | 
could do no more than) guess) at; the,» 
person of his antagonist.* Is this,>at: 
098 Slast°e 
® We are sorry to find our correspondent — 
applying to the late John Horne Tooke, 
the sneering appellation of Parson Horne, 
Though not quite the diyinity which some — 
of his admirers would make of him, Horne 
Tooke was one of the. intellectual sli - 
his day; and, among the higher-and better 
informed, of adverse-politicians, meee 
affected to sneer, fearedand respected, eye! + 
while they scoffed; and, if they analyzed. 
their own sensations,| would have ath Ha 
bist _S 
f 
We 
more of envy than of scorn in the moti 
