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land, and honestly call a part of them his pro 

 perty, and then he will not add the meanest to 

 the most dastardly apostacy. 



410. The right of suffrage in America is, how 

 ever, upon the whole, sufficient to guard the peo 

 ple against any general and long-existing abuse 

 of power ; for, let it be borne in mind, that here 

 the people elect all the persons, who are to 

 exercise power ; while, even if our Reform were 

 obtained, there would still be two branches out 

 of the three, over whom the people would have 

 no direct controul. Besides, in England, Ire 

 land, and Scotland, there is an established 

 Church ; a richly endowed and powerful hier 

 archy ; and this, which is really & fourth branch 

 of the government, has nothing to resemble it 

 in America. So that, in this country, the whole 

 of the Government may be truly said to be in 

 the hands of the people. The people are, in 

 reality as well as in name, represented. 



411. The consequences of this are, 1st. that, if 

 those who are chosen do not behave well, they 

 are not chosen a second time ; 2nd, that there 

 are no sinecure placemen and place women, 

 grantees, pensioners without services, and big 

 placemen who swallow the earnings of two or 

 three thousand men each ; 3rd, that there is no 

 military staff to devour more than the whole of 

 a government ought to cost ; 4th, that there are 



