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The Tendency Of Democracies Is, In All Things, To Mediocrity.

Whenever The Government Of The United States Shall Break Up, It Will Probably Be In Consequence Of A False Direction Having Been Given To Publick Opinion. This Is The Weak Point Of Our Defenses, And The Part To Which The Enemies Of The System Will Direct All Their Attacks. Opinion Can Be So Perverted As To Cause The False To Seem The True; The Enemy, A Friend, And The Friend, An Enemy; The Best Interests Of The Nation To Appear Insignificant, And Trifles Of Moment; In A Word, The Right The Wrong, And The Wrong The Right.

No One, Who Is Familiar With The Bustle And Activity Of An American Commercial Town, Would Recognise, In The Repose Which Now Reigns In The Ancient Mart Of Rhode Island, A Place That, In Its Day, Has Been Ranked Amongst The Most Important Ports Along The Whole Line Of Our Extended Coast.

It Is The Fate Of All Things To Ripen, And Then To Decay.

We Can All Perceive The Difference Between Ourselves And Our Inferiors, But When It Comes To A Question Of The Difference Between Us And Our Superiors We Fail To Appreciate Merits Of Which We Have No Proper Conceptions.