...self-sacrificed mass, from which all appropriate principle of vitality has departed forever. SPIRIT OF LIBERTY. The first object of a free people is the preservation...despotisms ; the next simplest, limited monarchies ; but all republics, all governments of law, must impose numerous limitations and qualifications of...

...self-sacrificed mass, from which all appropriate principle of vitality has departed for ever. *•**•»* " The first object of a free people is the preservation...despotisms ; the next simplest, limited monarchies ; but all republics, all governments of law, must impose numerous limitations and qualifications of...

...the Protest, of the very highest importance, and which demand nothing less than our utmost attention. The first object of a free people is the preservation...desire to simplify government. The simplest governments arc despotisms ; the next simplest, limited monarchies ; but all republics, all governments of law,...

...guardian." (Vol. I, pp. 270-73.) We select a passage or two from the speech on the Presidential Protest : " The first object of a free people is the preservation...Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretense of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the next simplest,...

...the Protest, of the very highest importance, and which demand nothing less than our utmost attention. The first object of a free people is the preservation...restraints and just divisions of political power. '^Noth'. ing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government!'...

...extinction of ita own being could compel it to relinquish."—Ibid. " The first object of a free people ia the preservation of their liberty ; and liberty is...constitutional restraints and just divisions of political power."—Ibid. "Under the present Constitution, wisely and conscientiously administered, all are safe,...

...mere life of the citizen, told us this great truth in words of classic strength and clearness, when he said, " The first object of a free people is the preservation of their liberty ! " This is a pregnant sentence, and has all the force of a precept, were it necessary so to interpret...

...mere life of the citizen, told us this great truth in words of classic strength and clearness, when he said, " The first object of a free people is the preservation of their liberty ! " This is a pregnant sentence, and has all the force of a precept, were it necessary so to interpret...

...mere life of the citizen, told us this great truth in words of classic strength and clearness, when he said, " The first object of a free people is the preservation of their liberty ! " This is a pregnant sentence, and has all the force of a precept, were it necessary so to interpret...

...life of the citizen, told us this great truth in •words of classic strength and clearness, when he said, " The first object of a free people is the preservation of their liberty ! " This is a pregnant sentence, and has all the force of a precept, were It necessary so to interpret...