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    pended to all tne nags and standards of the Republic . But Washington , it has teen said , succeeded—Napoleon failed . True ; but this is uo proof of Washington ' s superiority or even equality ; and eren Dr . Changing admits that he did not possess " transcendent talent . " Napoleon had to cope "with the whole of Europe , all in arms and all skilled in

    the art of war ; but Washington had only to struggle with a few British troops ; the enemies of Napoleon were united and acted in concert , but the British generals commanding in America were disunited and jealous of each other ; Napoleou's enemies had easy communications , and when beaten could immediatel y fall

    back upon their resources , but WashiugtoiTs opponents were in a strange country abounding with large swamps and immense forests , and had an ocean of nearly 3000 miles to cross , in order to obtain the necessary supplies of men , horses , military stores , &c . ; the French "Revolutionists had torn each other to

    pieces , had become sickened by their reciprocal fury , and loudly called for a counter revolution ; but the Americans , being out of the influence of European intrigues , had committed no excesses and remained attached to republican principles . Admitting , then , that Washington were equal to Napoleon , which he was not , and that they had changed places , Washington must have been crowned at Paris because the nation

    called for it , and Napoleon could have been only President of the United States because the latter decided for republicanism . Had Washington failed , and he was more than once upon the very point of failing , his memory would have been held in execration ; he fortunately succeeded , and has , therefore , been hailed as the father of his country . When Dr .

    Channing speaks of the greatness of the American people , and of the country being * ' all heart" during that raomeutous struggle , he excites our smiles . It is true that they fought well at 13 rede or Hunker ' s Hill , but that was nearly the grave of their valour . Their subsequent cowardice in several actions roused the indignation of Washington , and filled

    him with fear and grief . Had it not been for the jealousy of the British generals , the great distance from England , the local obstacles upon the theatre of war , the naval action between Count de Grasse and Lord Rodney , which , if not decisive , neutralized the influence of the British fleet , and the courage of French soldiers undur La Fayettc , we have reahou to think that America , though all

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    heart , would have had to wait nearly another fifty years before she could proclaim her independence , and cause it to be acknowledged by the mother country . W .

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    Co-operation . Letter II . To the Editor . Sir , The object of this letter is to point out how the principles of Co-operation might be acted upon by Unitarian societies .

    Co-operation is less adapted to societies existing in crowded cities , and whose members are very unequal in point of wealth . It is more suited to those existing in small towns or villages , and these are the places where something of the kind is most wanted . When the principles of the subject hare been examined and approved of , the

    society should be at ouce formed , beginning with a small weekly subscription towards the common capital . This subscription may be as low as threepence , for the Brighton West-Street Society began with one penny , which was only increased to threepence at the end of about nine months , and is to be increased to sixpence at Christmas . Sixpence a week

    is , enough to insure success . It would be desirable that all the members of the congregation should be members of the society , but this would be a question of prudence and management . The society would meet once a week for business and discussion of principles . The value and importance of knowledge would appear in a new light , a library of useful books would be formed , and

    classes for acquiring knowledge would immediately be formed . In all this the minister of the congregation would be eminently useful . He would give his time and assistance to the department of knowledge . He would teach classes himself , aud pay particular attention to those members who were capable of becoming teachers to others . Having once acquired a knowledge of theology , as far as it concerned his flock to

    understaud it , he would find it a more pleasing and valuable employment to spend less time in the knotty and abstruse studies of the closet , and more in the delightful task of developing the human heart and faculties , and of converting the dogmatic sectarian into a living Chiisiian . The richer members of the congrcga-

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    Miscellaneous Co ? respond * nce . 205

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1829, page 205, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2570/page/53/