A Rhetorical Flourish

Hnn speaks of the I7nitc Brnnd uneonquered nniion Hr, while it nobly wavcs dein who woulil d:irc lo shncklc the i frpp cnergies, ëyer cenerously offersits protectmg Bpnelielpless 'rom a despotic pow er, and difFuse the blcssinps of an en!ightene( liro-üihur.t the vor!J." How wcll th9Ís emitled to the character of a rhetorical fiouris!) nuiy be seen hy reference to the Inte census, lt there nppears ihat Georgia contains81;843 free white citizens over 20years o age, aud 691.393 elaves: so that on the average each free white man of 20yenrs of age, exercises 'a despotic power' over cigki What a "diffusion of the bleesings ol enlightencd frecdomlV