Substance of a Speech Delivered At a General Court of Proprietors in Leadenhall
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Sir, is this a Houfe of Commons or an Inquifition ! Might we not juftly fay, By what right do you put our credit to the torture ? are there any clamorous creditors at our doors ? is any man urgent C for r. 10 ] for payment ? have we denied ourfelves, or attempted any fufpicious evafions ? I defy the Honourable Secretary to fay it ; and more, I maintain in his teeth, that the Law of Eng- land is violated by a proceeding which autho- rizes a creditor, after being Satisfied* to ftig- matize and in...jure the reputation of his debtor; and I do aflert, that the condud of Parlia- ment is fuch, as in an individual would be actionable, and that too for one of the mean- eft offences known againft the peace of fo- ciety. But what cares the Minifter ? Callous to the public hooting, he perfifls in his bold fcheme, and dares to fay, " Prove now that " you, a commercial Company, having exten- " five ventures at fea, can pay all your creditors " at a moment's notice, and difcharge debts *' which will not become due till the year " 1786, or we will feize your every thing.
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