But What Is To Be

Men Of Integrity Are Generally Pretty Obstinate, In Adhering To An Opinion Once Adopted.

I Was A Countryman And A Father Before I Was A Writer On Political Subjects... Born And Bred Up In The Sweet Air Myself, I Was Resolved That My Children Should Be Bred Up In It Too.

Having Still In My Recollection So Many Excellent Men, To Whose Grandfathers, Upon The Same Spots, My Grandfather Had Yielded Cheerful Obedience And Reverence, It Is Not Without Sincere Sorrow That I Have Beheld Many Of The Sons Of These Men Driven From Their Fathers' Mansions, Or Holding Them As Little Better Than Tenants Or Stewards, While The Swarms Of Placemen, Pensioners, Contractors, And Nabobs... Have Usurped A Large Part Of The Soil.

I Cannot... Perceive Any Ground For Hoping That Any Practical Good Would, While The Funding System Exists In Its Present Extent, Result From The Adoption Of Any Of Those Projects, Which Have Professed To Have In View What Is Called Parliamentary Reform... When The Funding System, From Whatever Cause, Shall Cease To Operate Upon Civil And Political Liberty, There Will Be No Need Of Projects For Parliamentary Reform. The Parliament Will, As Far As Shall Be Necessary, Then Reform Itself.

Protestations Of Impartiality I Shall Make None. Theyare Always Useless And Are Besides Perfect Nonsense, When Used Bya News-monger.