Excerpt from The Case of the Opposition Impartially Stated Topick of Reproach into which the Writers on the Side of Power unanimoully run, is this 3 that Men have often contradicted tliemfelves, and not withl'tanding the Language they have made. Ufe of when out, have avowed quite'oppofite Doctrines when in. Now the plain meaning of this, is no more than that particular Ferions have had great Failings, and have in difironr Srz'iuotz'om, contend ed with equal Vehemence for dzfirorew Things. That this may, and ought to affect floem'l do not deny butcertainly their Behaviour could no way affect Things themfelves. If the Demands of the Ad minii'tration for fo many Years pail, were jui't and reafonable, then all Oppofitz'on was anjojo' and 1m roofonoole from whatever Qarter it came 5 and on the other Hand, if the propofing a i'triet Examina tion into publick ah'airs, a narrow Infpec'tion of all the Pretences on which either Money or Power were demanded by Men at the Helm, was with refpetft to the Interef't of this Nation fit and figlar, thenfthe Oppofitz'on was always a good Thing, though pofiibly all who were concerned in it might not be good Men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.