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6. ''Resolved'': That the "contempt and indignation" hurled by Mr. O'Connell against the few of his countrymen in this province, who, forgetting the wrongs and sufferings of their native land, and the causes which produced them, have leagued with a party here whose conduct and exertions inevitably tend to produce the same unfortunate condition of things in Canada, is a just and merited infliction for their weakness and disregard for the true interest of their adopted country, and must expose them to the contempt and derision not only of their own countrymen, but also of the friends of justice and freedom in every clime: for those who give up the essential principles of liberty to purchase a little prosperity or safety, deserve neither liberty, safety, or regard.{{Refl|1} | 6. ''Resolved'': That the "contempt and indignation" hurled by Mr. O'Connell against the few of his countrymen in this province, who, forgetting the wrongs and sufferings of their native land, and the causes which produced them, have leagued with a party here whose conduct and exertions inevitably tend to produce the same unfortunate condition of things in Canada, is a just and merited infliction for their weakness and disregard for the true interest of their adopted country, and must expose them to the contempt and derision not only of their own countrymen, but also of the friends of justice and freedom in every clime: for those who give up the essential principles of liberty to purchase a little prosperity or safety, deserve neither liberty, safety, or regard.{{Refl|1}} | ||
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