the Engliſh conſtitution differs from theirs. All Government is ultimately and eſſentially abſolute, but ſubordinate ſocieties may have more immunities, or individuals greater liberty, as the operations of Government are differently conducted. An Engliſhman in the common courſe of life and action feels no reſtraint. An Engliſh Colony has very liberal powers of regulating its own manners and adjuſting its own affairs. But an Engliſh individual may by the ſupreme authority be deprived of liberty, and a Colony diveſted of its powers, for reaſons of which that authority is the only judge.
In ſovereignty there are no gradations. There may be limited royalty, there may be limited conſulſhip; but there can be no limited government. There muſt in every ſociety be ſome power or other from which there is no appeal, which admits no reſtrictions, which pervades the whole maſs of the community, regulates and adjuſts all
