spirit | 7 it may cost, | 7 7 | I am | willing to know the whole truth; | 77 | 7 to | know the worst, | 77 and to provide for it. | 77 | 77 |

7 I have but | one | lamp, | 7 by which | my feet are guided; | 77 | 7 and | that | 7 is the | lamp of ex|perience. | 77 | 77 | 7 I know of no way of | judging of the future | 7 7 | but by the | past. | 77 | 777 And | judging by the past, | 7 I wish to | know | what there has been | 7 in the ❘ conduct of the | Brit| ish | ministry |7 for the | last | ten years, | 7 to | justify | 7 those hopes | 7 with which | gentlemen | 7 have been | pleased to solace them- | selves | 7 and the house? | 7 7 7 7 Is it that in- | sidious | smile | 7 with which our petition | 7 has been | lately re- | ceived? | 77 | | 77 Trust it not | 7 Sir; it will prove a | snare | 7 to your | feet. | 77 | 7 7 | Suffer not your- | selves | 7 to be be- | trayed | 7 with a | kiss. | 77 | 7 7 | Ask yourselves | how this gracious re- ception | 7 of our pe- | tition | 7 com- ports with those | war-like | prepa- | rations | 7 which cover our waters 7 and darken our | land. | 77 | 77 | 7 Are | fleets and | armies | necessary | 7 to a | work of love and reconciliation? | 77 |77| Have we shown ourselves | so un- | willing to be | reconciled, | 7 that force | 7 must be called | in | 7 to | win | back our | love? | 77 | 77 | Let us not | 7 de- | ceive ourselves, Sir. | 77 |77| These are the implements of | war | 7 and | subju- | gation ; | 7 7 | 7 the | last | arguments | 7 to which | kings re- | sort. | 77 | 7 I | ask |· gentlemen, | 7 Sir, | what | means this | martial ar- | ray, | 1 7 if its purpose | be not to ❘ force us to sub- | mission? | 77777 Can | gentlemen as- | sign | any | other | possible motive for it? | 77 | 77 | 7 Has | Great | Bri

tain any enemy | 7 in | this | quarter of the world, | 7
to call for all this ac- | cumu- | lation | 7 of | navies and |
armies? 777 7 | No Sir, | she has none. | 77 | 77 |
They are meant for | us:
for no other. | 77 | 7 7
bind and

777 they can be meant

They are | sent | over | 7 to | rivet upon us | those chains, | which the |

British | ministry | 7 have been | so long | forging. | 77 | 77 | And what | have we | 7 to op- | pose to them? |

7 7 7 7 | Shall we | try | argument? | 77 | 7 7 | Sir, | 7

we have been

years. | 7 7 | 7

7

| Have we | any thing | new 7 to offer 7 upon the subject? |77|77| Nothing. | 77 | 77| We have | held the subject | up | 7 in | every | light of which it is | capable; | 7 7 | but it has been all in vain. 7 7 7 7 | Shall we re- | sort to en- treaty | 7 and humble | suppli- | cation? | 7 7 7 7 | What | terms | 7 shall we | find | which | have not ¦ been al- | ready ex- | hausted? | 77 | 7 7 | Let us not | 7 I be- | seech you, Sir, | 7 de- | ceive ourselves | longer. | 77 7 7 Sir, 7 we have done every thing | 7 that | could be done, 7 to a- | vert the storm | 7 which is | | now coming on. |77|77| We have pe- | titioned, 77 | we have re- | monstrated, | 7 7 | we have supplicated, | 7 7 | we have | prostrated ourselves | 7 be- | fore the | throne, | 7 7 | and have im- | plored | its | interpo- | sition | 7 to ar- rest the ty- | rannical | hands | 7 of the | ministry | 7 and | parliament. | 77 | 77 | 7 Our pe- | titions 7 have been slighted; | 77 | 7 our re-monstrances | 7 have pro- | duced ad- | ditional | violence, | 7 and insult; | 77 | 7 our suppli- cations | 7 have been | disre- | garded; | 7 7 | 7 and | we have been | spurned, | 7 with con- tempt, 7 from the | foot of the throne.

peace | 7 and | recon

7 7 7 7 7 In vain, | 7 after these things, 7 | may we in- dulge the | fond | hope of ciliation. | 77 | 7 7 | There is no | longer | any | room for | hope. | 7 7 7 7 | If we | wish to be | free, | 77 | if we mean to pre- | serve in- | violate | those in| estimable | privileges | 7 for | which we have been | so long con- tending, | 7 7 | if we | mean not | basely to abandon | 7 the | noble | struggle | 7 in | which we have been so | long en- | gaged, | 7 and | which we have pledged ourselves | never to a- | bandon, | 77 | until the glorious | object | 7 of our | contest | shall be ob- | tained, | 77 |We must | fight; | 77 | 7 7 | I repeat it, Sir, 7 we | must 7 | fight! | 77 | 77 | 7 An ap- | peal to arms, and to the | God of | Hosts, | 7 is | all | 7 that is | left us! | 77 | 77 |

7 They tell us, | Sir, 7 | that we are | weak, | 7 un

| able to cope with so | formidable an | adversary. | 7 7 | 77 | 7 But when shall we be | stronger? | 77 | 77 | Will it be the next | week, ❘ 7 or the 7 7 7 7 Will it be when we are | |

armed, | 7 and when a | British | guard

next | year? |

totally dis- |

| 7 shall be

stationed in every | house? | 77 | 77 | 7 Shall we | gather strength | 7 by | irreso- | lution, | 7 and in- | action? | 77 | 77 | 7 Shall we ac- | quire the means of ef- fectual resistance, | 7 by | lying su1 | pinely | 7 on our | backs, | 7 and | hugging the de- | lusive | phantom of hope, 7 un- | til our | enemies | 7 shall have | bound us | hand and | foot? | 77 | 7 7 | Sir, 77 we are not | weak, | 7 if we | make a proper | use of| those means | 7 which the God of | nature | 7 hath | placed in our power. | 77 | 77 | Three | millions of people, | 77 | armed in the | holy | cause of | liberty, |

7 and in such a

| sess, | 7 are in- |

country | 7 as ❘ that which | we posvincible | 7 by | any | force | 7 which our enemy | 7 can send a- | gainst us. | 7 7 7 Be- | sides, Sir, 7 we shall |

7 7 }

not | fight our | battles a- | lone. | 77 | 7 7 | There is a | just | God | 7 who pre- sides | over the | destinies of | nations; | 77 | 7 and who will raise | up | friends | 7 to | fight our | battles for us. | 77 | 77 | 7 The | battle, | Sir, | 7 is | not to the strong a- | lone, | 7 7 | it | is to the | vigilant, | 7 the | active, | 7 the | brave. | 77 | 77 | 7 Be- | sides, Sir, | 7 we have | no e- | lection. | 77 | 77 | If we were base enough | 7 to de- | sire it, | 7 it is | now | too late | 7 to re- | tire from the | contest. | 77 | 77 There is no re- | treat, | 7 7 | but in sub- | mission | 7 and | slavery. | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 Our | chains are | forged. 7 7 7 7 7 Their | clanking | 7 77 | may be | heard | on the | plains of | Boston. | 77 | 77 | 7 the | war | 7 is inevitable, | 7 7 | and | let it | come! | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 I re- | peat it Sir, | 7 7 | let it | come! | 7 7 7 7 It is in | vain Sir | 7 to ex- | tenuate the matter. | 7 7 | Gentlemen may cry | peace, | peace! | 7 7 | but there is no | peace. | 77 | 77 | 7 The | war | is | actually be- | gun! | 77 | 77 | 7 The | next | gale that sweeps from the north | 7 will bring to our | ears 7 the clash of re- | sounding | arms! | 77 | 77 7 Our | brethren | 7 are al- | ready | 7 in the | field! | 7 7 | 7 7 | Why | stand | we | here | idle ? | 7 7 | 7 7 | What is it 7 that | gentlemen | wish? | 77 | 77 | What 7 ❘ would they | have? | 77 | 77 | 7 Is | life 7 | so | dear, 7 or | peace | so | sweet, as to be | purchased | 7 at the | price of | chains and | slavery? | 7 7 777 For- | bid it, | 7 Al- | mighty God! | 77 | 7

I know not

7 but as for

what | course | others may | take; | 77 | me, | 7 7 | give me | liberty; | 77 | 7 or

give me death! | 77 | 77 |

THE BATTLE OF WARSAW.

Campbell.

7 When | leagued op- | pression | poured to | northern | .

wars,

7 Her | whisker'd | pandoors, | 7 and her | fierce | 7 hus| sars, | 7 7 |

Waved her dread | standard | 7 to the | breeze of |

morn, |

77 | Peal'd her | loud | drum, | 7 and | twang'd her | trumpet | horn; |

777 Tu- multuous | horror | 7 7 | brooded | o'er her | van, |

7 Pre- | saging | wrath, | 7 to | Poland, | 7 7 | 7 and to man!|77|77|

Warsaw's last | champion | 7 from her | heights | 7 sur| vey'd, | 7 7 |

Wide o'er the fields, | 7 a | waste of ruin | laid; |

7777

O! | Heaven! | 7 he | cried, | 7 my | bleeding | country save! |

7 7 | Is there no | hand on | high, | 7 to | shield the | brave? | 77 |

What though de- | struction | 7 7 | sweep these | lovely

| plains, |

Rise, fellow | men! | 7 our | country | 7 7 | yet re

mains!