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1820 Novr 10
J.B. To Mora

While I am writing comes the information of an abominable
article Article 3in the proposed law against "Infraction on the
Constitution". "Every Spaniard .... who shall verbally and
in writing ( and I as I suppose by instead of or) endeavour
"to excite a persuasion that in Spain or any of the provinces
"the political Constitution of the Monarchy ought not

to be observed wither in the whole or in part shall be confined

"for eight years &c". The persons for whom the punishment
is intended I suppose those only whose object
is to propose to the engage Citizens to be guilty of disobedience to the any part
of the body of law in question, not those whose object is
to engage the Cortes to make amendments in it. Perhaps the
fault is in the translation viz. 1. the French the do or 2 in the
English do from the French. But I should not be surprized
if it was in the original.

The day mentioned is Oct. wed or 24th October 17 went
the first of my five four letters on the two former liberticide
laws. This third I expect to have ever designed
only against the Anti liberals the enemies of the good
points in the Constitution. But on those occasions, in the
anxiety to reach adversaries none can but be apt
to include friends: I should rather have said. Rulers
who have for adversaries as well the friends of the people
with enemies of the people are too apt to oppress strike at the
former at a pretence of striking the latter.

Identifier: | JB/013/049/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 13.
Date_1	1820-11-10	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	013	Main Headings	rid yourselves of ultramaria
Folio number	049	Info in main headings field	jb to mora
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d2 / e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	richard doane	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 2710, vol. 10	ID Number	4498
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