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&tt > Qj { pg ? and .-jfeven . * vhe « « he was pi ? &hifjg on hi 9 legions to the most distant t $ r $ itQj ? ies , I was < for a while in apkit 0 n his suje , because I thought thgie w $ s a conspiracy of governments against him inconsistent with the principles of our own . —Some have
thought-he was so weak as not to see that there was no security for hisowrr sovereignty whilst the sovereigns combined against him had an unlimited power over the persons and resources *> f their subjects 5 but my belief is that he foresaw this danger though hd upheld their governments ^ because-. he feared a worse in their subversion , —*
-He had sealed himself upon an imperial throne with a mock and servile representation ^ and trembled at the influence of free constitutions . —This was the rock , on which he split . —it by politic and moral conventions when the sword was in his hand to
enforce them , instead of hy a system of oppression and subversion , he 4 * ad balanced in their own states the prince * who opposed him , giving an interest to their people to support him , he might have surrounded himself with grateful and independent nations , to have guarded and almost
adored him ; but he left them insulted * pjllaged , degraded * and in the lianjs © f their uncontrolled and justly incensed kings , who of course made , vw of then * to destroy him . —They were no hnger mercenary , reluctant amiies * but nations embodied against their oppressors .
From the moment I marked this base and senseless policy I foresaw his ruiiv because , he was now opposing the progression of a world which , in spjte of all obstacles , will advance , because Cod has ordained it . It is a grand and useful example , when the ends of men who abuse
mighty trusts are thus signally disastrous . — -We see distinctly the Oivine Provide me e superintending and judging us , and when . I visited Capetia whilst Armata was passing through her provinces in triumph , tbe evidence
of it was decvsive .- ^ This mighty man , who had shaken the earth , collected all its BpoUs , and overwhelmed its doirunionsy was Tiot to ; be seen oa * heard « f ev ^ rr ^ inptihviBrraw n ; capi tai , amidst Ule trophites i <<} £ - his universal cou * ¦
guests * r » o « u 1 ,. \ . . ' / a - ^ h was mewed by ttoia _ ju $ fc . description , - utoikifffrid jtaiiMovymp ( hot it-
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reminded me of a passage in our Sat " cped Scriptures mo » t divinely elomjent ^ - and which , since ihe days-W' th ^ f Psalmist , had nevier been so strikingly illustrated : — » , ^
1 1 myself have seen the ungodly 4 & great power , andflvurishmg like a green bay-iree . ~~—I passed by % and lo 9 he \ ta& gone . —I sought him , but ids place % cv $ no where to be found * So prosperous a conclusion * of a * war so protracted and ruinous , was a
fair and a national occasion of triumph to its authors and supporters ; bul giving them all just credit for honest intentions , and for their vigorous ex * erhons ,. it is the office of impartial ? history to condemn them .- —They ( hern * selves created the mighty antagonist . ^— - Their mistaken counsels rendered his ?
subjugation indispensable ^ and hi $ r dominion so powerful , that it , could ! not be overthrown without almost the ruin of their country . —> -AJlowin £ r them , even , Jur argttmenfs sake , all the pre-eminenee ^ over their opponent ^ they contend for , what would there
be in the comparison to boast & £ } be— - cause supposing the storai tor liava ; been inevitable , and in / the end tar have been skilfully weathered by themv which of two pilots would you ^ piefjbir ^
---him whoi though he saw it gatheir ^ ing , sailed < rit in the midst of i < v and though laden with mtmey oniy escaped ^ hy throwing overboard the cargo r . or tftra ? other who , seeing the tempest also / would have remained in the 'harbour
till it was overblown ? . . •>¦ - - ¦; . ; : Agriculture . ' ! r fo continue this momentoris . sab * - ject , be as suited that the very b £ ing . erf your country , alove all at this morhent ^ depends itopon your making : your vwn sail support your , most extended po m * - law II
lation , and that to consider population as an eviV ; is to be wiser than God > who , in your earth as in mine , coin > manded man to increase and multi p ly , and who , I am persuaded , throughout all creation , has ordained that nothing should go backward br stand still .
If there were no other proof of .--the pre-eminence of ^ agriculturey lei » -it i > e remembered that- it i « ihe g ^ eot ^ st scoutce of labour , and in a proportion little understood , because it not only
comprehends the direct and imtnediatte labour upon and in its . bowe ) fy ) b ut the labours also of various arts a lid ( manufactures , whose raw materral ^ it pr © - ucesw ^ J ^ ABOUJn indeed , ii iheisaMrnrf
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Arttoata , a Fragment * 149
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/15/
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