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LETTERS
OF
JUNIUS.
LETTER XXX.
TO THE PRINTER OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER.
17. October, 1769.
SIR,
IT is not wonderful that the great cauſe, in which this country is engaged, ſhould have roſed and engroſſed the whole attention of the people. I rather admire the generous ſpirit, with which they feel and aſſert their intereſt in this important queſtion, than blame them for their indifference about any other. When the conſtitution is openly invaded, when the firſt original right of the people, from which all laws derive their authority, is directly attacked, inferior grievances naturally loſe their force, and
Vol. II.
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