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VI 16.
Art 16. III. Difficulty
and uncertainty of
being able, in case of
exigency, as in time of
War to fill up in time
vacancies by discharge.
Suppose an army in
the presence of a
superior enemy, & half
of it insisting on discharge.

VI 17.
Art 17. Practical Result.
Rule. Make no enlistmt.
for a fixt or limited
term, without the
reservation of power
for prolonging it, in
case of exigencies, of
which a designation
is given, with a promise
of arrangement
for minimization of
the prolongation.

VI 18. or 11
Art 18. This is but a
particular application of a
still more extensive
rule: viz
Never leave the wording
of an engagement
in such a state, that
it may be matter of
necessity to violate it.
Reason 1. Thus to act, is
to incur the reproach
of perfidy, & lessen confidence,
without use.
2. Where the Legislature
is thus remiss, Executive
functionaries will act
in opposite excesses.
1. Somewhere adequate
necessity exits not, will

Identifier: | JB/038/357/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 38.
Date_1	1827-08	Marginal Summary Numbering	10 or 2 - 14 or 6, 15 or 1 - 19 or 5
Box	038	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	357a "a" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 357.	Info in main headings field	constitutional code
Image	002	Titles	ch. x defensive force / leading principles
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / e4
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks
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Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	11994
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