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You were raised from servitude to freedom, and from beggary to
opulence, by the favor of your fellow-citizens, and yet you are so thankless and
ill-conditioned that, instead of showing them your gratitude, you take the pay
of their enemies and conduct political intrigues to their detriment. I will not
deal with speeches which, on a disputable construction, may be called patriotic,
but I will recall to memory acts by which he was proved beyond doubt to have
served your enemies.
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