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Lettres

to obtain the sight of a copy of that Journal in which
mention is made of the abovementioned act of the 26th Novr
having proved less, I remain still in the dark as to
this matter while you my beloved & worthy disciple — you
in your situation may probably this long time have been
informed of every thing that belongs to it. You will have
learnt the course I have taken for scattering abroad for the benefit of in the other hemisphere,
the first fruits of that zeal on your part which
is so honourable & so gratifying to me. Your's most truly

You would oblige me much by a short line apprizing
me of your receipt of this by the next succeeding post.
If you can find time to add a brief notice of the
thoughts of which it has been productive in your
mind, it will be a high and additional gratification
to me. But let not any such additional matter
produce any additional delay. No 3 You will see in
my Letters to Toreno the dread I am under of seeing
your government converted into a tyranny
worse than the preceding one because more permanent
by a coalition betwixt the monarchy and official
aristocracy. What well grounded promise
can there be from the best code of Constitutional
Law &c. were it ever so much better than yours is,
when the giving execution and effect to it depends
upon the will of a man placed in a situation which
renders him completely necessarily, and incurably
hostile to every thing that is good in it? to every
thing that is contributory to the greatest happiness
of the greatest number?

If permanent
establishment is given
to any measures having
for their effect
the giving to the Government
any controul
whatsoever over
the liberty of the press
and public discussion,
or political subjects
that will suffice for
the establishment of
a tyrannical despotism
in the hands of
the constituted authorities
whoever they are.
No such controul
is exercised in the
Anglo-American United
States: no such
controul is needful
or conducive to good
government any where.
see my Letters to your
nation on this subject
For averting this
map of misery from
your country, my
main trust is in
you.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	013	Main Headings
Folio number	287	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f3
Penner	john flowerdew colls; richard doane	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	draft of letter 2851, vol. 11	ID Number	4736
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