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cicty, and fubmit to laws folely. for their own
ereign
advantage and
rity-is tKcn: c
good of all the citizens, ana it wouia oe ao
furd to think that it could change its nature on
thiprivate w
are very, inaccurate in their exi
its nailing into the hands or a lenate, or a mo-
nafcfi".v flattery , therefore- cannot duo
without rendering itfelf equally ;ridiculous and
are ftill virtues" of thi thm
weix to be
without difcer n men r , give hi m
ieif up , to- tnesr imprciiions. tie chemhes
. v 1 ..
wn kimnuoes nou
odious, that the fovereign is ortly cftablifhed
for the fafety of the ftate,,arid the advantage
of fociety.
" A good prince, a wife co
ciety , ought to ;hay e --his 1 mind 1
of fa -
reffed witfr
themf he cultivates them in his private lifc;
nui in irate arrairs ne jiirens only to jultice and
bund-politicksTndho7beciu(rh errkno ws
th at the go v e rnment was en trufted to him only
: izx-m a 1 .j ,., .'. .... w
eJiappmeis
this gt Jrutl
folely entriilled with him for the
llate, and the happincft of all his peopleif that
he is rot permitted to feek himfelf in the ad mi'
niltration of attairs, to propofe his ovn iatis
fa&ion or his private advantage, but that he
ought to diredl all his vie ws all his fteps.
rl -W I ' V-i 1 K-t-r. -r---:r. -. ' f - - ' , :
ign power is ne Qugnt not to conlult his own pleature : in
ofthcthe u(e-jic-makes of his power; -He tempers
his goodriefs with" vvifdom ; he gives to friend
fhip his domeltic and private favours $ he di-
fafety
to
Ilributtspoltsand employments ac.cordrng-to
merit ; publick re wards Joiervicei
ftatc-In aiword, h2 ufes the bublii
.. f
ck power
theFatadv people who only with a view to the public welfare; V
have fubmitted to him. How noble a fight is 4 A political focicty (continues the author)
it to fee a king of England acquaint his parlia
ment with his principal operations ; aflurc that
body; the reprefentative,of the nation, that he
propofes-notherndLbutLthe glo
ftate, and the happinefs of h and af-
ieftionateiythank
fuch falutary views ! Certainly a monarch who
makes ufe of this language, and proves
xerityby
lthewife;Ztheonlygrcatman
1 onglim c, a bafe flattery has in mod kingd 6ms
caufed thefe maxims'tQibe fa
is a moral sperfon, as it has an underftairding
and a wi 1 1 , of wh ich it makes u fe for;thecon
dut of its-'affairs jand is capable of its affairs,
md is capab laws. When
any one perfon, they inveft hi with their un
derftanding and will ; and make over to him
their obligations, and rights, fo far as rclafes
to the adm inift ration of th e : a ffa i raof ft ate,
and;-tKeli?xercifc
or conductor of the ftate becom-
ot iervilc courtiers, without dimcuity penuace
a proud' monarch, that the, nation was made
for him, and not he for the nation. He foon
cp n fid e r s the kingdom as his patrimony and
. from which he
ing.thefubje(3:in.which;refidethe-obligatibns-and
rights relative to government, jirhin is
the moral oerfon, who. without abfo-
his people as a hcrd ol
may. obtain richesi-and as
belt to anfwer his vievvs, andtgratify -his paf
lions. From thence arife thefe fatal wars, un
dertaken by ambition, reftle(sne(s hatred,
ahdlprideTcm.thencetliQfcL
diflipat"bynuMry,nof(q
- treffes and favourites : from thence in fine,- are
important pofts given by favour, while pub
lick meritTs
.does not immediately intereft the prince, aban
doned to miniftersaridrfubalterns Who can
. obferve, in this unhappy governments-authority
eftablifhed for the piiblick welfare ? A great
princewili be on hisj guard, even; againft .his
vtues', - Let us not fay with fome writers,
lutely ceaffrig to exift in the nation, ats from
hencefor wards ony in and by him. Such is the
origin of the repreientative c harafte r a tri buted
:tp:thcovcreign,: He reprcfente the nation in all
theaffairs it v;as capable, of managing as fov
reignt It does not debate the dignity of the great-. '
eft monarch, to attri butrto :Him
tivc character ; on the coiitrarv. nothinn- can
w i t H3 g r e a t e r I u ft r e 4 fblLby
this means the monarch unites in his-own per
fon,t all the maj gJhjntfe
body of the nation. , . .J ......
'r6'.' The fovereign thus cloathed with the,
public authprity; with every thi
tutes the moral perfonality of. the natipn, is un
der the obligations of that nation, and inverted
with its rights7. - " , ; :7-7'''
, AlL the general duties of a nation towards
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