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 les does he make a vague and indefinite promie of obeying the mandates of his contituents. He knows the prejudices of faction, and the incontancy of the multitude. He would firt inquire, how the opinion of his contituents hall be taken. Popular intructions are commonly the work, not of the wie and teady, but the violent and rah; meetings held for directing repreentatives are eldom attended but by the idle and the diolute; and he is not without upicion, that of his contituents, as of other numbers of men, the maller part may often be the wier.

confiders himelf as deputed to promote the publick good, and to preerve his contituents, with the ret of his countrymen, not only from being hurt by others, but from hurting themelves.

common marks of patriotim having been examined, and hewn to be uch as