I would not even desire to " turn them upon his own head, and cause him, like " Haman, to be hanged on his own gallows -- I only " desire that, unjust and unreasonable as they are, " they may have no weight with the reader, or raise " any prejudice in his mind against the cause of truth " & 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 " his duty ; and that there is no merchant he would " trust. I don't recollect any thing said of the law- " yers, but he hath been severe upon the mayor and " commonalty, on account of the snipe act, with " which act, if he had gone a little further, he would " amply have justified our struggle, with the mother " country.

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

" The answer is, because the country people were " very unanimous 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 1 late acts of Parliament, will cause our sovereign to 1 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 which they have ' wickedly devised to throw the nation all into con- ' fusion, and thereby to dethrone the King.