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He then proceeds to ."Nations confidercd other, muft be prevented and carefully avoid
in theffifelyeis,- A-nat jon-or a-ftate( heob ed;,t"hirEngliflrfu
feives) is a body politick, or a foriejyloLmen am
united together to promote their mutual fafety Tharilluftrious nation diftingiiifh'es' itfelf fa -and
advantage,, byv means of their union. From, a glorious manner, by its application to every
the very delign that induca: number of men thine; that can fender the ftate the moft flou-
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10 rorm-aiocieiy tnarnasjjs common inierens, riming. n admirable conititution there
ancLough enables
there ftiould be eftablifhed a pubHck authrfty, him to contribute to this great end, and every
to order and dircd what ought to be done by where diffufes a fpirit of true patriotifm, which
each, in relation to the end of the aiiociaticn.
is ze
employed for the publick welfarer"
This politicaloritsith fbvereignty, and We there fee mere citizenslfbrmiconfiderablc
vereign. It isrcvWent from the very aft of the nation; And while a bad prince
the civil or politicSli
tizen- fubjedts himfelf to the-authority 6
common welfareEheauthority-of
each membfcr, therefore eirentially belongs t
' , entire body, in-xverthinglhat rel
great deligns, - i he nobles and the reprejenU
tives of the people form a band of confidence
betwccrilthe:mMSr
cur with him in!evry thing that concerns the
pubiick-welfare
then of government 5 confirm his power, and
tbe body,, politick, or to the ftates j but the
vexercife of that authority may be placed in dif
ferent hands, according as the fpeiety fl:all or--dain.
1 f th e body of the n atioh keeps in its
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render h i m a n obedience th e more pcrfcdh as
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mano, u is a popular government, a aemo- it is voluntary. Jivery good citizen lees that
cracy-j-iHtefcts-itj
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xitizentoaufenate itftabhQies aTepublicki
an ariftocracy ; in Ihort, if.it confines the go
ver jl m en' t ' to a fihgle perfon, the ftate becom e s
a monarchy Thefe three kinds of govern- have not purchafed it too dear
mentmay .ce variously comoinea anu moain-
edV
allandrtiot-thatofa -fingleperinnHappy
conftitution I vvhich they did not fudJenly ob
tain: It has colt rivers of blood. ; but they
Mayluxury,.
that peft fo fatiil to.the manly and patriotic Yir-
tues; that minifter of corruption ib dangerous
to liberty, never overthrow a monument that
does lb m uch h onou r to-hu manjiatju
After a great deal more upon this Tubjedl
he next confidcrs the duties of a Ination to-
wardsitfelfifwhTchKe
is under air obi 1 j g a ti b ii 1 0 pr e leFvcl t (e 1 f a n d its Jris:td;rufeover
members 1 that it:"ou
that mightbecafion its defirudion ; and and prerogatives!-.--::
it has a right to every neceflary for its prefer- ct We have iaid contiirues the author). that the
-vtion, 4i Another of the duties of a naticnfovercignty is that publick; authority ; which
towards itftlf is, to endeavour after its perfedti- commands in civil fociety, and orders and di
on, and that of the ltate2 It is this doubfe
, perfeftiorat-render n
taining the end of civil fociety :,it would beb lyand eflentially belonged to the body of ther
a bfii 1 0 n iti n - foci e t y
deavour to promote the end of that union, ceded the rights received from nature, to
Since then the peifedlion-of the fociety is cohdudiliimfelf inevery thingas he pleated,,
what renders it proper to fecufe equally the according to the "diftates of his own under-:
happinefs of the bodyand that of the members ; ftandin, and tp do himfelf juftice. But the
to endeavour after this perfection is the grand , body of the fociety does not always retain this.
objet of the engagements and dufies of a citi
zen. ' Whatever therefore may hinder the
perfeflion of the people, ;and that of the fta
or retard the progrefs either 6( the one or the
tur ova coaUitution is aa wiizMt this conibinatiun fincc 11 1 a mixiwtf vt all three
,1(,.lt,v-lM.. , x?r --y '',,v- .' .. .W- '',.'. f- ' ' ' '
fovereign authority ; it frequently trufts it to a
fenate, or to a finglc perfon. This feriatcr, . or:
this prfbnj isTthen the (ovcreign. -
It is evident that men form a political fo
ciety-
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