the parliament | and | the | people | by | mutua

may not change | consti- | tution. |111111 When19

។

the form of the ever such a case a- | rises, it must be | de- | cided on its own merits: |17|1 but | that is not this case. |1111111 If If government con- siders this a

for ex- periments

season peculiarly | fitted ||

|

they may call on the people. |11|17|11| ask you, | 1 | are you | ready to do so?

Are you

ready to abide the e- | vent of such an ap- | peal? I 791771 1111111 What is it | you must e-vent, sub- | mit to the | people? |

|

in that

|

Not

dis

this particular | project, | 177 | for if you solve the present | form of government, || they be- come free to | chose | any | other; | T you fling them to the fury of the tempest | you must call on them to un- | house themselves of the es- | tablished | consti- | tution,

to fashion to them-selves another. I ask again,

for an ex- periment Thank God the

of that

nature?

ed no such wish; so far as they have| spoken, their voice is de- cidedly a- | gainst | this daring inno-vation. You know that no voice has been uttered in its | favor, |

and you cannot be in- | fatuated e- | noughto take confidence from the silence which prevails 1 in some parts of the | kingdom, |17| if you | know how to appreciate that | silence, it is more | formidable | than the most | clamorous | opposition; you may be | rived and shivered by the

| But sir,

lightning

der!

be- | fore you | hear the | peal of the thun

we should discuss this and com-posure!

to be mentioned to such an en- | lightened as- | sem

bly as this.

They are | trinkets and | gew

gaws, fit to catch the | fancy of | childish | and un

thinking | people like you, sir,

predecessor un-worthy house,

in ❘ that | chair |

the con- | side- | ration

or like your |

but | utterly

of this |

or of the ma- | tured | under- | standing | of the noble | lord who | conde- | scends | to in- struct it! | 11 | 11 | Gracious | God!|| we see a Perry | re-as- | cending from the tomb | and raising his | awful | voice to warn us a- gainst the sur- | render of our | freedom, and we see that the proud and | virtuous | feelings | which warmed the breast of that | aged | venerable | man, │are | only | calculated

and |

to ex

cite the con- tempt of this young phi- | losopher, | 11 | who has been trans- | planted from the | nursery to the cabinetto | outrage the feelings and under- | standing

|

of the country.

EXECUTION OF THE EARL OF ARGYLE.

Fox's History of James II.

the | Earl of castle,

and thence,

On the thirtieth of | June, | one | thousand ¦ ▼ six | hundred | and | eighty | five, | Argyle was brought from the first, to the | Laigh | council house, to the place of exe- | cution. 1777 Behe had his | dinner which he dis- | coursed, | ˇˇ but | even | cheerfully, |

fore he left the | castle,

the usual | hour, |at|

| not only | calmly,

។ |

|

at

with | Mr. | Chateris and others. | ALhe re- | tired, || (as was his cus

ter dinner

tom,) corded,

ter of an

to his bed-chamber, where it is re-
he | slept | quietly for a- | bout a quar-
hour. |11|17| While he was in | bed,
members of the council | came,
|

one of the
intimated
speak with him: ||
the Earl was a- | sleep,
not to be dis- | turbed,
lieved the ac- count,
as a de-

to the at- | tendants,

vice to

ings. 77771

To satisfy him,

and

a de- | sire to

upon | being told

that

and had ¦ left | orders the | manager | disbewhich he con- | sidered avoid | further question

the door of the bed-chamber, was | half | opened, | and | then he be- | held, en-joying a sweet and | tranquil | slumber, the| man, who by the | doom of | him and his fellows, was to die with- | in the | short of two | hours. || Struck with

space

I

the sight,

| |

he hurried out of the room, | quitted the castle with the utmost pre- | cipi- | tation, and | hid himself |in the| lodgings of an acquaintance who lived near, | |11|1

ever | man | did

|

I have

been at Ar-|

as

pleasantly as |

of E-|

con- cluded he was

ill,

He re-fused, | saying, | "no, no,

saw him | sleeping

ternity, but

name of the | person

with- | in | one | hour

as for | me." The to whom | this | anecdote re

lates is not mentioned, and the truth of

|

it may therefore be fairly con- | sidered

as

| liable to that de- | gree of doubt, | with | which
| men of | judgment re- | ceive | every | species
of tra- | ditional | history. |

Woodrow, how- | ever,

1771

whose ve- | racity | is above suspicion, || says, he had it | | from the most un- questionable

authority. |

It is not in it- | self un- likely ; |11| and who is there, that would not wish it | true? | What a satis- | factory | spectacle to a | philosophical | mind, to see the op- | pressor in the zenith of his power || envying his victim! 7971 | What an ac- | knowledgement of the | superi- | ority of virtue ! ||| What an af- | fecting |

and forcible testimony of the ¦ value of that |

peace of mind, which | Innocence

alone can con- fer!1111111 We know not who this man was, but when we re- | flect | | | that the guilt which | agonized him, was probably incurred for some | vain | title, or at least for some | increase of | wealth which he

for that

very | fool

something like com- | passion,

ish | class of men | whom the world | calls | wise in

their generation. 1991

Soon after this short re- | pose, |◄| Ar- | gyle |ˇ was brought ac- cording to order,

to the

is

dated the letter to his

wife, and from thence

|

as well

ap

pointed

as with

to the place of exe- | cution. 77777 On the | scaffold |✰ he had some dis- | course, with | Mr. | Annand, | a | minister

by Government to at- | tend him,

Mr. | Chateris. |17|77|He de- | sired | both of

66

is con- | spicuous in|

every | part of it. |17|77|1"We | ought not," |

|

said he, to des- | pise | our af- | flictions, | nor to | | | faint under them. We should not suf fer ourselves to be ex- | asperated a-gainst the instruments of our | troubles, | nor by | fraudulent or | pusillanimous com- | pliance, bring guilt |