2.3THOUGHTSONTHEPRESENTSTATEOFAMERIAFFAIRS

    InthefollowingpagesIoffernothingmorethansimplefacts,plainarguments,andonsense;andhavenootherPrelimiosettlewiththereader,thanthathewilldivesthimselfofprejudidprepossession,andsufferhisreasonandhisfeelingstodetermihemselves;thathewillputON,orratherthathewillnotputOFFthetruecharaan,andgenerouslyenlargehisviewsbeyondthepresentday.

    VolumeshavebeenwrittenonthesubjectofthestrugglebetweenEnglandandAmerica.Menofallrankshaveembarkediroversy,fromdifferentmotives,andwithvariousdesigns;butallhavebeeniual,andtheperiodofdebateisclosed.Arms,asthelastresource,decidethistest;theappealwasthechoiceoftheking,aihathacceptedthechallenge.

    IthathbeeedofthelateMr.Pelham(whothoanableministerwasnotwithouthisfaults)thatonhisbeingattackedinthehouseofons,onthescore,thathismeasureswereonlyofatemporarykind,replied"THEYWILLLASTMYTIME."Shouldathoughtsofatalandunmanlypossesstheiesinthepresenttest,thenameofaorswillberememberedbyfuturegeionswithdetestation.

    Thesunnevershinedonacauseofgreaterworth.Tisnottheaffairofacity,aty,aprovince,orakingdom,butofati-ofatleastohpartofthehabitableglobe.

    Tisnottheofaday,ayear,e;posterityarevirtuallyinvolvediest,andwillbemoreorlessaffected,eventotheendoftime,bytheproceedingsnow.

    Nowistheseed-timeoftialunion,faithandhonour.

    Theleastfracturenowwillbelikeanameengravedwiththepointofapinoenderrindofayoungoak;thewoundwillenlargewiththetree,andposterityreaditinfullgr