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Along with John Trenchard , he published ''The Independent Whig'', which was a weekly periodical. From 1720 to 1723 , Trenchard and Gordon, wrote a series of 144 Essays entitled '' Cato's Letters '', condemning corruption and lack of morality within the British political system and warning against Tyranny . The essays were published as ''Essays on Liberty , Civil and Religious'', at first in the '' London Journal '' and then in the '' British Journal ''. These essays became a cornerstone of the Commonwealthmen tradition.