the warrior's arm:
Let such dull prudence _their_ designs attend,
But _Love_, unaided, _shall_ obtain its end!_
[_Exeunt._
SCENE II. _OLD LOVEYET'S House._
_Enter OLD LOVEYET and TRUEMAN._
LOVEYET. I tell you it is the most infernal scheme that ever was devis'd.
TRUEMAN. And I tell you, sir, that your argument is heterodox, sophistical,
and most preposterously illogical.
LOVEYET. I insist upon it, sir, you know nothing at all about the matter;
and, give me leave to tell you, sir--
TRUEMAN. What--give you leave to tell me I know nothing at all about the
matter! I shall do no such thing, sir--I'm not to be govern'd by your _ipse
dixit_.
LOVEYET. I desire none of your musty Latin, sir, for I don't understand it,
not I.
TRUEMAN. Oh, the ignorance of the age! To oppose a plan of government like
the new Constitution. Like it, did I say?--There never was one like
it:--neither Minos, Solon, Lycurgus nor Romulus, ever fabricated so wise a
system;--why it is a political phenomenon, a prodigy of legislative wisdom,
the fame of which will soon extend almost _ultramundane_, and astonish the
nations of the world with its transcendent excellence.--To what a sublime
height will the superb edifice attain!
LOVEYET. Your aspiring edifice shall never be erected in _this_ State, sir.
TRUEMAN. Mr. Loveyet, you will not listen to reason: only attend calmly one
moment--[_Reads._]--"We the people of the United States, in order to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity,
provide--"
LOVEYET. I tell you I won't hear it.
TRUEMAN. Mark all that. [_Reads again._] "Section the first.--All
legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the
United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of
Representatives." Very judicious and salutary, upon my erudition.--"Section
the second--"
LOVEYET. I'll hear no more of your sections.
TRUEMAN. "Section the second.--The House of Representatives--"
LOVEYET. They never shall represent me, I promise them.
TRUEMAN. Why, you won't hear me out.
LOVEYET. I have heard enough to set me against it.
TRUEMAN. You have not heard a _quantum sufficit_ to render you competent to
give a decisive opinion; besides, you hear with passion and prejudice.
LOVEYET. I don't care for that; I say it is a devilish design upon our
liberty and property; by my body, it i
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