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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 08, 1771
Page
2
A Glasgow Edinburgh correspondence and club debated jn 1667 on press liberty and jury powers. It condemns general inquiries without charges, laments juries losing moral force, and warns that ministerial circulars to peers threaten constitutional rights.
The text records Thomas Twid urging an end to long fighting and the shift from light troops to Legionary soldiers. He asserts the current era demands a conclusion to the conflict and a move toward decisive force, framing the change as necessary for victory and order.
From Holyrood Edinburgh the election of a peer to fill the late Duke of Argyle’s seat drew votes from many noblemen including the Earl of Stair and Duke of Athol. Signed lists record support for numerous peers such as Dalhousie, Stairs, Marquess of Tweedale, and others while Lord Newark’s right to the Newark honours was protested.
A distorted historical letter to the Ganewar Evening-Post discusses political fear and collapse. It notes manipulative factions misreading public sentiment and a cabinet tainted by misplaced trust, framing a crisis as inevitable ruin.
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