he origin of
"military governments" in England.

"It is difficult," says Mr. Paine, "to account for the origin of charter
and corporation towns, unless we suppose them to have arisen out of, or
having been connected with, some species of garrison service. The times
in which they began justify this idea. The generality of these towns
have been garrisons, and the corporations were charged with the care of
the gates of the town when no military garrison was present. Their
refusing or granting admission to strangers, which has produced the
custom of giving, selling, and buying freedom, has more of the nature of
garrison authority than civil government."--Rights of Man, part ii,
chap. 5, note.

I am now prepared to give the parallels:

_Paine._

"As one of the houses of the English Parliament is
in a great measure made up by elections from these
corporations, and as it is unnatural that a pure
stream would flow from a foul fountain, its vices
are but a continuation of the vices of its origin.
A man of moral honor and good political principles
can not submit to the mean _drudgery_ and
disgraceful arts by which such elections are
carried."

_Junius._

"But it seems the sale of a civil employment was
not sufficient, and _military governments_, which
were intended for the support of worn-out
veterans, must be thrown into the scale to defray
the extensive bribery of a contested
election."--Let. 34.

"But is there no honorable way to serve the public
without engaging in personal quarrels with
insignificant individuals, or submitting to the
_drudgery_ of canvassing votes for an
election."--Let. 53.

Says Mr. Paine: "_I love method._" This, every action proved. His
business transactions, his political plans, the productions of his pen,
were all in design and execution methodical. In dedicating his life to
the good of mankind, he studied method in the use of his great mental
powers. He never set about doing any thing without a plan and
specifications. He carried in the brain the ideal of the work he was to
give material shape and substance. His plans were always well-digested
and often long in maturing. He, for example, anticipated the revolution,
and proceeded to fill the public arsenals with powder. He