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x monarchy. The bet and wiet prince, by means of a freer communication with his people, and the greater opportunities to collect the bet advice from the bet of his ubjects, would have an immene advantage in a free tate more than in a monarchy. A enate coniting of all that is mot noble, wealthy, and able in the nation, with a right to counel the crown at all times, is a check to miniters, and a ecurity againt abues, that a body of nobles who never meet, and have no uch right, can never accomplih. Another aembly, compoed of repreentatives choen by the people in all parts, gives the whole nation free acces, and communicates all the wants, knowledge, projects, and wihes of the nation, to government; excites an emulation among all claes, removes complaints, redrees grievances, affords opportunities of exertion to genius though in obcurity, and gives full cope to all the faculties of man; opens a paage for every peculation to the legilature, to adminitration, and to the public: it gives a univeral energy to the human character, in every part of the tate, which never can be obtained in a monarchy.

There is a third particular which deerves attention both from governments and people. The miniters of tate,in a imple monarchy, can never know their friends from their enemies: cabals in ecret undermine their influence, and blat their reputations. This occaions a jealouy ever anxious and irritated, which never thinks the government afe without