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Excerpt from An Essay on Parliament, and the Causes of Unequal Representation: Also, a Specimen of Some Necessary Regulations, With a Prospect of a General Reform Taking it then for granted, that, of common right, the Inhabitants of every part of the Country, not only had origi nally an equal power, but alfo, aetually exercifed that power, in nominating Members of the General Council, there mull have been fome particular reafon why a different method was adopted, and it is much to our purpofe to inquire, and endeavour to find out, what fuch reafon was, - and'if we are fuccefsful in this in quiry, it will be our next buflnefs to con fider whether or no the reafon was a ju: one, - and if it {hould happen to fail, the refult will be, that Parliament ought to be reformed, - or, in other words, the Appointment ought to be brought back to its ancient manner of Infiitution, or as near thereto as can now be difcovered, or as {hall appear to be molt confiilent with public jui'tice. 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."