borne  down  by  the  heavy,  load  of  tajies  Mr.
Pitt  has  thrown  upon  them ;  and  threatened,
notwithstanding  all  that  is  said  to  the  con-
trary, with  the  ruin  of  another  American  war.
In  such  a  state,  is  it  possible  to  expect  that
the  public  can  bear  to  double  the  present
national  debt  and  taxes,  without  bursting  Mr.
Pitt*s  bubble,  £Drmed  for  plundering  the  poor
to  add  to  the  rich.    This  man  s^aks  very
plain  English,  and  I  am  sorrv  to  say,  he
speaks  as  truly,  as  he  does  plamly;  it  has
been  a  decided  plan  with  those  in  power,  to
plunder  the  poor  to  give  to  the  rich ;  and  will
continue  so,  while  useless  places,  while  use-
less pensions,  sire  suffered  to  exist,  while  a
lord  justice  general  of  Scotland,  who  never
attends  in  his  place,  though  justice  is  the  most
satored  du^  a  man  can  acquit  himself  of;  the
duty  of  a  judge  is  the  most  sacred  duty  that
a  mau  can  undertake,  since  it  is  the  repre-
sentative of  God  himself;  that  he  should
accept  9,pOO/.  a  year,  and  never  attend  in  his
place,  to  distribute  that  justice  for  which  he
IS  so  amply  paid ;  this  is  another  proof  of  si-
necure places,  and  a  proof  that  we  want  a
reform  in  parliament;  you  have  now  been  a
hundred  years,  except  one  instance,  without
the  appearance  of  a  lord  justice  eeneral;
300,000/.  therefore  has  been  carried  out  of
Scotland  and  spent  in  England;  therefore
you  annually  lose  2,000/.  for  which  you  de-
rive no  advantage  whatever.    ''The  crisis
draws  near,  when  every  inferior  considera*
tion  must  give  ig^  for  public  good,  and  Mr.
