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 the ubverion of order, and lets wickednes looe upon the land, by detroying the reverence due to overeign authority.

is the quality of Patriotim to be jealous and watchful, to oberve all ecret machinations, and to ee public dangers at a ditance. The true Lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears and to ound the alarm, whenever he perceives the approach of michief. But he ounds no alarm, when there is no enemy: he never terrifies his countrymen till he is terrified himelf. The patriotim therefore may be jutly doubted of him, who profees to be diturbed by incredibilities; who tells, that the lat peace was obtained by bribing the Princes of Wales; that the King is graping at arbitrary power; and that becaue the French in the new conquets enjoy their own laws, there is a deign at court of abolihing in England the trial by juries.