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1831 May 13
Colonization Society

Ch. V. Constitution Home
and Colonial
§.1. Difficulty stated suggested

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For and during a certain length of time, this state of
things will continue without difficulty But meantime
the like the people of Liberia, the people of the New
Colonia (we will not say of Utopia Settlers av! Say not instead of New Colonia
Utopia!) the people of New Colonia keep governing
themselves à mes illes. But sooner if
in the Legislative Assembly of New Colonia up arises springs
an Honorable Member and says, Here are we sitting
upon our sitting parts while the Agents of those Absentees
whom we never saw or ever shall see — whom we know will
of now have any need to care about keep transmitting to them
the purchase money of these lands which are only so close to
ours, while we are loaded all this while with the expense
of that Government but for which those same lands
would be uninhabited unoccupied and nothing
True it is then our government is as cheap as
as it is possible for a government to be. Still however
something it does cost us, that is to say [£ ]
Yes and something it must continue to cost us, and that
something so long as our population continues to encrease,
must, along with it continue to encrease. Why
This same amount produce of sale — why then should
we continue to pass it over make a gift of it to these same Absentees
who render by whom no service in return for it is rendered instead of making
payment of it to these functionaries of ours by whom it
it is that whatsoever public service has place is rendered.

Identifier: | JB/008/179/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Date_1	1831-08-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	008	Main Headings
Folio number	179	Info in main headings field	colonization society
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e3
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	street & co 1830
Marginals		Paper Producer	antonio alcala galiano
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1830
Notes public		ID Number	3283
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