JB/012/077/002

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1821. April 2d.
Codification Offer

B + 13
5 11

1o or 2o?
Foreigner, why

3. A third circumstance which ought should never
be let slip out of mind, is — in
regard to Of the circumstances by which a demand for legislation
is created, or liable to be created, somewhat common the distinction
which has been already brought to view between those which are common
to all countries, and those which are peculiar to this or that country
in particular: and in regard to these last, the reasons by which
those which are greatest in importance are of those of
have been given in support of the conclusion, that in comparison of
the former description of the former they are in point of extent
and thence in point of importance plainly inferior and subordinate.

If so, it By follows that by attention, rightly bestowed upon the circumstances
of a universal complexion, it is possible for there is nothing to hinder a person
born and bred in a Fforeign country, and who has never
set foot in the country for which a the code is in contemplation,
to be from being better qualified for the drawing up of a code, even for
that country, than any person who, having been born and bred
in that same country, has never set foot out of it.

But if equally well qualified in respect of appropriate
intellectual aptitude, and appropriate active talent, in respect
of appropriate moral aptitude or appropriate probity,
the appropriate aptitude possessed by a foreigner is beyond
comparison greater than any that can have place in the
situation of a native.

The native, by whom a code the sort of Code in question is drawn up, will either
be a person possessing a share in the powers of Government
under the form of Government at that time existing in the
country, or a person acting under the command of those by
whom those powers are shared: in either case, to the desire he
will can scarce fail to add the hope, and thence the endeavour, to sacrifice
to an interest of his own, the interest of the greatest and happiness
of the greatest number in that country.

A foreigner, howsoever in other circumstances, he
might have had the desire, can not, unless gained over by
the rulers of that country to their interest as above, entertain any
such hope, nor consequently be occupied in any such endeavour.

Humans

Identifier: | JB/012/077/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Date_1	1822-06-05	Marginal Summary Numbering	7 continued, or 8 - or 9
Box	012	Main Headings
Folio number	077	Info in main headings field	jb to general sn martin protector of peru
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e13
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman 1819
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	john flowerdew colls
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public	letter 2891, vol. 11	ID Number	4138
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