JB/038/019/001

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1822 Feb. 6
Codification Offer

§ Admission Universal
Members unapt

257. 1.
(Greatest number excepted)
no man or men
(a particular conjuncture
excepted) ever
took for the object of their
government greatest
happiness of greatest
number.

248. 2.
Principle of balance
of power is compatible
with greatest
happiness principle.

3. | 249.
Supposing it the object
attained, to the extent of
the competition, no
preference can be given
to greatest happiness of
greatest number over
do. of a few.

4. | 250.
Of no man by whom
the balance principle
was ever advocated
could greatest happiness
&c have been the
object.

5. | 251.
Suppose the equiponderance
existing, at
no time without conflict
could it be changed
into preponderance
for greatest number:
at all times, preponderance
would be encreased
against greatest
number for ruling few.

6. | 252.
For such continually
encreasing preponderance
not only may plausible
pretexts be made always
but real demand will
have place frequently.

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7. | 253
I. means of
encrease to ruling few's
preponderance.
Sources of demand.
For new offices at expence
of subject many
in the gift and for the
benefit of the ruling few.
1. War.
2. Preparation for do.
3. Distant dependencies
new measures for defending
them against the inhabitants.
4. Against foreigners.
5. New do.

8. | 254
II. Indirect means of encreasing
rulers preponderance,
diminution
of people's power.

9. | 255
Thus is mixt Monarchy
(time of conflict
excepted) Monarch's
power perpetually encreasing,
peoples do. of
resistance decreasing
every mixt monarchy
must become pure.

10. | 256
In all-comprehensive Codes,
field of operation is included
do. of every modification
of Monarchical
interest, and every branch
of Aristocratical do. No
branch of Aristocratical
do. but may receive
advancement at expence
of greatest happiness
by alliance with
Monarchical do..

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11. | 257
For every good thing
in the gift of Monarchy
or Aristocracy in possession,
expectants say
20. To every corruption
eater, twenty corruption
hunters.

12. | 258
Anglicé £22,000,000
value of a part of the
good things in gift of
Monarchy exclusive of
Aristocracy. Number of
families corrupted by it
do. of Offices in the Establishment
multiplied
by do.

Identifier: | JB/038/019/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 38.
Date_1	1822-02-06	Marginal Summary Numbering	[[marginal_summary_numbering::247 [or] 1 - 258 [or] 12]]
Box	038	Main Headings	codification proposal (codification offer)
Folio number	019	Info in main headings field	codification offer
Image	001	Titles	admission universal / members unapt
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d29 / e1
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	11656
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