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 deluded were to the men of Ireland as burning sulphur beneath their nostrils.

33. And it came to pass that Robert, whose name is called the Disunionist, was in the midst of the assembly, and he bethought him, that it would be well to speak to all the people the praises which John the conjuror had sounded to Convention.

34. So he uplifted his voice; and when he had spoken the word, and the people saw that he was the Disunionist, they refused to hearken unto him, and they thrust him under their feet, and with one accord they departed, every man to his own home.

35. And about that same time there also came tidings of a great Revolution in the Kingdom called France; and the men of France who dwelt in the city, assembled together to make rejoicings.

36. And James the deluded was also in the midst of them, seeking to draw followers after him; and he said unto the men of France that he was their kinsman, for he had another "Grandmother" who had come of their nation.

37. But the men of France were wise, and they saw through the arts of James the deluded, and they passed him by in silence, and they joined themselves to the host of "State Rights and the Union."

38. So James, who is called the deluded, was discomfited on every side, and his soul was disheartened, and he now saw the error of his ways, but he would not yet repent.

39. Now when the letters which had been sent forth by James the Deluded, at the 'Supper of Disappointment,' had reached Columbia, it came to pass that all his friends who dwelt in that city, were greatly enraged against the men of Charleston.

40. And they called the men of Charleston "Recreants and Yankees, and men of Clay," and they gathered together all the followers of John the conjuror, and of James the deluded, and of Robert the Nullifier, at the city called Columbia.

41. And they took counsel together what they should do, to save James the deluded and Robert the Nullifier, and their followers, who dwelt in Charleston, from utter discomfiture.

42. And they sounded forth praises to Convention, even as John the conjuror had counselled, and they set it up as a "Sovereign Remedy" for all the evils under which they said the people groaned.

43. And they cried aloud against the tariff and against the other statutes of the realm, and they "put off their allegiance" to Andrew the King, and they denounced the men of Charleston, and all the adversaries of Convention.

44. And they summoned up a great army from all the country round about, and a great multitude came up, even two thousand men.

45. And in the midst of the friends of James the deluded, and of John, the conjuror, and of Robert, the Nullifier, stood a certain man named Thomas; and he was the wise man to whose care was entrusted the youth of the realm, and he was at the head of what is called  'The College.' 

46. Now Thomas, from his youth upwards, had been a lover of discord and a formenter of strife, and his heart took delight in scoffings and slanders, and some called him  'Thersites.' 

47. And dissentions and controversies were his study by day, and