Excerpt from The RepublicanThe following sheets, which have been the occupation of some leisure hours, may not contain any thing new, or entertaining to the man of letters, if they contain nothing which is censurable, in the estimation of the critic and phylogist, the author will be satisfied.In the present age little can be expected, of a novel character, in relation to politics: and such has been the state of party feeling, in this country, for years past, that any abstract disquisition of a political character, would have been but silly received. - Happily for us all, this state of excitement is now so fur moderated, that the minds of men are prepared to examine, which coolness, moral and political truths, without associating with their tendency the fate of parties. Nay, men of sense seem willing to look back upon the past agitations and turmoils of the country, upon the conflicts of parties and opinions, with a view of discovering in what points the impulses of zeal have caused good and honest men involuntarily to aberrate from the path of right reason. At such a period, then, when the storm has subsided and the sea has become calm and tranquil, we may venture out with our little barque, with less fear Of disaster and shipwreck, than heretofore.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.