In September, 1731, when the agitation arising out of the Van Dam matter, Morris's dismissal, and the course of the Weekly Journal was at its height, an election for aldermen and assistants was held, at which only one of the government candidates was successful. As we have seen, the grand jury from first to last refused to indict Zenger; and the common council was equally refractory when demands were made upon it by the governor, and at the happy termination of the Zenger prosecution celebrated the grand popular victory by awarding the highest public honors to

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their Sovereign, the fole fupream Mathole Monarchies, but the Will of Iht - ti for ^hcrc beingno-Law the fa In nee, n makes it nccertary for his Mimftcrs to confult his Plcafure before any Thing can be undShfflftti : Mira temporum felicitas ubt-pntiri qua He is therefore properly chargeable vein, & qua feutras dicer e licit.Tacit. with the Grievances of his Subjects, and what the Minifter there acts bdir.g in Obedience to the Prince, he ought not to incur the Hatred of the People • t ec for it would be hard to impute that l0 fs atgre is a Subj rty ofof the Pre bertance, theand in him for Lipo t Im ef a Crime, ^which is theFruitof which every Individual his Allegiance, and for refilling which is as much concern'd as he might incurthe Penalties of TreaBefides, in an abfolute Monarlie is in any other Part of Liberty : fon. Therefore eit will not be improper to chy, the Will of the Prince being the communicat to the Publick the Senti- Law,a Liberty of the Prefs to complain ments of a late excellent Writer upon of Grievances would be complaining this Poinr. fuch is the Elegance and againft the Law, and the Conftitution, Pcrfpicuity of his Writings, fuch the to which they have fubrnitted, or have inimitable Fo'cc of his Reafjning, that been obliged to fubmit:, and therefore it will be difficult to fay any Thins in one Senfe, So maythatbe under fai'd to andefer ve new that he has not faid, or not to Punif abfo hment, fey that much woife which he has lute Monarchy, I fay, fuch a Liberty faid. is inconfiftent with the Conftitution, There are two Sorts of Monarchies, havin in Politi an abfolute and a limited one.