ſions, whether ſimple or ſublime, as they may amuſe the fancy and illuſtrate an argument: all that is inſiſted on is, that whatever there is in them of wit or argument, is all in favour of a complication of forces, of more powers than one; of three powers indeed, becauſe a balance can never be eſtabliſhed between two orders in ſociety, without a third to aid the weakeſt.
All that is ſurpriſing here is, that the real force of the ſimile ſhould have been miſunderftood: if there is any ſimilitude, or any argument in it, it is clearly in favour of two aſſemblies. The weight of the load itſelf would roll the waggon on the oxen, and the cattle on one another, in one ſcene of deſtruction, if the forces were not divided and the balance formed; whereas by checking one power by another, all deſcend the hill in ſafety, and avoid the danger. It ſhould be remembered too, that it is only in deſcending uncommon declivities that this diviſion of ſtrength becomes neceſſary. In travelling in ordinary plains, and always in aſcending mountains, the whole team draws together, and advances faſter as well as eaſier on its journey: it is alſo certain, there are oftener arduous ſteeps to mount, which require the united ſtrength of all, with all the ſkill of the director, than there are precipices to deſcend, which demand a diviſion of it.
Let us now return to Mr. Turgot's idea of a government confiding in a ſingle aſſembly.—He tells us, our republics are "founded on the equality of all the citizens, and therefore "orders" and "equilibriums," are unneceſſary, and occaſion diſputes."—But what are we to underſtand here by equality? Are the citizens to be all of the ſame age, ſex, ſize, ſtrength, ſtature, activity, courage, hardineſs, induſtry, patience, ingenui-
