The Trial Of Zenger In 1735 Was

Nine-tenths Of The People Are At Present Freeholders... The Time Is Not Distant When This Country Will Abound With Mechanics And Manufacturers Who Will Receive Their Bread From Their Employers. Will Such Men Be The Secure And Faithful Guardians Of Liberty? Give The Votes To People Who Have No Property, And They Will Sell Them To The Rich Who Will Be Able To Buy Them.

Give The Vote To The People Who Have No Property, And They Will Sell Them To The Rich, Who Will Be Able To Buy Them.

Religion Is The Only Solid Basis Of Good Morals; Therefore Education Should Teach The Precepts Of Religion, And The Duties Of Man Toward God. These Duties Are, Internally, Love And Adoration: Externally, Devotion And Obedience; Therefore Provision Should Be Made For Maintaining Divine Worship As Well As Education. But Each One Has A Right To Entire Liberty As To Religious Opinions, For Religion Is The Relation Between God And Man; Therefore It Is Not Within The Reach Of Human Authority.

He Asks How The Evil Is To Be Remedied. I Tell Him That There Seems To Be Little Chance For Avoiding The Extremes Of Despotism Or Anarchy; That The Only Ground Of Hope Must Be The Morals Of The People, But That These Are, I Fear, Too Corrupt.

The Rich Will Strive To Establish Their Dominion And Enslave The Rest. They Always Did...they Always Will. They Will Have The Same Effect Here As Elsewhere, If We Do Not, By The Power Of Government, Keep Them In Their Proper Spheres.