the Congress, and general meeting from the respective
governments. It was said the man is mad. What then? One madman
often makes many. Massaniello was mad, no body doubts; yet for
all that, he overturned the government of Naples. Madness is
catching in all popular assemblies, and upon all popular matters.

The book is full of wildness. I never read it till a few days
ago, for I seldom look into such things."

In some of his arguments he lays down general principles with a
quaint extravagance which marks the peculiar humor of the man.
"No government has the right to make hobby-horses, asses, and
slaves of the subject; nature having made sufficient of the two
former, for all the lawful purposes of man, from the harmless
peasant in the field to the most refined politician in the
cabinet; but none of the last, which infallibly proves that they
are unnecessary." "The British constitution of government as now
established in his Majesty's person and family, is the wisest and
best in the world. The King of Great Britain is the best as well
as the most glorious monarch upon the globe, and his subjects the
happiest in the universe. The French King is a despotic,
arbitrary prince, and, consequently, his subjects are very
miserable." The last specimen which we shall quote comes from
his defence of the objectionable passage in the remonstrance
drawn up by Otis on behalf of the Assembly of 1762 against
Governor Bernard's conduct in increasing the expenses of the
colony without previously obtaining the consent of the
Legislature. This passage was as follows: "No necessity can be
sufficient to justify a House of Representatives in giving up
such a privilege; for it would be of little consequence to the