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1830 Decr 21
J.B. to France on Majority

Look at the history of the English Parliament. Was
there ever an instance in wh so much as a single
instance in which a measure detrimental to the interest
of the community was had or was ever char
alledged or is now suspected to have had for its cause
the predominance of members of too early an age,
whether by means of their speeches or their votes?
Was there ever so much as an instance where
so much as any the slightest inconvenience had
for its cause the youth of any members
in the instance of this or that member taken singly
this or that mode of behaviour of which the relative
immaturity of his age appears to have been the cause?
Look at long as you please, no such will instance
you find.

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Look now to the several States of the Anglo American
Union. the results will be the same here the
age required is 25 years

Look at the House of In the Assembly body
in which deputies from all the States are mixt together –
in a word in the Congress, in that one of the two branches of it which is called the
House of Representatives, the result will be the same true it is that the age required is
25 years.

True it is that in Look to that branch which
is called the Senate, and is composed of members deputed
by a different set of Electors: true it is that there instead the exclusion is put
upon all who have not numbered 40 obtained 30 years. But,
of this either exclusion what was the was any experience in any instance the real ground was it so
much as the alledged ground? No: it was mere theory:
ground in general groundless theory – nothing else
theory without relevant facts for the support of it: theory having no more apposite ground than vague
notion of wisdom in general, without consideration had
of the particular sort of business for the transaction of
which the trustees in question are employed.

Identifier: | JB/023/092/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 23.
Date_1	1830-12-21	Marginal Summary Numbering	or 1 - or 3
Box	023	Main Headings	lord brougham displayed
Folio number	092	Info in main headings field	jb to france on majority
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	street & co 1830
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	antonio alcala galiano
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1830
Notes public		ID Number	7963
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