" Tou have heard, and you will hear, a great deal about politics ; " and iu the heap of Chaff you may find some grains of good sense. Be- "lieve me. Sir, Freedom and Religion are only watchwords. .We have "appointed a Committee, or, rather, we have nominated one. Let me "give you the history 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- " ble servant.

"The troubles in America, during Grenville's Administration, put our "Gentry upon this finesse. They stimulated some daring Coxcombs to "rouse the Mob into an attack upon the bounds of order and decency. " These fellows became the Jack Cades of the day, the Leaders in all the (< Riots, the Bellwethers of the Flock. The reasou of the manoeuvre, 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 Shepards were not much to blame, in a po- " litical point of view. The Bellwethers jingled merrily, and roared "oat, '.Liberty,' and 'Property, 1 and 'Religion,' and a multitude of " cant terms, which every one thought he understood, and was egregi- "ously mistaken ; for you must know the Shepherds kept 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.