The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

From the Connecticut Gazette.

GOVERNMENT is an Institution so Sacred in its Nature, and arduous in its Administration, that it is not every Slip or Inadvertence of our Superiors, that should occasion an invidious Representation, or a passionate Arraignment of their Conduct. For my Part, where I am convinced of the Integrity of the Magistrate, I can make great Allowances for human Frailties and inevitable Errors. An honest Heart and an upright Intention, ought to atone for many political Blunders, and cover a Multitude of unintentional Pecadilloes. Those who are set over us, are, however, advanced to that Eminence for our Benefit as well as their own, and to be a Terror to Evil-Doers. We have not invested them with their Authority, to be insignificant Idlers, and to bear the Sword in vain. No; they are advanced to superior Dignity, to move in an ampler Sphere of public Utility, and to be unto us Ministers for Good. -- When, therefore, their Negligence in the Discharge of their Duty, and in the Removal or Grievances in their Power to redress, is clearly pointed out, and they still remain supine and inactive, they ought not to blame a frank Remonstrance against their mischievous Indolence: For in such a Situation of Affairs, the Sufferer has more than a bare Proverb, to entitle him to complain: 'Tis his legal and indubitable Right, 'tis his Duty to expostulate the Matter with becoming Animation and Freedom.