Excerpt from An Interesting Address to the Independent Part of the People of England, on Libels, and the Unconstitutional Mode of Prosecution by Information Ex Officio, Practised by the Attorney General: With a View of the Case of John Horne, Esq., And a Candid Refutation of the Doctrine of Informations, as Laid Down in Blackstone's CommentariesWhile the enemies of our liberties are aftive and vigilant, to feize every occafion to encreafe their own power and profit, and while we are timid and thoughtlefs on our fafety, our public complaints can never be relieved, but will ta ther be encreafed to prevent this, It 13 time to awake from that lethargy into which we have long been thrown, and examine in the hour of trial and neceflity, our true condition corruption and venality will otherwife fpread wi der and wider over this once profperous coun try, until it will be impofiible to root them out. They will not die away of courfe: they are the offspring of tyrants, arid tyrants will (unlefs reflrained) keep them alive.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.