tion; but men of all parties are equally men, compoſed of the ſame fleſh and blood, and ſubject to the ſame frailties. Nature will ſometimes rebel againſt principle, when it is long and grievouſly provoked by male-treatment and oppreſſion; as even the groſſeſt patrons of blind obedience and implicit ſubmiſſion have frequently acknowledge'd by their actions, as well as their words.
It is the glory of Thoſe in the preſent adminiſtration, that they have conquer'd all oppoſition, and ſubdued the hearts of their enemies by the force of truth and the unblameable conduct of publick affairs, without having recourſe to thoſe mean artifices of deſerting their Friends, and ſuborning the nation's known Enemies into their ſervice. We now ſee the publick buſineſs going on, without any of thoſe rubs and impediments, which uſed to clog the proceedings, and embarraſs the deſigns of men in power. Thoſe perſons who, ſometimes ago, were loudeſt upon theſe occaſions, are now convinced of their error, and, by the meer force of Reaſon, are obliged to alter their conduct, by joining chearfully, with our preſent Patriots, in all ſchemes and meaſures for the publick good. They ſee the weakneſs of their former arguments; the reaſons of their late diſcontent are quite vaniſhed, and the ſubjects of popular clamour are laid aſide. The neceſſary, yearly taxes, occaſional deficiencies, and even that dread-
