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" That no priest fhould ever have it in his power 

 to deprive a citizen of the least prerogative, under 

 pretext that this citizen is a sinner, because that the 

 priest, a sinner himself, ought to pray for sinners, not 

 judge tkem. 



"That the magistrates, the labourers, and tbe 

 priests, fliould pay an e^ual fhare of the burdens of 

 the state, because that they all belong ec[ually to the 

 state. 



*' That there fhould be every where the same 

 -weight, measure, and custom. 



*' That the pun^ifhment of criminals fliould be' 

 serviceable. A man hanged is good for nothing, 

 while a man that is condemned to the public works, 

 still serves his country, and is a living lefson. 



" That every law fhould be clear, uniform, and 

 precise. To interpret it is generally to corrupt it» 



*' That nothing fliould be infamous but vice. 



" That the imposts fliould always be proportion- 

 ally. 



*' That the law fliould never be in oppositioti to 

 custom, because if the customs are good, the law 

 signifies nothing." 



This small pamphlet presents us with a great 

 number of reformations besides ; and which properly 

 are so. One or tv/o sittings of the national afsem- 

 bly would suffice to ratify them. It is a good thing 

 that the sittings, in ah instant, transform into laws, 

 -ihose eternal truths which our fathers had lost, and 

 their sons have restored. We have opened their eyes. 

 People there are who wifli to deprive us of themj 

 but to this we never will agree. 



