Ireland, Scotland, and England: may their union be happier
than it has been.
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SCOTCH.
A health to the friends of Caledonia.
Caledonia, the nursery of learning and the birthplace of
heroes.
Scotland and the productions of its soil.
Scottish heroes, and may their fame live for ever.
Scotland, the birthplace of valour, the country of worth.
The Queen and the Scottish Union.
The nobles of Caledonia and their ladies.
To the memory of Scottish heroines.
The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock: may they flourish by the
common graft of union.
To the memory of Scotland's heroes.
To the memory of those who have gloriously fallen in the noble
struggle for independence.
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LIBERAL.
Annihilation to the trade of corruption.
An Englishman's birthright: trial by jury.
Addition to our trade, multiplication to our manufactures,
subtraction to taxes, and reduction to places and pensions.
All the honest reformers of our country.
Britain: may the land of our nativity ever be the abode of
freedom, and the birthplace of heroes.
Britain's annals: may they never suffer a moral or political
blot.
Confusion to those who barter the cause of their country for
sordid gain.
Confusion to those who, wearing the mask of patriotism, pull
it off and desert the cause of liberty in the hour of trial.
Confusion to those despots who combine against the liberties
of mankind.
Disappointment to all those who form expectations of places
and pensions on the ruin of their country.
Everlasting life to the man who gave the death-blow to the
slave trade.
Community, unity, navigation, and trade.
Faith in every kind of commerce.
Freedom to the oppressed, and slavery to the oppressors.
Freedom to all who dare contend for it.
Oblivion to all party rage.
Humanity to all created beings, especially to our own species,
whether black or white.
No party except mankind.
May the meanest Briton scorn the highest slave.
Old England: and may those who ill-use her be speedily kicked
off.
May Great Britain and Ireland be ever equally distinguished by
their love of liberty and true patriotism.
May every succeeding century maintain
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