The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-15 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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whol- c asact, rs we e well suppoi tcd. This Comedy,
ttou.. 11 • Iu t entitled to much piaise for ,its iliorAity,
is
4tio!,gl; cco!li (1) e vikd, toan Rs! h guclictice 1 v sly strength
of 114 ini.:',.nir'aißrilieT)un,:,eticy of it' s;iti re. Some pa,sages
W re ai,ed Out of re-.Pect_to female d licacy,.it t»ight
Irrve been 'OS' • e to :Vike out. These, however, did not
ii;jure it with" rlie *audience of the ni4lit, who seemed,
ttroogh-wt, wel dispsed to tolerate its impudence for the
sake of its wit,

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JUNIUS'S I,ETTEIIS.

NOV. 15.

..:so much curiosity has been excited with respect to the
real Auihor of these Letters, that every thiiig that can throw
auy light on the subject is received with the greatest eager-
.llcs. Mr. NV 00 OF ALL has just published a new edition of
JUNIUS, Which Con tait:S a variety of Letters by the ,anit
writer, on other p(2ltical subject,, a• .well as his private
coricspondence with Mr. V 001)F A L through
medium, with Mi. WILKEi, and Ac-SiPii'eS of JUNILsta
hand. writing, and that of all the political characters to
whom his Letters have been attributed.

The fiellowiug i 4 the very ::st Letter which appeared under the
si, na !hie et Jux t es, an whit It the or4,itial publisher omitted in hi
ho bt with the I:Cti..n ut fire :Nut hnr.

TO THE I'ItINTEIt OF TiIE AoynKTISEit.
St rt, November 21, 11CR.
It id soon be decieei by the hi; h,...5t authority, who' her the just,ce
of our laws, mil the l•hit% of our Constitution, have h. ea e•senti.liv
viniated, iu th,..! person of Mr. Wilkes. As a public man, his tare
will be determinei ; nor is it sate or neces-try at p.esent to enter hit°
of his cause. We are interested in this no fcrikr
t Inn as he is a part of a well reAulated s,ciety. 1f a inewber of it he
Lltire.l, the I..iws and Constitution will defend him. Rut where is
t e law to entafee the engagriller,ls of prirate faith, or to puldsh
l'reach Of them ?—W here shall he apidv far r.iress with wlvria
ties of honour, proiessitnis of friendship, awl obligvions of paity,
have !well violated or b‘trai e.I ? A man so injures, has no redress nt
conhcla tau, b':t whit lw find; in the reseutmcnt and generi.us
of inankiird.
The violation of party faith is of itself too common to excite stir-
prize or Latignaiton. Political trieta-,Mips are so %veil understood,
th •t we can hard :y pity the siinplicity they deceive; au:! if Mr.
Wilkes had only been deserted, he would but have giv n us one cx•
allyle more of the tOily of red) ing on such engagtmen s.
conceive, is a singufn •:tuatinu.—There is scarce an instance of par y
• -,erit so grcai as hs,or so ill rewarded. Other Wen have been Ain.
doned by their friends ; Mr. Willie; alone is oppressed by them.
One would think that the First Lord of the Treasury and the C
cellar might have been contented with forgetting the man to whutti
they plincimilly owed their elevation ; but he its I kr theirs are not so
easily satisfied. They ktt him unsupported when they • ceased to
want his aisistance, and to cover tt c reproach of passive twatiindr,
they pursue hiin to destruc.tion. The bounds of human scien.e are
still unknown ; htst this. assnred'v•is the last limit ot -rpm.
vity.—Notorkus tilos siozak for f hemelves, and in this' case an honest
man Will Wzwt 110 slur fo rouse his imlignation. M;,11 of a iliftrent
chiracter would do well to consider what their security is with a
Minister who breaks, •wii hopt scruple, thou h all engagements of
parts, awl is weak enoti;;lt to set all public shame tat delimots. Thee
is a firmness of Lharacter which will suppsrt a Niiilister even agalmt
his vices ; but where is the dependence otitis friends, when they have
no hold either on kis heart br his understan,:ing. Detected by the
hater part of mankind, he will soon he suspecied by the worst ; for.
no man relies securel) on another whban he thinks less honest anil less
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wise than himself.
In the present it ..lance the Duke of G raftnn may possibl? find that
he has played a foolish game. .'H rose by
Mr. Wilkes's p!-pulanty,
and it is not improbable that he dirty fall. by it. JUN lUS•

Fuc-similies el the hand-writing nf Junius.. in hie ptientr Letters to
Mr. 11. 3. Woory4l. "I . ' • 8
" SIR, •
• " Thurs!ay Night.
" I shall be glad to see etc parquet you speak ,f. It cannot come
from the Cavendishes, though there could he no end id the family.
They would not be so silly as to ptst their arms on the cover. Ass to
ME, be assured, that it is t.ot in the nature ot things that they, or you,
or any body else, s!•-auld ever know me, unless' I make myself known.
All arts or inquiries, or rewards,would beequally ineffectual. As to
YOU, it is clearly my opinion, that you have nothing to 'ear from the
D. of II—.• 1 reserve some things expressly to awe him, in Case he
should think of bringing you latiore the tio. of L—. lam sure I
can threaten hint privately with such a storm, as would make Ism
tremble even in his grave. You may send to-n-nrrow to the same place
.vvtiltout farther notice ; and if you have any thing of your owq to coin... •
mtimicate, 1 shall be glad to lfear it, C."
• " SIR, " Sunday.
a' The spirit of your letter convinces me that "you' are a much
better , writer than most of the people whose works you publish.
Whether,you have guessed well or, all must be left to our future ac...
quaintance. For the matter of assistance, bi assured, that if a question
shbuld arise upon any writings of mine,
.you shall-not want it. Yet
yott see how things go, and I feartoy 14st:tank:it -woUld not hail
you
much. For the other points, of printiugsAA.. it *el not deli' • '
upon;tw it present:. My own works you shallvoitstoody. have, :awl

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