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A Grateful People

           

           TheGrandPensionarybowedbeforethewillofhisfellowcitizens;CorneliusdeWitt,however,wasmoreobstinate,andnotwithstandingallthethreatsofdeathfromtheOrangistrabble,whobesiegedhiminhishouseatDort,hestoutlyrefusedtosigntheactbywhichtheofficeofStadtholderwasrestored.Movedbythetearsandentreatiesofhiswife,heatlastcomplied,onlyaddingtohissignaturethetwolettersV.C.(ViCoactus),notifyingtherebythatheonlyyieldedtoforce.

           Itwasarealmiraclethatonthatdayheescapedfromthedoomintendedforhim.

           JohndeWittderivednoadvantagefromhisreadycompliancewiththewishesofhisfellowcitizens.Onlyafewdaysafter,anattemptwasmadetostabhim,inwhichhewasseverelyalthoughnotmortallywounded.

           ThisbynomeanssuitedtheviewsoftheOrangefaction.Thelifeofthetwobrothersbeingaconstantobstacletotheirplans,theychangedtheirtactics,andtriedtoobtainbycalumnywhattheyhadnotbeenabletoeffectbytheaidoftheponiard.

           Howrarelydoesithappenthat,intherightmoment,agreatmanisfoundtoheadtheexecutionofvastandnobledesigns;andforthatreason,whensuchaprovidentialconcurrenceofcircumstancesdoesoccur,historyisprompttorecordthenameofthechosenone,andtoholdhimuptotheadmirationofposterity.ButwhenSataninterposesinhumanaffairstocastashadowuponsomehappyexistence,ortooverthrowakingdom,itseldomhappensthathedoesnotfindathissidesomemiserabletool,inwhoseearhehasbuttowhisperawordtosethimatonceabouthistask.

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