Political Miscellany (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Political MiscellanyI have heard much faid of the anarchy fince the revolution of July 14th, 1789, and efpecially fince that of the Ioth of Auguft, 1792. - But in my opinion it is not anarchy that is the malady of the political body, but defpotifm and aril'to cracy. I am of opinion; whatever may be faid to the contrary, that it is only from that apocha, which is ~fo\much abufed, that we have had'a beginning of laws and government, notwith fianding fome diflurbances, which are nothing more (than convulfions of expiring royalty, and the laf't firuggle of a faithlefs' government againfl equality.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.