3^0 POLITICAL USES OF BAD HEALTH. July 6, 



fuppofe the writer of the above may have overlooked 

 feme circiuji fiances that might have considerably alter- 

 ed the cafe, had they been brought forward. Perfons 

 who have a native warmth of heart, as we would in 

 charity fuppofe, may be the cafe with the writer of the 

 iabove, are not well acqua,inted with the circumllanccs 

 that may affect the minds of perfons of a more phleg- 

 iVialic turn ; and therefore may difregard them fo much, 

 as, unknowingly, to have given geat offence. Can the 

 peifon be certain that he has never been guilty of an 

 imprudence of that foi't ? 



If the writer be poflLlfed of that benevolence of dif- 

 pofuion that his own reprefentation of his cafe is cal- 

 ciilated to make us fuppofe, it is probable he may have 

 formed expe(^tations of meeting with a kind of reci-. 

 procal warmth of exertion : But if the other perfon 

 concerned never was fcnfible of thefe kind of affeftions, 

 does he not aft iiiconfiderately ever to expeft it ? Has 

 he duly weighed tliis circumflanee ? 



A perfon who is ardent in fupporting his friend, is 

 alfo too often equally v arm and fincere in reprehending 

 whatever he fees amifs. But it is only perfons of great 

 vigour of mind, who can bear fuch kinds of freedom 

 with temper. Is the writer certain that he has never 

 tranfgrefied in this way, fo as to efface that tendernefs 

 for him, Vv'hich he thinks himfelf entitled to ? If he 

 has not been attentive here, is he not himfelf to blame 

 for the conduft of which he complains ? 



Lafily. Has he compared what fhould be tlie effe£t 

 of a coi.diift rigid and uncomplying on his part, with 

 that of the attention and compliances that may have 

 flowed from another quarter, it is perhaps one of the 

 greattlt allevations to the diftreffes of life, that man- 

 kind are difpofed to court the favour of perfons who 

 have money, Irom the hope of obtaining it. This con- 

 fideration, and this alone, is fufRciently powerful to 

 make many perfons flatter and coax the aged and the 

 infirm, in mird as well a^ bcdy. fo as to pleafe in eve- 



