I was, I confess, sullen and silent on that
day,--and shall continue so, until I see some disposition to inquire
into this and other causes of the national disgrace. If I suffer in my
reputation for it in Ireland, I am sorry; but it neither does nor can
affect me so nearly as my suffering in Bristol for having wished to
unite the interests of the two nations in a manner that would secure the
supremacy of this.
Will you have the goodness to excuse the length of this letter? My
earnest desire of explaining myself in every point which may affect the
mind of any worthy gentleman in Bristol is the cause of it. To yourself,
and to your liberal and manly notions, I know it is not so necessary.
Believe me,
My dear Sir,
Your most faithful and obedient humble servant,
EDMUND BURKE.
BEACONSFIELD, April 4th, 1780.
To JOHN MERLOTT, Esq., Bristol.
FOOTNOTES:
[19] An eminent merchant in the city of Bristol, of which Mr. Burke was
one of the representatives in Parliament.--It relates to the same
subject as the preceding Letter.
LETTERS AND REFLECTIONS
ON THE
EXECUTIONS OF THE RIOTERS
IN 1780.
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