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Excerpt from A Letter to the Right Honourable William Wickham Chief Secretary to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, &C., &C., On the Subject of Mr. Scully's Advice to His Catholic Brethren IF we are to efiimate the'merit of a work, by its tendency to promote the end for which it was defigned, and that the object of Mr. Scully was to animate the loyalty of his fellow fub jeas, I doubt whether Ihave ever met a worfe production, than that which he has lately of fered to the public. Indeed, if his wifh had been to damp that ardour which he pretended to excite, then his pages might be well calcu lated to attain their purpofes and by becom ing mifchievous, would ecafe to be contemp tible. To deny them this latter praife, would be a degree of candour, to which, if we are to fearch his paragraphs for his principles, a cenforious critic might alledge that he had no title. But I am content to wave all en quiry as to motive, and adopting the hypo thefis, that this pamphlet was Well intended, {hall examine whether thofe intentions have been carried happily into effect. In the mean time, let it not be fuppofed that I detract from the character, public or private, of Mr. Scully. I have never heard any thing that could war B, 2 rant[4. 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.