text:  He also feels it no vain boast to be a denizen of that small isle whose inhabitants by their own proper energy have extended their dominion over a territory on which the sun never sets-- peopled by upwards of two hundred million souls--consisting of colonies nations and people differing from each other in form of person complexion habits manners and in language--elements apparently the most discordant and heterogeneous yet firmly knit and bound into one vast glorious empire which successfully resisting the rudest shocks often assaulted ever victorious and thanks to the bravery of her warriors and the wisdom of those who now guide her councils having defeated alike the open attacks and the secret machinations of her enemies at this moment constitutes the most powerful state of ancient or modern times--abounding in wealth and rejoicing in freedom beyond all other nations of the earth