than to be the Hives of a fincrle tyrant. The? did not confine the priectsles noon which the rcwaUtlnn ; .
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ia is we o ipcv.uiauon , mey pur u acaui one Kiug, . p- pjtic, ana waitii in iuv opinion, proi
via anotaev. . iiu$ was done u
ty enemies, who feem to thiol
alone ro their own kingdom.
A I ml- J r
It id ia wai;. macne present ivercigu or ci'unuy, mjwj caipcraica pcopic gcootend aga4 JWople vb kJ
wna'Pwtr iinii.ir rnpre mu.it invr D-trn i icy uavs uanrnn . Arnun au m?.., .
. o . ' r'"7 ia nicir rti )Urcej k,
c-juid 5c none afterward:,, that the fa- may Hill lct, and are, ao doubt, caoabie of nn,..f..i Lr
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hu ti le to the throne.
entertained before, there
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lily, who were icated dpon the vacant throne by the voice of moil be wKhft ,od by great efforts on ouY oarr i
o- not hatter ourfelves, that ihe war is nearly over, and th, 1
tided the vacancy for them. Acxoidingly, ever Jiucc this glori- on he qe of enjoying the alefiusgs of peace. Such id J
the people, held it liable to the fame reilftance which had pro-
oui revolution, it "has been ccr.fidered by the generality oi the pieafing, but at preient mey'leem to be chimerical and
Kin. c ra, a' d is now aimott
that ix. btn tt no longer atjiA.tr s tbts tad.
jlzvtrj ei gnat fpr,Jfion, they buvt a igbt to cbacge it. I lay it
Uown this generally, bectuie the principle cxtcuus 1 far, and
no nitirOr reafrh ar.d candour w old attempt to narrow it. It is
a principle fcn.cdcd in the cleared teafon. It is appliceivte to a.'l
ohdtriCfis and ctrtvrnftaei: 1: u net calculated for one j-.ar'y,
or eric fct of men, or to C'l or a particular Job. It aff . tk unt-
verfil relief td all whti groan order any fpecies' of tyranny, and
have the virtue anci opportunity cf refilling it. 1 trull, as it has
h.4 it iLfloei ce iindr one fpedea f nrbitrary p cr in England,
it iil nt want its effect under orrr, if pufliole, It til more fevere
and deieftVofe, atreroptei in Amtrtm.
ecinlefs, jren.leuun, ubei. 1 f,ak on this fubj 1, I carfcot
av)id"exprt fTi-ii! mjfcll wirh warmth; that fuch grt.ar, fuch real
advantages lh' cid be lort. in purfuu of no efftroti d otject, is a
Confideraticn rxtremt y ariectinvj. We cannot help comparing,
i h a dgfee of reget and indignati n, ti-ie'forincr n nourabie
at.d political conduct of ;he crown of Griat Britain Co the Ameri
ian cufceriea, with that which has been liuce pu'iued. . Happy m
the erjoymrat of libe.-ty, ih the formation of our own las, in
the grant of ur own money, (fu j unly to a rettridion we
iubmittcJ to ith pliafure, the nrgaiie oi our fuvetcijM j we feit
a fe licit', that ccaid only be equaled by ths ha dlhips witn whicn
it as rf&fnaffy obtaiard, and the uix;u'-e .,r fi ial and lvcial
gratirude with which it va e j jed. G'tat B itain vvas ;he con
flan! centre of our though ; her pifpeni), tne mtt ardent de-
the uia be fever
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win dc tx-ouantiy unlucccisiui
ho've ain-ai always ended
ft a f. tiled axi ro in tOeir goyernmeat, iy they are dangerous. They tend to throw ua too muchoF
ijQitntei for tb$ of the people, and goard, and to lay u open to the artful deans' of our en '
and ibey are in danger of KeviewaDe great Irenes oi hiftory, you will find, manti.j L
always been obliged to pay dear for the bleffings they eniC
i iusniv; may weii be caLed a fcene of trial, for yice has ie
where and long been fcen to triumph over virtue. But rh '7
thar.k God,, we have no reafon to belitvc i
nfuccefsi'ui Thti Rmooifa nf r. '
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in ihe eiUbliihment of Jibartv
ery iymcni ct h is an obj.tX worthy of ths moft vigilant appTica
tion, and the molt painiul faenfices. Is there any thino
witi. more pleafure jhan the futf-. ings and Contentions of a brave
i'utetaAi ol cheir country, aud difdain every advantage that is in
c m.aubie wtth th..m Su h a people are fpoken of with a m;
Milan bj ail iucure as. Their hiitory is put into the hands J
7v.-w., lueni oy a lpirn oi emulation, if poifible, to e I
q iai their grcarnefs ot mind. Their potterity, for abegtimel
( in.il the grauuai corruption of ail human affairs ttnmfiuBi
then ail ) if they happen to be fuccefsiu!, which is generally thai
iu; LTtucri. of metr auceii rs virtue. 1- neir iouls glovl
with gratitude for tne virtue and ft If-denial of their forefathej
x ucy tunujer tneai as patterns lor their own conduct on fimilail
vrvvauoi.b, ana arc continually pomiins; them out to the reverJ
eau:e ar.a imTtatioO of their children. Thefe are the gbrionsef.
fects of patfioufm ar.d virtue, t hefe are the rewards annexed to
the faithful charge of that great and honourable duty, jUehh
io our country, un the contrary, wnar tan we conceiv. mn,A
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iff "f oilr sit Cl'ns. wc coiu:av.e iui a pieafure which oaie ana contemptible, tiian a let of men, carelefs and negligent
j rrgaraieji or iner vaiue, indifferent to their pre.
fervauou, mean cn. uyfi to crouch under the fir ft imolnr
w;thout fpint to drf.nd, wi-hout virtue t duferve rhem. at lenmkl
aj ' T T o
e.inly deprived of adsantages whicn they might, without much
difficulty, have f-cured, Indf svh eh they aie t ,rced every ioftaat
to regret, With curf.s on themfeUes as the authors of their owtij
and their children? mifery, unde. the g?omy tyranny of a proud
and arbitrary defpo . I piay to God that the firft chfrader 1
hive defCiib d, may be that of America to the lacWV ages, and
that mani.iKl never may be difgrucei by the exiiteace of fa
wieuhsu and dci icabie a let of people, as in the lalt.
Kemainder in our next.
Ike Speech of the Right Hn. the Earl of ABINGDON, in tbl
rlcuje cf Lrai, on J burjdcy , the I ith of December, 1777.
Ml Lords.,
IAMjutt cfunie up froh the country, as I fappofed to do, witi
the Kii cf your Ijrdfhips, our bufinefs in parliament; but I
fcnd that we are already me; here co day, in order to be lent about
our bufim ft into the country, as if the bufim fs of parliament war
not our bufim fs, and that we are called up only to do the bufi.l
ntfb of MiKiiiri. Supplies are vbLed, asd, at this tremendoia
conjunctine of events, there is, it jfrems, no fu ther need of CM
great CONb 11 1 U TIONAL Council of the natioo.
Bat. my lords, before I go, I will leave one word behind me:
it is an important word, and us iubject matter is of a very pre.
firg "nature.
My lordJ;, hen a noble duke, whole manly and fpirited cob-
ai ...-.tui' . k ; r n x -'i . . , . ' -.
1 11 it
n fcene of human .life peharps ev'.r gave occaifon for b.ijre; the
entire and coriii J uni n of mmy diltant pci.pfe, defctnded from
the Civet aucrftrr-, pofiefftd neatly of the lame rights, endued
wiih generoni. and n bib minds, wa rn in their afftcti m, and
ie.kus n fheir i'tta h nent to each ther, un .cr the influence of
ote cdobi'B fovcregr, and by the pr.icipation of a cctini n
ihtercft, mutually C-otrtbuing lo the prosperity of the wni ;
the atifhoiiry of the f veretgn, furfi-ieut to prefrrve the whole m
duO'der, b it r. t to invade ihe lioerties of any ; all the branch
es f .he great lT;ck wiiiingl reli;uing to the parent kingdom
the abf iu'e m.TnEgemsm ot the onl concern that couid probably
interfere w. n the general happinef-, unl-.fs the minds of ;he peo
Ic ffK-iiU gr t-ritattd anfi dejeononted ; which their exemp.a.y
Kyaify fcemed a f. fhtient guard gai .li, exc pt in the cafe oi a
fifl an--! fi't-r? prov. cjrion. A .d though we viewed fuch ajcene
kt a dSftirnte, and inuetd as aimoit a thing imp ffiolc (at leait to
"happen in our da", never dreaming of men Uc lficing real ad
vantages to vain anu riinary expectation..) yet wc had been too
well irftnifted in the principles of libe ty, to view it with .uncon
Ce;n. We bltfF.d Heaven, that it rrud mde us, not only a hap-
- pr, bat a free people. Our anceftor& came here to erj y the bif-li-gi
rf hocrty. They purchaftd it at an invmenfe p'ice. Tr.eir
greater! glory was, that they had obraincd it for themselves, and
trat fmiaed it to ihei' p lt .-rity. G d foroid, that their p Iteiity
ih-old be bale or wtak en -ugh i j refign b or to let it appear,
that ih- true Bri'ijbjjrnt which has d -ne fuch wonders in if.
giad. has Uen luit, or weakened by being tranfplante4 to Amt
w.eiica. The verv pe pie who are n w embruing their hands in
fhe biocd of the Americans, in fupp.rt ol tne m ft arbitrary pnn
epfes, hv a thoulanJ times bled in opp. fi. ion to them, tnem-
i.es. Will yru entertain fb wretched an i lea, that you are
v-a vrtthy of I'berty as they are, and that merely tx-caufeoiir
. . vro,ittffd England thengh with the public fancliori, and
ancctt- tvrr ;he lecu e t rj')m jnt of freedom, ). u are left de
t8airiu bitlTn's tnan thote wh) happen to refide in it,
fer virg of n- d t the cr mtn ti bentrlcs of what the wffft cf
vrf rot evea.-an".
men
But
fac
van:
nubicb art fot . , . .tjca2 .XKUiiUt infamv
wy'icb-rvr to u.V' r-v f
duct
rlk nt . cr , J ' F
nae f- , dare to atnnn, tne oeooie of Iftitain charged our vtrv flino. r.r a.h..-hr I.
.Ki rdntt I. " ' . r. ' e - - ,i
..ft-v. rtt tncir v . ..... j . ,-' .. -
j i. ... !-t v fpi ke f t, -wt toejirjt pnncipits w ntertjy it is npt lor me to determine ; but, my lords.
. -iUt if all maa. and tne lacred ttci of La- v. cnir national cha-a6ter is n- w rt.irr.rn1
. r. a - mi irjjmTT f . - l - r i - - - v -rw if.
this war of flavery will ever have the teftimony o!
my wanrteit anpiauie, made his motion the other day for ah en
quiry into the hate of the ra ion, his Grace faid, that he defired
his motion might be underftocd as a general motion, open toe
very enquiry, and not limply confined co any proportions of his
own; it is therefore, my lords, under the fhelter of this noble
duke' motion, that I have now a motion of my own to make, ia
additi. n to thofe that have been already received.
My lords, humanity has ever been the charaaerifHc of Encmfli-
las, with otsr morals,
owing to that EXO
councils. o not
ialtead of bumani
inhumanity : and
uhat is worfe. we have the damm? proofs ben -re our eves
v ori'll hoiltjr MCUI , r -! u i-n.Miucu, ur.u u.y iniormatioa is to bed coca
yon wir .v.iitft- uirh uhiCh I have n-cne into fhi el um-.n. fhar rh A inninn nnr.MH .k: - , T x.i
c-uniry (men WRO
and ae a
. W! wreat particularity, with which I have gene into this ed upon, that the American pnf .ners in this ciin
cct.. 1 et inuu.iw v 7-k. - 1"-, jrn- ir"f jwjp w w,
Jdo?
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