the last words which he uttered upon the scaffold, were, I have been false to my King, my Order, ' and my God!' We have those who unite in themselves wealth, fashion and talent, the gifts of fortune and of nature, like Herault Sechelles and St. Just,.. but who like them are corrupted by evil principles and evil desires; and who, if they were once in blood,' would find that sin must pluck on sin;' we have our literatuli and philosophists like the Girondistes;.. our lawyers like Barnave, only without his eloquence;.. our Rabauts de St. Etienne who would fain exchange the dissenting pulpit for the tribune ;. . our professors of humanity like Robespierre who wrote a treatise against the punishment of death; our journalists like Camille Desmoulins and Hebert; our Petions and Santerres; and if the season for indulging such dispositions were arrived, our Marats, Billauds and Carriers would not be wanting. But on the other hand we have a moral and religious people sensible of the blessings which they possess; a gentry who will stand by the law and exert themselves to maintain it; a loyal army and navy; a government which has raised us to the highest pitch of glory; and a constitution which is the admiration and envy of the whole civilized world, which has been transmitted to us by our fathers, and which we will transmit to our children..so help us God! ESSAY VII. ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION AND THE POLITICAL REFORMERS. IF the opinions of profligate and of mistaken men may be thought to reflect disgrace upon the nation, of which they constitute a part, it might verily be said that England was never so much disgraced as at this time. Never before had the country been engaged in so long or so arduous a struggle; never had any country, in ancient or in modern times, made such great and persevering exertions; never had any country displayed more perfect magnanimity, and scarcely ever had any contest been terminated with such consummate and transcendent glory:..this at least is universally acknowledged;.. it is confessed as much by the rage and astonishment of the ferocious revolu tionist, and the ill-disguised regret of a party whom the events of the war have stultified as well as soured, as by the gratitude and admiration of all true Britons, and of the wise and the good throughout the civilized world. Yet at this time, when the plans of government have been successful beyond all former example,.. when the object |