A diſputed election is now tried with the ſame ſcrupulouſneſs and ſolemnity, as any other title. The candidate that has deſerved well of his neighbours, may now be certain of enjoying the effect of their approbation; and the elector, who has voted honeſtly for known merit, may be certain that he has not voted in vain.
Such was the parliament, which ſome of thoſe, who are now aſpiring to ſit in another, have taught the rabble to conſider as an unlawful convention of men, worthleſs, venal, and proſtitute, ſlaves of the court, and tyrants of the people.
That the next Houſe of Commons may act upon the principles of the laſt, with more conſtancy and higher ſpirit, muſt be the wiſh of all who wiſh well to the Publick; and it is ſurely not too much to expect, that the nation will recover from its deluſion, and unite in a general abhorrence of thoſe who, by deceiving the cre-
