...Saltoun, a famous whig author in the early part o the 18th century, says, — I knew a very wise man, who believed, that if a man were permitted to make all...need not care who should make the laws, of a nation. t Act ii. Sc. 2, 34. 82 THE SPECTATOR. [No. 502. themselves to us, without any other purpose than to...

...FLETCHER OF SALTOUN. 1653-1716. From a Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Bathes, etc. I knew a very wise man that believed that, if a man...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE. 1672-1751. On the Study and Use of History. Letter 2 I have read...

...great esteem and affection, yours ever, B. FRANKLIN. TO BENJAMIN VAUGHAN. Passy, July 10th, 1782. Sir, By the original law of nations, war and extirpation...was, the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery. Another, to respect more the property of private persons under conquest, and to be content with acquired...

...infamous ballads sung in every corner of the streets. I knew." he adds, "a very wise man that believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws of a nation. And we find that most of the ancient legislators thought they could not well reform the manners of...

...quoted, and which has been, by Lord Brougham and others, erroneously ascribed to the Earl of Chatham : ' I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man...need not care who should make the laws of a nation! The newspapers may be said to have supplanted the ballads ; yet during the late war between England...

...Мизэтгм, EDINBURGH, Stptmber, 1858. [Ott. ТНК BALLAD POETRY OF SCOTLAND AND OF IRELAND.* " IF a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he...need not care who should make the laws of a nation." This is a saying which has often been cited, not always quite so accurately, perhaps, as on the present...

...report for the new improvements in public law in that treaty, are given by them in these words : " By the original law of nations, war and extirpation...was, the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery ; another, to respect more the property of private persons under conquest, and be content with acquired...

...interlocutor in his Account of a Conversation concerning a Right Regulation of Government) ' that he believed, if a man were permitted to ' make all the ballads,...need not care who should make the 'laws of a nation.' But the adage, with all its smartness, is a very deceitful one. A curious essay might be written to...

...Whittier take their rank high in the poetry of America. " I knew," wrote old Fletcher of Saltoun, " a very wise man, that believed that, if a man were...need not care who should make the laws, of a nation." If this be true, neither Whittier nor his friends need doubt much the result of their labors, as the...

...debates upon them, will have a similar conclusion. March 23, 1790, HISTORICUS. OBSERVATIONS ON WAR. BV the original law of nations, war and extirpation were...degrees, it admitted slavery instead of death : a farther step was, the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery : another, to respect more the property...