Essays, Moral and Political - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1154322327 ISBN 13: 9781154322323

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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1741. Excerpt: ... But his Book was scarce published when the King was restored; and we see that Monarchy, has ever since subsisted upon the same Footing as before. Notwithstanding of this unlucky Example, I will venture to examine a very important Question, viz. Whether the British Government inclines more to Absolute Monarchy, or to a Republic r and in which of these two Species of Government it will most probably terminate ? As there seems not to be any great Danger of a sudden Revolution either Way, I shall at least escape the Shame attending my Temerity, if I should be found to have been mistaken. Those who assert, that the Ballance ot, our Government inclines towards Absolute Monarchy may support their Opinion by the following Reasons. That Property has a great Influence on Power cannot possibly be denied ; but yet the general Maxim, That the Ballance os the one depends upon the Ballance of the other, must be received with several Limitations. Tis evident, that much less Property in a single Hand will be able to counter-ballance a greater Property in several Hands ; not only because it is difficult to make many Persons Persons combine in the fame Views and Measures ; but also because Property, when united, causes much greater Dependence, than the fame Property, when dispersed. · An hundred Persons of 1000 a Year apiece, can consume all their Income, and no Body sh. ll . ever be the better for them, except their Servants and Tradesmen, who justly regard their Profits as the Product of their own Labour. But a Man possest of 100,000 a Year, if he has either any Generosity, or any Cunning, may create a great Dependence by Obligations, and still a greater by Expectations. Hence we find, that in all free Governments any Subject exorbitantly rich has always created Jealousy, even tho' his Riches ...

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