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1821 August 4
Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria. Titles of Letters.

Introduction.

Corruption
Traveller. Sept. 1.
Lisbon Decree against
Solicitation
As if solicitation were
necessary to inform ag those
who have money and power at
their disposal that money
and power would not be unacceptable.


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Letter 1
Plan of the Work.

Letter 2.
Interests concerned –
preliminary distinctions

Letter 3
To the subject many
in Spain, the dominion
would be hurtful,
were Ultramarians
ever so desirous
of submitting to it:
namely – 1. in a pecuniary
view.
Ultramarians submissive,
profit none.

Letter 5.
Much more if in
proportion as they
are averse; as under
the Constitution
they can not fail to be.
Causes of such aversion enumerated
– explanation
and proof postponed.
Contined
Ultramarian submission
why
impossible hopeless.

Letter 4
By Ultramarian submission,
how extensive
so ever, no continued receipt of
money in Spain would
be rendered probable.
The Code if submitted
to affords no such
probability.
Under Code, profit none.


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Letter 6
To the ruling few
indeed, the claim would
in a great degree be
profitable. Hence the one
cause of the attachment
to it.
From claims on Ultramaria
Spanish
Rulers
expected profit great.

Letter 7.
To the subject many
in Spain in a Constitutional
view, the claim
can not be productive
of great evils.
1. Anti-Constitutional
Evil 1. Vitiating the
of the Cortes.
1. In Cortes foreign
interests predominant.

Letter 8
2. Anti-Constitutional
Evil 2. Adding to the
mass of corruptive
influences.
Corruptive influence
encreased.

Letter 9
3. Anti-Constitutional
evil 3. Adding to
the time during which
Deputies are irremovable.
3. Bad Deuties longer
irremovable.

Letter 10
4. Anti-Constitutional
evil 4. Adding occupation
to the time of
the Cortes, though otherwise
insufficient for
their duties.
4. Cortes time wasted.

Letter 11
5. Anti-Constitutional
evil 5. Planting in Ultramaria,
thence for Spain, a
latent despotism.
5. Despotism secretly planted.


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Letter 12
Causes of Ultramarian
aversion explained.
Cause 1. National, the
New lights burthen and Code
itself renders the power preclude submission in
submission to the former
footing.
1. Code render former Lights exclude
oppression blind submission.

Letter 13 or 19 Letter 13 or 20
Cause 3. Produce Whatever
Ultramarian Revenue
placed authority at the
command of Spanish
Cause 2.
authorities in power.

Letter 14 or 20 21
Spanish Cause 3. Experience and apprehension
of loss by emolument of Ultramarian
Offices saved up and taken to
be the dominion. Appeals hence
to Spain are necessary: to Ultramaria
they are a grievance
unendurable.
Appeals indispensable and unendurable

Letters 15 22
Cause 6.
Under the Code, Ultramaria
stands precluded
from all exercise
of even subordinate
legislation: thence
from all improvement
and all redress except
from resistance.
Ultramaria legislation none.

Letter 18 or 23
Cause 7. By no such
share in the Representation
as is given to
Ultramaria is any
security against misrule
afforded.
Share in representation
no security.

Letter 19 or 24
Cause 8. Under the Code
no compleat, if any Ultramarian Deputation
can be formed,
thence nor the supposed
security afforded.
Ultramarian Deputation
none.


Identifier: | JB/008/091/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.

Date_1

1821-08-04

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

008

Main Headings

rid yourselves of ultramaria

Folio number

091

Info in main headings field

rid yourselves of ultramaria titles of letters

Image

002

Titles

Category

plan

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

j whatman 1819

Marginals

Paper Producer

jonathan blenman

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1819

Notes public

ID Number

3195

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