Are many - A slight emendation brings this verse into exact parallelism with the next, and gives the sense: "We have pledged our sons and ou…

We take up. — Let us receive. This is a general appeal for the governor’s help.

For there were that said, we, our sons, and our daughters, are
many
Not that they com…

Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can sufficiently …