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Show [32] tablifhing fuch unlimited and unlawful ( 33) Government, is more eafily conceived than expreffed ; becaufe " the " condition of all fubjeéts would be a- " like, whether under aéfolute or limited " Government, if it were not lawful (34) " to maintain and preferve thofe limita- EXTRACT of a LETTER on the foregoing Subjee‘t, to a Friend l " " " " " " tions, fince Will and Plafizre, and not Law, would be, alike in both, the mezzfare of obedience ; for, to have liberties and privileges, unlefs they may be defended, and to have none at all, is the in AMERICA, ary 2 1, 17-74.. dated Febru- lll'lllllll 1»: mm ‘UACH l " " p. " fame thing as to be governed by mere Will and Plea/are" (Lord Sommers, 24.) ; and " mifera eft fir‘viz‘u: ubijus ef'c vagum aut incertum." (33) " Ubi non efl: candmdi arzrboritar, ibi non efi‘ " parendi necelfitas." Dav. 69. Prin. Leg. et Equir. p. 117. I have alfo fent you :1 book lately pub- (34) " Infuper lex rationis permittit plurima fieri, " u: fcilicet quod licitum eft wim wz' repellere, et quod " fas unicuique {e tueri et rem fizam rim/Mere (ontra " ‘vfm irjuflaizz." D051. et Stud. ‘ C. 2, p. 8. -- See alfo Brar‘ton, lib. 4, c. 4., p. 162. b. Old-jcwry‘, London, June 23, 17.74. GRANVILLE SHARP. lilhed by Dr. »-----, refpeéling the government of the Britifh Colonies. The reafon of my fending the latter is not becaufe Iyapprovc ofit, or have the F lt‘ 21 ll |
