That governours have been ſometimes given them only that a great man might get eaſe from importunity, and that they have had judges not always of the deepeſt learning, or the pureſt integrity, we have no great reaſon to doubt, becauſe ſuch misfortunes happen to ourſelves. Whoever is governed will ſometimes be governed ill, even when he is moſt concerned in his own government.
That improper officers or magiſtrates are ſent, is the crime or folly of thoſe that ſent them. When incapacity is diſcovered, it ought to be removed; if corruption is detected, it ought to be puniſhed. No government could ſubſiſt for a day, if ſingle errors could juſtify defection.
One of their complaints is not ſuch as can claim much commiſeration from the ſofteſt boſom. They tell us, that we have changed our conduct, and that a tax is
