which alone, the present Establishment can be vindicated and fupported? Was it not, by the juft Observance of thefe Principles, by taking Allegiance in this true and natural Sense, that our Ancestors have, more than once, refcued their Country, from the oppreffive Paws, nay, from the devouring Jaws, of Tyrants, and their most dangerous Tools, dependent, fervile and corrupt Judges? By exerting these Principles, it furely was, that We were enabled to cut off, or expel, fome of thofe Monsters, which, in his LordShip's Stile, were the fole Owners or Proprietors of the Laws, facred Monarchs, the Lord's Annointed, and whofe Perfons were held inviolable; by thefe, We were enabled to get rid of the deftructive and deteftable Notions of bereditary Tyranny, Jure Divino; and by these, We had the national Conftitution revived, and the Reins of Government restored and committed to the Hands of a PARLEMENTARY KING, who alone can be the lawful and rightful Governor of our CommonWealths,- -with all due Deference and Submiffion to the Irish Chief Juftice's strong Attachment to abfolute Monarchy.

HERE, I take Leave of this righteous Judge, hoping, I may have occafion for no further Intercourfe with him, until, by the Humanity of fome Man in Power, my Character and the true State of my Cafe are made known to his MAJESTY, by whofe Grace and Clemency, I hope to be fome Time, fo effectually fended from the lawless Power of this Judge, that I may, without Dread, ftand before him, and approve mine Innocence and Loyalty, by a fair and legal Trial, in the Face of my Country, as I can, in the Sight of the Almighty.I afk, I wifh, no more.

Ir any Man can now think the Disloyalty and corrupt Principles of this Judge, as well as his extrajudicial Procedings against the Author, not fufficiently expofed, let him confult the following Papers: For, more can not be here fayed, without falling too far into that, of which it was hardly poffible to keep quite clear, making Anticipations or Repititions of them.

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As the weekly Paper, called, The CENSOR, was complaned of, in Parlement, and prefented by a Grand Jury of Eafter Term, 1750, it was judged proper and necessary to republish fuch of those,. as the Author wrote, and as they bear fome Analogy to these, it was thought also fit to annex them. And to fhew, that the unfortunate Author was not quite fingular in his Complaints of the evil Government of Dublin, it was deemed expedient to fubjoin, by way of Appendix, the ADDRESS of the Merchants and Traders, Citizens of Dublin, delivered by feveral hundred fubfcribing Citizens, to the Lords fuftices of Ireland, on the 30th of November laft, and thence tranfmitted to Great-Britain, and prefented to his MAJESTY, at St. James's, the 25th of December following. Together, with the Declarations or Refolutions of feveral of the moft loyal and free Corporations of that City, against the Ufurpation and Tyranny of the Board of Aldermen, in the Order of Time, in which they were refpectively published, as well before, as fince, the late Election, or Impofition of Members and Common-Council, on that unfortunate City.

THUS far, with Relation to these Papers, and now, a Word or two for the Author.He is fo unfortunate, as to be charged with the unpardonable Crime of having maliciously expofed, or mifreprefented, the Conduct of fome Men, long fince dead and buried in Oblivion, and that, with the fole, wicked Intent, to caft Reflections on their virtuous, furviving Iffue.

THIS Accufation alone, were it well founded, should be enough to ruin him in the Eyes of the Humane and Benevolent. But, it is fo far the Reverse of Truth, that he challenges his Enemies to point out a fingle Inftance of this Guilt.

It is true, he always aimed at telling fuch Truths, as regarded the public Weal, without the left Concern, whether or no, or whom, they pleased or difpleafed. He charged every Mal-administration, on which he might with Safety touch, where it juftly lay,,

quite regardless of the dead or living, that might be offended at the Recital. He related and recited many historical Facts, with the fame Views, and upon the like Motives and Principles. But, when he found any of the living, running into the hateful and deftructive, public Vices of their Ancestors, he exposed the Vices of the Ancestors, whether dead or living, and gave a proper Caution againft repofing Confidence in the Progeny of fuch, as, not onely, attempted to juftify, but even embraced, the moft wicked and infamous Measures of their Parents, or Predeceffors. This, I will venture to affirm, is the utmost his carping Enemies can, with any Appearance of Reafon or Truth, charge upon him, in this Refpect. And, whether this be criminal, or the Duty of a public Writer, is fubmitted to every honeft and judicious Heart. Though, if he had had the Misfortune to run into thefe Errors, the View, with which alone he could have done it, the Service of the Public, at the Expence of his own Intereft and Peace, would furely obtain him some Excufe. This, at the worft, must be the Cafe, if any Credit is given to the following Declarations.

I MOST folemnly declare, in the Prefence of GOD and the World, that, as far as a Man can fay, he knows his own Heart, my fole Motive for entering into, or interfering in, the Disputes between the Commons and Aldermen of Dublin, and in endeavoring to restore the Freedom of Elections, in general, of those of Members of Parlement, in particular, for that City, was a tender Sense of the indifpenfable Duty of every Citizen and Subject, to preserve his own Privileges, and those of his City and Country, for the Honor and Intereft of the King and People, which I have ever looked upon as invariable and infeparable. And, that in all I have done, upon this Occafion, I have had no private Refentment, Pique, or Prejudice, to any Man, or Body of Men, but, to the beft of my Knowlege and Ability, labored for the common Good of the whole Community, without the left Influence or Biafs from Party or Faction. And, though fome have

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been malignant enough to charge me, clandeftinely, with offering private Injuries to Individuals, I most folemnly proteft and declare, that I never did, knowingly, or defignedly, in Thought, Word, or Deed, injure or annoy any Man, unprovoked, nor, in any Senfe, invade the known Property of any Perfon whatsoever.

ONE Thing further is neceffary to be cleared up. I, therefore, beg the Reader's Indulgence to declare, that it is not from any Defire to recriminate upon these uncharitable Men, my moft mercilefs Enemies, nor to revenge the fevere and irreparable Injuries, they have done me and my Family, that I republish thefe Papers: For, though I am not altogether fuch a Worm, as to bear being trod on, without turning, yet, Juftification, not Revenge, is the Object of my prefent Wishes. But my greatest Anxiety arifes from the fatal Wounds given my City and Country, And yet, though I wish for nothing more, than to fee the unjuft Enemies of both, for ever stripped of all Means of annoying either, my Conduct in Dublin, while I struggled under the infupportable Weight of illicit Power there, might, I think, have convinced them, that I was fo far from feeking, that I prevented, their Deftruction, at the Hazard of mine own. And even now, that it has pleased the ALMIGHTY, in Part, to hear the Prayers of that poor, oppreffed People, by bringing the chief Author, or Promoter, of the heaviest of their late Calamities, to fome Portion of that Shame and Difgrace, that his Administration deferved; yet, do I look upon him with no less Pity, now he is fallen, than I held him in Contempt, in the Heighth of his abused Power.

GIVEN at WESTMINSTER, the present Place of my Pilgrimage, March 17th, 1750,

C. LUCAS,

To the RIGHT HONORABLE the

LORD MAYOR,

The WORSHIPFUL the

ALDERMEN and COMMON-COUNCIL,

ADDRESS.

May it pleafe YOUR LORDSHIP and HONORS!

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DDRESSING your honorable and most respectable Body, in this public Manner, may be construed fome Degree of Arrogance, in one, who has the Misfortune to be utterly

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