Speech to the electors of Bristol (1774) [ Practices ]
… On Being declared by the Sheriffs duly elected one of the Representatives in Parliament for that City, On Thursday the 3d of November, 1774. Speech at the conclusion of the poll Gentlemen, I cannot avoid sympathizing … question. The law will decide it. I shall only speak of it as it concerns the propriety of public conduct in this city. I do not pretend to lay down rules of decorum for other gentlemen. They are best judges of the mode of proceeding … of my antagonist's conduct against his own present inclinations. I owe myself, in all things, to all the freemen of this city. My particular friends have a demand on me, that I should not deceive their expectations. Never was cause or man …
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