ItighlsofMan, Part I

16. Dissertations on Government, Uie affairs of Uie Bank, and jtaper money, 1786.

.17. Le 8 juillet 1795, sous le titre Constitutional, il écrit : « The System of tbe democrats is absurd and dangerous : for it subjugates the well informed to the ill informed classes of mankind. — Mr. Burke's System, though diametrically opposite, is absurd and mischievous for similar reasons : it subjugates the well informed to the ill informed âges. Of ail tyranny tbe inost rclcntless is that of thedead : foritcannot be molli û éd. Of ail Folly the most incurable is that of the dead : forit cannot be instructed. Mr. Burke's pamphlet on French poli tics, astrange mixture of sa lu ta ry reasonand mischievous absurdity. — Characteristic proposais of Democratieal Government* I. Ignorance; 2. Violence; 3. Extravagance; 4. Discontent; 5. Fréquent wars; 6. Danger of violent Révolution from war. — From violence an alternative and mixture of anarchy and oppression ».(Mss. Univ. Coll., no. 43.)