Debate on constitutional government and ministerial power
The piece denounces the King's ministers for bending constitutional limits and threatening parliamentary liberty. It argues a sovereign must govern for the people, warns against personal rule, praises Wilkes for standing with civil and religious liberty, and critiques anonymous attacks and court faction influence. It ends with notes on public figures, elections in Westminster, and naval and political happenings of early 1779.
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Admiral Kepp
Bute
England
A Plain Dealer Urges Duty Across Departments
The text argues that men should be truly employed in all departments of the rate, with plans to unite and confirm evident actions. It warns that those who do not act will face consequences, insisting on virtue at home or retirement where virtue frees others.
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Anoeeng
Wilkes
Devin
Sabhar
Lord Bure
Cautus Adite
Comsions
Mr. Wilkes
Eta
Milé Ray
Covent-garden Theatre
Hackman
Craven Street
Miss Ray
Temple
Lord Sandwich
Covent-garden
Westminster
Lord Malden
Efsex
Lys
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London Evening Pott
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Heaven
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France
Postscript
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Admiral Palmer
Teulon
West Indies
Count d’Estaing
Portsmouth
Thomas Pye
India
Brest
Ireland
Thas Srabhfemert
Pondicherry
Eas India Company
Hector Monroe
Paris
Lally
Alderney
Britannia
Spithead
Hugh Palliser
Deal
London Packet
Palmer
Bourdeaux
Diamond
Archdeacon
Stanley
Sherehorne
Neath
Cruize
Fortuse
Fairy
Cabott
Flying Fish
R Main
Downs
Moren
St. Kitts
Royal Brinon
William and Mary
Betsey
S. W
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Thames-street
St.Antholin’s
Pak
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