30. That churches ought to be built for the accommodation of the people when they perform religious worship; public schools, colleges, academies, and universities erected, for the promotion of literature; hospitals founded for the reception of the sick; work-houses for the employment of idle persons; and prisons for the securing of thieves, robbers, murderers, and other felons;--and societies instituted, for the purpose of making further discoveries and improvements in the liberal and mechanical arts and sciences.
31. That custom-houses, post-offices, and post-roads, ought to be established in every kingdom and state.
32. That weights and measures ought to be alike in every part of an empire, if not through the world.
33. That all foreigners ought to be treated with hospitality, and protected by the laws of the land.
34. That the heirs of an estate ought not to be disinherited by reason of the ill conduct of their parents; nor thrown out of their posts of honour and profit, in consequence of the unlawful behaviour of their relations.
35. That every author ought to have the benefit of his own productions, whether they be upon theological, mathematical, philosophical, physical, mechanical, or any other subject.
36. That all officers, whether ecclesiastical, civil, or military, with every other person, ought to guard against sedition, treason, rebellion, and every thing that may tend to sow discord amongst brethren, destroy the public tranquillity, and make mankind unhappy.
Thus have I framed a CONSTITUTION, which appears to me to be according to the law of reason, and the dictates of sound policy. Perhaps some things have escaped my observation, that might justly be added. However, I believe that one calculated and established upon these principles, would secure the rights of kings and those of their subjects, which is all that any rational person can desire.
_Of the impossibility of framing a Constitution that will please every Body.--Anecdote of two Irishmen.--The Rights of Kings, and Liberties of their Subjects, ought to be secured by a good Constitution and System of Laws.--Story of the Parson's Wig.--Thoughts on the Mode of chusing Representatives.--The Happiness of the People ought to be promoted._