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As it may be said of the Declaration, that it accomplished the purposes for which it was designed, all unfavorable observations are as supererogatory, as were the sinister reflections of Buonaparte on the disposition of the British forces at Waterloo - a triumphant reply to all which consisted in the brief assertion of the respon dants, we beat you. So it may be rejoined with like propriety; for as much as it was the end to be attained, and not the means to attain that end which became important on the day of that event ful battle; it is true, neither the glmy of the victory is diminished, or the consolations of the vanquished increased, by the imperfect tion of the means used. But so far as an analogy exists in the two cases, it bears on the political aim and sequences of the Declaration of Independence; upon which topic I do not pro pose at present to remark. Its literary merits and demerits are a different, and as I think, a fair subject of critical examination. To this aspect, and to this alone, do I invite the attention of all those Whose curiosity or peculiarities lead them to make a dis tinction between what is good and bad, proper and improper.

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