A Letter to the Earl of Shelburne Now Marquis of Lansdowne On His Speech July
A Letter to the Earl of Shelburne Now Marquis of Lansdowne On His Speech July
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
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Or has a land of Liberty fo many charms, that to be a door- keeper in it is better than to be an Englifh Minifter of State? BUT what can this expeded fomething be? or, if obtained, what can it amount to, but new difgraces, contentions, and quar- rels? The people of America have for years accuftomed themfelves to think and fpeak fo freely and contemptuoufly of Englifh authority, and the inveteracy is fo deeply rooted, that a perfon invefted with any au- thority from that country, and attempting ...to MARQJJIS OF LANSDOWNE. 2$ to cxercife it here, would have the life of a toad under a harrow, They would look on him as an interloper, to whom their com- paffion permitted a refidence. He would be no more than the Mungo of the farce; and if he difliked that, he muft fet off. It would he a ftation of degradation, debated by our pity, and defpifed by our pride, and would place England in a more contempti- ble fituation than any fhe has yet fuffercd by the war. We have too high an opinion of ourfelves, ever to think of yielding again the leaft obedience to outlandifh authority 4 and for a thoufand reafons, England wotild be the laft country in the world to yield it to.
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