X4<5 THE BEE, OR Feb. 1 6, 



Once a Latin fcliolar, but as honeft a one as ever came 

 from a fchool, for, fo far from carrying away any thing 

 that did not belong to me, I chofe rather to leave the 

 greateO part of Avhat I had lioneftly paid for. A talk 

 for your learned correfpondents, to give a good Englifli 

 tranflation of my n^me ; and for the future, when they 

 infert more than four Latin words at a time in any 

 Englifli boolc, I would propofe that they give a good 

 tranflation below, for the benefit of Englifh readers, 

 if they be able that is to fay. 



Remarks en Liberty. 



1o the Editor of the Bee. 

 Sir, 

 On reading the article France, No. IV. of your hif- 

 torical chronicle, the following thoughts were fuggell- 



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Revolutions in focieties and nations are not affairs 



tiniverfiilly demonftrable, that owe their perfeftion or 

 circumfcription to the powers of the human mind, 

 Theie belong rather to the nature of caufe and effeft. 

 Their hidden and fecret nature are befl known by their" 

 confequences. One caufe however is obvious, the op- 

 prejfion of men in power, Defpotic governments might 

 preferve the peace and felicity of their fubjefts by le- 

 nity and equity of adminiftration. The people under 

 fuch princes might be cemented to their fo%'ereigns 

 ■without fo much as knowing for why — at lead with- 

 out any inquiry into the rights of fovereignty : But 

 whenever oppreflion begins, the painful chains fpeak 

 ta their underftanding more emphat'cally than all the 

 eloquence of Demofthenes. Another evident reafon of 

 ilate-ievolution is, the introduBion of commerce. The 

 heads of the people might even be generous and hu^ 



