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 reproach, which have lately prevailed, are peculiar to this.

infallible characteritic of meannes is cruelty. This is the only faction that has houted at the condemnation of a criminal, and that, when his innocence procured his pardon, has clamoured for his blood.

other parties, however enraged at each other, have agreed to treat the throne with decency; but thee low-born railers have attacked not only the authority, but the character of their Sovereign, and have endeavoured, urely without effect, to alienate the affections of the people from the only king, who, for almot a century, has much appeared to deire, or much endeavoured to deerve them. They have inulted him with rudenes and with menaces, which were never excited by the gloomy ullennes of William, even when half the nation