Excerpt from The New-England Patriot: Being a Candid Comparison, of the Principles and Conduct of the Ashington and Jefferson Administrations; The Whole Founded Upon Disputable Facts and Public Documents, to Which Reference Is Made in the Text and Notes It is impossible for publick bodies, in expressing their opinions on publick affairs, to enter into all the. Details of evidence which have contributed to form those opin ions; and it would perhaps be derogatory for assemblies, who represent the sovereignty of the state, to presume, that any collateral proofs would be required to justify the sentiments which they may think proper to ex press. But individuals are not restrained by any such deli cacy, and they ought to recollect that the people at large have not the means of collecting, combining and comparing a vast and multifarious assemblage of facts, spread throughout a great variety of documents, and to be brought together from distant periods of time, so as. To enable them to discover their connection, their mu tual dependence, and thus to unravel the principles and motives of any particular faction which may have acquired a temporary ascendancy in the country. 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.