for the occasion, they could not be more suited to it than they are.
Two things then we would lead you to consider :
I. The great deliverances which we are now met to celebrate —
During this long and bloody war, several occa- sions have arisen wherein we have experienced the most signal deliverance. We will call your atten- tion to a few : we have been saved, almost by mira- cle, from,
i . The revolutionary principles —
[In our own nation, as well as on the continent, there was a general outcry about liberty and equality j and multitudes in every rank of life united their efforts to overthrow the Con- stitution of this country, and to establish a democracy in the land. Even pious people in vast numbers were carried away by the delusive idea of ameliorating the condition of the lower classes of society, and lent their aid to others who aimed at no- thing less than the utter subversion of the Government. But through the energy of our king, and of those who administered his government, God in his infinite mercy preserved us : and we have lived to see the day when almost all who were so deluded have seen their error, and been led to regard the Constitution of this country as the most perfect of any upon earth.]
2. The mutiny of the fleet---
[Time was, when the dissatisfaction so industriously che- rished and diffused by traitors within our own bosom, and spread, by means of corresponding committees, over the whole land, had reached even that class of men who in all former ages had been the boast and glory of their country, the sailors in our fleet. Many of these broke forth into open mutiny, and threatened to carry our ships, which were the bulwark of the nation, to the ports of our enemies. Such a blow as that would have destroyed us utterly : but the same kind Providence which had watched over us on so many other occasions, interposed to rescue us from the impending calamity, and to restore amongst our fleet that union and energy which have rendered it triumphant in every quarter of the globe.]
3. The threatened invasion —
[What immense preparations were made by our enemies to invade us, and what little preparation there was on our part to oppose them, cannot have escaped from our remembrance. True it is, that we were powerful by sea ; and that consideration it was which kept the enemy in check : but had not their forces
been