Excerpt from Thoughts on the Letter of Edmund Burke, Efq: To the Sheriffs of Bristol, on the Affairs of AmericaSo far then are Mr. Burke and I agreed. I am forry that we {hould difagree in any thing. But' finding that we have differed, on a late oc cafion, in our Parliamentary Conduct, and that I cannot concur with him in Opinion on a mat ter, as I think, of very great national impor tance: it is therefore not in the zeal of party, but in the fpirit of patriotifm, not to confute, but to be convinced, not to point out error, but to arrive at truth, that I now venture to fubmit my thoughts to the Public. Ifeel the weight of the undertaking, and I with it in abler hands. I am not infenfible to my own incapacity, and I know how much I {land in need of excufe but as public good is my object, public candour, I truft, will be my beft apologift.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.