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reſentment; they may be milled even by miſtaken ideas of virtue. In guiding or oppoſing counciis, by which great public intereſts are fought to be promoted, men muſt look to the means by which the country may be benefited, independently of private intereſt, and in poſſible caſes, independently of private reputation. In the machine of State are many movements with which the people are not acquainted; and the ſrateſman who guides them muſt often ſerve the people faithfully and effec- tually by acting contrary to the opinions of what they conceive to be bed ſuited to their ſervice. A virtuous ſtateſman muſt act from higher motives than either his own immediate intereſt, or his own immediate reputation: his intereft, a patriot ſtateſ- man muſt remember, is that of his country; his reputation muſt often be left to the juſtice of poſterity.
THE END.
Strahan and Preſton,
Printers Streets London.
