A letter from a Member of Parliament for a borough in the West, to a noble Lord in his neighbourhood there, concerning the Excise-Bill, and the manner and causes of losing it / [M. M].

  • M. M.
Date:
1733
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Credit: A letter from a Member of Parliament for a borough in the West, to a noble Lord in his neighbourhood there, concerning the Excise-Bill, and the manner and causes of losing it / [M. M]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *9 ] / He is a miferable Wretch indeed who, in Points that are effcntial or of moment, confiders an Employment, any Employment, preferably to his Duty, his Country, and his Chara&er. We fee that feveral who have Places oppofed this Scheme. This (hews that private Opinion fometimes gets the better of a Place, as Refentment fome- times does of Opinion and Reafon. Many of our angry Men had Places once. Did thefe Places influence them then ? If not, why may not others be as horveft as they ? I can likewife allure your Lordfhip of what you will ealily conceive and believe, that many oppofed the Excife, though they thoroughly approved it, fome from Engagement to Party, fome out of Refentment to Minifters, and feveral were apprehenlive of popular Commotions, and the Confequences of fuch. ' It has been afferted and publilhed, over and over, that no Authorities of Merchants, or of fuch as underftood C 2 Trade* /