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 country, make no secret of their intentions. Whenever they have meditated the ruin of a country and the destruction of its government, they have previously declared it. They announced their march to Holland, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany. Their policy is to terrify governments with threats, and to prepare be- forehand the disaffected of every country for a change. They have already experienced the effect which may be produced by this exaggerated representation of their power; and they have seen more than one example of the dismay, which menaces apparently extravagant have struck into their opponents, while in the same proportion the exertions of their soldiers have been in- creased by the opinion which has been inculcated into them, that nothing can resist their armies.

The General who conquered Italy is named to command the Army of England, and has accepted the trust

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