"It is likewise declared, that to bear arms for their defence, is the right of the people, that they have also a right to assemble, to consult on the common good, to instruct their representatives, and to petition for the redress of grievances. That liberty of conscience belongs to all men; that elections ought to be frequent; that hereditary honours or emoluments, perpetuities, monopolies, and retrospective laws ought for ever to be abolished and avoided."
[A SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY; OR, A DESCRIPTIVE, HISTORICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW Or THE SEVERAL QUARTERS OF THE WORLD, And of the various EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, AND REPUBLICS WHICH THEY CONTAIN: PARTICULARLY, DETAILING THOSE ALTERATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED BT THE RECENT REVOLUTIONS. WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THOSE ASTRONOMICAL REMARKS WHICH ARE NECESSARY IN FORMING A TRUE NOTION OF THE NATURE OF THE EARTH. IN FOUR VOLUMES. BY A LITERARY SOCIETY. Vol. I. GLASGOW: PRINTED BY NIVEN, NAPIER AND KHULL, TRONGATE, FOR W. AND D. BROWNLIE, BOOKSELLERS. 1807. Pg. 412]
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