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" Yet, notwithstanding this state of things, I feel prompted to make an attack on the power of that faction. That liberty of speech,Liberty of speech] Libertatem. Liberty of speech is evidently intended. therefore, which has been left me by my father, I shall assuredly exert against them; but whether I shall use it in vain, or for your advantage, must, my fellow-citizens, depend upon yourselves. I do not, however, exhort you, as your ancestors have often done, to rise in arms against injustice. There is at present no need of violence, no need of secession; for your tyrants must work their fall by their own misconduct.