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Show rugs-.35:- aims: « ~; ~11 .».,..._< v._, - (47) ‘foar armed and intoxicated with power, appear in vcrv diiferent Characters. He who appeared with the niildnefs of a fine gentleman, in his primaeval ltate, in an advanced itation conduc‘ted with the {ternefs of a tyrant. Oppofed by a tribune of the people in taking money out oft/Jeflrb lid» {rm/my agaizfl f/Jt' /uws,C;efar WITH AN ARMY AT ms HEELS, proclaimed " arms and laws do not flozlrifl) roger/yer." " If you are not pleafed, (added the uturper) with whatl am about, you " have nothing to do but to withdraw. Indeed " war " " " F‘ will not bear much liberty of fpeeeh. When I fay thisI am departing from my own right. For you and all 1 have found exciting a/jairit offafiz'ozz * agairyz.‘ me are at my diprfal." Saying this, he approached the doors of the Ire/fury, as the keys were not produced, he fent bis wort-men to break them open. 1- 'This is the com. plaifant Cedar-renowned for his amiable qua. lities : by his eafy addrefs he deceived and by his arts inflaved his countrymen-and prepared the way for a fucceeding Nero to fpoil and flaughter them.-_-Singular and very remarkable have been the interpofitions of Providence in favoun day. " Some of the Council wouldfirmly believe charitably of him " becaufe lu':fami'ly and {artery/1‘ wereherc,and therefore thought it " unreafonahle to believe he would do any ll‘ringthatihould " hurthis Coun try." 1708, intitled " See a Book publiflied in London, about "The deplorable flake of New-England, by rea- {on ofa covetcau: and "earlier cu: Governor and prilelam'm‘ou: " Counfellors." p. 3 8: 9. &C. l ' Jnflice was faflr'on in antient Rome as well as tam. .See Me Cauley's hill. 405. Montagu'srifemodern Bria and fan'Of the antlcm Repub. 275. 'l‘ l'lut. Life of Cafar. ‘ i Vour‘of New-England z-the permiflion of an early carnage in our ltreets,peradventure, Was to awaken us from the danger ;--of being polite/y beguiled into fecurity and frauaful/y drawn into bondage :--a flats that fooner or later ends in rapine and blood-Shall we be too enthufiaftick, if we attribute to the Divine influence, that unexpeéted good which hath fo often in our day been brought out of premeditated evil? Few, comparatively, of the many mifchiefs aimed a- gainit us, but what have terminated in form: advantage, or are now verging to fome happy ilfue.-If the dexterity of veteran troops have not excited envy, if their outrage hath not pro- voked revenge, their military difcipline hath fit a well-timed example, and their favage fury been a well-improved incentive. The lufis of an enemy may touch a fenfibility of mind and his very pride pique the virtue of the heart. Fleets which appeared formidable, and armi<s which threatened deftrlietion have either vapomed away with empty parade, or executed their mi ~ ehievous defigns with r'alhnefs and folly. To compenfate the infult and repair the injury, Provir dence hath caufed thefe armaments to icatter much wealth and difiuie abroad a martial pailion :- 3 pamon, which hath proved f0 contagious, that our MILITIA are advanced a century, at leaft, in difcipline and improvements. \Vhere are the people who can compofe a militia of better men, more expert in the uie of arms, and the conduct of the field, than we can now call forth into action ? A militia who a few years ago, knew near as much of the fcienceiof Algebra, as of the art mlllrifii‘y. i us |
