warn them of their danger. I would direct their attention to the
history of nations wrecked, torn to pieces, and almost obliterated
from the face of the earth by internal feuds and dissentions--by envy,
jealousy and hatred; and that not unfrequently instigated by foreign
powers. I would point to the catalogue of crimes--the commotions, the
dissentions, the tumults, the strife--the envy, the jealousy, the
hatred--the wars, the butcheries and bloodsheds, that have been
incited by visionary, bigoted, fanatical religionists. I would
inculcate the fear and love of God; the love of our country, and the
love of our neighbor as paramount virtues; and meekness, gentleness
and patience, as Christian graces of the first importance; and
resignation to the will of God, and obedience and submission to civil
authorities, as the duty of all good citizens. And to the ladies I
would say, return home ladies, and love your husbands, nurse your
babies, attend to your household affairs; and recollect, that nothing
adorns your sex so much, as the ornament of a meek, a quiet spirit. I
would also advise you to read your Bibles and other good books, and
never again to read or write another novel. And, dear ladies, if you
have hitherto worn either bloomers or breeches, lay them aside. I must
return from this digression to the subject under discussion.


SECTION III.

It was said a few years ago, that one of the nobility of England
openly declared, that the sovereigns of Europe had determined upon the
destruction of the government of the United States; and that they
expected to accomplish their infamous designs by involving us in
"discord, disunion, anarchy and civil war." He is reported moreover to
have said, that they expected to accomplish this, by flooding our