A LETTER FROM A WELSH FREEHOLDER. 
choice that the majority of mouths are open againft him? I hope 
his virtues are not the object of jealoufy, and that the eloquence 
of Themifiocles is not to bear down the virtues of 4riflides! furely 
the majority do not fign the fhell becaufe they are angry at every 
body calling Ariftides jut? 
CERTAINLY there are {trong contrafts to his character, who 
unite their force to pull him down. Why fhould the affairs of 
the whole nation be ftopped at the inftance of fuch perfons? 
Could you not fuffer the bufinefs to goon, with only the proper 
objections to what was wrong? Surely the taxes might have 
paffed, in order to prevent what may poffibly enfue, univerfal 
bankruptcy. But moderation muft not be adopted; it will 
fuit neither the views nor interefts of a fet of men, whom po- 
verty and ambition have made nearly defperate. The nonfen- 
fical exploded cry of fecret influence is for private’ ends again 
revived. 
Excuse me for reminding you (but remind you I muft) of 
the declaration you made at the laft general election, that you - 
would enlift under no party, follow no fet of men; the per- 
formance is far from impracticable; many illuftrious charac- 
ters, who obferve thofe excellent rules, exift at this very time. 
Your conftituents wifh you to do the fame. They with to 
prevale on you to compare your fentiments with theirs; the 
fooner it is done, the lefs will be the violence. of the alteration. 
I firft fuggefted the communication of our fentiments, and from 
my model (fuch as is inclofed) is drawn the declaration which - 
I apprehend has by this time been fent to you from the gentle- 
men of ****, with the approbation of many refpeéted charac- 
ters in this end of the county. You need not {tart at the teft 
offered to you. It is not defigned to bind you to any party, 
Vit 22a to. 
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