I would not even desire to

■ turn them upon his own head, and cause him, like Hainan, to be hanged on his own gallows -- I only

'' desire that, unjust and unreasonable as they arc,

'■ they may have no weight with the reader, or raise any prejudice in his mind against the cause of truth iS: his country, or against Any man or body of men, especially those worthy men who have nobly stood

" forth and exerted themselves to save their country

" from slavery and destruction. " I come now to consider his clamour against the citizens, in which he declares, at a certain time,

" there was no magistrate with virtue enough to do liis duty ; and that there is no merchant he would I rust. I don't recollect any thing said of the lawyers, but he hath been severe upon the mayor and ' onimonalty, on account of the snipe act, with uhich act, il he had gone a little further, he would amply have justified our struggle, with the mother

" lOUMtry.

" I would ask, why does not that act continue in " force to this day?

" The answer is, because the country pc()j)le were very unaninuius in opposition to it; though it was

" to the loss of individuals, myself for one, still they " stood out ; which caused the framers of that act to " consider closely the consequences which would at- " tend its continuance -- and so it was thought best to " make it void. Here we may see the effect of a " steady opposition to an odious law ; and similar " causes will produce similar effects. We may assure " ourselves that a steady and firm opposition to the " late acts of Parliament, will cause our sovereign to " examine into the state of the case with great atten- " tion ; and when he finds he has been led into un- " warrantable acts by diabolical counsellors, he will " dismiss them from their offices, by w'hich they have " wickedly devised to throw the nation all into con- " fusion, and thereby to dethrone the King.