JB/037/362/001

Click Here To Edit

1824. Oct. 8
Constitutional CodeCh. VI. Legislature
§. 1. Composition &c: or House, one
Evil 3. Sinister interest prevalent.

Rationale.

Evil 3. Prevalence of particular and sinister interest
on the part of the Second House whatever it be. Here too
the tangible sensible evils are but matter of presumption as in the former case.
But whether the presumption be not here also a strong one will be seen.

Be the two houses what they may. the one in the course
of practice one or other of them will and
lead. To that leading House, will application in general be
made: to that House will every person who has a project to bring
forward look in preference: comparatively speaking, the other House
will remain in a state of nullity: to the House of greater
activity will the credit merit of all measures looked upon measures
regarded as beneficial be ascribed. With this In this state of the
regard the majority of the smaller House will naturally not be content to remain.
In proportion as the scheme of Election is favourable to
the universal interest, the measures proposed and approved by
the larger more efficient House will be beneficial. If there are
that are otherwise on this supposition the smaller House is altogether
useless. But to their interposition ever so useless to the the acts of the larger was to part
beneficial to the community, to live in a state of disregard will not be useful
to those of the smaller House. To acquire and maintain
a certain degree of respect they will take the only course what
upon according to the supposition is has place within their reach: they will set themselves
to oppose, and clog and delay on any occasion that
to be favourable those good in the glory of which they were
not . In a word in the two Houses taken together, they would
under the of the same sinister interest they would not
the same part as that acted by the Opposition in the one of the two Houses
say the more official one taken singly. Reasonable ground of opposition arguments not
being furnished by the nature of the case, they would betake themselves take in hand
to unreasonable acts against such measure as it came
into the House they would play off the whole artillery of .
Thence the part consequences following. In the case good of every good
these opposed delay vexation more or less, and on the part of individuals interested
expence, substituted for
that time to the good;
in proportion to the number of instances in which the arguments thus prevail
the good that would have been produced by the good those rejected here, excluded altogether.

Identifier: | JB/037/362/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 37.
Date_1	1824-10-08	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	037	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	362	Info in main headings field	constitutional code
Image	001	Titles	rationale
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d3 / e3
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1824
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1824
Notes public		ID Number	11577
Box Contents