[94] Franklin's Works, ix. 459.
[95] Parton's Life of Franklin, ii. 565.
[96] But later he remarked: "Though there is a general dread of giving too much power to our governors, I think we are more in danger from too little obedience in the governed."
[97] Franklin's Works, ix. 418. See also letter to Bishop of St. Asaph, Ibid. viii. 270.
[98] Franklin's Works, ix. 428.
[99] One becomes quite convinced of this upon reading his presentation of his scheme. Works, ix. 423; see also Ibid. 395.
[100] Franklin's Works, ix. 431.
[101] He habitually wrote in this vein; see, for example, Works, ix. 266, 283, and passim.
[102] Parton's Life of Franklin, ii. 600.
[103] One of the most painful letters to read which our annals contain is that written by Franklin to Charles Thomson, secretary of Congress, November 29, 1788, Works, viii. 26, 30. It is an arraignment which humiliates the descendants of the members of that body.