If I have given the name of rebellion to that which others have called a revolution, it has neither beer from a defire to fee thofe concerned in it fuffer for the offence, nor to keepalive any degree of hatred against them on account thereof; it has been dictated by a fenfe of propriety and of juftice and I am fully perfuaded, that till the people of America themselves are brought to look upon their revolt as a rebellion, their own Government will never acquire ftability. I have, indeed, been moft unjustly and ungratefully treated by fome perfons in the United States; but the kindness and generofity which I have received from others, have entirely effaced this injuftice and ingratitude from my mind. I have spent my best days in America; I have contracted friendships there, which never can ceafe but with my life; and were I compelled to make a choice between my friends in England, and my friends in America, I have no hefitation in faying, that, with a very few exceptions, I fhould prefer the latter. But private feelings ought to have no influence over a man's public conduct: I am called upon, on this occafion, to speak the truth, or to hold my tongue. In fpeaking of the characters and conduct of the Whigs, I must always be understood as making numerous exceptions. The fame caution will apply to my defcription of every clafs of perfons; and I wish to imprefs ftrongly on the mind of the reader, that from my account of individuals or bodies of men, he must never draw a conclufion unfavourable to the people at large, who, though they have fome faults peculiar to themfelves, have alfo fome virtues poffeffed, to the fame extent, by no other nation; in fhort, I wish unequivocally to declare, what I have frequently declared before, that, with the exception of thofe vices which are the immediate effect of their Government, the Americans yield, in no refpect whatever, to any people in the world.

With

With equal folemnity I declare, as to myself, that I have never acted, in any inftance, under the influence, direct or indirect, of his Majesty's Minifters; that I never have received at their hands, or at the hands of any other perfon whatever, any reward for any thing I have ever written. I hope, indeed, that both the late and the prefent Miniftry have approved of my humble efforts in the cause of our King and country, which is also the cause of every good man in every country in the world; but I am very far from wifhing for any pecuniary mark of their approbation, which, were they to offer it, I would not receive.

Pall Mall, 29th May, 1801.

W. COBBETT.

GENERAL CONTENTS.

I

VOL. !.

A SUMMARY View of the Politics of the United
States from the Clofe of the War to the Year 1794.

2. Addreffes to Dr. Priestley.

3. Obfervations on Priestley's Emigration.

4. The Story of a Farmer's Bull.

5. Account of the Infurrection in the Western Counties of

Pennfylvania, in 1794.

6. Difpute between America and Great Britain,

VOL. II.

1. A Bone to Gnaw for the Democrats, Part I.

2. A Kick for a Bite.

3. A Bone to Gnaw for the Democrats, Part II.

4. A Summary of the Proceedings of Congress, du-

ring the Seffion which commenced on the 4th of

November, 1794.

5. Popular Proceedings relative to the British Treaty,
previous to its Ratification.

6. The British Treaty.

7. Popular Proceedings relative to the British Treaty,

after the Ratification.

3. A little Plain English, addreffed to the People of
the United States, on the Treaty, and on the
Conduct of the Prefident relative thereto, in An-
Javer to the "Letters of Franklin."

9. An Analysis of Randolph's Vindication.

10. A New Year's Gift for the Democrats; or, Obfervations on a Pamphlet, entitled, " A Vindication of Randolph's Refignation".

VOL. III.

1. The Political Cenfor, No. I.; or a Review of Political Occurrences relative to the United States of America.

2. The Bloody Buoy, thrown out as a Warning to the political Pilots of all Nations; or, a faithful Relation of a Multitude of Acts of Barbarity, fuch as the Eye never witneffed, the Tongue expreffed, or the Imagination conceived, until the Commencement of the French Revolution. To which is added, an inftructive Effay, tracing thefe dreadful Effects to their real Caufes.

3. Political Cenfor, No. II.

4. Political Cenfor, No. III.

5. Political Cenfor, No. IV.

VOL. IV.

1. The Scare-Crow:-Being an infamous Letter, fent to Mr. John Oldden, threatening Deftruction to his Houfe, and Violence to the Perfon of his Tenant, William Cobbett'; with Remarks on the fame.

2. The Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine, with a full and fair Account of all his authoring Tranfactions: Being a fure and infallible Guide for all enterprising young Men who wish to make a Fortune by writing Pamphlets.

3. Political Cenfor, No. V.

4. The Diplomatic Blunderbufs, containing Adet's Notes

to the Secretary of State; as alfo his Cockade Pro-

clamation.

5. Political Cenfor, No. VI.

6. Political Cenfor, No. VII.

7. Political Cenfor, No. VIII.

8. A Brief Statement of the Injuries and Infults re-

ceived from France.

9. Washington's retiring from the Prefidency.

VOL. V.

Selections from Porcupine's Gazette, from the Beginning

of March, to the End of May, 1797.

VOL. VI.

Selections from Porcupine's Gazette, from the Begin-

ning of June, to the 15th of August, 1797.

VOL. VII.

1. Selections from Porcupine's Gazette, from the 16th of
Auguft, to the End of November, 1797.

2. The Republican Judge: or, The American Liberty

of the Prefs, as exhibited, explained, and expofed,

in the bafe and partial Profecution of William Cob-

bett, for a pretended Libel against the King of Spain

and his Ambaffador, before the Supreme Court of

Pennfylvania. With an Addrefs to the People of

England.

3. Selections from Porcupine's Gazette, for the Month
of December, 1797.

VOL.