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." slavery ! Well, Mr. Cobbett, I confess, that 

 " I was always for king George, during our 

 " Revolutionary war ; but, I believe, all was 

 "for the best; for, if I had had my wishes, he 

 " might have treated us as he now treats the 

 " people of England." " He /" said I. " ft is 

 " not he; he, poor man, does nothing to the 

 " people, and never has done any thing to the 

 " people. He has no power more than you 

 ," have. None of his family have any. All 

 " put together, they have not a thousandth part 

 " so much as I have; for I am able, though 

 " here, to annoy our tyrants, to make them 

 " less easy than they would be; but, these 

 " tyrants care no more for the Royal Family 

 ." than they do for so many posts or logs of 

 *' wood." And then I explained to him who 

 and what the Boroughmongers were, and how 

 they oppressed us and the king too. I told 

 him how they disposed of the Church livings, 

 and, in short, explained to him all their arts 

 and all their cruelties. He was exceedingly 

 shocked ; but was glad, at any rate to know 

 the truth. 



430. When I was, last winter, in the neigh 

 bourhood of Harrisburgh in Pennsylvania, I 

 saw some hop-planters. They grow prodigious 

 quantities of hops. They are obliged to put 

 their hills so wide a part, that they can have 



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