Sir _John_. I do. Never was any Invention more destructive of Industry. The poor _Industrious_, whom it is the Policy of all Nations to cherish and encourage, are by this _sharing Traffick_, exposed to inevitable Destruction. Who but the Poor will buy an Eighth or _Sixteenth_ of the Chance of a Ticket? The Rich will deal in whole Tickets; but ’tis the poor Industrious only that ruin themselves to be in Luck’s Way, as they term it. ’tis this poor but useful Class of the People only, that game at 30 _per Cent_. more Disadvantage than the richer Drones. No Temptation should be thrown in the Way of the Industrious; but on the Contrary, all hurtful Incentives should be removed. If you will tempt them to the Hazard Table, let them play upon the Square. Bring the Price of Tickets down to their Level; and let not the Jews, Sharpers, and Drones of the Nation be permitted to make a Property of them. But why might not the Sums raised the two last Years by way of Lottery, be as well brought into the _Exchequer_ by any other Means? _Over_. But no Means would so effectually draw off the Attention of the Public from our Misery and impending Danger. And whatever some idle Folks may think, they tell me ’tis one of the principal _Arcana’s_ of the Cabinet, to contrive artfully, that is imperceptibly, to draw off the public _Attention_ from the Conduct of _Superiors_. You can’t conceive how close and out of Sight these State Spiders spin their Webs. Sir _John_. But I can very well conceive that the People have Arms long and strong enough to reach and sweep those Webs clear away whenever they will. _Over_. Ah! Sir _John_, where have the People you brag so much of, hid their Brooms and Brushes for many Years past? _Blunt_. Behind the Clouds of _Corruption_ and _Hypocrisy_, where they are like to remain much longer, or I am mistaken. _Broad_. Mr. _Blunt_, it gives me a Concern to see you continue your Diffidence of your best Friends. You shall find, that neither _Corruption_ nor _Hypocrisy_ will stand in the Nation’s Way to Happiness, if those whom you deem _England_’s Friends can help it. Sir _John_. As Jealousy is said to spring from Love, _Diffidence_ may be said to be founded in Friendship. Mr. _Blunt_ hopes he has no Reason to suspect your _Intention_, but dreads you have put it out of your Power to serve the Public. You may have perceived, Mr. _Broadbottom_, during the whole Conversation, that your Friends apprehend this _Coalition_ as you call it, or _Ingraftment_ as we express it, will answer no Purpose of the People, who groan under the pressure of heavy Taxes, a vast Debt, Decay of Trade, the Yoke of Penal Laws, and those worst Y——s of all, the _Septennial_ and the Corruption of their ——s. In short, they dread your being over-reach’d by your more experienc’d Partners, or rather your being jostled out of the Course, by the abler Jockeys of the C——t. If you wou’d serve your Constituents in your present Situation, you must act with Caution.——