A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE THE HONORABLE THE COUNCIL, AND THE HONORABLE THE SENATE, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 28, 1800, BEING THE DAY OF GENERAL ELECTION
1800 · Boston
by McKeen, Joseph
Boston, 1800. 30pp, half title. Stitched, untrimmed, original plain blue wraps [a bit tattered]. Light tanning of half title, outermost edges of several leaves browned, else text clean. Good+
McKeen lauds the Constitution's "great caution" in granting power to our rulers. "Barriers were erected against its abuse. Its duration was made short. Its exercise has been watched with the eyes of jealousy, and the right of censure exercised with great freedom." But more is necessary: "The more freedom we have, the more necessary is the aid of religious and moral principles to the maintenance of order and tranquility." FIRST EDITION. Evans 37873. (Inventory #: 8796)
McKeen lauds the Constitution's "great caution" in granting power to our rulers. "Barriers were erected against its abuse. Its duration was made short. Its exercise has been watched with the eyes of jealousy, and the right of censure exercised with great freedom." But more is necessary: "The more freedom we have, the more necessary is the aid of religious and moral principles to the maintenance of order and tranquility." FIRST EDITION. Evans 37873. (Inventory #: 8796)
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