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1830 Aug. 5
J.B. to France

Why should I not write thus? The Charter and
truth criers are not all Paris: and Paris itself is
not all France.

But of the majority major part of France – is so
even a large minority of it are so fond of the
Yoke as to offer their necks to it, so let it be.
I do not preach civil war. I act
Preach civil war who will, that will not I.
Between a pure Commonwealth and the
organized corruption of a mixt Monarchy, will
such an antiseptic as the spirit of the people will
ready to keep injecting into it, I do not
the difference does not appear to me I should not expect to find so great as to
pay for the boundless horrors promoted to view by
that name.

All that I say peremptorily is this

1. Look well to the mode of Election. Liberty of suffrage, through
secrecy of suffrage – this it is that saved your
this be taken from you, a civil war, were the horrors of
it equal to those of the Revolutionary war would not
be too high a price to take it back upon pay for getting
it back again.

2. The less the pecuniary qualifications of the Elector the
better

3. The shorter the duration of the Assemblies, the better

Identifier: | JB/023/038/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 23.
Date_1	1830-09-24	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	023	Main Headings	lord brougham displayed
Folio number	038	Info in main headings field	jb to france against peers
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e5
Penner		Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	7909
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