_Over_. _Blunt_, let you and I draw up a Form of the Anathema. I would ask the Vicar, but that he says ’tis Antichristian, to curse the Wicked. First then, _Cursed_ be he who offers any Bribe or Gratification to any Freeholder or Burgher to obtain his Vote: _Cursed_ be he who is an Instrument to corrupt any who has a Right to give his Vote for any Candidate to represent his County or Borough: _Cursed_ be he, who having a Right to vote, shall be biass’d in his Voting by any private Interest, Views, or Hopes: _Cursed_ be he who makes any unjust Returns of Members; and may such Enemies of their Country be _cursed_ in themselves, their Wives and Posterity, and in their Goods and Chattels; may they themselves become the Butt of public Scorn, Hatred and Contempt, whilst living, and their Widows and Daughters become common Prostitutes for Bread; and may their Sons experience that _Slavery_, which they would have brought upon their Country; may their Herds and Flocks die with the Murrain and Rot; may their Lands become barren, and may their Memory for ever stink in the Nostrils of all honest Men and true _Britons_. Let all here say, _Amen_. _Broad_. See what it is to be a Foxhunter; no other’s Lungs would have held out in so long a Chase of useful Curses; ha, ha! Sir _John_. Why indeed, Mr. _Broadbottom_, if Curses would cure the great Evil of _Corruption_, they might be truly called _useful_. But I am afraid the World is become too cursed to be frighten’d by Curses from the Commission of Evil. Therefore I would have them restrain’d by some more coercive Means. And as the Repeal of the _Septennial_ Act, and effectual _Place_ and _Pensions_ Bills, seem to bid fairest of any Means I can think of, for removing the Gangreen which preys upon the Vitals of our Constitution; I should be glad to see the P—— this very Session take them seriously into Consideration. I hope they will, for the good of Posterity and their own Honour. And let me add, Mr. _Broadbottom_, that I hope it for yours, and your new _Ingrafted_ Brethren’s Sake, who must rise or sink with the Publick, as these Points are dropt or vigorously pushed and obtain’d. What is it to the People who is _in_ or _out_ of Place, if they receive no Benefit by the Change? On the Contrary, a pretended Coalition leaves them in a worse Condition than they were before, as it deprives them of their present Leaders, and a colourable Pretence for Complaint. For won’t Courtiers be apt to call that a wanton Complaint, which has not the Sanction of the old Chiefs of the People?