That of five hundred men, ſuch as this degenerate age affords, a majority can be found thus virtuouſly abſtracted, who will affirm? Yet there is no good in deſpondence: vigilance and activity often effect more than was expected. Let us take a Patriot where we can meet him; and that we may not flatter ourſelves by falſe appearances, diſtinguiſh thoſe marks which are certain, from thoſe which may deceive: for a man may have the external appearance of a Patriot, without the conſtituent qualities; as falſe coins have often luſtre, tho’ they want weight.
Some claim a place in the liſt of Patriots by an acrimonious and unremitting oppoſition to the Court.
This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotiſm is not neceſſarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his King, yet not love his Country. He that has been
