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The Key of Libberty

Showing the Causes why a free government has
always failed & a Reamidy against it, Adressed to the
Republicans, Farmers, Mecanicks & Labourers in Amer-
ica by a Labourer

The Contents
The Introduction 2
A general Description of the Cause 3
A Description of Manking & the nessecaty of Government 5
A Description of a free Government 6
How the few and Many Differ in their Eydeays of Interest 11
The Means by which the few Destroy free governments 14
[?]ftrateing Remark, on the operation of s{ai}d Cause, in America 18
On the Combinations of the few 20
On the [?] [?] 20
On the Brittish treaty 20
On our Elections 24
The Reamidy & knoledge described 28
On the Shays afair in Massachussets 32
The Constitution & Covenant 34

The Preface
To the Reader,
The following adress was written in February 1797 just after the Brittish
treaty was adopted & though it has bin since drafted over & some what
altered - yet as party spirit has bin high it may be looked upon as
two ridged in some parts of it, & as the Author is not master of the