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. . ____m---.--.‘.‘.' _ W's" 26 his}: tl1,,-:;:iil\<:s upon the ruins; of this metropolis..." and in the chain ol' luture cunts, on the dellrufli- of bitter rei‘lcclion will come, when their Own tainty, loolencls and ambiguity ofthis phrale in the llatute {cents lo calculated for difpute, fuch an eternal bar to a full compliance with the requifi- .Yl'e'i.w.i~ ihall excite conihltration ; when remem- tions of the act, and of courle to render permanent on of ALL AME-13.1 ca,»what ihall we try f‘--hour3 iln‘arae ol'~ 1'5»: [Hr/f, and expectation of t/Iefzztzlre {hall fill up the i‘nezllure of their forrow and anguifh.--Butl turn from the idea, which blalls my coun~ it's evils, that I cannot {peak upon the l'ubjecT without trelpalling upon thole bounds of rclpecl and decency, within the circle of which I have endeavoured to move. "Y "lil‘ i"filmy-"11W lpecies with dilgrace. 'l‘he intelligent reader mull. have noticed, that through the whole of the 211:} of Parliament, there is no luggeition that the halt-India company had made any demand {or damage done to their pro~ perty :--if the company l‘uppoi'ed they had received injury, it doth not appear whom they con~ tider as guilty, and much lelis‘, that they had alledged any charge againft f/Jt' town of 1301072. But I prelinne that it that company were intitled to re~ ceive a recompcnce from the town until they pi‘olecuted their demand they are fuppofed to wave it. And we cannot but imagine, that this is the firll: inflance, where Parliznnent hath ordered one {ub- jefl‘ to pay a liltislac'lion to another, when the pare ty aggrieved did not appear to make his regular claim ; and much more uncommon is it, for inch recompence to be ordered without afcertaining the amount to which the liltistaftitiii {hall extend . I lhitiftheEafi-india company were now mad e cafy, and Bottom reduced to perfect Iilence and humiliation ;----how many " OTHERS" are they , who Would luggell, that they " SUFFERBD by (fl/)6" riots and inflzrrcci‘iam a/Iozwzzczzf/oned" and demand " rafonablz' _/Zzt1.g'2 1fiiazz" theretbr.--The flvgular texture, uncer~ tainty, Here waiving furtherparticular confidcration of that l'ubiec't which gave origin to this perfor- manCe;I fliall proceed to an equally interefting fubject-that of STANDING ARMIES and CIVIL sciCI E'I‘Y. Tn E faculty of intelligence may be confidered as the lirlt gift ot‘GOl) : it's due exereile is the happinelis' and honour of man ; it's abule his calami- ty and dilgrace. The molt trilling duty is not properly dilcharged without the exertion of this noble faculty ; yet how often does it lie dormant, while the highell coneel‘nments are. in iflue? Believe me (my countrymen) the labor of exami- ning for ourltlves, or great impolition, mullbe tubmitted to ; there is no other alternative: and Unlcl}. we weigh and conlider what we examine, little benefit will relult from relcarCh. We are at this extraordinary crilis called to View the molt melancholy events of our day: the fcene is unpleafant to the eye, but it's contemplation will be uleful ; if our thoughts terminate with judgment, reloluduh and lpirit. "If at this period of public affairs, we do not think, deliberate, and determin ‘ My? mm --men ot I.) minds |
