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characterized, should now condemn This as a despotic Measure in the Servants of the Crown, which They themselves formerly exercised when in Power, and still continue to exercise towards their private Dependents:—These Gentlemen would betray a very notable Inconsistence in their Conduct: And therefore, without any Decision on the Rectitude of such a general Practice, would stand convicted of an undeniable Mark of Licentiousness and Faction.

SECT.XIX.

A fourth Mark of Licentiousness and Faction.

THE Patrons of Faction would endeavour to delude and inflame an ignorant and licentious Populace against their legal Governors."

A blind and unprincipled Populace have ever been the most effectual Engines of Sedition: And above all, Those of the