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1820 June 28. 1822 Aug. 4
Constitut. Code
§ Corruptive influence
Remedial arrangement – removability
Objections answered
170. 68 or 1.
1. As to removableness.
Per Advocates of despotism,
removable the
chief functionary cannot
be, ought not to be:
of any preparation, however
distant, infallible
consequence, civil war,
anarchy, &c.
171. 69 or 2.
Answer. Can not be?
denied. He was once:
though not, till after –
what a mass of misery!
and those days never
can return. Now he
can not be. This settled,
ought to be is not worth
enquiring about.
172. 70 or 3.
Of his not being now
removable, what is the
cause? The enormous
weight of his power:
as well might you remove
his palace upon
wheels.
173 71 or 4.
But, in the removal
of a chief functionary,
as such, there is no difficulty:
if there be,
look to U.S. – see it
compleatly overcome.
In 40 years, removals.
174. 72 or 5.
2. As to punishment.
Still more difficult
this than removal.
And where the use?
1. From punishment,
short of death, exasperation
without remedy.
2. From punishment,
by death, exasperation
greater, sympathy towards
sufferer, antipathy
towards authors: included
in the sympathy,
the antecedently destined
successor: thence,
how worthless soever, successor
he becomes, and plays
over the same parts.
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§ Corruptive influence
Remedial arrangement – removability
Objections answered
175 3 or 6.
By death of Charles Ist
England got Charles 2d
and James 2d.
176. 74 or 7.
Not that, in the nature
of the case, to prevent
punishableness of the
chief functionary, there
is any thing but the general
needlessness of it,
whose removal has place.
177 75. or 8.
Look to John Adams, first
President of Congress. He
erred, and to the prejudice
of the liberty of the
press, without which all
others are worthless.
Vanish, he did: punished,
he was not. For
private probity he lived
and still lives, respected.
178. 76. or 9.
3. As to principle of succession.
What any other than the
genealogical? then there
must be election. For the
consequences of Election
of a Chief functionary,
look to Poland.
179 77. or 10.
Answer still the same:
Look to U.S.: principle of
succession, not the genealogical:
but, in substance, that
of radical reform, as per
J.B. Secresy, Universality,
equality, annuality of suffrage.
180 78. or 11.
Seat vacant, consequence
of Election, call it a Throne,
anarchy: call it a Chair,
quiet without injury.
181. 79. or 12.
Causes of the Anarchy.
1. Power, though less than in
an hereditary Monarchy,
too great.
2. Election, not in Universal
suffragists, but 10,000 holding,
in Slavery, 10 millions.
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§ Corruptive influence
Remedial arrangement – removability
Objections answered
182 71. or 12 Contind.
3. The 100,000 Poland all armed.
4. All in one place.
5. Majority not binding
6. European Monarch's
busy, some power in hand
to buy votes, some sword
in hand to cut throats.
183. 80. or 13.
Suppose anyone, with a
few thousands, to back
him, saying –
1. Keep not the 10,000,000
in slavery
2. Divide them into Districts.
3. Let each District send
to Warsaw a deputy.
4. Let the majority of the
deputies name the Chief
functionary.
5. Let no body come armed.
Cry, per swarms of Lord
Liverpool's – Excellent, glorious,
matchless Constitution
– Wisdom of ancestors! Discontent, disaffection!
hatred and contempt!
Polish institutions! Down
with the miscreants! Follow,
then, their creatures,
sabre in hand, as regularly
as if trained at Manchester.
Thereupon the
makers, instead of declaring
law, consigning to
Saturn those whom the
sabre has spared, as regularly
as if seated at
Chester or trained in
King's Bench.
184. 81 or 14.
Despots cry – despotism
or anarchy! no other choice.
Now says not only Reason
but the mother of Wisdom,
Experience, yes, there
is another choice. Representative
Democracy: and the
only one for which anything
can be said – better than
falshood and groundless prejudice.
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