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FOR

DE B T

UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND OPPRESSIVE,

PROVED FROM THE

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

OF THE

British Constitution,

AND THE

RIGHTS OF NATURE.

By EDWARD FARLEY, Esq.

"The Body of the Debtor fhall always be free, that he

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may ferve the King in his wars, cultivate the ground,
"and maintain his family."

THE CONSTITUTION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE

AUTHOR.

AND SOLD BY T. HOOKHAM, NEW BOND-STREET, AND ALL
OTHER BOOKSELLERS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.

M.DCC.LXXXVIII.

THE great national evil of Im

Debt ftill continuing, carrying w destructive consequences, which ha pointed out in both Houses of I which, at this time in particular, fr diftreffes of the middling and lowe ple, is now more felt, than when th in a state of prosperity, calls aloud of every independent mind to rest tution to its original purity, to re terests of the Creditor with the per the Debtor, and to give the bleffing ftitution equally alike to all the British empire; that the man, labor tends to the support of gove maintenance of his family, may b

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facred as the perfonal liberty of the Peer or C moner, whofe duty it is to preferve inviolate excellent conftitution. Any attempt therefo. call forth the attention of the public to the portance of the fubject, will, I flatter myfel deemed useful; and my paft endeavors, the they have not had the fuccefs I could have wi have nevertheless had that fanction and ap bation given them, that encourages me to p vere, in hopes, like Mr. Wilkes in the cafe of neral Warrants, I may fee that power annihila which is contrary to thofe laws handed down t by our glorious ancestors, and which it is our to leave uncorrupted to our pofterity. Amo other encouraging inftances, the sentiments of Sawbridge, conveyed to me in the following le demand my particular thanks, and, as they are honest ideas of an upright fenator, deferve to recorded.

"SIR,

Olantigh, Aug. 29, 178

"I HAVE long been convinced, that Imp "fonment for Debt was not only contrary to

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