ched the city,
a great multitude were seen running to the statue."

8. "The cry was heard, `Down with it--down with it!' and soon a rope
was placed about its neck, and the leaden King George came tumbling
down."

9. "This might fairly be interpreted as a striking prediction of the
downfall of the monarchical form of government in these United States."

10. "If we look into history, we shall frequently find great events
proceeding from as trifling causes as the fall of the _leaden_ statue,
which not unaptly represents the character of a despotic prince."

11. "I shall only add, that when the statue was fairly down, it was cut
to pieces, and converted into musket-balls to kill the soldiers whom his
majesty had sent over to fight the Americans."

This is quite sufficient for a specimen. I have no doubt that it will
be argued by the Americans--"We are justified in bringing up our youth
to _love_ our institutions." I admit it; but you bring them up to
_hate_ other people, before they have sufficient intellect to understand
the merits of the case.

The author of "_A Voice from America_," observes:--

"Such, to a great extent is the unavoidable effect of that political
education which is _indispensable_ to all classes of a self-governed
people. They must be trained to it from their cradle; it must go into
all schools; it must thoroughly leaven the national literature, it
must be `line upon line, and precept upon precept,' here a little and
there a little; it must be sung, discoursed, and thought upon
everywhere and by every body."

And so it is; and as if this scholastic drilling were not sufficient,
every year brings round the 4th of July, on which is read in every
portion of the states the act of independence, in itself sufficiently
vituperative, but invariably followed-up by one speech (if not more)
from some great personage of the village, hamlet, town, or city, as it
may be, in which the more violent he is against monarchy and the
English, and the more he flatters his own countrymen, the more is his
speech applauded.

Every year is this drilled into the ears of the American boy, until he
leaves school, when he takes a political part himself, connecting
himself with young men's society, where he spouts about tyrants, crowned
heads, shades of his forefathers, blood flowing like water,
independence, and glory.

The Rev Mr Reid very truly observes, of the reading of the
Declaration of Indepe