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Indirect

Misrule

may have pledged their characters for the reformation
of them before they have time to be gained over
by the old ones. A part are always left in of
course in order to carry on the thread of business
without interruption. Should this be the greater part
or the lesser? If the greater, the danger is lest
an improper system of administration should be
persever'd in notwithstanding: if the lesser, the
danger is lest a proper system should be wantonly
broke in upon. At any rate a simple
right of discarding them will hardly answer
the purpose, especially if the pow power of appointment
is vested in the body itself: unless in
very extraordinary cases in general the vis inertia of habit will
prevent such right from being exercised, and
strangers apprehending this will have little encouragement see little prospect encouragement
to offer themselves as become candidates.
Should those who are discarded be ineligible for a
time only or for every? If for a time only, it is apt to become
a matter of course to re-elect them as
soon as the time is expired, and the circle though
wider than it would
spirit of confederation still
subsists: if for ever, the society at large community may be
deprived of the talents and abilities experience of
its ablest servants. Upon the whole this head of policy
seems





















Identifier: | JB/087/105/003
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

087

Main Headings

indirect legislation

Folio number

105

Info in main headings field

indirect

Image

003

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f13 / f14 / f15 / f16

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

27630

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