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significance ofthe people in political power. The
lowest class never exercised particle OF political
power, having but casting vote when there was
tie. No public business could be originated by the
popular part Of the government. II must be present
ed by the wealthy, and what can we say OF the rights
Of the weaker class, when the law recognised chill
dren things or furniture. and which the head OF
the family, like furniture, might remove or destroy
at pleasure-when the father, through caprice,
might compel his daughter leave the husband whom
she loved, and where the law recognised the
wife the daughter ofthe husband. Such is sketch
of Roman laws. In concluding this preliminary dis
course, will take shelter under the name OF the
learned Geoghegan, who holds the following Ian
guage Arts, sciences, commerce, navigation, mill
tary-even the manners necessary for the preserva-
tion OF society, all these great objects of society
were but yet In the rough draft in the reign of Cy
rus. The rights OF nations were unknown and mo-
raity in general little understood. deny not that
there were elements in their polity worthy Of all
praise, but the point am to establish is that civil
rights were unknown to antiquity. BY the govern
ments OF most ancient empires the people seem to
be considered as OF little account In Rome they
were hghtlng slaves,n Sparta Helots, in Athens idle
vagab onds, and throughout the whole ancient world
the masses were degraded, brutaized and oppressed
by monarchlcal power-despotism always in the as
cendant To this rule the Jewish republics are
striking and illustrlous exception No better organl-
zaion ever existed than that OF the Hebrews ready
at moments call to resist an attack on their
country-they may well be regarded as the nob!est
specimen of an independent nation the world has
ever seen, and realizes the beau ideal OF an inde
pendent government. having features which mark
ii kindred to our own. The true elements OF repub-
hcan liberty not to be sought in the Roman and
Grecan laws, but in the great prototype of our
political institutions is to be found that which
given by Jehovah, the Supreme Ruler of the world.
Yes, that glorious charter OF human freedom, which


first sent its voice from the State House OF Philadel-
pha, which, like the words written on Belshazzars
wall, has made the knees of tyrants to tremble, and
which is the terror Of despots. The anmating pledge
OF liberty was but echo from the deep hunders OF
Mount Sinai