every people conſiſted in union, produced by one common intereſt, and operating in joint efforts and conſiſtent councils.
From this time Independence perceptibly wafted away. No part of the nation was permitted to act for itſelf. All now had the ſame enemies and the ſame friends; the Government protected individuals, and individuals were required to refer their deſigns to the proſperity of the Government.
By this principle it is, that ſtates are formed and conſolidated. Every man is taught to confider his own happineſs as combined with the public proſperity, and to think himſelf great and powerful, in proportion to the greatneſs and power of his Governors.
Had the Weſtern continent been diſcovered between the fourth and tenth century, when all the Northern world was in mo-
