JB/044/154/002

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In England, men beheold two Houses.
In England, the form of Government, taken together,
is good: therefore, so is that part of it: such was
the logic.

But, if that part, why not the remaining
part— the Kingly authority? In sad experience,
this is that by which we have been so much
annoyed. It is to the King we owed allegiance: it is
against the King we are rebels: it is to please the
King that we are to have our bowels torn out,
and burnt before our face. As to the Lords, they
seem to be a set of quiet harmless creature:
never do they threaten us: they do but follow the
current. and join in what the King bids them
join in.

But, on this head, what says
truth? It has been already seen, Ch. Sovereignty
in whom. Of this third part of the Sovereignty, the
interest and nature, it there be a difference, is still
more steadily and irreconcileably opposite to the
interest of the people, than is that of the first.

Moreover, wisdom is an endowment
requisite in every Government: the people, and
consequently the agents chosen by them, are but too apt
to be deficient in it. But the Second House— there
it is composed all of Lords: and all Lords, as such,
are wise, as they are not only bred, but born politicians.
Ask Blackstone else: it is in consideration
of their innate wisdom that they what they are.

Identifier: | JB/044/154/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 44.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	044	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	154	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c3 f35 / c4 f36
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	b&m 1829
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1829
Notes public		ID Number	13939
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