Rights of Man, Part I

16. Disseiiations on Government, the a/fairs of tlie Bank, and paper moneij, 1786.

17. Le 8 juillet 179-5, sous le ViU-e Constitutional, il écrit : « Tlic System of the di'iuocrats is absurd and dangerous : for it subjugates the well informedtotheillinformed classes of mankind. — Mr. Burke's System, though / diametrically opposite, is absurd and mischievous for similar reasons : it subjugates the well informed to tlie ill informed âges. Of ail tyranny the most relentless is that of thedead : foritcannot be mollifled. Of ail Folly the raost incurable is tiiat of the dead : forit cannot be instructed. Mr. Burke's pamphlet on French politics, aslrange mixture of salutary reàsonand mischievous absurdity. — Cliaracteristic proposais of Democratical Government ■ I. Igiiiirance: 2. Violence;3. Extravagance ; 4. Discontent ; 5. Fi'equent wars ; 6. DangiT uf violent Révolution froni Avar. — From violence an alternative and mixture uf anarchy and oppression ». (Mss. Univ. Coll., no. 43. i