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OH, Castlereagh! thou art a patriot now; Cato died for his country, so did'st thou: He perished rather than see Rome enslaved, Thou cut'st thy throat that Britain may be saved!

So Castlereagh has cut his throat!--The worst Of this is,--that his own was not the first.

So He has cut his throat at last!--He! Who? The man who cut his country's long ago.