C. 178 n 



feels are doubtful, but that it is an exam- 

 ple by no means unapplicable to the fubject 

 on which I have been writing, and one that, 

 in the prefent crifis, cannot be too much 

 imprefled on our minds. 



The mutual connection and dependance 

 of all the different ranks and orders of men 

 in this country ; the innumerable, but vo- 

 luntary ties by which they are bound and 

 united to each other, (fo different from what 

 are experienced by the fubjecls of any other 

 monarchy,) are perhaps the firmeft fecu- 

 rities of its glory, its ftrength, and its hap- 

 pinefs. Freedom, like the general atmof- 

 phere, is diffufed through every part, and 

 its fteady and fettled influence, like that of 

 the atmofphere on a fine evening, gives at 

 once a glowing warmth, and a union to all 

 within its fphere : and although the fepara- 

 tion of the different ranks and their grada- 

 tions, like thofe of vifible objects, is known 

 and afcertained, yet from the beneficial 



mixture, 



