Butthereapowerstepsin，thatlimitsthearroganceofragingpassionsandfurious
elements，andsays，“Sofarshaltthougo，andnofarther。”Whoareyou，that
youshouldfretandrage，andbitethechainsofNatureNothingworsehappens[注：Nothing
worsehappens&c。—‘Does’＝Doeshappen。虽无更恶之事然与彼相同之事则不可免。]toyouthandoestoal?
nationswhohaveextensiveempire；andillhappensinalltheforms
intowhichempirecanbethrown。Inlargebodies，thecirculationofpowermustbeless
vigorousattheextremities，Naturehassaidit。TheTurkcannotgovernEgypt，and
ArabiaandCurdistan[注：Curdistan。突厥之属地。去其本部甚远。]ashegovernsThrace；[注：Thrace
突厥在欧洲之属地，在其东南。]norhashethesamedominioninCrimeaandAlgiers[注：Crimeaand
Algiers皆突厥领土。去其本国亦远。]whichhehasatBrusa[注：Brusa在君士但丁之南。去之甚近。]andSmyrna。[注：
Smyrna在亚洲突厥之西。临Eugean海。]Despotismitselfisobligedtotruckand
huckster。[注：Totruckandhuckster。—交换者谓其此移彼置。零售者喻其权力四分反致涣散薄弱也。]Thesultangets
suchobedienceashecan。Hegovernswithalooserein，[注：Looserein宽典。]thathe
maygovernatall；[注：Thathemaygovernatall谓其欲求治之不得不用宽典。否则将叛去也。]andthewholeof
theforceandvigorofhisauthorityinhiscentreisderivedfromaprudent
relaxationinallhisborders。
Spain，inherprovinces，is，perhaps，notsowellobeyedasyouareinyours。
Shecompliestoo；shesubmits；shewatchestimes。Thisistheimmutablecondition，the
eternallaw，ofextensiveanddetachedempire。
9。Then，sir，fromthesesixcapitalsources，—ofdescent；offormofgovernment；of
religionintheNorthernprovinces；ofmannersinthesouthern；ofeducation；of
theremotenessofsituationfromthefirstmover[注：Firstmover。政府权力之源泉。]of
government；—fromallthesecausesafiercespiritoflibertyhasgrownup。
Ithasgrownwiththegrowthofthepeopleinyourcolonies，andincreasedwiththe
incrcaseoftheirwealth—aspiritthat，unhappilymeetingwithanexerciseof
powerinEnglandwhich，howeverlawful，isnotreconcilabletoanyideasof
liberty，muchlesswiththeirs，haskindledthisflamethatisreadytoconsumeus。