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service in raising the spirit of the nation. It went through four-teen editions in London , as speedily as they could be published,and many pirated editions were published in other parts of GreatBritain . Government here, as I was informed, (for they had notthe good manners to ask my consent,) printed and dispersed itgratis. From Lord Camden, the then Lord Lieutenant of Ire-land , I received the following letter: —

“ My dear Lord,

“ You must allow a very old friend and acquaintance to expressthe very great satisfaction he has received, from the perusal ofyour address to the people of Great Britain . It has been sent tome, and I think it is calculated to do more good than any publi-cation which has appeared. I have therefore ordered it to beprinted and distributed in the kingdom ; and I heartily wish thatthere were men within it, who could so address a people that arenot so misguided that they may not be reformed by good adviceaddressed to them and high national spirit being infused intothem.

“ I beg you to believe me, My dear Lord,

“ Your most obedient servant,

“ Camden.

“ Dublin Castle, Jan. 31. 1798.”

I was induced to write this address, from reflecting on themiserable situation in which the finance of the country then was;from observing the preparations of the French to execute theirmenace of destroying Carthage ; and from an anxious desire tooppose the progress of a spurious philosophy, producing irreli-

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