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Ha liburton, Thomas Chandler.

RULE AND MISRULE

OF THE

ENGLISH IN AMERICA

BY THE AUTHOR OF

"SAM SLICK THE CLOCK-MAKER," "THE LETTER BAG,"
"ATTACHÉ," "OLD JUDGE," ETC.

"Nec qua commissas flectat habenas

Nec scit qua sit iter; nec si sciat, imperet illis."

OVID.

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

82 CLIFF STREET.

1851.

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I DERIVE much more pleasure in having the opportunity of dedicating this Work to you, than, I am afraid, you will feel at your seeing your name attached to a book, containing many things in which I know you do not concur; and some that your friendship for me will cause you to wish were expunged.

I do not, by any means, desire to have it supposed, that it has obtained your sanction, as a Colonial Governor, for you have never seen the manuscript, nor have I had the advantage of your valuable advice and experience during its progress.

My reason for inscribing it to you, though two-fold, is altogether personal. First-It will recall to your mind. an old friend, who has spent many happy hours in your society, and partaken largely of your kindness and hospitality, in time by-gone, when we discoursed de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis. Those days can never be recalled, or renewed; but memory would indeed be a source of unmitigated pain, if it only reflected the dark shades, and not the sunny spots of life. This book will show you, that my political views are unchanged. I should be ashamed of myself, if a dedication were necessary to prove that my affection is also unaltered. Secondly-I know of no one so conversant with the subject as yourself. I never had a very exalted opinion of what is called "Responsible Government," knowing that the term was an

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