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... In the sentiments of America he seems to have iost his own ; and at the great moral crisis of his history, when the final triumph was achieved, he unconsciously placed himself in station of solitary pre-eminence above all the heroes of ancient or modern times. Hitherto, he had only conquered armies; but now he laid all the passions of nature vanquished at his feet. Ctesar is said to have ...

... in strict accordance with the principles of morality, and the revealed will of God. We shall now proceed to point out some of the advantages which would naturally result from the adoption of this principle, and the surrounding of the throne with Democratic institutions. Plato, when discoursing concerning the Athenian commonwealth, says, “the original of our government,” viz. the Athenian, in ...

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... The Pitt and Grenville administration had hitherto succeeded on all extraordinary occasions, hy increasing imaginary fears, and wishing to take another step against the people, they now conjured up the bugaboo of a French invasion, the real purposes being —1. To extort the means of carrying on the war. 2. As they hoped, the permanent establishment despotism at home. Plots and conspiracies were ...

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... The standing army of this country amounting, in the twenty-first year of peace, to one hundred thousand men, is unquestionably the most monstrous abuse Europe. Tobden. The expense of an ordinary campaign would be sufficient to endow a school in every parish in England and Ireland for ever. —Dymond. Cost of Army, Navy, & Ordnance. Periods. effective and non-effective. 1815 to 1819 £135,787,138 ...

... foes. He had now reached the summit of the hill—it was occupied by the scaffold. In a few moments the life spark had fled—there was no voice in that immense crow but a confused trampling as of vast concourse people when they are rushing together. * * * * The clouds had now cleared off from the horizon, and the sun was about going down, when the last rites were performed over the departed ...

... I say, my Lord, have nothing to with your private character; we know you here only in that of iudge, and, as such, we would respect you : you knownothing of us but as a jury, and in that we should look to you for reciprocal respect, because we know of no man, however high his titles or his rank, in w-hom the law the constitution would warrant the presumption of an unprovoked insult towards ...

... In the time of Kollo of Normandy, a custom prevailed that country, that in all cases of invasion property, or personal violence, requiring immediate remedy, the party aggrieved called aloud on the name of the duke three several times, and the aggressor was instantiv. at his peril, to forbear attempting any thing faither. The words of this invocation form a phrase still common in Jersey, fla Ro ...

... questionable even at first sight, but on a little examination, we find it sheer nonsense. In this strain, we might expect to hear the friends of a lunatic talk after having lodged him in an asylum, but a case where the one party is as sane as the other, such an excuse is pure humbug; since we can easily prove, as we propose now to do, that every sane man of mature age, is a better judge of his ...

... Annual Parliaments* This is a point in the Charter so strictly in accordance with the ancient customs of our country, and the every-day practice of life, that we could scarcely have supposed it possible any one calling himself a Reformer would have disputed the propriety of its adoption, buch, however, is the inconsistency of human nature, that this has been more cavilled at than any other of ...