"You have heard, and you will hear, a E;reat doiil about politics ; ■" and in the heap of ChafT you may find some grains of good sense. Be- " lieve me. Sir, Freedoui and Rfligion are only watchwords. We have "appointed a Ciimmittee, or, rather, we have nominated one. Let me " give you the histoi'y of it.

"It is needless to premise, that the lower orders of Mankind are more " easily led by specious appearances than those of a more exalted station. "This, and many similar propositions, you know better than your hum- " hie servant.

" The troubles in ylnw'rir«, during (?rcHri//e"« .\dministratiou, put our " Gentry uj)un this,;ii(e««e. They stimulated some daring Coxcombs to "rouse the Mob into an attack upon tlie bounds of order and decency. " These fellows became the Jack Cwies of the day, the Leaders in all the " Riots, the Bellwethere of the I'lock. The reason of the manuMivru, in " those who wished to keep fair with the Government and, at the same "time, to receive the incense of popular applause, you will readily per- **ceive. On the whole, the Shepanls were not much to blame, in a po- " litical point of view. The Bellwethers jingled merrily, and roared " out, ' Liberty,' and 'Property," and 'Religion,' and a multitude of " cant terms, which every one thought he understood, and was egregi- " onsly mistaken ; for you must know the Shepherdskept the Dictionary "of the Day ; and, like the Mysteries of the ancient Mythology, it was " not for profane eyes and ears. This answered many purposes: the "simple Flock put themselves entirely under the protection of these " most excellent Shepherds.