An Appeal to Honour and Justice, Though It Be of His Worst Enemies. / Being A True Account of His Conduct in Public Affairs.

The author offers a concise self-defense and autobiographical account explaining his public actions and writings, responding to widespread slander and clarifying motives for publishing now: to correct the record for posterity, settle accounts before death, and warn that political passions may return. He recounts involvement in government commissions and public debates, describes how a controversial poem brought him to public notice, and argues for moderation in politics as the path to national peace, rejecting punitive or precipitate measures. The piece blends personal narrative, reflections on public administration, and an appeal to impartial readers to judge his conduct fairly.