The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

From some late Publications at New-York it appears that the People there, tho' unanimous, in their unfeigned Detestation of all who in any Manner favour the Stamp-Act, cherish Party-Animosities which forebode no Benefit to the Publick.--It is also said that active Sons of Liberty in the eastern Parts of this Colony are involved in the same Difficulties as their Brethren at New-York. It is therefore supposed that every Attempt to remove them and save the People from Themselves, must be acceptable to the intelligent, rational and determined Lovers of Liberty. For this Reason the following Extract from a Preface to the Translation of Tully de Oratore is published in this Paper, viz.

"He (Cicero) lived in a State where the radical Power was in the People. The Genius of their Constitution, on the other Hand, inclined to Monarchy; and the People, with the most imbittered Aversion to the Name were perpetually leaning to the Thing: It was owing more than once to the Senate and their Magistrates that they did not relapse into regal Power.. Their own Demands had ultimately this Tendency; for the Extremes of Democracy border more nearly than any other Form of Government to the Beginning of Tyranny. The wiser among the Senate saw this.--It is easy to raise a Spirit in a People. but to know where to fix the proper Bounds of that Spirit is difficult. The Passions of a People, tho' right and virtuous, may be corrupted by the private Views of artful Men; and it is commonly found that the People never reflect that they have gone too far, till they find the Lengths they have gone are irretrievable."