JB/044/062/001

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1823. May 28
U.S.

Delay its In itself delay being nothing but pure
evil, any good that could result from it could be no
other than what might result from the advantage
of drawing to to the subject matters in question in the interval the attention of the body of the people tp
the in their character of members of the Constitutive.
to the subject matters in question in the interval.
But in of the present Constitution keeping engaging the
keeping the attention of the people applied with as
much frequency and constancy as possible is
the constantly pursued the object pursued throughout with the
most vigilant solicitatude,⊞ ⊞ a solicitude at
all times so great,
that scarcely by
any new cases
could, or can, any
very considerable addition
be made to

Proportioned to the importance of In In so far as regards delay, the evil meant to
be guarded against was – the evil that liable to be produced
by precipitation: by precipitation, for want of sufficiently intense attention
paid to the subject, and and during a sufficient length of time:
consequence apprehended, – the passing of some bad law,
which, had a greater length of time been employed on the
subject – employed by that same body – would not
have passed. But the in an Assembly in a state so constituted as that of the Representatives, shall worse the proposed law, the greater
the probability of its being opposed; and the greater the
number by which it would be likely to be opposed:
and the more strenuous would their exertions be likely to be. Whether But, Moreover, in any such body, not small is
the number of the Members, in whose power it is, by
incidental motions and speeches in support of
them, to keep a proceeding in pendency for an indefinite
length of time: Against undue vexation from and, against such protraction,
the sole preservation consists in the apprehension of the pleasure,
in the first place from opponents in the Legislative Assembly in question: in the next
place, from the people in their
character of members
of the Constitutive: but,
the greater the possible
evil from the proposed
measure, the less is the
probability of displeasure
from of them is in question.

Identifier: | JB/044/062/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 44.
Date_1	1823-05-28	Marginal Summary Numbering	11-12
Box	044	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	062	Info in main headings field	constitut. code us
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c4 / f49
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1822
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1822
Notes public		ID Number	13847
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