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bodies. Halting a little short of this de 

 gree of self-devotion, we at least solemnly 

 vow that this outrage shall be endured 

 only when all legal preventives shall have 

 failed. 



What a farce it is to call a country &quot; civ 

 ilized,&quot; in which such questions are liable 

 from day to day to be presented, to chal- 

 k nge the firmness and public spirit, and to 

 consume the time and strength of the intel 

 ligent citizen ! Such a proposition should 

 answer itself as promptly and conclusively as 

 a similar proposition is answered in the old 

 nursery rhyme : 



Said Aaron to Moses, 



Let s cut off our noses. 



Said Moses to Aaron, 



It s the fashion to wear em. 



I hope that we are gradually learning, at 

 least some of us, &quot; that a man s life con- 

 sisteth not in the abundance of the things 

 which he possesseth,&quot; nor in the viands 

 which appear upon his table, nor in the 

 garments that he wears, though all these 

 things may in subordination contribute to it ; 

 and that the glory and merit of a village 

 no more consist in the number of its inhab 

 itants irrespective of their kind, in the 



