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that, confequently, thofe great aSs (faid to 

 be) of patriotifm had never been known. 



It has been fald that — " were there no 

 uniform there would be no foldiers." However 

 much this may be doubted, it will, perhaps, 

 be lefs difputed, that if no perfonal honor 

 or fame were to attach to thofe great deeds, 

 which are faid to arife from patriotifm, few 

 would die from an abftrad: love of country. 



There is a happy fomething in our na- 

 ture w^hich leads all men to extol honorable 

 and virtuous adions, and to deprecate fuch 

 as are corrupt and vicious: however de- 

 praved himfelf, there is a certain upright con- 

 dud vv^hich, in others, even the moft diffolute 

 does and mufl: approve ! Every one, my 

 friend, v/ill efteem the condud of the republi- 

 can fecretary, which has led me to fatigue 

 you with thefe remarks. Alas ! that every 

 one would learn to imitate it ! Then might 

 thefe dire political contePcs ceafe ; and then 

 WT-ere it unimportant to Europe and the world 

 w^hether France fliall, finally, fucceed in efta- 

 blifliing a republican government, or grow 

 weary of blood-fiained fadion and revert 

 to a monarchy ! 



