portant, as it ſhews the impoſſibility of erecting even the ſmalleſt government, among the pooreſt people, without different orders, councils, and balances.
LETTER X.
SWITZ.
My dear Sir,
THE canton of Switz has the honour of giving the name to the whole confederation, becauſe the firſt battle for independency was fought there: yet it conſiſts only of villages divided into ſix quarters, the firſt of which is Switz, where the ordinary regency of the country reſides. Theſfovereign is the whole country; that is to ſay, the ſovereignty reſides in the general aſſembly of the country, where all the males of fifteen years of age have a right of entry and ſuffrage.
Yet they have their land amman, and their ordinary regency, at which the land amman preſides, compoſed of ſixty counſellors, taken equally from the ſix quarters. All the neceſſary officers are taken from this council.
There are, beſides, the ſecret chamber, the chamber of ſeven, and the chamber of nine, for finance, juſtice, and police.
