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 meetings. By such wicked and imprudent measures was Rome destroyed.

"Whilst virtuous and united, she was invulnerable; but "a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand," and in the general decay, all share the common ruin: There can be no discrimination; for who shall say to a misguided tumultuous people, Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther." Alas! a turbulent spirit, once raised, it is difficult to subdue; and measures never once intended, are often times pursued to the confusion and ruin of its first projectors.