Besides,  hereditary  monarchy,  in  any  form,  runs  an  equal  risk  to  have  a
fool  as  a  wise  man  for  a  governor  ;  and  more  so,  considering  the  etfects
of  limited  intermarriages.
An  ai'istocracy  may  secure  to  the  counsels  of  state  a  larger  fund  of
information  ;  but  at  the  same  time,  it  places  the  people  under  many  ty-
rants instead  of  one.  Besides,  as  they  must  also  be  hereditary,  and  be
supported  by  entailed  property,  they  are  disqualified  for  legislative  and
executive,  and  even  for  judicial  trust,  inasmuch  as  the  law  of  nature  is
violated  in  their  very  raising.  They  have  become  unnatural  brothers,
who  consider  their  brethren  as  beings  of  an  inferior  grade  and  rank  to
themselves:  and  of  course,  from  the  spirit  of  their  education,  they  are
contaminated  with  prejudices  and  partiality,  which  wholly  disqualify
them  to  judge  with  equity  and  humanity  agreeable  to  the  law  of  nature.
