teſt." Cicero, Frag, de Repub.—As all the ages of the world have not produced a greater ſtateſman and philoſopher united in the ſame character, his authority ſhould have great weight. His decided opinion in favour of three branches is founded on a reaſon that is unchangeable; the laws, which are the only poſſible rule, meaſure, and ſecurity of juſtice, can be ſure of protection, for any courſe of time, in no other form of government: and the very name of a republic implies, that the property of the people ſhould be repreſented in the legiſlature, and decide the rule of juſtice.—"Reſpublica eſt res populi. Populus autem non omnis cœtus multitudinis, ſed cœtus juris conſenſu, et utilitatis communione ſociatus." Frag. de Rep.
"Reſpublica res eſt populi, cum bene ac juſte geritur, ſive ab uno rege, ſive a paucis optimatibus, ſive ab univerſo populo. Cum vero injuſtus eſt rex, quem tyrannum voco; aut injuſti optimates, quorum conſenſus factio eſt; aut injuſtus ipſe populus, cui nomen uſitatum nullum reperio, niſi ut etiam ipſum tyrannum appellem; non jam vitioſa, ſed omnino nulla reſpublica eſt; quoniam non eſt res populi, cum tyrannus eam factiove capeſſtat; nec ipſe populus eſt ſi ſit injuſtus, quoniam non eſt multitudinis juris conſenſu, et utilitatis unione ſociata." Frag. de Repub.
