Those Gentlemen, Who Will Be

Government Is, Or Ought To Be Instituted For The Common Benefit, Protection, And Security Of The People, Nation, Or Community; Of All The Various Modes And Forms Of Government, That Is Best Which Is Capable Of Producing The Greatest Degree Of Happiness And Safety, And Is Most Effectually Secured Against The Danger Of Maladministration.

The Laws Of Nature Are The Laws Of God, Whose Authority Can Be Superseded By No Power On Earth. A Legislature Must Not Obstruct Our Obedience To Him From Whose Punishment They Cannot Protect Us. All Human Constitutions Which Contradict His Laws, We Are In Conscience Bound To Disobey.

I Thank God, I Have Been Able, By Adopting Principles Of Strict Economy And Frugality, To Keep My Principal, I Mean My Country-estate, Unimpaired.

That The Legislative And Executive Powers Of The State Should Be Separate And Distinct From The Judiciary; And That The Members Of The Two First May Be Restrained From Oppression, By Feeling And Participating The Burdens Of The People, They Should, At Fixed Periods, Be Reduced To A Private Station, Return Into That Body From Which They Were Originally Taken, And The Vacancies Be Supplied By Frequent, Certain, And Regular Elections, In Which All, Or Any Part Of The Former Members, To Be Again Eligible, Or Ineligible, As The Laws Shall Direct.

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