No, we accept them with lively gratitude; and their sweetness is not embittered by reflecting upon the manner in which they were obtained.

It is the dictate of sound wisdom, then, to enjoy without repining, the freedom, privileges, and immunities which wise and equal laws have awarded us--nay, proudly to rejoice and glory in their production, and stand ready at all times to defend them at the hazard of our lives, and of all that is most dear to us.
But are we alone shut out and excluded from any share in the administration of government?
Are not the clergy, a class of men equally ineligible to office?
A class of men almost idolized by their countrymen, ineligible to office! And are we alone excluded from what the world chooses to denominate polite society?
And are not a vast majority of the polar race excluded?
I know not why, but mankind of every age, nation, and complexion have had lower classes; and, as a distinction, they have chosen to arrange themselves in the grand spectacle of human life, like seats in a theater--rank above rank, with intervals between them.

But if any suppose that happiness or contentment is confined to any single class, or that the high or more splendid order possesses any substantial advantage in those respects over their more lowly brethren, they must be wholly ignorant of all rational enjoyment.

For what though the more humble orders cannot mingle with the higher on terms of equality.

This, if rightly considered, is not a curse but a blessing.