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over his People by love, his People over the reft 

 of Europe by manners, Europe over the reft of 

 the Globe by power. Nothing prevents his doing 

 good when he pleafes. It is in his power, not- 

 withftanding the venality of employments, to 

 humble haughty vice, and to exalt lowly virtue. 

 It is, farther, in his power, to defcend toward his 

 fubjedls, or to bid them rife toward him. Many 

 Kings have repented that they had placed their 

 confidence in treafures, in allies, in corps, and in 

 grandees ; but no one that he had trufted in his 

 People, and in God. Thus reigned the popular 

 Charles V. and the St. Lonifes. Thus you ftiall one 

 day have reigned, O Louis XVI ! You have, from 

 your very firft advances to the throne, given laws 

 for the re-eftablifliment of manners ; and, what 

 was ftill more difficult, you have exhibited the 

 example, in the midft of a French Court. You 



blafted the profpcifts of his Family. Here was one of the fearful 

 re-aélions of a righteous Providence. 



The naufeous elogium pronounced on the charms and fenfihility 

 of his augiiji Confort^ is fliU more intolerable. It is notorious to 

 all Europe, that thelewdnefs, the pride, the prodigality, the am- 

 bition, the refentments, of that bad woman, filled up the meafure 

 of moral depravity among the higher orders in France, embroiled 

 the two hemifpheres of the Globe in the horrors of war ; and 

 ruined her Country, ruined her Hufband, ruined Herfelf, ruined 

 her Pofterity. Another of the re-aélions of a righteous Pro- 

 vidence ! H. H. 



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