The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-03-23 00:00:00, page 2

perfect representation. Thfy are not, however,
sitnre andctsituation of things, it is gransimkevenssby
Ltha: they cannot benpretented in the British ' ' 'tP Then
%_do that Mctthoufnpnsentation, which by the
the conkitdtion requiret the most Perfect eepresen _
doubtedlyto viol-tethat great, thlttm nant, that " 'atright.
uponwhich the liberties of these king omt malt for undepend.
And when thele rights ate violated, ydney, Locke, dudthe law
of reason, will tell us, thzt thvpr-ctical diflblution of.]! -
ment ought to follow. Or, as my Lord Chicfjuldice M
- presses it, " When the liberty of lb: KUdZ i; moded, ;: i; a pro
vmm'on to all thsulject: of the red
I will beg leave, Sir, to go deeper into_ the argument; and,
not confining myself w (nation, ! will confidently nffirm, that
no power on earth but a right to nate or e/labhsh ln-wx, (rage—
tdm, or regulalianf, binding on the Amerimm, w'ubout : nsir cu
p". This is the ground on which the diipun should have
turned from the beginning. These are the ri hts of British sub
Rs, which have been granted them by : God of nature.
si ey have been confirmed to them by solemn compact! between
the. Sovexeign and the subject; and they clzim' Focefflon from
(hit sacred usage, which commenced in oureonllitdon' before the
memory of the oidest man alive. To crisice a_nd_ give up these
consecraged rights is to sacrifice themse ven, their aged parents,
thcinwives and children, the honour:- and Melilot of their an
Eelk'oss, the claims and bleffings octs posterity.—-—To this laft ob
'.jee*t I would wish to fix their mention.—-—Tker* it In awful
: got)" upon {he Americem, to. serve the vel: liberties
Mic'h hhve been'transmitted do em from M se; and,
without unrilmral barbarity, they moot s M'Klnst inhe.
tinue of their children to be desiroyed. or in ' , . "
There wate lan presented by my Lord - _ 'm, and said-to
' be 'dictated by t'eAmefiean ngentt, whi wG-Rmely gave up
many of these invaheblessprivileges. l know not whflher it was
the general sense of Anteriea, but this I am sore of, that my Lord
. Chatham't pdliticzl refinements, from the ::xfnning of thie
controvers , have been of infinite ' dice, to Great Bri
' tain and merites, !) perpleztingt eargmnents, and mmingthe
& mind: of the people rom the tmeobject of contention. His dis
' t'inaion between cxternel and inteinal mation iq founded, not on
the liberties of mankind, but on hie am prete'em'ctmd law: q]
Yolmiution. His ide- of the line} to be drawiixbetween Great
\ Briuiit and Ameriea is too heiy spun t_o_ hold together, or to be
_ to pnfflce. He hn nlway- confined himself to taxation,
andflofl sight of that Judiog inciple of the eonstitucion, that no
!aqirct, ruhsi or regiicgim, be made binding um tbeshbject, fwitbe
out bit taufmt. ' - _
This is the only line which can be drawn Wllll safety to Ante
' sin, d security to the British consiimnon. Ifsithe relax in
my in me froin these claims, however finall that in anee may
he,- "who en tell, but in a very little time all those p\*ivile el,
' thohgh everil'o dear, lhough ever l'oizltmble, ma hsie tbsi/i ed
' from them? —One precedent metee zhothev'; they un no mat
ter of doubt, they end as folid doctrine. in : momenta'ty space
' uf-titne'they Issume the fond ofehblished-lnve. fThl'Romghs
were l'ed from shades and gnde'tions ofctuishelief and" iickedness,
i- so as it lalt not to be of ill fitrprised end tlemed'et' the loss of
all their liberties, and theatonl fubVersion of thskontam empire.
- ! z'gttin "pent it; the " [mn- qu urtb lectu- njlt te mia law;,ss
- rule}, errqulanhu, Mugontbt Man; with;: their msi
ctfisiLet ue now mine the impomnt argument 'of'protection,
' :. : - ' .. ss - - , . :
taken in the poyuluecceptuion of the word. it it :: thie
argument of pmtefliu," eld the_faneit'ul 'dignity 05 Per iament,
that fire and sword He sent like a pestilence to every corner of
Amen'ca; Sir, the Ametican: are not protefled newly bece-tse
' duty are British snb'esh; they ere protefled uponhthree grand
' e'onsident'lme. resu ting from felt-interelt; upon the extensive
end beneath] ad of their commei-ee end seemen; upon
- the dignityend int they communicate": theBt-itiflt em—
pire in-every pen of the glede; and upon the see:- and. danger. of
their fallin into the hind: of some other power, who', in'conl'e-sssi
- a of ueh en : isition, might discompose the'htlwepf
. European politice. feed many millione o't peoIFIe'itr Great
'Bfiwn, [related and the West lndieksi. The llnde [itop'erty it
' more than Mupled by that eon'neEtion'. The navy yf Eng
- lind, and the lend army, are in a chief manner sup ned by
their behefitial commence. There is not & planter or : armes in
North Amen'ea thet doe- not pay at least more then quedmple the"
met that the inhlbitants of Great Britein do; not, indeed, under
- theexprestdenaninttion oftuee, but they pay thern insuphnce.
They pay them in the prodigiom advantages on'tsshe'if'eipdfis in'd
:. Then is not en lrtiele of British manusaaory which
goes from thin country, that does- not, upon: an iyeragej
ctw'tth the lrticle: of other countries, bear at least i5o per tent.
si-' when fold to the British Americane; and the Americane are ob
= li to purchase them, because they are so restricted b the Bri
'ti Parliament, that they cannot purchlse them ell'ew ere.—
-. There are some of their principal exports which have fallen at least
: :oo fer ent. since the reliriaions on their trade; and the Ame
rieano are obliged to sell them at that low valuation, because they
ire so resh'icted by the British legiflature that they W' " ears)
them to my other mnrket. But in their weighty ech. did:
"ad not enou hl The colonies must be taxed at pleelsiuse'; by
--unlimited aut orityl The royal eonsidence, end their-own so
lemn cherte", must be totally annihilated! They must become
perfect navel, and ALl. on the score ofpratectiul' Sir the Ame
-rieane went no protection at the expence of their liberties. They
would rather be exterminated than breathe under so wretched an
eatinence. At any rate they will try the tontefl with you; and
.why should they not? They -lnve many bright exemplel'to il
luminete the th before them. Th hnve the best troops in'thc
world for an merican war, hardy ansi intrepid; they are brou ht
' up-to difficultie'c, "and they ere the best mzrksmen mss the wosida
They have innumenhle tesoureet within themselveee- 'The mi
nufefloriet of ann- nnd lmmunition are rapidly advancing; and,
ehove nll, they have a title built upon that foulditibn against
which " the gatetddespotism can never prevail." ssw
The Gentleman he: told us, with all the .! " wons . of
theatrical dcclwnation, of " the heinous crime'o'tss.V tffj -
-gt-atitudez that it' Gmt Britpin had not roteaed the coloniet
they would have laboureshtmdersi the dep cradle misfortune of
:salhsing into the hande of anee." Surpose they had, Sir! lfthat
Gentleman was well acquainted with uttorinl tecordt, he would
know, that the talent}: of fi'eeflatu battle bull alway: nor: uni
firuly opprujid than the :olaniu qf a pure monarch}, or men qf
despeh'son itself. ! make no doubt the Americlm' would rather
'be subject to the dominion ofl KlNG of France, emong :; sen-.
sihle and posite people, than be subject to the unconttouled domiJ
nion of : rctnpaeiomi and unconfined msiocraq, in : land over—
flowing with venality and comiption.—And if e-vufuly'ectioa to
the King of France is more desinthle than subjection to the, British
Parliament, how much more readily will the Amerieane embmee
the league, offensiwsie and desensive, which we ere well assured is
held o'uttollum by mote European shtes tl'tltt one.' " , ," ' . 'ss
it is ; tneiancholy truth, Sir, that the British overmnent has}
stink sromjts original purilyto a confined lti ocrtcyss :*lt in:
now confirmed, by fatal experience. , to be asithipg issnwpfflble sus
thc saw .Minillei's whd govern tcsentercttnsiip :- sisinceresi regasd [or the
,mzny people who are gevcrned;_, or that theftiendn and hirsselj ;
os utbitrary power will not endeavour to lcteuet these men Wio
would choose to live and die in it (see" conuibotiqnss, [t'is "faint _
L . ,. si . , . . ; _
)
still mote indubimbk, that the sey " the helm of affairt in Bfiy -
tain can have sino lineqtsiess regud sbr the nuns ' are put on ct '
their rotection in ,Aineisiica. From the ] dsssitcumncep in_
Briti Parliament, w'e want no father es 'fo determug
that matter; nor ca'nsiwe imagine but this ' ] hse'ssevery n
enchain those colonics os North Autqsxcsil ch they hues
pretended have long bpen inclined}. "
(ictnctdf by th'ehyefi't
my part, as a North Briton said before
ss was a tare zhenoniaennn in a North Biit
_ . : do prgfifi a M
si lati—wfrc ' ?ioctssfor tbasjbrm of " ' ' , ;si'but Him confined
; that the people o America would rather l'ct unclnmxd- ss _
der : limiuzlnanarcly, so cousrrnrr [! 0 ' . shin- si
; der the molt ssect REP LlC that eyefss'lu sh. nyon'
easinh. At th same time, n', ] speak it?? thei
I of ,Americzt, that the mannerssiot those ' "8
i and wholly republ'uaa. _ si - -' ct
You have been told. Sir. : great deal this even
ricmfi tllllflh'l'o. ] shall be happy to place , ;
proper h'g (. The Americans wish for that ble tesieftabhlh
ment of the pohtica] and commercial nnion' tween real Brimn
and the colonics which existed am] suhsrhd at the close of the is!}
war. They think it an object mosi atdentlztobe ffished for.
They tell you lujrom the General Congnslss ram eve AW—
bg' on the eontinent, from every countymdittu; ! in wyrysi
: ion of their lives. :Why then-sienp Kssnot-ulz pn them?
Have they ever forfeitcd, their tide to. v - ' si &. hie ythe Gen—
tIEman to point me out a single inhoss ' - 'si '
deviated, 'maeollective body, front '- -
n'
political truth. To mistepresentss-siss _
znd upors a matter of the very tirgtcti _- . essyshqezcheic'livu.
their prnpettics, their ]ihgrtiey -,- , , immrolssfllhr 30
cruel and unjush - But it but beenthess " fsitpplctcte nvhlppy ]!
to have been misi'eprsiesented in e , i " "
their offer, repml tbe vb 'urlct
ct _ , ' -- ,mr flutnnl ar
tqiu, andrlviug: lwillguicctf subside " si, -- - ct
nel. Yet, in my opinioq, shch assct- qnssuctm the most
eligible on the part of Ashe'ricq. si ' ' - usidfive _than to-de
ipzur, necessity will oblige tliemtd , _' :blt independence
which has txnsted only in your ov'ss - __ and apparhenlione.
For rather than submit to the British Minifiry in their formqr'uulsi
yresentsi despotic Hoceedings, theAha-ieans will choose to exiRsi
independent of t mother comitty, the'tsiigh ci-vil swa- and blood—
shtd were to be'belr! iupn'pqtudfrgylctfit - _ "
My opponents in thll controversy hffl asserted, "that the Ame
ricansct have not only .assssl in oppgpti the Britishfarliamept,
but in opposition to their Sovmiitsi ss _ss 'nnsiiir, that the ooectss
is a natural, :tn unavoidnble can quench'd the" other; flowing,
not from difloyalty in __the Ameriems, but from the cruel and \_m-'
princely part which the S'oqreign has taken against them. The;
original eompzfl between the Sovrreign and the ple is, that if
the Soverei n will protect, nndTecuretp them, tie right: and li
-bcrties of t te conltitution, they ,will pay him obedience and lub
jection. Such : contract is founded on the Food os suciety, it if
therefore ultim'ately founded on the lle 0 nature. In an es
-tablishmem, this it the genuine meaning of the word ProteCHon.
I agree with the Gentleman that. proteztion and subjection are
duties r'eciprocal; but when the issossctfsi power fails in his part
of the original contract, the [tibject se *onget held to the con
dition pf obcdiencsse, but of tonsqquemie silly back into the pri-_
mzry (tate of nature, the'cmidjtictp Thigh stated to com
' se
ZT si
si 't 51
mcnee : new system bs legifintioriq ,. rfaspnin I kneen te.
in , thatisifthe Kiiigos Enwsasi " 5? ssqrt ctsisiprpufiion
toyhils American shbieflsf'thfidsessgh I in llsh be ready
to _p:1y him obedience; but iisihfssxig'd E landwi lct nnpfl'ovdsi
thin tbrt os rotection to his-' myric ( h :, ngr seem: dieux
from the in ulte and oppreffidn 'a? " ' " Mhtifien, "
will no longer rendewhin'! sub 't'on 9, ' Wslnct a'npdsi-ctsy —.
tem of civiI nsidnlzoliticd- Mfflrj. * ss _ Theoty ! nican
-to maintain, 'thit is t sspfflic'e) hv'qshlctyut intd execution
. From the P'zun'siiictnssrfA-u A
man HAL-sip'wt :
..7 sing . assign ctMM ?ictfxz' S'
'B insert thefollow'm is minpimd' ct b-willodfi
" she republicu jpiffi irWi-t'hmy babirim ;! th:
" murrbiml. ' - " ' 'Vo'L-rnxu
HE town has heen—htely'lnife'd Mu- . nesiw political pam- 3
T phlct, entitled Common Shzfisi' .
This niece thdugh. it has W'a 'poquiat n'an'ie, and im lies
that the eb'flt s ne obvious,- mid adapted to the underflan _'hgs
of the bulk of the people, il so far from meriting the title it hctu
assumed, thatsiin my opinio'n itholdc p'riticipiea equally inconfiltent
with learned nd common sense." - \ -
- I know not the author, nor am ! amious' to learn his name or
character; sorthe-book, lind n'ot de writer of it, is to be the
subject of m lnimad'vertione. - "
it is the cry of a free count to enjoy :! FREE'PRESS, 'and
of this, thn the sentimentemd_ pinions of the mennest, equally
with those of the gree'test, are b ht to view; for v've know, by
frequent instances, that the rich : ' high—born are not the mode
polizera of wisdom and vinuei On the contrary, these qualities
are oftener to be found amo'ng the middlin ciass in every country,
who, being less diffipnted and debauched t !] those, who are ush
ally called their betters, apply themselve. With msiore induflry to
the culture of their understandings, mld in reality become better
ac uainted with the true intuflh-of the society in which they live.
ut, to my great grief} I but too'ofnen seeifssihflances of per
sons, in eve cleft of life, thfc puhljcatiom, :: the same time
they have rCfl ed honour on" the ctpesirts and genius of the authors,
have been so shamefuliy fflmigg _' cMur an to fittem , by the
atdence ot' wend;, and force: stilsssi sia total pen non of the
tlhderltnndin . ' '.ct"- * r'" .ssfsi ct-si'si - '
The ftlet vin question seeme sin
;- plainly csitleul-ted an in- 7
duce ; eli' of three thinge. _ _-_ - -
nctsi 4 4.
ifl. Th-t the English form of gwmweokha lo wisdom in it,
and that it is py no means so construfled Is to me the luppi
ness of the people, which is the end of ." government.
zd. That monarchy 5. 1 form of government ineonsistent with
the will of God. - . -
zd. That now is the time to break of all wnnexion with Great
Britain, and to declure an indq-endenee at the coloniee.
]t must be obvious, to every impmial eye, that the author ru
som' from the zbuse: of, against the bemfits derived from, the
English conltit'ution; and after reciting these nbusee concludes,
veiy unshiriy, that " it is ineupzbh to produce whlt it seeme to
pl'Olhsitse.si"si For if an argument of thin setti- to he received, it
will prove perhaps rather mote then the entherwould choose; it
siwould even yrove thlt the jewish theoeney wa- quite " impro
per, end u incapable to produce. wht frmed at, at the repro
3 hated English government. The record: of sacred hiltory in
} forms us, that the llw 'u ' en to the people from God, and
: that-the giut himfel undescend'ed to cell them his (Zo
ss smpEYp. He signgliy interposed in their behalf in bri ing them
out o bondage, in puservin them from die nge of hamahYt
sunny, and sedtin them in : up} flowing widl milk end honey,
'under his ictmiu ' e gemmye'nt and inn, " writtep quithhh
own sin r." - ct - \ . .
?: ," Angiehewifllm M"-fllflcsl thee, amissmultiply-tluea siHe
wan zub busie- m-Ln nomb, m xi.- fl-uit ot-thylind,
si-th ; Had thy wine, m thyoil; sithe increase of thy kine,
anssd & of thy titucp. in the lndfivhkhct-le 'swate unfi th')
.smhn Wire 0il-si_'ss
'put. viz. !).
* "si. - "5 si
. . .—
-—-_'
o'\ *
,si" Thou shalt}! ss ct chose Mpeople; there shall not be
ct'Wct ofsemale burn 4. yon, or amongyourcacdc." Duct.
w. : .
si " +Whl£ effects did] si exmrdina jwours and promises
'_ deity himself _ ss upon tM:'kaW pu'verle, Riff—
. mit? Mole.- tcu'ubem. '
'ss! From the day that thgwdidl! depqnomof the land of Egypt,
solfil ye came'uma ;hioybcp, ye hue been mbellious against du
'si YLM'LZL" b'l' "un :; !. ds ma.- 1'
fie- .you." Dun ix.? . ss -. si y
.ss_si _ou ve nA-e e ct un] te ol' wmt -' un
' Wine. a well a sng'md history, informs us of the ineffec
"tuality of the best govemments, and the wiscfl laws, amon .:
corrupt, degenerate people. It doe: not regularly follow, ( al
ils the pco le me not happy under an excellemform of civil polizy,
that the (Rule is in the government; it may be owing to the cot
ructption of the peo le, nndxbis Luke tobethc case iu Grm Bri
_wp atss this d_ay._ den the British Parfimnt 'n properly balencct
ed', npd each bransichpf thpsslegiflmlke fiithfnllyexecurnjn duty,
' I think I Am'szfe in afflr 'bg, there wan never {it : form ofzo.
vernment in the world yellcalcuhtedctsor ( thyinese of,
free people as this; and yet 'we are told, by_ the unhor of the
: hlet, that the " prejudice of Englishfpen m fayour of King},
{as, end Commons, rises as much, or mon, from na ' :]
ide than reason." The yet!!! had lkndz- sn- numberless m
! ances of fine spun polidcal thoorics, whic
, like the quackerics "
",qf mountebank doctnrs, lar; to cpre all the pclidcal evils to which
human nature is liable; bmsswhen the experiwent is made, che}
become asionished at th-fllctsiiceese of them fled sihpncnssthey
find a thousand little paisimzi and inteltsh sscmn ' Hyjbndctping
with their designe, and at length recke again to 'rclofeu, ch.
_ jrined they had notthoughtsi' eccfl'gryxn lady dle gmu volume
of human n'acure besim: Mectnmud tosis-y what was the best
for mankind. . -..,... ..
ss The author, aftctnct- v htisi'ql hie ecn ageinfijhe English form
of ?verynenx, - siss mgw Mhsihfiifisi Qui mnyzrchy
;uq "wrectlim' I_,';si-_si< ' sizin. _ si'ct , sii ! came.
the utmost p ! si , siss W "'Wshlico ] sha nels]
losiw him through "" ' - = sie' quotation, Whid he but so ente
(u'll gnrblgdkosi answer hu yurpose, bushes longe oppos- some
apt oxi'ties to it. " _ ct ct ss ' 7
The celebrated Trenchard, in No. 60. os_ Cgtoss Lenm. says,
" There is no government now upon earsh which owe: i'u forma
tion or beginning w the immediate mehtion'of God, arm
derive in niflenqe from such revelaeion: lcii'cenain; on th
! contrary, that'the rikqnd ctipflimxion, orv-rildonpfgovemment,
j from time to Fimerfl wi _ ,lhe memory of men, or ofhiflorieuy,
\ and that every gov " tzssqhieh we know at this day' ilS the
a. was estzblished bss the Gisdoin arid force of men med,
the concurrmce'o unset evidently known." - -
ct , has God-by any renhtiown'omimed magiazam, . -
'edsisi nature arm of-theh- ,ct'd 'vdw-n plan osm
polity for kinds; " [Hufcus—Mi. P , !. z75_.]' ' _ _ ss
" TLeYM'MufflnMisik-wfi "}Kff "lift;
ment, or, 1" Musinshsser-thm amther
_ ne '
sovereigo_
'Wct-Qsu firi', or have maker "- A
A
zpo-zs-ssm zw-fflzct-si- .ove-bv-zu-si- Mmsssss-fisissct
the mo:: rank, promucuszy born to the same advantages "of un.
mrc, and. to the use uf'the fame common (Mix, therefokem.
kind i: at lipyrgy . (boast fwbatfortp. oj gdvdhut (60 lib." ',_ '
si" God'r vidence, ctor rmifitm, Wered hit M- , in
peog; (them:)!6he un er divert gompm'esini't ' BMQ
al under Pdtrflsehj Abrallln, 'hdck'afl] ' ,ss'fi. si -_ss
unde: ]ud sLdOMP-Idsiud, EZM - 'f' : "
Pryefl' s,E a -wf1 utm -' _-u_
WuffisimmmaKNMMnmmact _
'bibel, ]udas, Maecabensi andhiobretimq ; the govern
F- &
wan laffly taken from them, and-thty-Wctfil undtfihe '
of Rome. And that God yernfiu such mflm or magi
ac the continuity diad- fit to m, is'plliIIy the My
of holy scflptm'qss: oWGd imCctdmnonsi" Bymlins
(
rule, .eyeuutbel , ;.me M
sinne. ssctcta'sisi -ss _
"1, fi'wsihsi'si'RM "'"sisssi' sict
. _ ct
n es an t
red saqu-s-ksie sheen IAX
A-dmgh assemb
only mentltmed to have ashed a _ ing of Sannelf-they seed no
have been deputedjmm the whole: ct ti'ou: For God bid
unto Samuel, " With :- thojav [I it alltbat16'g
ymtbn." tSam.v'fii'.fi,,zL-' - . "ct — "->-"*
]" .
" Aud Smd-tosi qb m umoz ' tr-biugbm An}
wrm itr'u'a boot,,cthali QWM ' I" . iisis 51"
it is lain thessmlnnqsi : the.]tihgdmdgniiu the son intim- of
thing vesnmcnt, by '
vn: m the condition: 'oh'whieh si
Sa wu to be King,:aad'shq hie subjectn- fotthough cum
given him thick",- it way to rule the people according to kisse:
and laws." si ss'. ' 'ss '- ' -' e
" Afterthe battle between God and the Ammim,- Sound
said to the people, Cut} let, wgo uGiQ-l; and time t69*'—*
SaulKiugbesontbeLoriss lfiam-xi. :, 3, 6, 75 14, l$d* M
therejbrc behold be King, when;- Mc discuss and belt! th
Lord balb set :: ing way:." Sam. chap. xii. 13. -
These latter quotations are taken from the great Lord Somen'o
book, called " The ]nsid ent of whole Kingdom: and NW
concernin the Riqmo Kings and the People." Thiq noble.
man was old Big 'Clianeellor of England m King William'a
reign, and wan rerharkable for hil revolution rinmpiu, sun:
lotming, and unshakgh integn'ty, 'in public : private life.
!: does therefo't-e, fl'om the foregoing 'teflimoniet. appelr, dint
monarchy (especially h limited one, such as that of En land) is
not inconsiflent with the holy scriptnres, sin: in set'folti in sasiffd
pamphlet, but that it if it plusin tq theAlmilpty. if aneeabb .
tothc peopte; !: any'ouier so'nn' purulent, even thequdm'e
beloved seyublit. ' '
The writer next proceed: to incom- ffll readen of the nume
.r.ous wars and scene; of bleed aEted in [in land under their King.,
and asserts, tharl " Mmrtb and lite? how laid !60 world
in blood and ashct. !! is :: im- bf Wermrmrt which the Wings
God bean.!W ad will utmul-if. Here "
bold affertions in ! To the latter part I have aheady endu
voured to make some reply, so far as he assent it is contnry-to
the word of God: But will the author'a endeth- permit him to
inform hissi reader of the infinite distractiom and mischief! which
have hlppened in the ancientand modern "public" Under this
form there are always two parties, Which dwide the vhole body
of the people, and an etrnal warsare subsilh between them for
power. 'The contest in dreadful enough; but which seem
prnmib, there it no rod heavy enough, no sword ctftfienendy
sharp, to punish those whom they have subdued. It then becomes
a many-headed monster, 'a tyranny of many. ss
Let an manjead, with an unprejudiesscd eye, the accounu
which hi ossians'gh'e us of the famdn Grecian comvhonwcaltha,
and ] will venture to spedt stir him, that he will not bestow
commehdatiom on them. The Athenians, : wise and pobshqd
peophx, very bsten' mmssa their belt citizcns. from an apprehen
sion of their power: A glorious reward sor'a vimwtu citim,
who, :: was the else in more inflames than one, had presened
his country From defiructibfi. " in the: inner times of the Cartha
ef-inn and Roman republics, 'Wha: constant l'ccn'es of blood and
Stvaflation doe: history present to us"! " The" nnihitude in a -
pdual- ferment, like the oc'eam insia shmn: In* : storm' did I Kyss!
Like the meeke of the sea, agitated by : dreadful whirlwina; no
thing but the fury of one party enouuniering the xage of amour,