THE GRISONS.
In the republic of the Three Leagues of the Griſons, the ſovereign is all the people of a great part of the ancient Rhetia. This is called a democratical republic of three leagues, 1. The League of the Griſons. 2. The League Caddee. 3. The League of Ten Juriſdictions. Theſe three are united by the perpetual confederation of 1472, which has been ſeveral times renewed. The government reſides ſovereignty in the commons, where every thing is decided by the plurality of voices. The commons elect and inſtruct their deputies for the general diet, which is held once a year. Each league elects alſo its chief or preſident, who reſides at the dietes, each one in his league. The general diet aſſembles one year at Ilanz, in the league of the Griſons; one year at Coire, in the league Caddee; and one year at Davons, in the league of Ten Juriſdictions. There is another ordinary aſſembly, compoſed of chiefs and of three deputies from each league, which is held at Coire, in the month of January. Beſides theſe regular aſſemblies, they hold congreſſes whenever the neceſſities of the ſtate require them; ſometimes of the chiefs alone, ſometimes of certain deputies from each league, according to the importance of the caſe: theſe aſſemblies are held at Coire. The three leagues form but one body in general affairs; and, although one league has more deputies than another, they count the voices without diſtinction of leagues. They conduct ſeparately their particular affairs. Their country is thirty-five leagues in length, and thirty in breadth.
