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1824 Aug. 23
Constitutional Code

1. Case of the People

As the desires and endeavours of each one will be always constantly
directed to the production of the greatest happiness of that one, so will
those greatest happiness of all to the greatest happiness of all.

True it is that as far as incompatibility has place to his own greatest happiness each
would desire and endeavour of each would will be directed to the sacrifice
of that of all the rest. But, in so far as his desires
and endeavours were directed to that sinister sacrifice each
one would on each occasion find the desires of that one, and thus
the desires and endeavours of all opposed to his own,
by what opposition his own desires and endeavours would
on every such occasion be rendered of no effect.

On the other hand as to every point in which the happiness endeavours of
no one other opposed to his every on pursuit of his own happiness
required assured not on the part any sacrifice of the happiness of any other, he would every one
would find the desires and endeavours of every other disposed to
concurr and cooperate with his.

There in regard to the only exercise here proposed to be
given to the locative function – the locating in their common situation
the several possessors of so many equal shares in of the Supreme Operative authority
– to wit the members of the Supreme Legislative Assembly.

Subordinate Elements of political felicity – subordinate ends or
objects of good government as per Leading principles are 1. Subsistence.
2. Abundance. 3. Security. 4. Equality. Included is the matter of Subsistence in the matter of Abundance. Of each of the several
members Electors of the Constitutive let it be allowed admitted, that if he knew of
any one person and one alone, whose endeavours would be employed in putting
him the Elector in the exclusive possession of the whole of the matter
of subsistence and abundance, together with all the aggregate of all
the means of security, to the utter destroy extirpation of equality, – in the favour of that one person would
he be of course seen to give his vote, – at any rate, find means to locate if he could procure
a sufficient number of persons so disposed: and this whatsoever
because of the attend subsistence abundance and security of all
the rest, all which elements of felicity would thus be sacrificed to
his.

Identifier: | JB/037/400/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 37.
Date_1	1824-08-23	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	037	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	400	Info in main headings field	constitutional code
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / e4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1823
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1823
Notes public		ID Number	11615
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