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  • The Revolution: Cato’s Thoughts on a Question Proposed to the Public (Part III)

    Pamphlet by “Cato”: Thoughts on a Question of Importance Proposed to the Public, Whether it is probable that the Immense Extent of Territory acquired by this Nation at the late Peace, will operate towards the Prosperity, or the Ruin of the Island of Great-Britain?

    London, 1765.

    Part I here.

    Spheres of influence as well as empires are difficult to maintain. Maintaining them requires time, money, and sound discretion. The author whose pen name was Cato recognized this when discussing the British colonies, which he labeled as “unweildy Possessions [sic].” In making his arguments, he wrote, he did not base them “upon the Treachery of particular Men, or even the Degeneracy of the present Age, but upon the Mistakes of Human Nature.”

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  • Constitution Sunday: The Weaknesses of Brutus Exposed: “A Citizen of Philadelphia” [Pelatiah Webster]

    The Weaknesses of Brutus Exposed: “A Citizen of Philadelphia” [Pelatiah Webster]

    Philadelphia, November 8, 1787

    Following is a series of excerpts from Pelatiah Webster’s article published in Philadelphia:

    “This government must have a supreme power, superior to and able to controul each and all of its parts. ‘Tis essential to all governments, that such a power (more…)