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Show v&'sifoiBkAKLt for theTcpW of mam kmii; great statcs.aro compelled to " con-1 ildqr, thc,ii.iitary spirit and nfortfal hab-, itaof'tficji' people, as one of tha jnninj objects pf thfir polity, rretiacjit hotiji-t1es hotiji-t1es s;?eni( almost tho necessary copditfos of-gVcBtriesS .andwitbput Jicing. great, th'cKwnnp.t remain sare. Snialler statfg, exempted ifrom. tlits tieccssityt ,deTotcd thcmselfea to the, arts of pcuh?, tp the ctilUvaUoii of iiteratnrc and the jmprqve-njontotrcasou. jmprqve-njontotrcasou. They bcccfne places of refugo for free and fearless discussion; tliey were, the ImpartuiV icctators and juilgcs of the Tnriooa.1concst, of ambj-tfdni ambj-tfdni winch, from tiqics to time, disturbed tbe qnijt .oithft'Sjrprld. If Vrarsot og grandiicmeiU wcr? undertaken, thciniu-tlions thciniu-tlions werp.arraigncd in-the siglit Kn rope. ,.lf(acts ofjatcrnal, tyranny were perpetrated, they "resounded, from alhoa-sarid alhoa-sarid ,'presscs, throughout all civilized Countries. , I'rinccs. on, whose will there w,cre no. legal checks, llins fouftd a moral restraint which the most powerful of them conld not lirave with- absolute Impunity. JN'o ftlovation of power, no depravity however consummate, no Innocence however snot-less, snot-less, can render man wholly independent of the praise or blame of his fellows. These feeble states, these; monuments of the; 'jiistic' of Europe - tho- asylum, of peace, okiodtutry;Xiid f JlterUife- th HBflflflflflBflPfljPfWY vww'iRivnTVTif. prnt ffiOtJUSf ere'heirsol& guardian? nn'd J protectors, .Thc-xaVo. liccn swallowed tip by'tlialTcanui convulsion, wmcn Has sliafcen'thc uttermost cpmers of the cnrth TJiey arc destroyed, and gone for cver ., 4,-On'q asylum of free.Jiscusiion is" still in-,viQbte.,fTbe"r"c in-,viQbte.,fTbe"r"c -is still tfnc sjHitin Europe .whcre'map can freely exercise his. reasoa athfrrabstimportaiitconccrns of society;. wIerolvlie.,can boldly pablish, ,bw ju.dg-,inentia,the ju.dg-,inentia,the -ct? of the prondcst .and most-j powerful tyrant. The press of Eiigland islhT free It, H gwrded. by. thu;trce constitntion:of our forcfuthers;.it ! is. guarded -hj the hearts and arms- of 'Englishmen and I trust J may venture to say, .that, if it be to fall, it will fall only under the, rains of the British uu-pire,Hlt uu-pire,Hlt is a'u awful coasidtratlon.gctte-iicTil-T-ev.cry other monument 6f Enri-pean'Uberty, Enri-pean'Uberty, lias perished 'llhat ancient fubrui, whicli 1ms been, gradnalty rearul liy the wisdom and virtue of oar Talii.crs, still Stands; it Stands tbanksi le to heaven! solid and catiro-but it stands alone, uml it stands ulnid ruiua! Mud.-, inletfi. |