"  These  abominable  principles,  and  this  more  abominable
avowal  of  them,  demand  the  most  decisive  indignation. I
call  upon  that  right  reverend  bench,  those  holy  ministers  of
the  Gospel,  and  pious  pastors  of  our  Church  —  I  conjure
them  to  join  in  the  holy  work,  and  vindicate  the  religion  of
their  God. I  appeal  to  the  wisdom  and  the  law  of  this
learned  bench  to  defend  and  support  the  justice  of  this  coun-
try. I  call  upon  the  Bishops  to  interpose  the  unsullied
sanctity  of  their  lawn ;  upon  the  learned  Judges,  to  inter-
pose the  purity  of  their  ermine,  to  save  us  from  this  pollu-
tion. I  call  upon  the  honor  of  your  Lordships  to  reverence
the  dignity  of  your  ancestors,  and  to  maintain  your  own. I
call  upon  the  spirit  of  humanity  of  my  country  to  vindicate
the  national  character. I  invoke  the  genius  of  the  Consti-
tution. From  the  tapestry  that  adorns  these  walls,  the
immortal  ancestor  of  this  noble  lord  frowns  with  indignation
at  the  disgrace  of  his  country. In  vain  he  led  your  victorious
fleets  against  the  boasted  Armada  of  Spain ;  in  vain  he  de-
fended and  established  the  honor,  the  liberties,  the  religion
of  this  country,  against  arbitrary  cruelties. To  turn
forth   into   our  settlements,   among   our   ancient   connec-


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tions,  friends,  and  relations,  the  merciless  cannibal,  thirst-
ing for  the  blood  of  man,  woman,  and  child!  to  send
forth  the  infidel  savage  —  against  whom?  against  our  Prot-
estant brethren;  to  lay  waste  their  country,  to  deso-
late their  dwellings,  and  extirpate  their  race  and  name  with
these  horrible  hell-hounds  of  savage  war  —  hell-hounds,
I  say,  of  savage  war!  Spain  armed  herself  with  blood-
hounds to  extirpate  the  wretched  natives  of  America,  and
we  improve  even  on  the  inhuman  example  of  Spanish  cruelty ;
we  turn  loose  these  savage  hell-hounds  against  our  brethren
and  countrymen  in  America,  of  the  same  language,  laws,
liberties,  and  religion,  endeared  to  us  by  every  tie  that  should
sanctify  humanity."  *

Persuasion  through  Admiration  and  Contempt. —  Appeals
to  contempt  in  oratory  are  seldom  made ;  but,  when  they  are
made,  they  may  be  given  strength  usually  by  being  associated
with  an  equally  strong  appeal  to  admiration. 