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REMARKS 



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THE 



PRiNCi- tain refpe<5l iliewn him, \v 



hich IS decent and necelTary, and he i 



IS 



PLES OF 

 SOCIE- 



ETIES. 



invelled with a degree of authority and power, fufficient to enable 



him to become beneficial to his fubjeas, without permitting him to.^ 

 opprefs them -, and he can acquire the title of flither of his people,, 



without ever becoming their tyrant 



The chiefs of diflrids are 



both a fupport and check to the royal dignity: they form the 



r 



great council of the nation, alTembled on important affairs, efpe- 

 cially war and peace : without their confent, the kin 



which might influence the 



dertake any thing 



fafety, or puniih any great Lord : without them the k 



g cannot un 



public peace or 



unable 



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to execute great atchievements, for if they fhould find him difpofed 



afiill him with the 



to abufe his power, they would either refufe to 



force of their diftrid, or they would, perhaps, affociate with thofe 



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whom the king might be willing to opprefs, and therefore prevent 



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his progrefs towards defpotifm, by balancing his power, or by op- 



pofing his increafe of prerogative. 



The war againft the chief of 



Morea, on the ifland of Imeo, which the Taheiteans propofed to 



carry 



after 



■ 



dep 



and for which we faw fuch g 



preparations confirms the truth of this affertion. 



The chiefs of 



each diflrid being fubjea: to the king, dare net opprefs their owa 

 fubjeds, who, in that *cafe would either bring their complaints be- 

 fore his paramount, or they might form affociations, in order to 

 defend themfelvcs' againil his rapines, oppreffion and defpotifm. 



The 



