over and above his pay as King; and having thus purchased it at the expense of England, added it to his Hanoverian dominions for his own private profit.-In fact, every nation that does not govern itself is governed as a job: England has been the prey of jobs ever since the Revolution." And in another part thereof, according to the tenour and effect following; (that is to say,)" The fraud, hypocrisy, "and imposition of governments" (meaning, amongst others, the government of this kingdom), " are

now beginning to be too well understood to promise "them any long career. The farce of monarchy and "aristocracy in all countries is following that of chi"valry, and Mr. Burke is dressing for the funeral. “Let it then pass quietly to the tomb of all other follies, and the mourners be comforted. The time " is not very distant when England will laugh at it

self for sending to Holland, Hanover, Zell, or "Brunswick, for men" (meaning the Kings of these realms, born out of the same, who have acceded to the crown thereof at and since the Revolution), "at "the expense of a million a year, who understood "neither her laws, her language, nor her interest ; "and whose capacities would scarcely have fitted "them for the office of a parish constable. If go"vernment could be trusted to such hands, it must be "some easy and simple thing indeed; and materials

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fit for all the purposes may be found in every town "and village in England." In contempt of our said. Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example

of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity. And the said Attorney General of our said Lord the King, for our said Lord the King, further gives the Court here to understand and be informed, that the said Thomas Paine, being a wicked, malicious, seditious, and ill-disposed person, and being greatly disaffected to our said Sovereign Lord the now King, and to the happy constitution and government of this kingdom, and most unlawfully, wickedly, seditiously, and maliciously devising, contriving, and intending to scandalize, traduce, and vilify the late happy Revolution, providentially brought about and effected under the wise and prudent conduct of His Highness William, heretofore Prince of Orange, and afterwards King of England, France, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging; and the acceptance of the crown and royal dignity of King and Queen of England, France, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, by His said Highness William, and Her Highness Mary, heretofore Prince and Princess of Orange, and the means by which the same Revolution was accomplished, to the happiness and welfare of this realm; and to scandalize, traduce, and vilify the Convention of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, at whose request, and by whose advice, Their said Majesties did accept the said crown and royal dignity; and to scandalize, traduce, and vilify the act of the Parliament holden at Westmin

ster, in the first year of the reign of Their said Majesties King William and Queen Mary, intituled, "An Act, declaring the Rights and Liberties of the "Subject, and settling the Succession of the Crown," and the declaration of rights and liberties in the said act contained; and also the limitations and settlements of the crown and regal government of the said kingdoms and dominions, as by law established; and also by most wicked, cunning, and artful insinuations, to represent, suggest, and cause it to be believed, that the said Revolution, and the said settlements and limitations of the crown and regal government of the said kingdoms and dominions, and the said declaration of the rights and liberties of the subject, were contrary to the rights and interest of the subjects of this kingdom in general; and that the regal government of this kingdom was a tyranny; and also by most wicked, cunning, and artful insinuations, to represent, suggest, and cause it to be believed, that the Parliament of this kingdom was a wicked, corrupt, useless, and unnecessary establishment; and that the King and Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, wickedly tyrannized over and oppressed the subjects of this kingdom in general; and to infuse into the minds of the subjects of this kingdom groundless and unreasonable discontents and prejudices against our present Sovereign Lord the King, and the Parliament of this kingdom; and the constitution, laws, and government thereof, and to bring them into

hatred and contempt, on the sixteenth day of February, in the thirty-second year of the reign of our said present Sovereign Lord the King, by force and arms, at London aforesaid, to wit, in the parish of Saint Mary le Bow, in the ward of Cheap, he, the said Thomas, wickedly, maliciously, and seditiously did print and publish, and cause to be printed and published, a certain false, scandalous, malicious, and seditious libel, of and concerning the said late happy Revolution, and the said settlements and limitations of the crown and regal government of the said kingdoms and dominions; and the said act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and the said declaration of the rights and liberties of the subject therein contained, and the hereditary regal government of the said kingdoms and dominions; and also of and concerning the legislature, constitution, government, and laws of this kingdom, and of and concerning our present Sovereign Lord the King that now is, and of and concerning the Parliament of this kingdom, intituled, "Rights of Man, "Part the Second, combining Principle and Prac"tice; by Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Af

fairs to Congress in the American War, and Aus"thor of the Work, intituled, Common Sense, and "the First Part of the Rights of Man; the Second "Edition; London, Printed for J. S. Jordan, No. "166, Fleet Street." In which said libel are contained, amongst other things, divers false, scandal ous, malicious, and seditious matters. In one part

thereof, according to the tenour and effect following: (that is to say,) "All hereditary government is in its "nature tyranny. An heritable crown" (meaning, amongst others, the crown of this kingdom),

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66 or by what other fanciful name such things may be called, have no "other significant explanation than that mankind are .“ heritable property. To inherit a government, is "to inherit the people, as if they were flocks and "herds." And in another part thereof, according to the tenour and effect following; (that is to say,) "This Convention met ut Philadelphia, in May 1787,

of which General Washington was elected presi"dent. He was not at that time connected with any "of the State Governments, or with Congress. He "delivered up his commission when the war ended, " and since then had lived a private citizen. The

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Convention went deeply into all the subjects, and having, after a variety of debate and investigation, agreed among themselves upon the several parts of a Federal Constitution, the next question was the manner of giving it authority and practice. For "this purpose, they did not, like a cabal of cour "tiers, send for a Dutch Stadtholder or a German "Elector, but they referred the whole matter to the "sense and interest of the country" (thereby meaning, and intending that it should be believed, that a cabal of courtiers had sent for the said Prince of Orange and King George the First, heretofore Elec