To stir men's | blood. I only speak | right on: 11 I tell you that which you yourselves do | | know; Show you | sweet | Cæsar's | wounds, poor, poor, dumb | mouths, | And bid them | speak | for me. But were I Brutus, | And | Brutus | Antony, there were an | Antony Would | ruffle | up your spirits, || and | put a | tongue | In every wound of | Cæsar, The stones of | Rome to ២។ 1991 that should move rise in mutiny. We | in- | dulge in the il- | lusions of | hope. are apt to shut our eyes a-gainst a painful | truth, || and | listen to the | song of that | Syren, till she trans- | forms us into | beasts. Is this the part of | wise | men, en- | gaged in a great and | arduous | struggle | for | liberty? 11777 Are we dis- | posed to be of the number of those who | having | eyes, I see not, 1 and | having | ears, | hear not the things which so | nearly con- cern our | temporal sal- | vation? |99| For my | part, what- | ever | anguish of | perience. I know of | no | way of | judging of the future || but by the | past. | And judging by the | past, I wish to know | what there has been in the | conduct of the | Britfor the last ten years, | to justify | ish | ministry those hopes with which | gentlemen have been pleased to solace them- | selves and the | house? | Is it that in- | sidious | smile our petition with which has been | lately re- | ceived? || Trust it not | Sir; it will prove a | snare your feet. Suffer not your-selves be-trayed with a kiss. how this gracious re- ception to to be Ask yourselves | of our pe- |tition | com- ports with those | war-like | prepa- | rations | which cover our waters and darken our | land. | Are | fleets and armies | necessary work of love and reconciliation? | to a | Have we shown ourselves | so un- | willing to be reconciled, | must be called | in to win | back I ask | gentlemen, Sir, | what | means this | martial ar- | ray, | if its purpose | be not to | force us to sub-mtssion? 77777 Can | gentlemen as- | sign | any other 171 possible | motive for it? | Has | Great | Bri tain any to call for armies? enemy in this quarter of the world, |◄ all this ac- cumu- | lation No sir, They are meant for us: of navies and she has none.1177 they can be meant for no other. 111 They are sent over to bind and ❘ rivet upon us | those | chains, | which the | years. offer Sir, 1 | | last | ten | to | British ministry have been so long | forging. || And what have we to op- | pose to them? | 11 Shall we try | argument? | we have been trying that for the | Have we | any thing new upon the subject? 11 Nothing. | We have held the subject | up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we re- | sort to en- treaty | and humble suppli- cation? |11|11| What | terms shall we | find | which | have not | been al- | ready exhausted? Let us not seech you, Sir, de-ceive ourselves | longer. Sir, we have done | every thing could be done, to avert the storm I be- | which is now coming on. We have pe- | titioned, | | 11 we have re- | monstrated, we have supplicated, we have | prostrated ourselves | be- | fore the throne, and have im- plored its | interpo- | to ar- rest the ty- | rannical | hands of the and parliament. sition ministry || Our pe-ti tions have been slighted; our re-mon strances and insult; | | have pro- duced ad- | ditional | violence, our suppli- cations have been | disregarded; || with con- tempt, aad | we have been | spurned, | from the foot of the throne. | 11|19|7 In | vain, after | these | thing, may we indulge the fond | hope of peace and recon| | | | ciliation. room for hope. |11| | if we mean to pre | estimable privileges so long con- tending, There is no longer | any | 1| If we wish to be | free, | violate | those in for which we have been 1 if we | mean not | basely | to abandon the noble | struggle in which we have been so | long en- | gaged, and which we | have pledged ourselves | never to a- | bandon || until the glorious | object of our | contest | shall be fight;|17|11| | | obtained, We must peat it, Sir, we must fight! | I re An appeal to arms, and to the | God of | Hosts, 7 1771 is all that is left us ! ||91| ❘ They tell us, | Sir, that we are | weak, unable to cope with so | formidable an | adversary. |↑ But when shall we be stronger?1 Will it be the next week, or the next | year? | 1111 Will it be when we are armed, and when a | British ¦ guard shall be | stationed in every | house? | | 11 | 1 Shall we | gather strength | by | irresolution, |▼ and in- | acShall we acquire the means of | 111 bound us | hand and | foot? 11 Sir, 11 we are not weak, if we make a | proper | use of | which the | God of | nature hath | placed in our power. Three | millions of | people,armed in the | holy | cause of | liberty, | and in such a country as that which we possess, are in- | vincible by any force send a- our enemy can Besides, Sir, a-lone. which 191 to fight our pre-sides over the | destinies of | nations; and who will raise | up | friends battles for us. |11|17|1 The | battle, | Sir,|is| not to the strong a- | lone, || it | is to the | vigilant, the active, the | brave. ||11|1 Be-| war heard on the plains of | Boston. 111111The | is in- evitable, | 1 | and | let it | come ! | 1977 re- | peat it Sir, let it come! I I | It is in | vain Sir to ex- tenuate the | matter. Gentlemen may cry | peace, | peace ! | | but there is no | peace. ||17| The | war is actually begun! | that sweeps from the north ears in the | field! | the clash | of re- | sounding arms! Our brethren | are al- | ready 1111 Why | stand | we | here | idle? | 11711 What is it that | gentlemen | wish? | T What chased would they have? Is | life or peace | so | sweet, as to be | purat the price of chains and | slavery? 19 For-bid it. | Al- | mighty God! |