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Excerpt from Opposition No Proof of Patriotism: With Some Observations and Advice Concerning Party Writings
We have been long alarmed (I hope we are now tired) with terrible Representations of Men in Power, their Evil Designs and Mistakes, their Corruptions at Home, their Blunders Abroad; and publick Liberty, which is now stronger than ever it was in any Country or Age, has been lamented as almost expiring. The Ministers have been abused for every good Action which they did or attempted, and even for bad Actions which they neither attempted nor intended.
Such universal Condemnation was such an evident Mark of Ill-Will and Partiality, as could not escape our Notice and Censure. It was as little artful as it was decent or true. A cunning Calumniator will allow some good Qualities in the Object he abuses, on Purpose to be believed, when he charges him with bad Qualities.
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