Citation - South Carolina Gazette (Crouch): 1775.07.25

SCGCJ.775.073
25 Jul 1775:11 (504)
[In article on political situation:]
O! may American never adopt such distinctions--distinctions
that must sap the vigour of her constitution, now in bloom.
. . [4 lines]  And here I cannot avoid exclaiming with Lord
Hastings:
  I own the glorious subject fires my breast.
  And my soul's darling passion stands confest;
  Beyond or love's or friendship's sacred band, 
  Beyond myself, I prime this injured land:
  . . . [4 more lines]