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never occurs : All is transacted by reprcsenta • 

 tion^ Whatever may be the number of the 

 |)eople, or the extent of the territory, rcprc- 

 seutation is proportioned to it ; and thus becomcii 

 txpressive of the public sentiment, in every part 

 o'' 'hi uiiion. Hence the government in different 

 ft 'tes,thoughchicfly republican, varies in its form; 

 < nmittinj^ more or less power to a governor, 

 J'" nate, or house of representatives, as the cir- 

 cumstances of any particular state may require.^ 

 As each of these branches derive their whole 

 P'>".vcr from the people, are accountable to them 

 for the use and exercise they make of it, and 

 iii.iy be displaced by the election of others ; 

 the security of the people is derived not from the 

 nice ideal application of checks, balances, and 

 iTi. chanical powers, among the different parts of 

 the governraent : but from the responsibility/ 

 and dependence of each part of the government, 

 upon the people. 



This kind of government seems^ohave had its' 

 iorm and oriofin, frem nature. It is not derived 

 from any of the histories of the ancient repub- 

 lics. It is not borrowed from Greece, Rome, 

 or Carthage. Nor does it appear that a gov- 

 ernment founded in representation ever was a- 

 dopted among the ancients, under any form 

 whatever. Representation thus unknown to the 

 ancients, was gradually introduced into Eu- 

 rope by her monarchs ; not with any design to 

 favor the rights of the people, but as the best 

 means that they could devise to raise money. 

 The monarchs who thus introduced it, with a 

 view to collect money from the people, always^ 

 taok care to check it when it ventured to exa- 



