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 ¬Armata in no respect behind her, except in the state of your finances. — I have not, indeed, been able to trace the smallest defect in any of your institutions, nor in the condition of any of your concerns, that does not come manifestly home to your revenue, which corrupts your government whilst it depresses your people. ¬" Your energies are still happily undiminished, your industry is unabated, your courage unsub- dued, your morals uncorrupted ; but you have the same sacrifices, for a season at least, to sub- mit to, as an individual may have to make, though with the highest qualifications, if his expenses have gone beyond his estate; and un- less you now guard with skill and firmness this heel of the Achilles, the result must be fatal. ¬" Remember always the noble eminence you stand on, and that no other nation is quali- fied to take your place. In the name of God, then, let this awful but animating consi- deration inspire yon— Be firm in your resolves — ¬Be ¬