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and government; that they are at 
rength become objects of ferious 
execration to all ranks and deferip- 
tions of perfons, the baneful effeéts 
of their deteftable oppreflion hav- 
ing graduajly. extended from the 
peafant and cottager to the mecha- 
nic, from the mechanic to the 
tradefman, and fo upwards through 
every clafs in the community (fave 
only. that which fattens on thé pub- 
hic fpoil, and whofe fplendor and 
luxury increafe in, the fame propor- 
tion with the miferies of every o- 
ther) threatening in their direful 
career foon to involve the whole 
empire inene commonzuin. 
We truft we have fufficiently ef- 
tablithed, oma former occafion, our 
rights not only to petition and re- 
monftrate, but to demand attention 
to our petitions and remonftrances, 
by then referring to that memora- 
ble event, the Revolution of 1688, 
which fecured the enjoyment .of 
that right; and to the acceflion of 
the houfe of Hanover, when that, 
amongft other rights, was fo fo- 
lemnly recognized by your prede- 
ceflor, and the maintaining of which 
was ftipulated as the exprefs and 
only condition on which the throne 
of thefe kingdoms could be held, 
or, the allegiance of the people 
warranted, 
‘Notwithftanding, therefore, the 
difregard our addreffes to your Ma- 
jefty have hitherto experienced, we 
yet feel it a facred duty to ourfelves 
and to our fellow citizens, again to 
renew our petitions and remon-, 
ftrances (the more urgently when 
th public calamities have fo great; 
ly. ncreafed as they have done, even 
within thefe two years fince we laft 
addrefled your Majety) and to 
perfevere therein until they fhall 
have excited that due regard to the 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1797. 
long .and_ patient: fufferings ,of a 
much injured peopic, which may 
timely interpofe to prevent more 
ci! convulfions, , which the con- 
femptuous neglect of juft. com, 
plaints, and the confequent.defpair 
of redrefs to real grievances, are 
calculated to preduce,., , - 
We thallnot dwell long on the 
accumulated miferies engendered 
by the prefent cruel and difaftrous 
war, feeing that your Majefty has 
once more affordel the pleafing 
profpe& of a termination to its 
horrors by the negotiation now 
pending. | We. cannot, however, 
refrain from declaring our deteftay 
tion of its principle and conduct, 
by calling to -your mind, that as its 
object has never been pofitively de- 
fined, and a new pretext for perfe- 
vering in it has. been continually 
adopted, as the foregoing has be- 
come invalid, it is at length fuffi- 
ciently obvious that its real objects 
were no other than to crufh in the 
bud the infant liberties of twentys 
fix millions of people, juft emerging 
from the long night of wretched, 
nefs, ignorance, and flavery, to the 
blifsful dawn and cheering bright. 
nefs of freedom and humanit¥, and 
te confign them and their territory, 
a devoted people and a. plundered 
foil, to the furrounding defpots of 
Europe. 1: ; 
Here the reader was interrupted 
by acry that the proclamation for 
diffolving the affembly as illegal had 
been read. 
Drep of a natural death, at, his 
feat at Beaconsfield, in his fixty- 
eighth year, the Right Honourable 
Edmund Burke, a6 ; 
The origin of this extraordinary 
inan proves that abilities and geni- 
us will make their way, penetrate 
through difficulties, and raife the 
ee poffeffors 
