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than his. Iam old enough to remember the begin- 
ning of the American war perfectly well; and at that 
time I had occasion to mix very much in society in 2 
_ great many parts of the nation; and J was perfectly 
satisfied, from the general voice of the people, as I 
still am, that a very great majority of the people, had) 
they been-called:to vote individually, wouldthen have 
voted in favour of the war. I:know well that Mr: 
Fox, and some others, were-equally free, in attribut« 
-ing their own opinions to the nation at large, if their 
-own afsertion could give it currency, as your corres= 
pondent is; but to these afsertions, I never gave 
‘much credit, I might therefore give an equally laconic 
denial to.these afsertions. But if we were to argue 
thus, there would be no end. I, therefore, fhall adopt 
another mode of reasoning. 
As Mr T. does not deny that Mr Pitt came inte 
power “ by the favour of the people,” in 1784, even 
in spite of a majority in parliament against him, I 
must suppose he admits the fact. How was it 
that the people protected him against the coallition ? 
By returning members to the new parliament, who, 
they knew, were well affected to-him. Does it not 
follow then, that, if lord North’s administration had 
been so generally disagreeable to the people, as your 
correspondent thinks, they would, inthe same man- 
ner, have returned members, whose judgement in that 
‘respect coincided withtheir own? Did not the people of 
Bristol avowedly do so with regard to Mr Burke? 
And, had the people in other parts of the nation been 
equally averse to North, would not they have adopt~ 
ed similar measures ?—they did not do it; the majo« 
