Speech to the electors of Bristol (1774) [ Practices ]
… words, and with the most religious care and tenderness, in that very act of parliament, which was made to regulate the elections by freemen, and to prevent all possible abuses in making them. I do not intend to argue the matter here. My … that you find me rash in declaring myself, or very forward in troubling you. From the beginning to the end of the election, I have kept silence in all matters of discussion. I have never asked a question of a voter on the other side, … them; if I were then, all at once, to turn short, and declare, that I had been sporting all this while with the right of election: and that I had been drawing out a poll, upon no sort of rational grounds, which disturbed the peace of my …
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