[‘The Sweeping Hand of Liberalism’]

First published Edinburgh Evening Post, evidently in the missing issue of 18 April 1829. Reprinted Dumfries Weekly Journal, 21 April 1829 [pp. 3–4]. Reprinted, with attribution, in ‘“Lost” Post’ pp. 56–61. The following paragraph prefaced this article in the Dumfries paper:

We need make no apology to our readers for presenting them with the following excellent remarks in the Edinburgh Evening Post of Saturday last, in place of any thing of our own. They will still be read with interest, and are highly deserving of a serious and patient perusal.