. Cato's letters . ETTERS, Time to Time, the Accounts of what theygive, that it is disburfed frugally and honeftiy,and not engroffed by private Men^ lavifheclupon Minions, or fquandered away in ufelefePenfions to Undefervers; and that the Productof the whole Peoples Labour and Subftance,is not fuffered ro be devoured by a few of theword of the People. For, as it is (aid elfe- where, Vtfjat can Is more invidious^ than for a N/*-ticn* flagging under the Weight and Opprejfioncf its Debts, eaten up with Vfitry, nn,l exbttoftedwith Payment Si to the additional Mortified-tIon,-to fee private a
. Cato's letters . ETTERS, Time to Time, the Accounts of what theygive, that it is disburfed frugally and honeftiy,and not engroffed by private Men^ lavifheclupon Minions, or fquandered away in ufelefePenfions to Undefervers; and that the Productof the whole Peoples Labour and Subftance,is not fuffered ro be devoured by a few of theword of the People. For, as it is (aid elfe- where, Vtfjat can Is more invidious^ than for a N/*-ticn* flagging under the Weight and Opprejfioncf its Debts, eaten up with Vfitry, nn,l exbttoftedwith Payment Si to the additional Mortified-tIon,-to fee private and worthies Men riot in theirCalamities, and grew rich whift they grew poor ;to fee the Town every Day glittering with new andpwMus Equipages, wbilfl they are mortgaging andfelling their Eft files, without having fpcnt tbjsm \to fee blaming Meteors fuddenly exhaled out cf theirJakes, and their Uud> a> in Egypt5 warmed in?* Uonjlers ? * 1 airs, &c. * Cw/Meratiwr vfon the State of the Nation, andCivil 4 214 CA ros LETTERS. 5 I P^ JHave hitherto dire£kd my Letters to your(elf; but I defireyou will direct rhe inclosdto the illuftrious Deputies of the whole Peopleof England. Not that I prefume to think my(elf capable to inform them of their Duty, orf hat they want fuch Information, or would ac-cept it from me ; but I intend to (hew my goodVvifhes to my Countrymen, and to preparethem to expedl: the blef&d Effe&s of their dif-creeu Choice ; not in the lea ft doubting buttKIr •.Yorihy Reprefenratives will (peak aloud: almoft unanimous Sentiments of the \vholeIvarion, and by fo doing, preferve the Digni-ty of the Crown, and the Liberty of the Peo-ple they reprefenr. T* tbs Honcurfills the Members of tie prefent Hoi/Ji cf Commons. Gentlemen, OU have now the Political Power of allthe Commons of Great-Britain delegated toyou ; and as 1 doubt not but you will make anhonefl life of it, fo will you have their NaturalPower too, at your Command ; that is, youwill have their Than
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