nations learn of her to
transfer their attachment from men to principles, and from
individuals to the people.

"5. The republic of France; may her example, in the abolition of
titles and splendor, be a lesson to all republics to destroy those
leavens of corruption.

"6. The republic of Holland; may the flame of liberty which they
have rekindled never be permitted to expire for want of vigilance
and energy.

"7. The republic of Holland; may her two sisters, the republics of
France and America, form with her an invincible triumvirate in the
cause of liberty.

"8. The republic of Holland; may she again give birth to a Van
Tromp and a De Ruyter, who shall make the satellites of George
tremble at their approach, and seek their safety in flight.

"9 The republic of Holland; may that fortitude which sustained her
in the dire conflict with Philip the Second, and the success that
crowned her struggles, be multiplied upon her in the hour of her
regeneration.

"10. The republic of Holland; may that government which they are
about establishing have neither the balances of aristocracy nor the
checks of monarchy.

"11. The republic of America; may the sentiment that impelled her
to resist a British tyrant's will, and the energy which rendered it
effectual, prompt her to repel usurpation in whatever shape it may
assail her.

"12. The republic of America; may the aristocracy of wealth,
founded upon the virtues, the toils, and the blood of her
Revolutionary armies, soon vanish, and, like the baseless fabric of
a vision, leave not a wreck behind.

"13. The republic of America; may her government have public good
for its object, and be purged of the dregs of sophisticated
republicanism.

"14. The republic of America; may the alliance formed between her
and France acquire vigor with age, and that man be branded as the
enemy of liberty who shall endeavor to weaken or unhinge it.

"15. The republic of America; may her administration have virtue
enough to defy the ordeal of patriotic societies, and patriotism
enough to cherish instead of denouncing them."

[80] _Old and New York_, by J. W. Francis, M. D., LL.D. "Edward
Livingston," says Doctor Francis, (afterwards so celebrated for his
Louisiana Code,) "was, I am informed, one of the viole