SOVEIIEIGNTY. J 1 



luil uY colloetivo per.son in Irgitiinute possi'ssion of 

 power Avitliout holding it originiilly IVoni the nation, it 

 seems to me, to say the least, that the case has heen 

 very badly stated. A people is not a people until it is 

 constituted under some sort of government; until then, 

 therefore, it has no political rights. I see a multitude 

 without organization ; or rather, I see a congeries of do- 

 mestic societies in juxtaposition and independence ; but 

 i lind there no civil society. This is what is perfectly 

 expressed in the ancient maxim: TuUe nnum, tiirha 

 est; addc nnum, 2)02)ulus est. ^'Subtract one, it leaves 

 a mob ; add one, it makes a nation." The existence of 

 government in civil society is not subsequent to the 

 existence of civil society itself. The two facts are si- 

 multaneous and inseparable. Consequently the people 

 cannot be the source of power, since it does not exist as 

 a people except in the presence of povrer. The Power 

 and the People are twin brotliers. Together they come 

 forth from God, tlie source of all order and all right, 

 and too-ether thev return to him. 



For the question of the origia of sovereignty, I will 

 substitute that of the seat in which sovereignty resides, 

 and I will conclude with that of the exercise of sover- 

 eignty. This will l)e more practical, and at the same 

 time more logical and true. 



Part First. — The Seat of Sovereignfij. 



[1. The subject wliercin sovereignty primaril}' and absolutely 

 inheres is God himself. In la3'ing down this position Father 

 Hyacinthe merely draws the conclusions which follow from the 

 teachings of the three preceding years, converging on the exist- 

 ence and authority of the personal and living God.] 



In that day of. utter amazement in which I found 

 mysf'lf called to ascend this pulpit, I cried, like Moses, 



