Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835; Social reformers -- Great Britain -- Biography
under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus act, which tyrannical proceeding
greatly agitated the whole country. This, therefore, will not be an
improper place, to record, and bring to the recollection of the public,
_who_ were the men in power, under _whose auspices_ and by whose
directions these acts were perpetrated against the lives and liberties of
the people, and particularly against those who with patriotic energy
opposed those measures which they foretold, with a prophetic warning
voice, would bring this country to that wretched state of poverty and
slavery to which it is now reduced. Although I was too young at that time
to be much of a politician, and did not enter publicly into any of the
measures for or against these proceedings, yet, as I shall henceforward
record the particular political occurrences of each succeeding year, I
shall also take care to put upon record the names of those who were at the
head of the administration, and who took a prominent part in carrying them
into execution. Mr. PITT may be truly said to have been the ruler of the
destinies of this mighty kingdom, and by means of British gold and British
blood, he ruled also the destinies of Europe. He was the administration of
England.--He is gone, but there are some who are still alive, and who I
hope will live long enough to be brought to justice, and to answer for the
share they had in committing these atrocities upon the people. During
these times LORD GRENVILLE was Secretary of State; the Hon. Henry
Addington, now LORD SIDMOUTH, was Speaker of the House of Commons; Sir
John Scott, now LORD ELDON, was Attorney General, and conducted these
prosecutions in such a way as led to his promotion to be Lord High
Chancellor of England, where he has made such an immense sum of money, and
accumulated such a princely fortune. In the early part of this year, the
marriage of the Duke of SUSSEX with Lady Augusta Murray was made public,
which caused a great noise in the country.
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