. The craftsman. h a Right, willnot give OlFence to any honeft Man, nor be mifcon-ftrued by any fenfible Man. I declare folemnly that Ihave no other Meaning in them than the Good of myCountry; and if I could imagine that any Dillrefswould adfe to his IVIajedy, by the Repeal of tins AEiyI would not wilh to fee it repeald till it might bedone with Safety. I expe£l that fome childijh, cavil-ling Ohfervator will give this Letter the ufual Turn,of being delignM to pave the Way for the Introdufti-on of the Pretender; but We mull not fuffer our felvesto be trifled with in a Point of this Confequence,
. The craftsman. h a Right, willnot give OlFence to any honeft Man, nor be mifcon-ftrued by any fenfible Man. I declare folemnly that Ihave no other Meaning in them than the Good of myCountry; and if I could imagine that any Dillrefswould adfe to his IVIajedy, by the Repeal of tins AEiyI would not wilh to fee it repeald till it might bedone with Safety. I expe£l that fome childijh, cavil-ling Ohfervator will give this Letter the ufual Turn,of being delignM to pave the Way for the Introdufti-on of the Pretender; but We mull not fuffer our felvesto be trifled with in a Point of this Confequence, norbubbled out of our Liberties by a Pretence of imagi-nary Danger. Let Thofe, who may urge this Ar-gument, confider with Themfelves what fort of aCompliment They will pay the prefent royal Family^if They fhould infill that their Safety requires theContinuance of this terrible Law. For my Part I nmconvinced of the contrary; and hope, with all dueSabmiffion to my Superiors, to fee it repealed. C. / am, SIR, Satvuday* N* 2LI5 ^^ Craftsman. 271 N 21S* Saturday, Ai^. 15, 1730.
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