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VOLUME ONE
Dedication
THE PREFACE (Gordon)
NO. 1. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1720. Reasons to prove that we are in no Danger of losing Gibraltar. (Gordon)
NO. 2. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1720. The fatal Effects of the South-Sea Scheme, and the Necessity of punishing the Directors. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 3. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1720. The pestilent Conduct of the South-Sea Directors, with the reasonable Prospect of publick Justice. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 4. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1720. Against false Methods of restoring Publick Credit. (Gordon)
NO. 5. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1720. A further Call for Vengeance upon the South-Sea Plunderers; with a Caution against false Patriots. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 6. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1720. How easily the People are bubbled by Deceivers. Further Caution against deceitful Remedies for the publick Sufferings from the wicked Execution of the South-Sea Scheme. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 7. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1720. Further Cautions about new Schemes for publick Redress. (Gordon)
NO. 8. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1720. The Arts of able guilty Ministers to save themselves. The wise and popular Conduct of Queen Elizabeth towards publick Harpies; with the Application. (Gordon)
NO. 9. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1720. Against the projected Union of the Three Great Companies; and against remitting to the South-Sea Company any Part of their Debt to the Publick. (Trenchard)
NO. 10. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1720. The Iniquity of late and new Projects about the South-Sea considered. How fatally they affect the Publick. (Trenchard and Gordon)
NO. 11. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1720. The Justice and Necessity of punishing great Crimes, though committed against no subsisting Law of the State.
NO. 12.SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1720. Of Treason: All Treasons not to be found in Statutes. The Right of the Legislature to declare Treasons. (Trenchard) Sir,
NO. 13. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1720. The Arts of misleading the People by Sounds. (Trenchard)
NO. 14. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1720. The unhappy State of despotick Princes, compared with the happy Lot of such as rule by settled Laws. How the latter, by abusing their Trust, may forfeit their Crown. (Trenchard) Sir,
NO. 15. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1720. Of Freedom of Speech: That the same is inseparable from publick Liberty. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 16. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1720. The Leaders of Parties, their usual Views. Advice to all Parties to be no longer misled. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 17. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1720. What Measures are actually taken by wicked and desperate Ministers to ruin and enslave their Country. (Trenchard) Sir,
NO. 18. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1720. The terrible Tendency of publick Corruption to ruin a State, exemplified in that of Rome, and applied to our own. (Trenchard)
NO. 19. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1720. The Force of popular Affection and Antipathy to particular Men. How powerfully it operates, and how far to be regarded.
NO. 20. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1720. Of publick Justice, how necessary to the Security and Well-being of a State, and how destructive the Neglect of it to the British Nation. Signal Instances of it. (Trenchard) Sir,
NO. 21. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1720. A Letter from John Ketch, Esq. asserting his Right to the Necks of the over-grown Brokers. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 22. SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1721. The Judgment of the People generally sound, where not misled. With the Importance and Probability of bringing over Mr.
NO. 23. SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1721. A memorable Letter from Brutus to Cicero, with an explanatory Introduction. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 24. SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1721. Of the natural Honesty of the People, and their reasonable Demands. How important it is to every Government to consult their Affections and Interest. (Gordon)
NO. 25. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1721. Considerations on the destructive Spirit of arbitrary Power. With the Blessings of Liberty, and our own Constitution.
NO. 26. SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1721. The sad Effects of general Corruption, quoted from Algernon Sidney, Esq. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 27. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1721. General Corruption, how ominous to the Publick, and how discouraging to every virtuous Man. With its fatal Progress whenever encouraged. (Gordon)
NO. 28. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1721. A Defence of Cato against his Defamers.
NO. 29. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1721. Reflections occasioned by an Order of Council for suppressing certain impious Clubs that were never discovered. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 30. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1721. An excellent Letter from Brutus to Atticus; with an explanatory Introduction. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 31. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1721. Considerations on the Weakness and Inconsistencies of human Nature. (Gordon)
NO. 32. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1721. Reflections upon Libelling. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 33. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1721. Cautions against the natural Encroachments of Power. (Gordon)
VOLUME II: JUNE 24, 1721 TO MARCH 3, 1721
NO. 34. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1721. Of Flattery. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 35. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1721. Of publick Spirit. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 36. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1721. Of Loyalty. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 37. SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1721. Character of a good and of an evil Magistrate, quoted from Algernon Sidney, Esq. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 38. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1721. The Right and Capacity of the People to judge of Government. (Gordon)
NO. 39. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1721. Of the Passions; that they are all alike good or all alike evil, according as they are applied. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 40. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1721. Considerations on the restless and selfish Spirit of Man. (Gordon)
NO. 41. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1721. The Emperor Galbas Speech to Piso, with an Introduction. (Gordon)
NO. 42. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1721. Considerations on the Nature of Laws.
NO. 43. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1721. The natural Passion of Men for Superiority. (Gordon)
NO. 44. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1721. Men not ruled by Principle, but by Passion. (Gordon)
NO. 45. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1721. Of the Equality and Inequality of Men.
NO. 46. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1721. Of the false Guises which Men put on, and their ill Effect. (Gordon)
NO. 47. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1721. Of the Frailty and Uncertainty of human Judgment. (Gordon)
NO. 48. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1721. The general unhappy State of the World, ftom the Baseness and Iniquity of its Governors in most Countries. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 49. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1721. Of the Power of Prejudice. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 50. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1721. An Idea of the Turkish Government, taken from Sir Paul Ricaut. (Gordon)
NO. 51. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1721. Popularity no Proof of Merit. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 52. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1721. Of Divine Judgments; the Wickedness and Absurdity of applying them to Men and Events. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 53. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1721. Dr. Prideaux’s Reasoning about the Death of Cambyses, examined; whether the same was a Judgment for his killing the Egyptian God Apis. (Gordon)
NO. 54. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1721. The Reasoning of Dr. Prideaux about the Fate of Brennus the Gaul, and of his Followers, examined; whether the same was a Judgment for an Intention to plunder the Temple of Delphos. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 55. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1721. The Lawfulness of killing Julius Caesar considered, and defended, against Dr. Prideaux. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 56. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1721. A Vindication of Brutus, for having killed Caesar. (Gordon)
NO. 57. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1721. Of false Honour, publick and private.
NO. 58. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1721. Letter from a Lady, with an Answer, about Love, Marriage, and Settlements. (A Woman, Trenchard, and Gordon) TO CATO
NO. 59. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1721. Liberty proved to be the unalienable Right of all Mankind. (Trenchard)
NO. 60. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1721. All Government proved to be instituted by Men, and only to intend the general Good of Men. (Trenchard) Sir,
NO. 61. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1721. How free Governments are to be framed so as to last, and how they differ from such as are arbitrary. (Trenchard) Sir,
NO. 62. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1721. An Enquiry into the Nature and Extent of Liberty; with its Loveliness and Advantages, and the vile Effects of Slavery.
NO. 63. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1721. Civil Liberty produces all Civil Blessings, and how; with the baneful Nature of Tyranny. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 64. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1721. Trade and Naval Power the Offspring of Civil Liberty only, and cannot subsist without it. (Trenchard) Sir,
NO. 65. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1721. Military Virtue produced and supported by Civil Liberty only. (Gordon)
NO. 66. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1721. Arbitrary Government proved incompatible with true Religion, whether Natural or Revealed. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 67. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1721. Arts and Sciences the Effects of Civil Liberty only, and ever destroyed or oppressed by Tyranny. (Gordon) Sir,
NO. 68. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1721. Property and Commerce secure in a free Government only; with the consuming Miseries under simple Monarchies. (Gordon) Sir,
Volume III: March 10, 1721 to December 1, 1722
NO. 69. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1721. Address to the Freeholders, &c. about the Choice of their Representatives. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 70. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1721. Second Address to the Freeholders, &c. upon the same Subject.(GORDON)
NO. 71. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1722. Polite Arts and Learning naturally produced in free States, and marred by such as are not free. (GORDON) SIR,
ENDNOTES
NO. 72. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1722. In absolute Monarchies the Monarch seldom rules, but his Creatures instead of him. That Sort of Government a Gradation of Tyrants. (GORDON)
NO. 73. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1722. A Display of Tyranny, its destructive Nature, and Tendency to dispeople the Earth. (GORDON) SIR,
NO. 74. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1722. The Vanity of Conquerors, and the Calamities attending Conquests. (GORDON)
ENDNOTES
NO. 75. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1722. Of the Restraints which ought to be laid upon publick Rulers. (GORDON)
NO. 76. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1722. The same Subject continued. (GORDON) SIR,
NO. 77. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1722. Of superstitious Fears, and their Causes natural and accidental. (Trenchard)
NO. 78. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1722. The common Notion of Spirits, their Power and Feats, exposed. (Trenchard)
NO. 79. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1722. A further Detection of the vulgar Absurdities about Ghosts and Witches. (Trenchard)
ENDNOTES
NO. 81. SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1722. The Established Church of England in no Danger from Dissenters. (Trenchard)
NO. 83. SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1722. The vain Hopes of the Pretender and his Party. (Trenchard)
NO. 84. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1722. Property the first Principle of Power. The Errors of our Princes who attended not to this. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 85. SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1722. Britain incapable of any Government but a limited Monarchy; with the Defects of a neighbouring Republick. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 86. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1722. The terrible Consequences of a War to England, and Reasons against engaging in one. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 87. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1722. Gold and Silver in a Country to be considered only as Commodities. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 88. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1722. The Reasonableness and Advantage of allowing the Exportation of Gold and Silver, with the Impossibility of preventing the same. (Trenchard)
NO. 89. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1722. Every Mans true Interest found in the general Interest. How little this is considered. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 90. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1722. Monopolies and exclusive Companies, how pernicious to Trade. (Trenchard)
NO. 91. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1722. How exclusive Companies influence and hurt our Government. (Trenchard)
NO. 92. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1722. Against the Petition of the South-Sea Company, for a Remittance of Two Millions of their Debt to the Publick.
NO. 93. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1722. An Essay upon Heroes. (GORDON) SIR,
NO. 94. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1722. Against Standing Armies. (Trenchard AND
NO. 95. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1722. Further Reasonings against Standing Armies. (Trenchard)
NO. 96. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1722. Of Parties in England; how they vary, and interchange Characters, just as they are in Power, or out of it, yet still keep their former Names. (GORDON)
NO. 97. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1722. How much it is the Interest of Governors to use the Governed well; with an Enquiry into the Causes of Disaffection in England. (Trenchard)
ENDNOTES
NO. 98. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1722. Address to the Members of the House of Commons. (Trenchard)
NO. 99. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1722. The important Duty of Attendance in Parliament, recommended to the Members. (GORDON) SIR,
NO. 100. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1722. Discourse upon Libels. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 101. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1722. Second Discourse upon Libels.
NO. 102. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1722. The Contemptibleness of Grandeur without Virtue. (Trenchard)
NO. 103. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1722. Of Eloquence, considered politically.
NO. 104. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1722. Of Eloquence, considered philosophically. (GORDON)
NO. 105. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1722. Of the Weakness of the human Mind; how easily it is misled. (Trenchard)
VOLUME IV: DECEMBER 8, 1722 TO DECEMBER 7, 1723
NO. 106. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1722. Of Plantations and Colonies. Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 107. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1722. Of publick Credit and Stocks.
NO. 108. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1722. Inquiry into the Source of moral Virtues. (Trenchard)
NO. 109. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1722. Inquiry into the Origin of Good and Evil. (Trenchard)
NO. 110. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1722. Of Liberty and Necessity. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 111. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1722. The same Subject continued. (Trenchard) SIR,
ENDNOTES
NO. 112. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1722. Fondness for Posterity nothing else but Self-love. Such as are Friends to publick Liberty, are the only true Lovers of Posterity. (Trenchard)
NO. 113. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1722. Letter to Cato, concerning his many Adversaries and Answerers. (Gordon)
ENDNOTES
NO. 114. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1722. The necessary Decay of Popish States shewn from the Nature of the Popish Religion. (Trenchard) SIR,
ENDNOTES
NO. 115. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1722. The encroaching Nature of Power, ever to be watched and checked. (Trenchard)
NO. 116. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1722. That whatever moves and acts, does so mechanically and necessarily. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 117. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1722. Of the Abuse of Words, applied more particularly to the covetous Man and the Bigot. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 118. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1722. Free states vindicated from the common Imputation of Ingratitude. (Gordon)
NO. 119. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1722. The same Subject continued. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 120. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1722. Of the proper Use of Words. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 121. SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1722. Of Good Breeding. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 122. SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1723. Inquiry concerning the Operations of the Mind of Man, and those of other Animals. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 123. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1723. Inquiry concerning Madness, especially religious Madness, called Enthusiasm. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 124. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1723. Further Reasonings upon Enthusiasm.
NO. 125. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1723. The Spirit of the Conspirators, Accomplices with Dr. Atterbury, in 1723, considered and exposed. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 126. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1723. Address to those of the Clergy who are fond of the Pretender and his Cause. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 127. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1723. The same Address continued. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 128. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1723. Address to such of the Laity as are Followers of the disaffected Clergy, and of their Accomplices. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 129. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1723. The same Address continued. (Gordon) GENTLEMEN,
NO. 130. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1723. The same Address continued. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 131. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1723. Of Reverence true and false. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 132. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1723. Inquiry into the Doctrine of Hereditary Right. (Trenchard)
NO. 133. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1723. Of Charity, and Charity-Schools.
NO. 134. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1723. What small and foolish Causes often misguide and animate the Multitude. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 135. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1723. Inquiry into the indelible Character claimed by some of the Clergy. (Gordon)
NO. 136. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1723. The Popish Hierarchy deduced in a great Measure from that of the Pagans. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 137. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1723. Of the different and absurd Notions which Men entertain of God. (Trenchard)
NO. 138. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1723. Catos Farewell. (Trenchard and Gordon) SIR,
ENDNOTES
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER
NO. 2. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1723. Considerations upon the Condition of an absolute Prince. (Gordon)
NO. 3. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1723. The same Subject continued. (Gordon) SIR,
NO. 4. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1723. The same Subject continued. (Trenchard) SIR,
NO. 5. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1723. Considerations upon the Condition of Prime Ministers of State. (Gordon)
NO. 6. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1723. The same Subject continued. (Gordon) SIR,
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