ABSTRACT
It happens in the subject of politics, as in that of religion, that some persons of a catholic, or a sceptical, turn of mind, have considered all systems as alike indifferent. This however can scarcely happen to the venerable teacher of the one, or the active disciple of the other. The exclusive grant of the public money, the right of dismissing his majesty's ministers, and the claim to have their confidence considered as an indispensable requisite in the nomination of a cabinet, appeared the palladiums of liberty and the bulwarks of the constitution. One of the first measures in which William Pitt desired to be thought to take an active part, was in the bill appointing commissioners to inquire into the fees, emoluments, and perquisites received in the several public offices; a bill which he first suggested in the year 1783, but which was not passed into a law till the year 1785.
