Excerpt from An Honest and Friendly Address to Persons of All Ranks and Conditions, in a Manner Hitherto Unattempted: Which (Instead of Enumerating Our Vices and Places of Diversion) Points Out the Source, Strikes at the Root, of the Load of Calamities, Follies, and Impieties, the Nation at This Time Groans Under I would reprefent our prefent State and Con dition in as clear and jui'c a Light as poiiible. In the firi't Place: How are our excellent Laws and Conflitution violated? In what Manner do we chufe the Great Council of the Nation, the Guardians of our State? Is Regard Often had to Capacity or Principle? No He that bids higheit is generally fure to Obtain the Suffrage. What Circumi'tances can be inore aggravating P And from whence can they proceed, but the (jazz/e abovementioned, which, we here plainly fee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.