1818 Aug. 28.

Things as they are

§.4. - Wars

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Except the war entered into /carried on/ against Romish Priest whose brain was turned /turned mad/ by power for the defence of Gibraltar the wars of the two first Georges had for their object colonies or /and/ trade: preserving or encreasing the number of those drains, and forcing by fire and sword a foolish and unwilling Monarch to suffer as to trade with his wretched subjects.

The first war of George the third was that ever memorable war the object of which was to force the Colonists of North America to submitt to a new /an unprincipled/ and boundless encrease /exacerbation/ of the {system of} misrule under which they had lingered.

Then came the famous war fought /waged/ by all Monarchs against all subjects: that war of which the last /latest/ result was that league in which the true character of holiness is exhibited along /in conjunction/ with its name Are you upon the search of any thing transcendently /transcedentally/ flagitious, know it by some such word /mark/ as Sant or Holy marked /standing/ /inscribed/ upon the front of it. Ah Miscreant!… {fire flames, look on behold them ready for you!} Nay /peace/ good, Sir behold the Latin proverb, behold my justification: behold the Latin proverb, and that a pious /holy/ one. Corruptio optime[?] fit pessimum. The worst thing is that which is made out of the corruption of the best.