Anarchy and government are both before us, and in our choice. If we fall, we fall by
our folly, not our fate; and we shall evince to the astonished world, of how
small influence to produce national happiness are the fairest gifts of heaven, a
healthy climate, a fruitful soil, and inestimable laws, when they are conferred
upon a frivolous, perverse, and ungrateful generation.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M.DCCC.XXXV.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER.

INTRODUCTION

I. Democratic Ascendancy, destructive of Liberty,

and all Hope of its Restoration

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II. Equality

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III. A vigorous Exertion of Lawful Authority, not

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IX. The Resources of a free and stable Government,

contrasted with those of a revolutionary

Government.

X. An Appeal to Patriotism, against the Designs of

the Destructives

XI. A Voice of Warning

XII. Character of Brutus; or, the Assassination of

Tyrants both unlawful and unproductive of

Advantage

XIII. The Abolition of a National Debt no less impolitic

XIV. The Liberty of the Press not the main Safeguard

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INTRODUCTION.

THE publication of a foreign work implies a high estimate of its value in the Editor. Its merits belong exclusively to the Author; to the Editor belongs merely the credit of sending forth a well-timed publication, and of having formed, not only a high, but a correct estimate of its value. As he is not blinded by any parental partialities, he is, if he err in judgment, fairly chargeable with the blame due to his mistake. On me, therefore, rest the blame of want of judgment, if any Senator shall deign to peruse these pages, and not lay them down with nearly the same feeling as that with which a mariner folds up his chart-of being better able to steer the vessel of the State in safety, amid the rocks and whirlpools which always disturb the current of Liberty.

There is no arrogance in a mere Editor thus expressing himself, unless it is arrogance to be sensible of the merits of another; unless it is pride to be willing to learn wisdom from those who, as our descendants, we are, perhaps, too

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