But examine the
matter, and you will see that the prevaricating sons of violence give no
relief at all, where at all it can be wanted. They renew their old
fraudulent declaration against confiscations, and then they expressly
exclude all adherents to their ancient lawful government from any
benefit of it: that is to say, they promise that they will secure all
their brother plunderers in their share of the common plunder. The fear
of being robbed by every new succession of robbers, who do not keep even
the faith of that kind of society, absolutely required that they should
give security to the dividends of spoil, else they could not exist a
moment. But it was necessary, in giving security to robbers, that honest
men should be deprived of all hope of restitution; and thus their
interests were made utterly and eternally incompatible. So that it
appears that this boasted security of property is nothing more than a
seal put upon its destruction; this ceasing of confiscation is to secure
the confiscators against the innocent proprietors. That very thing which
is held out to you as your cure is that which makes your malady, and
renders it, if once it happens, utterly incurable.
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