Here was a Debate set afoot, but the Board came to no Resolution, we
see; and it could not be expected they should, where the Advisers were
Every Man Interested for himself, and consequently both Parties and
Judges. This is the Fate and the Issue of all Mix’d Councils, where
the Members that are Intrusted with the Protection, the Care, and the
Treasure of the Publick, lie under the Temptation of Voting Honourable
Charges to themselves, and putting Mony in their own Pockets. These Men
in some Cases are call’d Pensioners, in others Patriots; and in some
again Committee-men, according to the Humour of the Age they Live in. Now
where a Sharper is allow’d both to Shuffle and Cut, the Devil’s in him
if he does not deal himself a Good Game. The Disposers of other People’s
Fortunes seldom forget themselves; and all this is no more then the
Common Liberty that every Cook has of Licking his own Fingers.