ABSTRACT
The situation of Mr Pitt, at this crisis, was, in one respect, more extraordinary, and more honourable, than any of those, by which the latter part of his history was distinguished. Without any practical knowledge of his abilities; and attracted only, by his consummate eloquence, his singular disinterestedness, and the supposed purity of his views; the people of England united to look up to him, as to the person, in whom they confided, for the salvation of their country. The whole nation seemed to rise up, as one man, in vindication of the character/of the exiled patriots. The most respectable cities and corporations presented them with the freedom of their respective bodies; and addresses were sent up from all parts of the kingdom, soliciting their restoration to their respective employments. It is, at this moment, that Mr Pitt's administration properly commences.
