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1823 July 9
Constitut. Code

Let it not be said – this then is an objection against a representative
democracy: an objection and that a conclusive one. Let all this
it not be said this is an objection to a representative democracy. For
suppose the any other form of government the case of the government
is beyond comparison worse. If this be not seen fully plain already, a few
words will suffice for rendering it so.

Take first the case of an absolute Monarchy. In this case
to the power of irresistible force the power of corruption is added: and
in this case was even the force absent, the power of corruption would
be still stronger and more decidedly than in that the above former cases.
Of From the corrupt transaction or rather course of corrupt transactions
what is the of what nature is the mischief apprehended, the mischief
which to a certain degree extent immediately and sooner or later to the
extent of the whole field of government will take place? In the case of
the representative democracy, so far as regards depredation and extortion
namely by the hand or concurrence of the legislature without which it can not be
made to have place, it is the non suppression of this a but useless
needless office, or the creation of this or that useless or needless office or
cluster of useless and needless and offices, and thereupon the extortion extraction from the pockets of the people of so much
the correspondent mass or surplus of money over and above what the
real exigencies of government would require. But in Thus much
under a representative democracy. But as absolute Monarchy?
in this respect how stands the case under an absolute Monarchy?
More dissipated extortion here it would take a country for
representative democracy to be bought in this way to establish the
Monarch would establish the first day of his plans his sitter effected
i.e. throne. Look at the Emperor : with his
list and his standing army and his civil official establishment!
a curious and indicative example.

Identifier: | JB/037/241/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 37.
Date_1	1823-07-09	Marginal Summary Numbering	26-27
Box	037	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	241	Info in main headings field	constitut. code
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Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e9
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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