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Rh sturdy, honest fellows amongst them. Our humans (as Jonathan says) are in fact as respectable as most towns can pretend to, for the two clergymen of one of our churches are active as well as good; and we have a considerable body of Wesleyan Methodists, 'staunch men and true;' and our wealthier tradesmen are Tories to a man; but these are the sacred few, when compared to the many pot-walloppers of Keenborough; and, like the orator of old, we must look to action, i. e., investigation of circumstances, and attention to persons, for our success. I have secured boys enow to hurrah for the ribbon of green, and I think we can raise a song or two in praise of the green member, and the green ocean." "Green member! surely, Mr. Wigram, you will not assign such a sobriquet to me? I would rather return to town within the hour." "I see, I see! 'twas a vile phrase, and must be avoided; but what can be done? our opponents are blue, and have been since the Revolution. If we had been pink, you might be laughed at as a blushing boy; if purple, pointed out as a votary of Bacchus; and orange denotes ultra opinions, to which you object: the fact is, Mr. Glentworth, a