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<A QFIELDING>
<T ELECTORS>
<E 1740>
((AN
ADDRESS
TO THE
ELECTORS
OF GREAT BRITAIN,
WHEREIN THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IS TRACED FROM ITS ORIGI-+
NAL, / AND CONFIRMED BY UNDOUBTED AUTHORIES: THE DUTY OF
THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT EXPLAINED, PROPER RULES
LAID DOWN TO JUDGE OF THE MERITS OF CANDIDATES. THE PRE-+
SENT / CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE NATION CONSIDERED, THE DANGERS
WITH WHICH WE ARE THREATNED FROM PLACEMEN, AND A COR-+
RUPT / MAJORITY EXPOSED, TOGETHER WITH PARTICULAR DIRECTI-+
ONS / HOW EVERY HONEST FREEHOLDER OUGHT TO ACT IN THE
PRESENT SITUATION OF AFFAIRS.
DONE BY AN EMINENT HAND.
EDINBURGH,
PRINTED BY DRUMMOND AND COMPANY, IN SWAN'S CLOSE,
A LITTLE BELOW THE CROSS-WELL, NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, 1740.))
<P 3>
((AN
EXHORTATION
TO THE
ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN.))
<L 5>
GENTLEMEN,
THIS ADDRESS, THO' LONG SINCE PRO-+
POS'D, / COMES EARLIER TO YOU, THAN
MY FIRST INTENTION; FOR, AS ALMOST
A WHOLE YEAR (THE ANCIENT DURA-+
RATION / OF AN ENGLISH PARLIAMENT)
REMAINS YET TO BE CONSU . . .
