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⟨All⟩ that they have got to do, is to work at their employment, ⟨and⟩ pay up their taxes. A parcel of lazy, ignotant ⟨weavers⟩, holding meetings to discuss about the affairs of ⟨⟩, just as if the Government were ⟨accountable⟩ to them, how they disposed of the Seventy Millions (illegible text) taxes. What business have they with George Rose, ⟨and⟩ the rest of the Tax Eaters? Or the two hundred ⟨thousand⟩ pounds, which the Borough Faction gets out (illegible text) the taxes every year? What business have they, (illegible text)ether seats in the Commons House of Parliament be (illegible text)d like stalls in a market or not? Or the Liberty of ⟨the⟩ Press either? If they get liberty to weave, what ⟨more⟩ liberty need they ask for? They discuss about Reform in Parliament, and say we should have ⟨Universal⟩ Suffrage, and Annual Parliaments, and that we (illegible text) so unequally represented. They make a great (illegible text)s about Glasgow, and Manchester, and say what a ⟨shame⟩ it is, for such large and populous cities, not to ⟨send⟩ a single member to Parliament, while these small ⟨boroughs⟩ send to Parliament.
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Newton, Old Sarum, Midhurst, Castle Rising, Marlborough, Downton, |
1 Elector sends 2 Members, 1 do. sends 2 do. 2 Electors send 2 do. 2 do. send 2 do. 2 do. send 2 do. 2 do. send 2 do. |
Total. 12 Electors send 12 Members.
Although these 12 Electors have in their power to ⟨send⟩ 12 Members to Parliament, and to be sure they (illegible text) be easily corrupted; yet the Members of the ⟨House⟩ of Commons are not all returned by so few ⟨Electors⟩, which I will show you out of Tegg's Chrono(illegible text)y
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