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events which will at once demand their patience 

 and rouse their indignation." 



I have frequently been struck with the strata- 

 gems adopted by drovers, to drive their cattle to 

 market, by dividing them into separate herds, to 

 manage them completely. In like manner, the 

 people are led by the divisions created by ambi- 

 tious and unprincipled men, for the purposes of 

 self-aggrandizement. Although these excitements 

 have recoiled upon the agitators, and will unques- 

 tionably seal their political ruin, yet they are 

 calculated to work great injury. The most 

 diminutive insect may annoy the mightiest ele- 

 phaut, and the continual harrassments of politi- 

 casters may sometimes affect the plans of the 

 wises statesmen. A combination of smatterers in 

 literature, of sciolists in knowlege, of pretenders 

 to public spirit, and of all that is little and con- 

 temptible, against all that is great and respectable 

 can never prevail in an enlightened and patriotic 

 Gountry. 



