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( 48 ) may justly be attached to such expressions of the National feeling, inasmuch as they tend to evince to the Members of the House of Commons that in the faithful and intrepid discharge of their duty they will be supported by the concurrent voice of the Nation against every attempt to deter them from it by contumely, or over-awe them by menaces.—But I know, and every one who reflects upon the disgraceful cry of Wilkes and Liberty will be convinced of the dangerous tendency of holding up an Idol, even though he may be (as in the present instance I believe he is) a worthy and deserving character, to the admiration and adulation of the Populace.

I have never yet known that the cause of Freedom, of Justice, or of Patriotism has profited even in a single instance by this alliance with a name. .

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