Excerpt from The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons, Vol. 5 of 6 In answer to Lord Mu] grave, Mr. Fox paid a handsome com pliment to his learned friend Mr. Erskine, to whose abilities and perseverance it was owing, that the verdict ofa jury could now be had on the guilt or innocence of any writing charged as libellous. He said, that his learned friend would have been guilty of a breach of honour in his profession if he had shrunk from the defence of Mr. Paine, or shewed that any man prosecuted in this country could be deprived' of the advantage of counsel, where counsel was allowed by law. 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.