JB/087/114/004

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Indirect

Parliament shut

is because you choose to be so. Move that two
short hand writers be appointed to take & publish
the debates by the authority of the house, the one to be chosen by the majority, the other by the minority of
those who vote on the election of the first with
liberty for any others to check them that think
proper, in short make it possible for you not
to be misrepresented misrepresented and then after that if you think proper
to complain you may complain with reason.

The plain and candid truth seems to be that the members in
general would wish not to be have their speeches represented at all:
some undoubtedly for fear of being convicted of inconsistency with
themselves or with the sentiments of the people: but
many more from modesty. [I respect the motive]
The latter motive is respectable to be respected: but the former h
is to be guarded against. I feel the weight of the
inconvenience: but what is it in comparison of
that which is in the opposite scale? Whose interest
has the best claim to set the law? that of the public
or that of the individual? If a man feels himself
unfit for the trust why accept it? will he court it, why
accept it? Does an advocate who has the interest
of a shoemaker or a tallow-chandler in charge
repine at giving this pledge of his diligence & ability? and
shall it be injustice to expect equal diligence & ability at the
hands of him who stands charged with the interests
of the nation?

Identifier: | JB/087/114/004 "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	114	Info in main headings field	indirect
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / / / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	27639
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