because he, having the force, treasure and offices of the state to employ, and often persuading himself, or being flattered by others, that as supreme magistrate he is uncapable of controul; he alone is in a condition to make great advances toward such changes, under pretence of lawful authority, and has it in his hands to terrify or suppress opposers, as factious, seditious, and enemies to the government: whereas no other part of the legislative, or people, is capable by themselves to attempt any alteration of the legislative, without open and visible rebellion, apt enough to be taken notice of, which, when it prevails, produces effects very little different from foreign conquest.
218. Honelako konstituzioarekin, eta kasu hauetan, argi dago zergatik egotzi behar zaion printzeari gobernuaren desegitea: berak bere aginduetara dituenez indarra, altxorra eta funtzionarioak, pentsatzera iritsi daitekeelako-bere kabuz edo besteen lausenguengatik-, estatuko magistratu gorena izateagatik ez zaiola inolako kontrolik ezarriko, eta baldintza horretan bera dela aldaketak burutu ditzakeen bakarra, autoritate legitimoa duelakoan, eta baduelako botere nahikoa berari aurka egiten diotenak segi, harrapatu eta suntsitzeko, erreboltari, sediziogile eta gobernuaren etsaiak direla esanez. Alabaina, herriaren edo botere legegilearen zati bat ezin da saiatu, berez eta besterik gabe, botere legegileari aldaketa bat eragiten, ez bada errebolta zabal eta ikusgarri baten bidez;