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Excerpt from The Craftsman, Vol. 9 I have lately met with fizme Creature: and Tool: of Power, who {peak the fame Language now. T hey tell us, that Matters are come to that Pals, that We mull: either receive the Pretender, or keep him out with Bribe: and flnnding Armier; that the Nation is {o corrupt, that there is no governing it by any other Means; and, in ibort, that we mufi {ubmit to this great Evil to prevent a greater; as if any Mifchief could be more terrible than the highefi and molt terrible of all Mifchiefs, univerfal Corrup tion, and a militu Government. It is indeed im the Su tilty of Traitors, the Malice of ils, or for the Cunning and Cruelty of our molt implacable Enemies to fuggcfl flronger Motives for the Undermining and Overthrow of our excellent Eflablilhment, which is built upon the Defiruetion of {annex}, and can Rand upon no other Bottom. It is adnefs in Extremity to hope that a Govern ment, founded upon Liberty, and the flee Cboiee of tbe Aflrtor: of it, can be fupported by otber Prin tipler; and whoever would maintain it by contrary ones intends to blowit up, let him alledge what he will. This gives me eve Day new Reafons to believe what I have long Pu'fpee'ted; for if ever a Q;eflion fhould arif'e, whether a Nation {hall {ub mit to certain Ruin, or flruggle for a Rented rboje Gentlemen well know which Side They wil chufc, and certainly intend That, which They mul't chufe. 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.