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fondest predilection^ for the anxieties and toils of political 

 elevation. How was he honored in the midft of the peo- 

 e, in coming forth from the Ihades of his retirement. 

 " He was as the morning ftar in the midft of a cloud ; 

 ^' and as the moon at the full ; as the sun^ fhining upon 

 ^' the temple of the most high; and as the rainbow, 

 " giving light in the bright cloud 



, The duties of an employment, which is accepted 



with relu6lance, are frequently difcharged with fymp- 

 toms of wearinefs or difguft : but he engaged in the 

 multiplied labours of his new and arduous flatlon, as if 

 it were the fond objed of his choice j and though en- 

 joying a weight of charaaer, which would peculiarly fa- 

 cilitate his meafures, yet he difcovered a laudable folici- 

 tude, that they fhould pofTefs an intrinsic propriety, and 

 conduded liimfelf with as much caution and circum- 

 fpedion, as if he were for the firft time a candidate 



for public favour; 



The interefting obje£^s of his care, and their dire(^ 

 and intimate connexion with the folid intereft and perman- 

 ent welfare of his country were indeed congenial to the 

 beft wilhesof his heart, and fitted to relieve the una- 

 voidable folicitudes of his ftation. To regard with com- 

 prehenfive and equal eye the great affemblage of com- 

 munities andinterefts over which he prefided : to fet- 

 tle pure and folid foundations of national policy, con- 

 fident with the eternal rules of order and right which 

 Heaven has ordained: to eftablifh public credit: to 



mutual confidence: to introduce with the 



tribes m tite frontiers, a fyftem, correfponding with 



*^Ecclesiast;cus 



