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 being contrary to that which is Right and Straight,'" &c, (‘See, in the margin below, the remainder of this Remark (18).

But when great Nations become too subservient to one, or a few individuals, either by the corruption or total exclusion of popular Representation, in their respective Legislatures, they generally seem to lose all sense of Right and Wrong, all common Honesty in their political measures, as if they thought the command of an earthly superior would be a sufficient warrant for them to set aside the ETERNAL LAW, and so perpetrate the most abominable actions with impunity. How shall we account for such wretched time-serving,