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Jeremy Bentham, as given in a series of Letters to the Spanish people.
Part II. Injury to Spanish Ultramaria from the claims made of dominion over her in the name of Spain.
Letter 1.
Causes of Ultramarian
aversion explained.
Cause 1. New lights &
Code preclude submission
on the former
footing.
1. Lights exclude blind
submission.
Letter 2.
Cause 2. Whole Ultramarian
Revenue placed
at the command
of the authorities in
Spain.
2. Revenue, all to Spain.
Letter 3.
Cause 3. To the dominion,
Appeals to Spain
are necessary: to Ultramaria,
they are a
grievance unendurable.
Appeals unendurable.
Letter 4.
Cause 4. Under the Code,
Ultramaria stands
precluded from all
exercise of even subordinate
legislation:
thence from all improvement
and all redress,
except from resistance.
Ultramarian legislation
none.
Letter 5.
Cause 5. By no such
share in the Representation
as is given to
Ultramaria, is any
security against misrule
afforded.
Share in Representation
no security.
Letter 6.
Cause 6. Under the Code,
no Ultramarian Deputation
can be formed,
thence nor the supposed
security afforded.
Ultramarian Deputation
none.
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Letter 7.
Cause 7. To the interests
of the ruling and influential
few, the
claim is particularly
adverse.
Ultramarian rulers
injured.
Letter 8.
Cause 8. Under the Code,
amendments necessary
to the continuance
of the Constitution stand
excluded.
Constitution unamendable.
Letter 9.
A claim by Ultramaria
to rule Spain wd.
be better than that of
the Spanish Nation to rule
Ultramaria. Better
Ultramaria rule Spain.
Letter 10.
It were easier & less
unprofitable for Spain
to conquer Barbary,
than to reconquer Ultramaria.
Rather conquer Barbary.
Letter 11.
Apology for the Codifiers
as to what concerns
Ultramaria.
Codifier's apology.
Letter 12.
Justification of the adoption
given to the
Spanish Constitution
by other nations, all
imperfections notwithstanding.
Adopters of the Code
justified.
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Part II.
After Letter III Insert.
Letter 4.
Cause 4. Every Ultramarian
Province a
prey to every Spanish
war, with any other Province,
or any foreign
State. Ultramaria a
prey to Spanish wars.
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☞ To the Copyist
Insert in the Copy
the Letters here
mentioned as
being to be added
or inserted and
make the requisite
alterations in the
Nos of the respectively
succeeding Letter.
Identifier: | JB/008/064/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
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1822-02-08 |
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rid yourselves of ultramaria |
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contents of a work intituled rid yourselves of ultramaria: being the advice of jeremy bentham, as given in a series of letters to the spanish people |
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introduction / part i injury to spain from the claims in her name on spanish ultramaria / part ii injury to spanish ultramaria from the claims made of dominion over her in the name of spain |
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recto |
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john flowerdew colls |
[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]] |
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arthur wellesley, duke of wellington |
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1818 |
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