As to a public violent death the idea of that does not affect me near so much
and
I cannot express what I feel when I receive and read your letters. I generally shed many tears over them.
There was no assurance in financial and commercial circles. The hopes of neither the more
sober, nor of the wild and fanatic reformers of humanity could be realized, and they got into such a war of hate and abuse that they themselves stamped their doctrines false.
Priestley was out of patience with the public measures of the country. He disliked them as much as he did those of England, but added
Here the excellence of the Constitution provides a remedy, if the people will make use of it, and if not, they deserve what they suffer.
The Constitution was a favorite instrument with him. A most interesting lecture upon it will be found among the Discourses which he proposed delivering in Philadelphia. This never occurred.
The Academy he expected to see in operation failed for support. The walls were raised and he feared it would go no further. The Legislature had voted it $3000, but the Senate negatived this act. He thought of giving up the presidency of it.
He wrote Dr. Rush that he was quite busy with replies to Dr. Woodhouse's attack on his confirmation of the existence of phlogiston, (p. 88). He relished his discussions with Woodhouse and was confident that eventually he would "overturn the