20 On Party-Prejudice. 
ing and exalted character. In order to secure their 
countenance and support, it will be necessary to as- 
sume the appearance of a patriotic zeal, in support- 
ing the privileges of, and regulating the balance of 
power between the separate orders of the state. Self. 
denial, and austerity in conduct and manners, must 
be practised to lull suspicion. By these arts Tiber- 
ius Gracchus exalted the power of one branch of 
the state upon the ruins of the other; and thus in- 
troduced anarchy, party-virulence, and a habit of in- 
surrection. The foundations of the republic, by 
these means, were secretly undermined; and the 
whole edifice, soon after, tumbled into pieces, when 
assaulted by the vigorous and well-timed attack of 
Cesar. Tiberius Gracchus, Marius, Cinna, and 
other factious leaders, may be considered merely as 
caterers for Cesar. Like the jackal, they hunted 
down the prey, to be devoured by the lion! 
If we direct our attention to the Grecian demo- 
cracies, we shall find ample matter for reflection 
in the evils introduced by party-prejudice. The 
same causes, which corrupted the integrity of the 
citizens and destroyed the liberties of Rome, pro- 
duced similar fatal effects among the Grecian states. 
Ambition, avarice, and party-malice reigned every 
where triumphant. 
These are the causes which Thucydides* assigns 
* Thucydid, p. 218, Ed, Duk. 
