Equality, in its true and unperverted sense, is the right of every man to be pro tected against all such acts of any other man, the doing of which acts is not per mitted, under similiar circumstances, to all men ; for the rights of any given indi vidual, and therefore of all individuals; consequently, no given individual can be disturbed in the exercise of his own rights, Since then natural law confers on man the rights of property, liberty, and equa lity, it also gives, by implication, a suffi cient guarantee for their full enjoyment, ; which constitutes the right of security. Man, therefore, is allowed to repel all un lawful attacks which threaten to disturb those rights which he claims from natural law. , i The origin of society is purely a ques tion for the wrangling of the schools. Practical statesmanship takes no heed of the Jogomachies of the social contact. We all know that political society exists, and, in the nature of things, we are all satisfied that it will continue to exist in some form or other. What it behoves us to be well assured of is, from what source legitimate authority in matters of govern ment ought to .flow. The civilised world have utterly repudiated the ancient doc trine, of divine right in kings and em-' perors; the law of the strongest, as of a military dictator, is scouted as pure usur pation ; and if habit or indolence still tolerates the privilege or. monoply of birth as c, title .to hereditary rule in particular families, it is a delusion fast fading away. The tendencies of the age therefore run in the direction of republican institutions, which, rightly comprehended, simply mean the, establishment of the principle of dela gation, in the substantial form of a trust to which periodical responsiblity is at tached. The specific a3t which an nounces this delegation of sovereignity and substitutes the individual will for the aggregate will, defining the obligations of the trusteeship or the conditions on which it is granted, is called "The Constitu tion," in other words, the particular form of government. Wphich the people have sanctioned and agreed to obey. From that moment the sovereignity of the peo ple is suspended. 