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te-each other, and to our country- 
men, in the most sacred manner, 
that we will employ all our exertions 
to rouse the spirit, and to assist the 
resources, of the kingdom—that we 
will be ready with our services of 
every sort, and on every occasion, 
in its defence—and that we will ra- 
ther perish together, than live to see 
the honour of the British name tar- 
nished, or that noble inheritance of 
greatness, glory, and liberty de- 
stroyed, which has descended to us 
from our forefathers, and which we 
_are. determined to transmit to our 
posterity.” 
The motion having been mostably 
seconded by Kdward Forster, esq. 
the declaration was agreed to with- 
out a dissentient voice. 
» “ God save the king,” and ¢ rule 
Britannia,” were called for ; and the 
whole assembly having given thrice 
three cheers, the meeting dissolved. 
Such an expression of zeal, Icyalty, 
and patriotism, as was exhibited in 
the whole conduct of the meeting, 
was, perhaps, never paralleled at 
the most glorious era of the histories 
of Greece or Rome, or any other 
nation under the canopy of heaven. 
. 27th. The inhabitants of Lam- 
beth, among other sensible and spi- 
rited resolutions, this day declared, 
“¢ That it appears to this meeting, 
the first consul of France, having 
enslaved the people whom he under- 
took to set free, and. plundered and 
subjugated all orders of the inhabi- 
tants, rich and poor, of Holland, 
Switzerland, and Italy, under the 
most solemn assurances of fraternity 
and friendship, is now determined 
on the invasion of this united king- 
dom, and is making the most formi- 
dable preparations for that purpose. 
That, although: this meeting agrees 
with Bonaparte himself, that thesuc- 
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cess of such an undertaking is highly 
improbable, and that he must sacri- 
fice army after army if he perseveres 
in the attempt ; yet the threat hav- 
ing been denounced, nothing can 
sustain the honour of our country, 
but the most energetic and universal 
exertion. It is not enough for our 
reputation that his success should be 
improbable—it ought, by the num- 
bers and gallantry of our volunteers, 
under the blessing of Divine Provi- 
dence, to be rendered impossible. 
By sucha conduct only can this na- 
tion continue to enjoy tranquillity, 
and have a disposeable force in the 
hands of government for offensive 
operations ; and share the glory of 
avenging the wrongs of Europe 
against the destroyer of its liberty, 
its happiness, and its honour. That 
this meeting, in thus calling upon its 
fellow-citizens to arm, hope they 
shall be excused for reminding them, 
they are invited to come forward in 
defence of the happiest and wisest 
constitution ever known to the world 
—in defence of a sovereign, who, 
for a period of more than forty 
years, has shewn himself to be the 
father of all those who have the hap- 
piness to live under the British go- . 
vernment. Indefending objects thus 
sacred and dear, we deplore that our 
country is called upon to encounter 
a people with whom England wishes 
to live in amity; but who, unhap- 
pily for themselves and the civilized 
world, have submitted to the degra- 
dation of being made subservient to 
the aggrandisement and ambition of 
one man—an obscure Corsican, who 
began his»murderous career with 
turning his artillery upon the citizens 
of Paris—who boasted, in his public 
letter from Pavia, to have shot the 
whole municipality—who put the 
helpless, innocent, and unoffending’ 
inhabitants 
