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TO P. W. LONGDILL, ESQ. 93
10. Because any pretended common law,
on which to found a prosecution, can be no
other than the law of prejudice, malice, and
persecution, inherent in all ages in the minds
of wicked and unjust men, and is the very
same law, having the same sources, as the
pretended laws under Avhich Socrates was
poisoned.
11. Because the unshackled right of free
discussion, and
of publishing truth on all
subjects useful and interestmg to society, is
the great bulwark of civil and religious
liberty, and is a fundamental right and
undoubted part of the common laws of
England ; which, without limitations or conditions,
ought to b& maintained and asserted
by all who duly feel and duly respect the
value of truth and liberty.
12. Because, in every country in Europe,
the utmost latitude of free opinion has been
practised with impunity, particularly in