ay warp our wills, or interest darken
our understanding, the simple voice of nature and
reason will say, it is right."

"The free election of our representatives in
parliament comprehends, because it is the source
and security of every right and privilege of the
English nation. The ministry have realized the
compendious ideas of Caligula. They know that the
liberty, the laws, and property of an Englishman,
have in truth but one neck, and that to violate
the freedom of election strikes deeply at them
all."--Let. 39.

"Does the law of parliament, which we are often
told is the law of the land; does the right of
every subject of the realm, depend upon an
arbitrary, capricious vote of one branch of the
legislature? The voice of truth and reason must
be silent."--Let. 20.

In the above the sentiment is not only the same, but the same metaphors
are used. As a "rod" for the representative, and the "voice of reason."

In the following the same metaphor also is used, but with a change in
the application.

_Common Sense._

"But the constitution of England is so exceedingly
complex, that the nation may suffer for years
together without being able to discover in which
part the fault lies; some will say in one, some in
another, and every political _physician_ will
advise a different medicine."

_Junius._

"After a rapid succession of changes, we are
reduced to that state which hardly any change can
mend. It is not the disorder, but the _physician_:
it is not a casual concurrence of calamitous
circumstances; it is the pernicious hand of
government which alone can make a whole people
desperate."--Let. 1.

In the above, Junius is speaking, in his first Letter, with all the
prejudices of an Englishman in favor of the constitution. But this soon
wears off, and in his closing Letter he speaks as boldly as COMMON
SENSE.

_Common Sense._

"I know it is difficult to get over local or long
standing prejudices, yet if we will suffer
ourselves to examine the component parts of the
English constitution, we will find them to be the