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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) Section II.: Of Civil Liberty, and the Principles of Government. - A Treatise Concerning Civil Government in Three Parts
Section II.: Of Civil Liberty, and the Principles of Government. - Josiah Tucker, A Treatise Concerning Civil Government in Three Parts [1781]Edition used:A Treatise Concerning Civil Government in Three Parts (London: T. Cadell, 1781).
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- The Preface.
- Part I.: The Notions of Mr. Locke, &c.
- Chap. I.: Quotations From Mr. Locke.
- Chap. IX.: Of the Ends of Political Society and Government.
- Chap. XI.: Of the Extent of the Legislative Power.
- Chap. XVII.: Extracts From Mr. Molyneux’s Case of Ireland Being Bound By Acts of Parliament In England. Dublin, Printed 1698, and Dedicated to King William: and Lately Reprinted By Mr. Almon, With a Long Preface, Exciting the Irish to Rebel
- Extracts From Dr. Priestly’s Essay On the First Principles of Government. Second Edition. London, Printed For J. Johnson, 1771.
- Section I.: Of the First Principles of Government, and the Different Kinds of Liberty.
- Section II.: Of Political Liberty.
- Extracts From Dr. Price ’s Famous Treatise, Observations On the Nature of Civil Liberty, &c. a New Edition, 12 Mo. Corrected By the Author, Price Three-pence, Or One Guinea Per Hundred.
- Preface to the Fifth Edition.
- Section I.: Of the Nature of Liberty In General.
- Section II.: Of Civil Liberty, and the Principles of Government.
- Section III.: Of the Authority of One Country Over Another.
- Observations On the Foregoing Extracts.
- Chap II.: Several Very Gross Errors and Absurdities Chargeable On the Lockian System.
- Chap. III.: An Enquiry How Far Either the Revolution In England,— Or the Reduction of Ireland,— Or the Present Proceedings of the Congress In America, Can Or May Be Justified According to the Leading Principles of Mr. Locke, and His Followers.
- I.: Of the Revolution In England.
- II.: The Reduction of Ireland.
- III.: The Cafe of the Present Congress In America.
- Chap. IV.: On the Abuse of Words, and the Perversion of Language, Chargeable On the Lockian System.
- Conclusion.
- Part II.: Containing the True Basis of Civil Government, In Opposition to the System of Mr. Locke and His Followers, By Josiah Tucker, D. D. Dean of Glocester.
- The Preface to the Second Part.
- Chap. I.: Concerning Those Principles In Human Nature, Which May Serve As a Basis For Any Species of Civil Government to Stand Upon, Without the Actual Choice, Or Personal Election of Every Member of the Community Either Towards the First Erection, Or the
- Chap. II.: Objections Answered.
- Objection I.
- Objection II.
- Objection III.
- Objection IV.
- Chap. III.: A Comparison of the Different Forms of Government With Each Other,—a Preference Given to the Mixt, and the Reasons Why,—the Republics of Sparta, Athens, and Rome, Proved to Be Improper Models For a Commercial State,—the Supp
- I.: Monarchy.
- II.: On Aristocracy.
- III.: A Mere Democracy.
- Chap. IV.: Of a Limited Monarchy, and Mixt Government. Its Component Parts, Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy. of the Comparative Influence of Each:—on Which Side the Greatest Danger Is Now to Be Apprehended.—the Remedy Proposed, and Proper Regulations
- The Qualifications of Voters.
- The Qualification of Candidates.
- Part III.: Divers Collateral Circumstances Corroborating the Foregoing System, and Confuting the Lockian
- Chap. I.: The General Nature of the Gothic Constitution Described, Which the Barbarous Nations Introduced and Settled In Every Part of Europe, and Particularly In England.—various Antiquated Customs and Laws Explained Relative Thereto.—these Laws Either N
- Chap. II.: Certain Objections and Cavils Answered and Confuted.
- Chap. III.: An Enquiry How Far the Authorities of Great Names, and Particularly How Far the Opinions of Aristotle, Cicero, Grotius, and Hooker Can Be Serviceable to the Lockian Cause.
- Chap. IV.: The Doctrine of Scripture Relative to the Obedience Due From Subjects to Their Sovereigns; Together With the Grounds Of, and Reasons For the Duty.
Section II.
Of Civil Liberty, and the Principles of Government.
“Page 4. In every free State every Man is his own Legislator.—All Taxes are free Gifts for public Services.—All Laws are particular Provisions or Regulations established by common Consent for gaining Protection and Safety.
“From hence it is obvious, that Civil Liberty, in its most perfect Degree, can be enjoyed only in small States, where every Member is capable of giving his Suffrage in Person; and of being chosen into public Offices. When a State becomes so numerous, or when the different Parts of it are removed to such Distances from one another, as to render this impracticable, a Diminution of Liberty necessarily arises.—Though all the Members of a State should not be capable of giving their Suffrages on public Measures individually and personally, they may do this by the Appointment of Substitutes or Representatives.
“Page 7. In general, to be free is to be guided by one’s own Will; and to be guided by the Will of another is the Characteristic of Servitude. This is particularly applicable to political Liberty.
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