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§§.15. Remedies possible

11.
2. Provide a Government
Paper to serve as an Appellat.
Judicatory, inserting
all notices of transgression,
and making such
reparation as is feasible.

12.
1. As to private Editors
1. Of all papers sent,
insertion is not, but mention
is possible.

13
Insertion at length is not
but insertion by sample is.

14
3. Of sample, if limited
choice may be left to Communicator;
failing
him, to the Editor.

15
4. Priority of insertion
must be left to Editor,
but against partial
postponement regular
and immediate notice
of receipt will afford
some check.

16
Of simple notice of
receipt, insertion may
be immediate.

17
For security the above
observances such Entries
will suffice as are not
more vexatious than
those freely made already.

18
Notoriety now reconciled
with secret thence with
liberty. For Editors security
against prosecution
Communicators
name to be made
known to him.
But on requisition to
be kept secret from every
one else, except eventually
under the order
of justice. Entry Book
accordingly.

19
II As to Government
Newspaper Editors. Under
pecuniary support from
Government his quantity
of applicable space,
may, in comparison
of a private Editor's be


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§§.15. Remedies possible

20
Remedies against partiality
in this case.

1. He will be watched
universally and with
peculiar jealousy.

2. Being in a high degree
responsible in the beneficial
sense so will he
be in the burthensome
do

21
Agreably to usage an
Oath of Office may be
imposed on him: so
worded as to put the
moral sanction upon
such transgressions not
punishable by the legal
sanction, as he is most
exposed to fall into.

22.
Examples
1. Impartiality as to
insertion
2. — as to priority.
3. — as to choice of
samples.
4. — Uncorruption
5. — Publicity where required
6. — Secrecy where required.

23
This being the only Official
Editor the only one compensated
with the Sweets
of Office, on him alone
need the oath be made
matter of obligation.
But private Editors if
permitted will in respect
of public confidence probably
find inducement
to take it voluntarily.

24
Uses of this notification
1. Information of the quantity
of demand for presses.

25
2. Persons disposed to
become Printers will
see this part of the custom
they may expect.

25
3 Each public man
will see the suscriber
of those who may be expected
to join with
him in giving encouragement
to more
Printers.


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§§.15. Abuses of the Press
at large.

1
As the uses so the abuses
of the press are co-existive
with do of disuse and
use.

2
No immorality, delinquency,
crime, to which discourse,
thence the press
may not be made subservient.

3
Where the press is made
subservient to any offence,
remedy against the abuse
is the punishment
annexed to such offence.

4
Applied to the several
offences, restraint is
so far applied to the
liberty of the press.

5
For the nature and
justificative cause
of those several restraints,
reference must
be made to the laws
relative to the several
offences.


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§§.17. Abuses by false
reports for gain or loss

1
To some modes of transgression
the press especially
the Newspaper
do is apt to pre-eminently
subservient. Two
in particular viz
1. False reports for
producing gain or
loss.
2. Injurious Aspersions
on Reputation

2
By false reports gain or
loss may be produced in
various ways: but with
much more effect by literary
than oral discourse,
and more by a Newspaper
than any other literary
press

3
Hence whatsoever care
be taken of the useful
liberty of the press, particular
care requires
to be taken to prevent
the abuse of it.


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§§.18 Abuses of the press
injurious to reputation.

1
Reputation may be
1. depressed, viz. by Aspersion:
or 2. prevented
from rising.

2
Act or matter of fact
indicated, is Aspersion
or Defamation: else
Vituperation.

3
Individual act indicated,
Defamation in
particular terms: do
specific do in general
terms. The difference
is material in practice

4
Vituperation being all
general admitts not
of this distinction.

5
Defamation may
be with or without
violation of truth.

6
Violation of truth with
or without moral blame.

7
If with moral blame
anti conscientious (wilful)
or accompanied
with evil consciousness
or temerarious (the
result of temerity or
negligence.)

8
Interpretation, involving
no distinct aspersion,
is not susceptible
of these distinctions

9.
Follows in Main
Text definition of
Aspersion under these
its modifications.

9.(a)
Of Wrongful Interception
of Reputation
nothing said here.

In a compleat Code
necessary to be comprized
being seriously
mischievous.



Identifier: | JB/026/008/001
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Date_1

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11-25, 1-4, 1-3, 1-9, 9a

Box

026

Main Headings

law amendment

Folio number

008

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Image

001

Titles

Category

marginal summary sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

8741

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