A letter addressed to Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., & friend Buxton, M.P.

on that black act, the slavery of the publicans, too long held in bondage by the tyrannical brewers : a reflection naturally arising out of Mr. Hume's national predilection for cheap smuggled Scotch whiskey, proving that the emancipation of the publicans, and the introduction thereby of good sound porter will be more conducive than smuggled Scotch whiskey to sound health, good morals, true patriotism, and the public revenue, however partial North Britons may be to their own native productions, but to which unfortunate propensity Mr. Hume (saving in the above instance) is an exception, he being a truly liberal-minded Scotchman