John Harrington, but rather was it due to the hardening of
those organs against the voice of the charmer.
"The Navigation Act called down the choicest of the orator's vessels of
wrath. Fools had made it, worse than fools submitted to it, and the reason
why the Salem docks were no longer crowded with the shipping of the
Peabody family was that there were ferry-boats in Boston harbor, a train
of reasoning that must be clear to the mind of the merest schoolboy. Mr.
Harrington further stated that these same ferry-boats--not to mention
certain articles he terms 'mudscows,' with which we have no acquaintance--
are built of old timber, copper, and nails, obtained by breaking tip the
fleets of the Peabody family, which is manifestly a fraud on the nation.
As far as the ferry-boats are concerned, we believe we are in a position
to state that they are not built of old material; as regards the aforesaid
'mudscows' we can give no opinion, not having before heard of the article,
which we presume is not common in commerce, and may therefore be regarded
as an exception to the universal rule that things in general should not be
made of old timber, copper, and rusty nails.
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