... heated state of the public mind, when every man made speeches on the all-absorbing topic, and meetings were as plenty as blackberries, any one was hailed as prise whose effusions were decidedly better than the ordinary specimens of anti-tithe eloquence ...

... religious creed can be kept clear of scoundrels. The same bold in the case of politics. Knaves and deceivers are plenty blackberries in each section; and all that can be done is to make it the interest of each to aid bis neighbour. would, therefore, advise ...