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him of the necessity that officers in the 

 army, and all orders of the church, 

 indeed all such men as are to take any 

 share in administering religion, or sitting 

 in courts to give directions for the govern- 

 ment of a country or nation, should be 

 supported accordingly, from the king down 

 to the town-constable, from the bishop 

 to the clerk of the parish-church. Any 

 person who lives in America will see the 

 necessity of aggrandising the people of 

 higher orders in all stations. It is for the 

 real happiness and welfare of the people. 

 The government in America at the present 

 moment is like a school improperly govern- 

 ed by the master. The produce of the 

 land is too small, and in consequence the 

 pay too little, to empower men in office 

 to govern the country, and keep the people 

 in proper subordination ; so much so, that 

 the judges themselves receive insults when 

 in court. 



During the time I was there, in court, 

 the judge refused a man's security as bail 

 for another, in the sum of thirty pounds : 



