ABSTRACT
The interest of those who govern has ever appeared to be, and under the present systems ever will appear to be, opposed to the interest of those whom they govern. Law and taxation, as these are necessarily administered, are evils of the greatest magnitude. Hitherto you have been prevented from even knowing what happiness really is, solely in consequence of the errors, gross errors, that have been combined with the fundamental notions of every religion that has hitherto been taught to men, And, in consequence, they have made man the most inconsistent, and the most miserable being in existence. The several atmospheres of class have also created various feelings of strong separation among men, and have essentially tended to increase their irrationality and their misery. The empire of Great Britain and Ireland is in greater misery, distress, and wretchedness, than, in reality, it has been known to be for centuries past.
