The last circumstance to be enumerated among the disadvantages of political association is its tendency to disorder and tumult. Nothing is more notorious than the ease with which the conviviality of a crowded feast may degenerate into the depredations of a riot. While the sympathy of opinion catches from man to man， especially among persons whose passions have been little used to the curb of judgement， actions may be determined on which the solitary reflection of all would have rejected. There is nothing more barbarous， blood-thirsty and unfeeling than the triumph of a mob. It should be remembered that the members of such associations are ever employed in cultivating a sentiment peculiarly hostile to political justice， antipathy to individuals；第一章ot a benevolent love of equality， but a bitter and personal detestation of their oppressors.
But， though association， in the received sense of that term， must be granted to be an instrument of very dangerous nature， unreserved communication， especially among persons who are already awakened to the pursuit of truth， is of no less unquestionable advantage. There is at present in the world a cold reserve that keeps man at a distance from man. There is an art in the practice of which individuals communicate for ever， without anyone telling his neighbour what estimate he forms of his attainments and character， how they ought to be employed， and how to be improved. There is a sort of domestic tactics， the object of which is to elude curiosity， and keep up the tenour of conversation， without the disclosure either of our feelings or opinions. The friend of justice will have no object more deeply at heart than the annihilation of this duplicity. The man whose heart overflows with kindness for his species will habituate himself to consider， in each successive occasion of social intercourse， how that occasion may be most beneficently improved. Among the topics to which he will be anxious to awaken attention， politics will occupy a principal share.