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KING PELLINORE’S LITERARY MAGAZINE

have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to
the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.

In the course of the preceding observations, I have had
an eye, my fellow-citizens, to putting you upon your guard
against all attempts, from whatever quarter, to influence
your decision in a matter of the utmost moment to your
welfare, by any impressions other than those which may
result from the evidence of truth. You will, no doubt, at the
same time, have collected from the general scope of them,
that they proceed from a source not unfriendly to the new
Constitution. Yes, my countrymen, I own to you that, after
having given it an attentive consideration, I am clearly of
opinion it is your interest to adopt it. I am convinced that
this is the safest course for your liberty, your dignity, and
your happiness. I affect not reserves which I do not feel. I
will not amuse you with an appearance of deliberation
when I have decided. I frankly acknowledge to you my con-
victions, and I will freely lay before you the reasons on
which they are founded. The consciousness of good inten-
tions disdains ambiguity. I shall not, however, multiply
professions on this head. My motives must remain in the
depository of my own breast. My arguments will be open to
all, and may be judged of by all. They shall at least be of-
fered in a spirit which will not disgrace the cause of truth.

I propose, in a series of papers, to discuss the following
interesting particulars:

The utility of the Union to your political prosperity the
insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve that
Union the necessity of a government at least equally ener-
getic with the one proposed, to the attainment of this object
the conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true
principles of republican government its analogy to your
own state constitution and lastly, the additional security

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