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1824 Oct. 10
Constitutional Code U.S.
Rationale

In the midst of all this equity and convenience, suppose
a bad choice made. Does punishment – does so much as blame
fall anywhere? No not a particle of either the one or the other.

As to punishment, let the choice be ever so unapt, scarcely
on that gro single ground, unaccompanied with this some other more
probative of evil consciousness could punishment in by any Judicatory of any
political state be inflicted. If exe combined with bribery, yes,
but, the degree of inaptitude in every case given of what additional evil
is the passing of the money or money's work worth from one of the hands
to the other productive?

But suppose for in the greatest degree actual punishment not only probable – but, in
the way of actually endeavoured to be inflicted. the By
persons by whos whom is it to be inflicted? who are they? By the criminals themselves.
For by for this is any other State offence of these
and those whom in the composed by what punishment
can be inflicted.

The more enter the impossibility of inflicting punishment
be the degree of criminality ever so great, the more urgent exped
urgent the necessity of shame: the less the force of the legal sanction,
the greater the demand for that the force of the popular or moral
sanction. But to this milder form be the criminals ever so
numerous on which of them all can it happen to it to fall?
On no one. On the President? No indeed. From it is that if
there were could be any one on whom it fell could fall it would be he: he his being
the most prominent situation. But no: how should it fall upon
him: nothing has he done but in a unimpeachable manner entirely conformable
to the Constitution by the advice and consent of the
Senate of those doubly select men in whose wisdom is so effectually
secured instance the age of outgrowing the age of levity
has so effectually been secured.

Identifier: | JB/044/045/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 44.
Date_1	1824-10-10	Marginal Summary Numbering	14-17
Box	044	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	045	Info in main headings field	constitutional code us
Image	001	Titles	rationale
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	a32 / d17 / e13
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1822
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1822
Notes public		ID Number	13830
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