7 Jan y 1807

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Judges have neither fees to receive nor power to exercise /abuse/. [...?] of the people state this repository of state [...?] /substitute for law/, or at least a part of it, and divulged it. The moment it was known it would to answer the purpose of those who had made it. they made[?] another in its stead[?].

Find out with despotism, the people became clamorous for laws. The cry then was not, as with us give us our rights - but give us our duties. Render it possible for us to know them, render obedience possible to us. A demand so seditious in its principle, was [...?] of course as long as possible: but at last, instances[?] being in vain, laws, such as they were, such as the light of the time /age/ could produce was made.