CHAP. VI. THE AUTHORITY OF A MASTER OVER HIS SERVANTS. SECT. I. The condition of servants in the primitive ages of the world 243 SECT. II. The usual effects of opulence and civilized manners, with regard to the treatment of ser vants 250 SECT. III. Causes of the freedom acquired by the labouring people in the modern nations of Europe 261 SECT. IV. Political consequence of slavery. 282 west from Edinbugh. His father, Mr James Millar, a man much respected for his abilities, learning, and purity of manners, was then minister of that parish; but, two years afterwards, he was translated to Hamilton, where he spent the rest of his life. His mother was a daughter of Mr Hamilton of Westburn, a gentleman of considerable estate in the county of Lanark. When the family removed to Hamilton, Mr Millar went to reside at Milheugh, in the parish of b CHAP. VI. THE AUTHORITY OF A MASTER OVER HIS SERVANTS. SECT. I. The condition of servants in the primitive ages of the world 243 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN MILLAR, ESQ. JOHN MILLAR, late Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow, was born on the 22d June, 1735, in the parish of Shotts, twenty-four miles west from Edinbugh. His father, Mr James Millar, a man much respected for his abilities, learning, and purity of manners, was then minister of that parish; but, two years afterwards, he was translated to Hamilton, where he spent the rest of his life. His mother was a daughter of Mr Hamilton of Westburn, a gentleman of considerable estate in the county of Lanark. When the family removed to Hamilton, Mr Millar went to reside at Milheugh, in the parish of b * Blantyre, about eight miles from Glasgow, with his uncle Mr John Millar, who had been educated in Edinburgh as a writer to the signet, but, from bad health, had given up that profession, and retired to a small estate which had been long in his family. Here Mr Millar, being taught to read by his uncle, continued to reside, till he was of the proper age to go to the Latin school. In 1742 he was brought to Hamilton to learn Latin and Greek, under Mr Pillans, who taught the Grammar School of that town with considerable reputation. In 1746, he went to Glasgow College, where he distinguished himself as an attentive and intelligent student. During one or two winters, he boarded in the same house with Mr Morehead, afterwards of Herbertshire, with whom he formed an early friendship, which their very different pursuits in after life never obliterated. When he was a few years older, he lived in College Chambers, and usually dined with the celebrated Dr Cullen, then Lecturer in Chemistry, whose wife was cousin-german to his mother. Those who have been so happy as to be acquainted with Dr and Mrs Cullen will recollect, with delight, the elegance which distinguished their conversation, and will easily be able to appreciate the advantages of this connection, to a |