[268] The Grand Concern of England, 1673: Harleian Miscellany, Vol. VIII. pp. 539, 540.
[269] Quarterly Review, Vol. XXXI. pp. 361, 362. Illustrations of this spirit might be indefinitely extended. One, made familiar to the world by Macaulay's History, since this Address was delivered, has too much point to be omitted. As late as the close of the reign of Charles the Second, the streets of London, with a population of half a million, were not lighted at night, and, as a natural consequence, became the frequent scene of assassination and outrage, perpetrated under the shelter of darkness. At last, in 1685, it was proposed to place a light, on moonless nights, before every tenth door. This projected improvement was enthusiastically applauded and furiously attacked. "The cause of darkness," says Macaulay, "was not left undefended. There were fools in that age who opposed the introduction of what was called the new light, as strenuously as fools in our age have opposed the introduction of vaccination and railroads, as strenuously as the fools of an age anterior to the dawn of history doubtless opposed the introduction of the plough and of alphabetical writing."—History of England, Vol. I. ch. 3.
[270] Of the Plough: Sermons, Vol. I. p. 65.
[271] Louis Blanc, Histoire de Dix Ans, Tom. V. ch. 10.
[272] Annals of Congress, 1st Cong. 2d Sess., 1198.
[273] Speeches and Forensic Arguments, p. 98.
[274] Memoir, Vol. III. p. 262.
[275] Ibid., p. 263.
[276] The Duty of Obedience to the Civil Magistrate, pp. 38-40.
[277] Wirt's Life and Character of Patrick Henry, pp. 373, 374.