THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS. IN TWO VOLUMES. Stat nominis umbra. VOL. I. STEREOTYPED BY J. REED, BOSTON. Boston: 1827. Letter I. Junius to the Printer of the Pub. Adv. II. Sir William Draper's answer III. Junius to sir William Draper Page. 5 VI. To Junius from sir William Draper XIII. Philo Junius to the Printer of the Pub. Ad. 103 XIX. Philo Junius to the Printer of the Pub. Ad. 119 XX. To the Printer of the Public Advertiser XXI. To the Printer of the Public Advertiser XXII. Philo Junius to the Printer of the Pub. Ad. XXVII. Junius to the Printer of the Pub. Adv. XXVIII. To the Printer of the Public Advertiser XXIX. Philo Junius to the Printer of the Pub. Ad. XXX. Junius to the Printer of the Public Adv. XXXI. Philo Junius to the Printer of the Pub. Ad. XXXII. Junius to the Printer of the Public Adv. DEDICATION TO THE ENGLISH NATION. I DEDICATE to you a collection of letters, written by one of yourselves, for the common benefit of us all. They would never have grown to this size without your continued encouragement and applause. To me they originally owe nothing but a healthy, sanguine constitution. Under your care they have thriven: to you they are indebted for whatsoever strength or beauty they possess. When kings and ministers are forgotten, when the force and direction of personal satire is no longer understood, and when measures are only felt in their remotest consequences; this book will, I believe, be found to contain principles worthy to be transmitted to posterity.. When you leave the unimpaired hereditary freehold to your children, you do but half your duty. Both liberty and property are precarious, unless the possessors have sense and spirit enough to defend them. This is not the language of vanity. If I am a vain man, my gratification lies within a narrow circle. I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. If an honest, and, I may truly affirm, a laborious zeal for the public service, has given me any weight in your esteem, let me exhort and conjure you, never to |