this within certain limits is probably true and in governments of monarchal cast, patriotism look porteous upon tupon the sp. in government's purely elective it is a spirit not to be encouraged. from their natural tendency it is certain will there always be enough spirit for every purpose and constant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and a fire not to be quenched it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent it bursting into a flame, less instends ad of warm it should consume. it is important likewise that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional sneers avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. the spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all of the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government a real despotism. a just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominate in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of