LORD WISDOM. My counsel has been rejected--my conciliatory plan thrown under the table, and treated with contempt; the experience of gray hairs called the superannuated notions of old age--my bodily infirmities--my tottering frame--my crazy carcase, worn out in the service of my country, and even my very crutches, have been made the subject of their ridicule. LORD JUSTICE. Gratitude, like religion and patriotism, are about taking their flight, and the law of the land stands on tip-toe; the constitution, that admirable fabric, that work of ages, the envy of the world, is deflower'd indeed, and made to commit a rape upon her own body, by the avaricious frowns of her own father, who is bound to protect her, not to destroy.--Her pillars are thrown down, her capitals broke, her pedestals demolish'd, and her foundation nearly destroy'd.--Lord Paramount and his wretched adviser Mocklaw baffle all our efforts.--The statutes of the land superseded by royal proclamations and dispensing powers, &c., &c., the bloody knife to be held to the throats of the Americans, and force them to submit to slav'ry.--Administration have commenced bloody tyrants, and those that should protect the subject are become their executioners; yet will I dispute with them inch by inch, while there's a statute book left in the land. Come forth, thou grand deceiver! I challenge thee to come forth! LORD WISDOM. Our friends must bestir themselves once more, perhaps we may yet turn the scale.--If the voice of religion, wisdom and justice should fail, let us sound the trumpet of liberty and patriotism, that will conquer them in America, I know; let us try to storm them here with the united whole, and if by a base majority they still carry their point, we can nevertheless wash our hands and be clean. LORD RELIGION. From the pulpit, in the house of God, have I spoken aloud, I have lifted up my voice like a trumpet. O Britain, how art thou fallen! Hear now, O house of Britain, is it a small thing for you to weary man, but will you weary your God also? In the house of Lords have I borne my testimony: Hear now, O ye Princes, and I will yet declare in Britain, and shew forth in America, I will not cease till I bring about (if possible) unity, peace and concord.