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x ; but men of all parties are equally men, compoed of the ame fleh and blood, and ubject to the ame frailties. Nature will ometimes rebel againt principle, when it is long and grievouly provoked by male-treatment and oppreion; as even the groet patrons of blind obedience and implicit ubmiion have frequently acknowledge'd by their actions, as well as their words.

It is the glory of Thoe in the preent adminitration, that they have conquer'd all oppoition, and ubdued the hearts of their enemies by the force of truth and the unblameable conduct of publick affairs, without having recoure to thoe mean artifices of deerting their Friends, and uborning the nation's known Enemies into their ervice. We now ee the publick buines going on, without any of thoe rubs and impediments, which ued to clog the proceedings, and embarras the deigns of men in power. Thoe perons who, ometimes ago, were loudet upon thee occaions, are now convinced of their error, and, by the meer force of Reaon, are obliged to alter their conduct, by joining chearfully, with our preent Patriots, in all chemes and meaures for the publick good. They ee the weaknes of their former arguments; the reaons of their late dicontent are quite vanihed, and the ubjects of popular clamour are laid aide. The neceary, yearly taxes, occaional deficiencies, and even that