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Copied 1830. April 22 – (Written May 21 1823)
Constitut. Code

For the formation of a well-grounded and mature well
matured judgement in relation to this subject take the body of experience
already obtained in the Congress of the Anglo-American
U.S. Take any year or any number of years: take an account
of the whole number of laws passed & rejected within
that time, and say

1. Total number of laws introduced into the Senate
from the House of Representatives, so many –

2. Whereof Passed, so many

3. Rejected, so many

Then take in hand the number of those rejected
& say

4. Introduced & passed in a subsequent Session, so many.
Of these, unless some special & adequate reason to the contrary,
it ought to be assumed that they have upon the
whole been & continue to be of a beneficial nature.

5. Of those rejected, pernicious, upon upon the whole, upon a present view if any, so many.

6. Of those rejected
pernicious, as above, but which it had it not been for the existence
of the Senate, would it is now supposed have been rejected by the
Chamber of Representatives, so many.

7. Of those rejected, denied deemed now up upon a mature view of the subject,
beneficial upon the whole, so many.

Look in Such is the plan f recommended to each individual
for the formation of his own particular opinions.

Supposing the balance, in this account of aptitude,
of good & evil in all other shapes to hang exactly even, the
consideration of expense will suffice to turn it, & the scale with
the Second Chamber in it will kick the beans.

Identifier: | JB/044/085/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 44.
Date_1	1823-05-21	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	044	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	085	Info in main headings field	constitut. code
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f11
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks
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Notes public	[[notes_public::"copied 1830 april 22 - (written may 21 - 1823)" [note in doane's hand]]]	ID Number	13870
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