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 and are vehement and clamorous, only that they may be ooner hired to be ilent.

ometimes tarts up a Patriot, only by dieminating dicontent and propagating reports of ecret influence, of dangerous counels, of violated rights, and encroaching uurpation.

practice is no certain note of Patriotim. To intigate the populace with rage beyond the provocation, is to upend public happines, if not to detroy it. He is no lover of his country, that unnecearily diturbs its peace. Few errors, and few faults of government can jutify an appeal to the rabble; who ought not to judge of what they cannot undertand, and whoe opinions are not propagated by reaon, but caught by contagion.

fallaciounes of this note of patriotim is particularly apparent, when the clamour