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 drama. The heroes of Boton he tells us, if the tamp act had not been repealed, would have left their town, their port, and their trade, have reigned the plendour of opulence, and quitted the delights of neighbourhood, to dipere themelves over the country, where they would till the ground, and fih in the rivers, and range the mountains,.

urely are brave words. If the mere ound of freedom can operate thus powerfully, let no man hereafter doubt the tory of the Pied Piper. The removal of the people of Boton into the country, eems even to the congres not only difficult in its execution, but important in its conequences. The difficulty of execution is bet known to the Botonians themelves; the conequence, alas! will only be, that they will leave good houes to wier men.