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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)

PARTy divisions, whether on the whole operating for good or evil, are
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The purpose of this pamphlet, at which it aims directly or obliquely in every page, is to persuade the public of three or four of the most difficult points in the world,--that all the advantages of the late war were on the part of the Bourbon alliance; that the peace of Paris perfectly consulted the dignity and interest of this country; and that the American Stamp Act was a masterpiece of policy and finance; that the only good minister this nation has enjoyed since his Majesty's accession, is the Earl of Bute; and the only good managers of revenue we have seen are Lord Despenser and Mr.George Grenville; and, under the description of men of virtue and ability, he holds them out to us as the only persons fit to put our affairs in order.

Let not the reader mistake me: he does not actually name these persons; but having highly applauded their conduct in all its parts, and heavily censured every other set of men in the kingdom, he then recommends us to his men of virtue and ability.
Such is the author's scheme.

Whether it will answer his purpose I know not.

But surely that purpose ought to be a wonderfully good one, to warrant the methods he has taken to compass it.

If the facts and reasonings in this piece are admitted, it is all over with us.


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