le would not go to such a theatre. The
individuals, there present, lose the dignity of man, while in the theatres
of Sparta, Athens, and Rome, every individual, there present, felt his own
dignity, as a virtuous member of society; and from that theatre, everyone
learned how to be a good, virtuous, and useful citizen. Could we have in
America, theatres like those of Sparta, Athens, and Rome, this nation
would be the glory of our age, and posterity, as Sparta, Athens, and Rome
were, and are the glory of those, and these ages.

CHAPTER VII.

POLITICS AND LAWS.

Were politics, and laws looked as they ought to be, nothing would be more
honorable than a statesman, or a lawyer: and these two noble sciences,
though distinctly separated, would be reduced to one. A statesman would be
a good lawyer, and a lawyer a good statesman. The science of a statesman
is to render happy the nation in which he lives; and be just, respecting
the other nations. The science of the lawyer it is to explain the
justice, which should exist between the citizens of his happy country.
That part of ethics which consists in the regulation, and government of a
nation, or state for the preservation of its safety, peace and prosperity,
and the defence of its rights against foreign control, or conquest, with
the preservation, and improvement of their morals, gives to the lawyer the
very sense of justice on which all his eloquence should be grounded, in
defending his client from the injustice of bad citizens. It is the man of
integrity only, who can regulate the citizens' actions, and their social
intercourse. Politics, and laws are the best part of a National
Literature. But, we cannot attain with success this essential branch of
National Literature, when the spirit of party prevails to such an extent,
for which gentlemen hesitate to explain their mind, lest they might offend
their friends. We cannot instruct ourselves, when party spirit takes the
place of reason, and individual independence.

Could the americans of the United States understand, what, _political
party_ does mean; they would immediately cease from introducing such
expression in their political speeches. The whigs call themselves
republicans, and the locofocos republicans: and were you asking them: why
they did divide themselves under such a banner, they will answer: Because
the whigs are republicans, and the locofocos are democrats, while others
would say: Because the whigs are for