IN REPLY TO THE CHARGES AGAINST HIS CHARACTER MADE BY

MR. MACAULAY IN HIS "HISTORY OF ENGLAND,"

BY W. E. FORSTER.

ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ENGRAVING OF PENN'S TREATY WITH THE
INDIANS, A PLAN OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,

AND A MAP OF PENSYLVANIA.

LONDON:

C. GILPIN, 5, BISHOPSGATE STREET WITHOUT, AND
W. J. ADAMS, 59, FLEET STREET.

MANCHESTER:

BRADSHAW AND BLACKLOCK, 47, BROWN STREET.

NEW YORK:

JOHN WILEY, 161, BROADWAY.
PHILADELPHIA:

JOSEPH SCATTERGOOD, FRIENDS' BOOK STORE, ARCH STREET

AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1849.

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BRADSHAW AND BLACKLOCK, PRINTERS,

47, BROWN-STREET, MANCHESTER.

SOLELY ON THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE,

BY WHICH HE FURNISHED A MODEL OF GOVERNMENT,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TO HIS OWN PEOPLE

A SUPERIOR DEGREE OF MORALITY AND HAPPINESS,

AND ENSURING TO FOREIGNERS CONNECTED WITH THE SAME
PEACE, SECURITY, MORAL IMPROVEMENT,

AND THE RIGHTS OF MEN,

ARE INSCRIBED

ENTIRELY OUT OF RESPECT

TO HIS LORDSHIP'S OWN POLITICAL CONDUCT,

ONCE AS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM,
AND NOW AS A PEER OF PARLIAMENT,

WHEREBY HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF

A VINDICATOR OF THE RIGHTS OF INJURED AFRICA,

A FRIEND TO PEACE AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM,

A PATRON OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY,

IN ALL WHICH THE GREAT WILLIAM PENN

WAS AN EMINENT FORERUNNER,

BY HIS FRIEND,

THOMAS CLARKSON.