text:  Yet is there nothing but gold that can bribe? is there no bribe in territory? will he not find when he hurries to the purchase of allies with the millions of the treasury in his hand that more powerful purchasers have been there before him? When he offers the loan will he not find them offering the province? when he bids with the subsidy will he not be outbid with the kingdom? Or if the anticipated conquerors of Europe raising their sense of dignity to the level of their power should disdain the traffic of corruption; will not the roaring of the French cannon in the ears of kings make them feel that to persist in your ill-omened alliance is to devote themselves to ruin? will they bargain in sight of the axe? will they dare to traffic in the blood of their people with the grave dug at their feet? will they be dazzled by your gold while the French bayonet is startling their eyes? Within ten years if England exists she will be without an ally; or if she continues to fight it will be in loneliness in terror and in despair