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1821 June 28. 1822 Aug. 10

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Section – Progress of corruption – Remedy for corruption –
encrease given to the matter of corruption

In virtue of the preestablished harmony, so long as
the Constitution stands, corruption with its etceteras is predestinated
to go on, in a state of perpetual advance: never to be
stationary, much less retrograde.

In this or that department an enormous abuse is brought
to light. A Member in opposition moves for a papers to serve as
documents with a view to the moving for a committee to enquire
& report. On this occasion till of late years the practice was to resist
the enquiry in limine, to refuse the papers. this practice continues
at present. But upon the whole, such a facility in the granting them
has place as forms a striking contrast with the ultimate result.
The case is & so it has been found, that on this ground tha in relation
to their own sinister interest, the government can not do wrong.
If the papers are refused all subsequent trouble is saved tho' they
gain nothing, yet nothing do they lose: for as to reputation of
probity for this long time how have they had to lose.

If the papers are granted then instead of loss comes positive
gain of abuse. Of the mass of abuse a portion more or less considerable
is thereby brought to light: placed in such so strong a glare as
to be wholly uncontrovertible. Now comes the season of candour.
The seat of the misconduct abuse being in the misconduct of the
subordinates of government, it belongs to government to rectify
what is amiss in the conduct of those its subordinates. A Commission
is now named: a Commission i.e. a set of Commissioners,
all of them of course named in one or other of two ways by
Government. But this being a public service – a service of considerable
labour – a labour too the quantity of which will naturally
be apt to increase with the quantities of abuse remuneration
becomes necessary: it being without example that in some
shape or other it should not be given, it was given as of course,
no argument is regarded as necessary to be produced in support
of it: the only argument if any regards the quantum & the shape.

Identifier: | JB/036/060/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36.
Date_1	1821-06-28	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	036	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	060	Info in main headings field	constitut. code first lines england
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks	c wilmott 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	andreas louriottis
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public		ID Number	10984
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