by a madman? Yet I know not whether the warmeſt admirers of Pennſylvanian eloquence can find any argument in the Addreſſes of the Congreſs, that is not with greater ſtrength urged by the Corniſhman.
The argument of the irregular troops of controverſy, ſtripped of its colours, and turned out naked to the view, is no more than this. Liberty is the birthright of man, and where obedience is compelled, there is no Liberty. The anſwer is equally ſimple. Government is neceſſary to man, and where obedience is not compelled, there is no government.
If the ſubject refuſes to obey, it is the duty of authority to uſe compulſion. Society cannot ſubſiſt but by the power, firſt of making laws, and then of enforcing them.
To one of the threats hiſſed out by the Congreſs, I have put nothing ſimilar into
