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 Should the followini^ sketch, hastily composed, have 
 amy tendency, like the passhi-^ shower of sprinj^ on tlie 
 outward creation, to germinate the seed of Universal 
 Benevolence, sown by the spirit of the gospel ; or should 
 it excite to action the powers of some skilful cultivator, 
 tl^e Author will feel amply repaid.
 
 /fiiE 
 
 POWERS OF BRITAIN, 
 
 CANTO I. 
 
 ARGUMENT. 
 
 Address to the Dei<y. To the N^ition. r?anfry Bay. Expedition 
 to Egjpt. Acre. Boulogne. The Brilibb Fleet. Rfjoicing5 
 on Victories. 
 
 X E Powers of Albion, hail! or rather hail 
 Thou Power Supreme! >vhosc chariot rolls 
 
 sublime 
 Upon the furious storm, which quickly hurrd. 
 In wild confusion, nionarchs froiu (iieir thrones^ 
 And awfully convuls'd a trembling world. 
 Thy hand Omnipotent can chase away 
 
 X 3
 
 8 THE POWERS 
 
 The waning darkness of the sable cloud. 
 And scatter it in wide expanse unseen ; 
 Or, in a moment, can thy Fiat turn 
 The deepest gloom to radiant beams of light. 
 O ! smile propitious on the humble muse, 
 And deign to animate a feeble pen, 
 Dipp'd in the stream of love to human kind, 
 Thy sacred cause of " Peace on Eartli," to 
 plead. 
 
 Ye Powers of Albion, hail! but lei the muse 
 While striving to exalt your meed of praise. 
 With gentle hand remove the veil, that hides 
 From your perception, the unfailing source 
 Whence flow your blessings ; and the ample 
 
 stream 
 That bears, on rolling waves, Britannia's bark. 
 And safely floats it to the port of fame. 
 
 Who rules the wind ? Who binds the 
 wintry storm ? 
 Within tlie hollow of his hand, who holds 
 The thunder ? That Power who >vhcn arrayed
 
 OP BRITAIN. 9 
 
 In human form, could rolling billows calm, 
 With " Peace, be still!" Who then preserved 
 
 thy land. 
 When Gallia's fleet, with thrice eight thousand 
 
 foes, 
 Not ofily veterans, but inveterate too. 
 Conducted by a chief well skilled in arms. 
 Rode in thy ports, by Britons unopposed. ?' 
 
 Did^ wind^ and waves sppntaneous yield their 
 aid? 
 Or roar'd the thunder at thy own command ? 
 Behold Jehovah ; hear Him thus proclaim : 
 '*^ I send my lightning, pointed at thy foes ; 
 On them the vivid blaze and forked barb 
 Descend discomfiting.* The furious blast 
 Has issued from tlie cloud which threaten'd thee, 
 xVnd boird the deep, m liose foaming surges rage 
 Tremendous to thy foes ; but for l/ii/ land 
 I Diude this cloud, like Israel's, a defence." 
 What slaughter of (hy (hen contending sons. 
 By this PROTECTOllof (hy realms, wassparM! 
 
 Psalms xviii. 13, 14.
 
 10 THE POWERS 
 
 Let not, my country, my lovM native clime ; 
 Let not the Powers that rule thy sea-girt isle, 
 Permit oblivion's veil, her fleet to shade. 
 When twice her hostile bands who dared the 
 
 wave, 
 Steer'd to the land, for Israel's bondage fam'd ; 
 Twice met the adverse storm ; were twice 
 
 compell'd 
 To bow submissive to the roaring winds. 
 And seek their native ports. M ight not a storm 
 More raging still, have foiFd thy third attempt. 
 And in the briny gulph, thy sons entomb'd? ^ 
 Boast not thy fleets, which are at His control. 
 Whose awful nod suffices to destroy ! 
 
 Tho' Sydney's prowess had the foe repell'd 
 From Acre's walls, so oft assail'd in vain ; 
 Yet this defeat caused only transient joy : "" 
 *' Rejoice not thou, whole Palcstina, though* 
 The rod is broken, that has smitten thee ; 
 For, from the serpent's root, there will arise 
 A cockatrice, whose fruit will surely prove 
 A FIERY, FLvi-NG serpent" filFd witli ragc. 
 
 * Isaiah 14, 29.
 
 OF BRITAIN*. li 
 
 Tliy foe tho' beaten, dared Ihe hostile maio ; 
 Escap'd thy fleeting sails, and reach'd the shore. 
 Tlio' foil'd by British arras, he left the field ; 
 At his return, his country he subdued; 
 DespoilM of freedom, and revers'd her laws : 
 First seized the Consul's, then the Regal power. 
 And threaten'd, in a lapse of time, thy land 
 Oh, Albion ! to invade. At liis command. 
 Were Gallia's hostile shores with troops 
 
 o'erspread ; 
 Her ports with \essels to transmit them iill'd ; 
 By fleets protected, and by fortresses: 
 So great their strength, form'd by superior-art. 
 That Nelson tried his gallant skill in vain ; 
 Bc'forc tlie oli^ e-branch had been displayed, 
 Which, for a moment, wav'd its fading leaves.* 
 
 Tliy gallant tars, unal>le to destroy, 
 A[)j)al'd the trembling foe, within liis ports ; 
 Tliy llcets niaiiitain'd tiie uatch ^ith rea<lyeye: 
 But, " If the Lord ke^p not tlie citadel,* 
 TIm' watcliman waketii but in vain." Hark, now 
 The loud winds roar, the agitated sea 
 
 P-^'m I il.
 
 12 THE POWERS 
 
 Combines, and thus the bulwarks of thy pride. 
 Thy wooden walls, are toss'd high on the waves. 
 And forc'd to shelter in Britannia's ports ! * 
 Not in one firm array they stem the tide ; 
 But flee th' unequal warfare with the storm : 
 Wide scatter'd like tlie chaff before the wind. 
 
 Let this convince thee, that another breath. 
 From Him whom winds and storms at once obey. 
 Had humbled all thy proudly tow'ring masts, 
 Andhush'd thy thunder's roar, deep in the waves 
 Engulph'd, Let grateful accents oft arise. 
 To Him whose goodness to thy sea-girt isle. 
 Presiding o'er the storm, thy vessels spar'd. 
 Think not, Britannia, that thy fleets and arm 
 Alone can guard thee. Impotent their aid. 
 ^Miene'er Jehovah shall decree thy fall. 
 Full ample are his means to smite thy land. 
 Or rase thy seat of empire to the ground. 
 
 But Albion, hail ! how fondly hopes the muse. 
 The omen of the time?;, no dirclul scourge 
 Portendiv, no desolation in thy gates. 
 In sweetly pleasing coufldciice j^iic tr st*i.
 
 OF BRITAIV. 18 
 
 Tliat He whose boundless, universal Power 
 
 Protection grants by many or by few. 
 
 Reserves far better things for thee, O ! Isle, 
 
 Selected to evince thy Maker's praise. 
 
 And spread his gospel o'er th' admiring world. 
 
 Yet as " Humility precedes the ascent* 
 
 To honour's sacred throne ;" so bear in mind 
 
 How clearly, to the wise discerning eye, 
 
 " Does pride presage destruction's direful 
 
 rage !" f 
 How oft and sure, ^* A haughty spirit 'bode 
 A speedy fall I" 
 
 In thy prosperity. 
 Soar not on high upon the airy wings 
 Of exultation. Ah ! when vict'ry crown* 
 Thy arms, or those of thy confederates ; 
 If thou canst iind a Christian source of joy, 
 That myriads of thy fellow men are slain. 
 And hurried out of life, cease not to waste. 
 In dazzling meteors which illume thy streets, 
 The price of comfort to th' allllctcd poor. 
 
 How is it that Britannia's feeling heart, 
 So long attuuM to sentiments benign, 
 
 Prov. 15. 33. -f Prov. 16, 18.
 
 14 THE POWERS 
 
 These acts can sanction, with the voice of praise? 
 Sure, such rejoicings, like the nauseous fumes 
 Of lamps exhausted, leave a noxious scent ! 
 
 Here let the muse, in gentle strains, inquire. 
 On what events the gospel page ordains. 
 For Christians thus to testify their joy ? 
 Or even when the direful steel is sheath'd. 
 And the fair olive offers us her fruit, 
 Replete with blessing, not commix'd with wo, 
 Should not our deeds proclaim a song of praise? 
 Can mirth, whicli bowls of wine too oft inflame ; 
 Can waste or riot offer incense pure ? 
 Or sound the voice of gratitude to Him, 
 Who, in his mere} , has confer'd the boon ? 
 May not such actions move Him to chastize? 
 If auirht must tcstifv, at those events 
 The feelings of a Briton's gcn'rous mind ; 
 Grant achin<r hearts the bairn of kind relief: 
 Assist distress, and sooth the sorrowing soul : 
 Thus like the odours of the morning gale, 
 Some sweets afford, or some refresliment vield. 
 To mingle in tlie c^ip oC human wo.
 
 CANTO II. 
 
 ARGUMENT. 
 
 The Divine Government. Bonaparte. Isaiah and Micab. Averte* 
 wrath. Slave Trade. Kindness of Britain. Bible Society. 
 Slavery. The Scourge f Europe. Ambition. Warfare u 
 Christendom. Basis of a Treaty of Peace, 
 
 W no disbelieves*' the volume of that book/' 
 That sacred page, wliich stands the test of 
 
 time ; 
 Klucidatinii- each rovolvin*; aore, 
 The deep my.sterious Jiimals of llie Seers, 
 Who guided by j)rophetic vision pemrd 
 Kvents to come, as if already passM ! 
 And Avho that ^vith minute attention reads. 
 The sacretl oracles, but nuist believe 
 ** There is a God nho judgeth in the earth, 
 Disposing of the kingdoms of the worhl :'* 
 Ftr purposes inscrutable l)y men!
 
 16 THE POWEUS 
 
 View all thy efforts, Oh ! my country, vain, 
 Whilst dire terrific years spun out their course^ 
 Behold thy friends enslav'd ; and, like the snare 
 The wily fowler lays, gall'd Europe's chains 
 Yet tighter drawn by struggling to be free. 
 Behold the " Serpent " darting on his prey ; 
 Not with the swiftness of the venOm'd race. 
 But with the superadded speed of wings. 
 Resistless " flying with a flame of fire." 
 How did those very years, with rapid stride. 
 Advance the progress of the mighty foe ! 
 But view this " Sampson, of his flowing hair 
 Despoil'd, at once become like other men!" 
 
 Hast thou not heard the herald's voice pro- 
 claim, 
 ** That nations shall not whet the vengeful blade, 
 Nor learn again the direful art of war ?"* 
 In full reliance on the sacred word. 
 The muse retains, with firm unshaken faith. 
 One consolation in distressing scenes ; 
 One animating, soul-sustaining hope ; 
 That luii'ersal JLocc, the glorious test 
 
 * Isaiah, 2, 4. tS^c.
 
 OF BRITAIN* 17 
 
 Of gospel times, its sacred influence spreads, 
 " Diffusing like the precious ointment pour'd 
 On Aaron's head*"; and will triumphant provCj 
 Unitino- all who claim the name of Christ. 
 O, halcyon days! we hail your bless'd ap- 
 proach : 
 For since tlie deepest gloom of night precedes 
 The cheering twilight of returning morn; 
 The horrid universal din of arms. 
 The sounds of dying groans in fields of blood 
 Of deepest hue, may be the liarbinger 
 Of times predicted by angelic choirs. 
 Who sung the joyful anthem : " Peace on 
 Earth." 
 
 Ilail Albion's Isle! ye powers of Albion hail! 
 As rigiiteous deeds exalt a nation's fame ; 
 So will they, in the sight of Heav'n, ensure 
 A portion of that favour wliich excels 
 Tiie grateful tribute of a nation's praise. 
 The low'ring clouds wi(h awful tempests 
 charg'd, 
 
 * Ptalin cxxxiii. 8.
 
 18 THE POWER'^ 
 
 Have often hung upon thy mountain's broTT> 
 
 And threaten'd ruin to thy fertile vales. 
 
 Has not an arm Omnipotent, unseen. 
 
 As often scatter'd darkness, and exchang'd 
 
 Thy fears for joy, suspending threaiien^d wrath t 
 
 Canst thou, my country, with uplifted hand 
 
 And prostrate heart, make thy appeal to God, 
 
 And state a claim to such beneficence ! 
 
 Yet may his goodness spare, and try thee more; 
 
 " Because in thee some traits of good are found."* 
 
 No doubt but easing Afric's sable sons. 
 
 Of rapine's dreadful yoke, (a noble deed,) 
 
 Has prov'd like hallow'd incense in his sight* 
 
 The sanction giv'n to thy gen'rous sons, 
 
 To heal with wine and oil the wounds of war,^ 
 
 Denotes advancement in the christian race, 
 
 Fulfils one precept in the gospel code. 
 
 Of " heaping coals of fire, by works of love."-|' 
 
 A refuge hast thou prov'd to all distressed : 
 Thy tender heart is mercy unrestrained ; 
 
 * 2 Chronklei, 19, 3. f Romani, 12, SO.
 
 OF BRITAIN* 19 
 
 Thy friemls have sought relief upon thy 
 
 breast ; 
 And thou, in wonted kindness, hast embrac'd. 
 Thy very foes, have cast away the steel, 
 Which, just1before,drew purple from thy veins; 
 And, craving pity, ask'd it not in vain. 
 By force of arms they could not win thy 
 
 shores ; 
 But their distress assaiPd thy manly heart, 
 With weapons stronger than the bolls of war. 
 Their conlidence in trouble sounds thy praise ; 
 While thou hast taught the world, the wan- 
 
 d'rer's faith 
 Plac'd in Britannia's sons, Is safely plac'd : 
 Thy gen'rous bosom glow'd with kind relief, 
 And haird each iiostile suppliant as a friend. 
 
 Hark! how the gladdening gospel tidings 
 sound ; 
 In every clime proclaim'd, at thy command ; 
 Without distinction of thy friends or foes ! 
 With one consent the sacred scroll is spread ; 
 With one consent, for Marsh assistance yields, 
 
 ij 2
 
 20 THE POWERS 
 
 Although oppos'd his futile works hav^ 
 
 seem'd ; 
 Such are the ways inscrutable of Heav'n. 
 Sure these are tokens that the Prince of 
 
 Peace, 
 Views with auspicious eye the bleeding world ; 
 And is preparing, in the hearts of men, 
 A place of regal empire ! Deeds of love 
 Have rais'd thee more than those of martial 
 
 fame 5 
 Though these are what the world calls splendid 
 
 deeds. 
 And who will venture to deny they are ? 
 If glory can be due to wreaking swords. 
 So highly tainted with thy brother's blood ; 
 For whom, as for thyself, thy Saviour died! 
 
 Ah! surely Britain, for some gracious end ; 
 Some nobler purposes than ruthless war, 
 The balances of power, in gospel times 
 Replete with wonders of redeeming love, 
 Are hung suspended from thy gen'rous arm, 
 By Him who rules the kingdoms of the world. 
 Permit the muse to bring before thy view,
 
 OF BRITAIN. 21 
 
 The yet remaining wrongs of sable sons ; 
 Thy sons in right, or by adoption thine ; 
 Who, wrench'd from Afric's clime, their nativ 
 
 soil. 
 Are forccdfcby transplantation to thy own. 
 
 When Israel's prophet warn'd her impious 
 
 king. 
 To flee for shelter from th' impending storm. 
 The cloud perceiv'd, was only " like a 
 
 hand."* 
 Needs there a prophet's or a poet's eye. 
 To see tlie cloud of wrongs accusing thee, 
 And hovering o'er thy distant W estern Isles ; 
 By daily crimes, accumulating wrath ? 
 Or can the sacred tire of justice cease. 
 Of origin divine, thy heart to warm ? 
 O ! may " the Sun of Higiiteousness arise ^''-f* 
 His bright effulgence spread o'er Albia's sons. 
 Illuming with the beams of gospel light. 
 May they behold, in full perspective drawn, 
 Tlie scenes of woe, of scourges oft applied 
 
 * I Kings, 18, 443 f ^'al. 4, t. 
 
 B 3
 
 22 THE POWERS 
 
 To limbs enfeebled by the lust of gain ; 
 Of slaves hard toiling, where domestic love 
 Chased from the sable group, indignant spurns 
 At crimes, which Christians teach the negro 
 
 race. 
 Stand not aloof to anguish and distress ; 
 Nor, like the Priest and Levitc, pass them by ; 
 But let thy mercy rise triumphant now. 
 To plead their cause with soft, resistless voice. 
 May thus well-timed repentance and unfeigned j> 
 By works united, meet for thy misdeeds. 
 Avert the danger of the gathering storm ! 
 
 No rude chaotic rage ; no dreadful shock 
 Of dire convulsion ; nothing to inllamc 
 The hearts of even traffickers in men. 
 Is needful to effect the righteous deed : 
 Emancipation from the galling yoke. 
 By lenient plans, conducive to Ihcir wealth. 
 Who hold in servile bonds their fellow men, 
 Teach that self-interest, and her sordid train. 
 Are often, like inconstant fortune, blind ; 
 And often seek, by false, contracted schemes. 
 To gain the prizes which ilJude their grasp ;
 
 OF BRITAIN. 2S 
 
 Illude, because tiie greedy plans pursued. 
 Frustrate the purpose of the selfish mind. 
 
 Pre|>are by gradual, yet effectual means. 
 With tenderness applied, thy sable sons 
 To feel themselves like men ; and then redeem, 
 From tliraldom, and oppression's iron chaii). 
 By their own labour, their own barter'd blood : 
 Before " thy labourer's hire, by fraud kept 
 
 back. 
 With cries too piercing to resist the claim. 
 The ears shall enter of Sabaoth's Lord*." 
 
 Hail, Albion's isle! ye powers of Albion hail! 
 With one accord incline a pitying ear; 
 Exert your cflbrts in a le<al view, 
 Combin'd with those wliich social bonds induce. 
 Join hand in hand, that this imperial realm. 
 By one grand effort more, may raise its fame 
 Through righteousness to more exalted praise: 
 The praise of God transcending that of men, 
 
 Jam. 5. 4.
 
 24 THE POWERS 
 
 Whilst politicians, oft, their plans dictate. 
 And party-men assume a hostile air ; 
 While parisites are lavish of their praise. 
 The muse, though fervent in the glorious cause. 
 Yet steers the middle course : " For conscience' 
 
 sake,* 
 Respectfully obeys the powers that be ;" 
 And humbly craves of " Ilim who turns the 
 
 heart 
 Of rulers at his will, like purling streams,''f 
 That they may prove themselves " ordained of 
 
 God."+ 
 
 Thy potent foe, the scourge of Europe's sons. 
 Who rul'd the nations with his iron sway. 
 Most dreadfully convey'd, in sad disguise. 
 What time and peace to blessings may con^ ert, 
 Be yours, ye sons of Albion's favour'd isle. 
 The far more pleasing office to console ; 
 To imitate the good Samaritan ; 
 And bind and heal the wounds, the sword has 
 made. 
 
 * Rom. 13. 5, I. + Tjov. 91. 1. J Roin. 13,1.
 
 OP BRITAIN. (25 
 
 81iould smiling peace present her olive wand; 
 With gratitude accept the proffer'd boon : 
 Be not severe, thou generous Nation ; no ! 
 Ask not the utmost, which thy rights can claim. 
 From nations long oppress'd. With liberal 
 
 hand, 
 Thy wonted, liberal, distributive hand. 
 Thy kindness deal.^ Demand not for thyself, 
 A compensation for thy anxious toils, 
 Beyond wliat thy allies or foes can bear. 
 
 Inquire of ages that have roll'd their course. 
 And bought experience at the dearest rate; 
 If one can vie with this in which we live. 
 The MADNKSS of AMKiTiON to display! 
 Behold, Britannia, what effects result 
 From liard compulsion to endure a yoke! 
 Be thou incited mildly to retain. 
 By force of friendship ; not by force of arms ; 
 That ])ower with empires whicli thy gen'rou* 
 
 deeds, 
 Constrain them, freely, to pronounce thy due.
 
 ^ TE POWERS 
 
 Inquire of ages which have run their course^ 
 Since Ileav'n was pleas'd by heralds to proclaim, 
 That " Peace on earth," should be the gospel 
 
 theme, 
 If e'^er all nations that believe in Ilim^ 
 Who, like an infant, then on earth appear'd, 
 At mice had cause with bitterness to sigh, 
 For thousands and ten thousands dead in fight ! 
 And may we not with confidence inquire 
 What age can with this gospel day compare 
 Evuicing all the Christian world conjoiu'd 
 With heathens in such universal joy. 
 To search the records of consummate love? 
 
 Tlien, since chaotic matter first obey'd 
 Th^ Almighty Fiat of creative power, 
 fa any epoch, have events combin'd, 
 Prcxpitious for the nations to unfurl 
 The glorious standard of " thePuixcE of Peace," 
 JLifke that for which we look with lonsino: eve ; 
 With animating hope ? When all the powers 
 Contending now, shall sheath the blunted sword! 
 W hat could secure the earth from future war 
 Scr fully as a mutual compact made.
 
 9i 
 
 OF BRITAIN. 2T 
 
 TiiE Basis of the Peace, that future wrong* 
 Of realm and realm should (inally be judged. 
 As those between the subjects of one king ? 
 
 Each nation might depute a sovereign Judge 
 Replete with powers to hear the mighty cause, 
 Thus by such wise and legal rules defined, 
 As were adapted to contending kings ; 
 A 11 nations by their peers might then be judged ;s 
 Their cause decided by no other sword 
 Than Justice bears, th' ensignia to denote, 
 |Ier balances of right are held with power, 
 
 In this imperfect age of Christian love. 
 If justice should not bear imperious swa}'. 
 And her decrees for ever banish IVat' ; 
 Yet Ileav'n's approving and propitious smilo 
 Would crown her efforts ; and His holy arm 
 Her sword would guide to strike the fatal blow, 
 Which must that cruel monster prostrate lay; 
 And stop his course, if not at once destroy. 
 Thus Justice would arrest tlie direful scourge, 
 The dread companion of tlie warrior's boast, 
 Whose scorpion stings would else annoy mankind.
 
 28 THE POWERS OF BRITAIN. 
 
 Fair Albion, hail ! and all ye powers who rule 
 These favour'd isles, this great imperial realm! 
 Treat not as mere chimera wh^t the muse. 
 With humble fervour, casts before your view. 
 Deliberate. And may the God of Peace 
 Direct your councils to exalt his cause. 
 
 And what could equally extol thy fame. 
 My country, highly honour'd and belov'd ; 
 Now, at the moment when thy gallant sons. 
 Victorious ride upon the rolling wave. 
 And wrest the well contested palm on laftd ; 
 As to evince with fervency thy zeal. 
 And bow submissive to the gospel yoke ; 
 Thus for the nations twine an olive wreath ; 
 Whilst by the Christian act, thou wouldst 
 
 proclaim 
 Thyself the champion of the Iving of Kings ; 
 And crown thy noblest acts, with nobler far r 
 One bold advance to UNIVERSAL PEACE. 
 
 frtf-ISI#^'j4
 
 SJiould the Reader with to recur to events noticed in fAe preceding fines, 
 they may be more clearly revived in ki$ recollection by the fai- 
 Itwing 
 
 a page 9. During the last rebellion in Ireland, a 
 French General of acknowledged skill, having under 
 his command 25,000 well disciplined troops, rode ia 
 Bantry Bay for several days ; and his landing was 
 opposed solely by the hostile elements. 
 
 b page 10. The fleet einployed in the expedition 
 against Egypt, sailed twice with a fair wind, and was 
 twice driven into port again, with some damage. The 
 third attempt was permitted to succeed. 
 
 c page 10. Bonaparte, in repeated assaults on Acre, 
 was repulsed with dreadful slaughter by Sir Sidney 
 Smith, at the head of a few British troops, assisted 
 by the Turks. The French General, however, got on 
 board a frigate, sailed for France ; and soon after his 
 arrival, had suflicient influence to obtain the dignity of 
 fust Gunsul ; and thus laid the foundation of that ambi- 
 tion and ])ower, by which he subjected most of tb 
 nations of Europe,
 
 50 NOTES. 
 
 d page 11. Lord Nelson made an unsuccessful attack 
 n Boulogne, before the short peace of 1802. 
 
 e page 12. The British fleet whilst blockading the 
 flotilla designed for the invasion of this country, Avas 
 driven off" the French coast, dispersed, and obliged to 
 belter in various ports. 
 
 f page 18. During the Continental Avar, pecuniary 
 assistance was transmitted from Great Britain, with the 
 allowance of Government, to relieve the peaceable inha- 
 bitants from distresses, occasioned when their country- 
 men were in a state of hostility against this nation. - 
 And to the honour of Bonaparte it should also be stated 
 that he did not prevent the relief being extended. 
 
 g page 27. The author does not pretend to origin- 
 ality in these ideas ; but trusts the sentiments of various 
 writers of eminence, will be found coincident with the 
 positions here advanced. 
 
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