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1823 July 20
Constitut. Code

In his situation he is dependent on them or theirs not merely for by
the fear of seeing decreased to in the mass of benefit attached to his situation, and the
hope of seeing it encreased, but moreover in the event of his being
disposed to a violation of the laws in any shape by the fear of
whatever being subjected to punishment in whatever shape it stands attached to
the offence: of those by their favour to be to a sufficient degree secured
against every such accident. Thus then on each side
men have a it is mens decided interest, and as surely their disposition
to recommend themselves to the favour and by the means just
mentioned to the favour of each other. But on both sides each side
that interest is as contrary to the interest of the people whose at their disposal had at their
disposal Agents they are and whose deputed Agents they should be, as
one interest can be opposite to another.⊞ ⊞ Useful and needful offices
are overpaid, needless
and useless continually on each favorable
occasion added, the duty attached
to all of them suffered to be
remain unperformed or
ill performed, depredation
oppression and dissipation
in the most important
of them connived at.
Mutual respect paid by
the functionaries on both
sides and their connections
contempt manifested towards
the body of the people,
and and in proportion as if on the side of
the people is troublesome
a taken instead
of redress given. Between them is thus formed
an alliance defensive and offensive of which the people are the objects,
and having matter no no allies as surely and constantly the victims: the people are subjected
to a constant and irrepressible course of depredation, oppression
and dissipation For the prod and that course constant, constantly encreasing in rapidity and
compleatly and constantly irresistible.

To the formation and establishment of an alliance of this sort –
to the production of all the effects with which it is pregnant, no mutual
explanation nothing to which the name of a contract can with any
propriety be applied, if by contract be meant a determinate and
express contract is ever necessary. Constant is not necessary to
the establishment of the mass mutual benefit: can by limiting, contract would but diminish the amount
of it: if by express and determinate contract, each influential
member of the executive legislature were secure of a certain share of the mass
of benefit at the disposal of the Minister, and at the same time sure
of having no more, his exertions would be such as should secure to him
that same stipulated share, but they would be no greater: but on the one hand the magnitude
if he has no part as yet in his possession, there is no limit to the
exertion which it may happen to him to regard as necessary to his obtainment
of some such share, and be made accordingly: and whasoever
may happen have happened to him to have already in his possession, still there is no limit
to the magnitude of the exertions for which
it may happen to him he may be with adequate
confidence to look for adequate
remuneration retribution, and accordingly
to make bestow.

Identifier: | JB/037/248/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 37.
Date_1	1823-07-20	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	037	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	248	Info in main headings field	constitut. code
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	11463
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