text: " And 2dly their moral and social state indicating a people which has anciently possessed institutions of a highly civilized character such as according to Dr Martius-- "A complicated form of government regulated despotisms or monarchies privileged orders hierarchical and sacerdotal ordinances systematic laws the results of reflection and a settled purpose connected with marriage and inheritance and family relationships and other customs which are strongly contrasted with the simple and unreflective habits of rude and uncivilized nations