--Temples polluted, Kings, Queens, Nobles and Priests murdered in the
cause of liberty--millions have perished--religion banished, and the
worship of God prohibited--projectors have exhausted their ingenuity
--the treasures of wealth have been wasted and the peace of the world
sacrificed! What is the result? An accumulation of misery which baffles
all description. Not an individual is more happy or more virtuous. Not a
nation more prosperous--not a tittle added to human felicity. Ye
reformers, look at France--behold the crimes which have risen up to
demand the vengeance of God--see the woes which you have brought on the
race of man, and tremble lest your works should follow you?

If this picture is too glaring, look at our sister states in which
revolutions have been effected, and shew us the benefit. A noisy or
seditious individual has obtained a lucrative office--an ambitious
leader is in the char of state satiating his pride, or like Abraham
Bishop gratifying his passion for ignoble pelf, upon his thousands.--He
drives his carriage by his industrious neighbor who has toiled for him
at an election, cracks his whip, and laughs at the folly of his dupe,
and will laugh till he may need his services again, and then he will
again cringe and bow and flatter and gull. But is the mechanic, the
farmer, the merchant profited? Is society enriched, or the public good
promoted?

In this view of the subject we will briefly ask, in the third place, is
it proper to make the proposed changes--to adopt these projects? If no
benefits will result--if much evil will probably ensue--the course of
duty and interest is plain. Aware, however, that it may be said many of
the dangers are imaginary, and are founded upon the supposition that we
shall act with as little discretion and prudence as the people of other
countries, it is important to observe that revolutions are the same, in