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96 make our comparion with England and the Englih contitution. Our people are undoubtedly overeign—all the landed and other property is in the hands of the citizens—not only their repreentatives, but their enators and governors, arc annually choen—there are no hereditary titles, honours, offices, or ditinctions—the legilative, executive, and judicial powers are carefully eparated from each other—the powers of the one, the few, and the many, are nicely balanced in their legilatures—trials by jury are preerved in all their glory, and there is no tanding army—the habeas corpus is in full force—the pres is the mot free in the world—and where all thee circumtances take place, it is unneceary to add, that the laws alone can govern.