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power, which can annihiliate a dangerous 
minifter by a frown. 
In the mixed government under which 
you have the felicity to be born, as the Mi- 
nifter is refponfible for the mifconduct of 
the King, fo is the King, in fome degree, 
anfwerable for the mal-adminiftration of the 
man whom he deligbteth to honour: and this 
implied refponfibility is juft; becauie the 
conftitution gives to the King the power of 
chufing his fervants. Some of our Kings, 
either for want of penetration, or in con- 
fequence of perfonal attachment, have been 
very unfortunate in the choice of their Prime 
Minifters -, but the confequences of their mif- 
conftruing individual men, were fo fatal to 
themfelves, that future Kings of England 
will be cautious whom they truft. 
In our prefent firft Minifter we have a 
fine example of what power and dignity 
may be attained by fuperior underftanding, 
in conjunction with application and good 
morals. Without thefe in an eminent de- 
gree, his being the fon of the late Lord 
Chatham would have availed him nothing. 
That good morals fhbuld have been a ftep 
to Mr. Pitt's elevation, would to the politi- 
cians 
