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J.~iili:ary Estttblishments. 491
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~mittcd to the management and direction of the
prince: for however well a popular council may be
qualified for the offices of legi~lation, it is altogether
Ullfit ft)r tIle conduct of W3,r: i!1 \vhich, success USU:
ally depends upon vigour and enterprize; upon secrecy,
di~patch, and unanimity: upon a quick perception
of opportunities, and the power of seizing
every cpportunity immediately. It i:; likewise neces­
:sary that the obedience of an army be as pro~pt and
~lctive as possible; for ",rtiich rfa~on it ought to be
'~na(le an c,oediEnce of \viiI and emulation. Upon
:his consideration is founded the expediency of leaving
t:) the prince not only the government and destination
of tIle arrny, but the appnintment and promotion
of its offic~s: becau~e a de:-ign is then alone
liJ,ely :() be exccL~ted \1:itll zeal and fidelity, when
!he person ,vho i'sues the order, chooses the instru­
:.nents, al1d re~;ard:; the ser"ice. "r 0 \\lhich we may
subjoin, tIlat, in go\rernmCflts like our~, if tIle direc­
~ion an(i cjficcriJzg of the arll1Y \\'cre placed in .:he
112flds of the deGl{)Cratic part of the constitution, this
jJo\,·er, added to what they alreadv possess," ,\iQuld so
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o\"erbala11ce ail that would be left of regai prerogati\Te,
tlJat little \vould renlain of nl0narchy in the constitution,
but thp name and expeIlse; nor \vould these
I)robJhly rClnain long. , .
'Vhiht we describe, however, the advantages of
stalldit!~ ~lrn1ies, \'ve I11tlst not conceal the dallger.
'l')lcse pr()})erties of their COIlstitution-the s()ldier\T
being separated in a ~'eat degree from the rest of
tIle COil1111unity, their b~ing ciosely linked anl0ngst
! 11 en1 ..:eI ves bv l1cll)its of societv and Stl Dorcli11ati(JIl ~
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:llld tile tICI)cll(lency of the \\'l~()lc cl1ain UrOll t11e
\rill al1d fav()ur l)f the prit1cc-hr)\yc\ycr essel1tial ttle}f
111;t}T l)e to the 11urf)o~e~ for \"\"11icI1 ar(ni·~)s are 1(C11t up,
give tl1cln ;)11 J~~11l")ct ill 11() \\'i=,e f:\\'(~tlral)le tC) }1ublic
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of the people __ as arc consistent with th~ union and