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1819 Aug. 26
Fallacies

Ch. Logical High-fliers
§. King can do no wrong

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Before the system of corruption joint conjoint system of military despotism and parliamentary corruption had arrived at been carried up to that pitch of
perfection which has been given to it in the course of the present
reign the penal responsibility of the King's instruments though never adequate
may perhaps not have been totally altogether inefficient. At present
[+] A sham security

It would be
to
abolished by Act
of Parliament
it may be pronounced altogether compleatly asleep. To the people there is
but one sort of responsibility at the charge of Office holders never can be of
any use except in so far as in dernier resort it ends in
responsibility as towards at the bar of the people. Responsibility on the part at the charge
of one partaker in a sinister interest responsibility as at
the bar towards another partaker in the same sinister interest, is
need it be said, a mere mockery. Punishment prayed
for at the hands of an assembly against a man in whose hands
the vast majority of the members are puppets, the
wives of which are in his hands!

I have observed at the time the trial of Warren Hastings: I have observed
at the time the trial of the first Lord Melville. After some five and twenty
or thirty years of reflection, I say it with melancholy true and sad sincerity
it would be with real pleasure that I should see impeachment
abolished for ever by Act of Parliament. I am still hesitating
about the Habeas Corpus Act. A sham security is a great
deal worse than none: a sense consciousness of insecurity keeps jealousy suspicion
and vigilance alive: a sham security according to the extent
to which it is accepted as real, relaxes suspicion
or destroys it.

Identifier: | JB/104/311/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 104.
Date_1	1819-08-26	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	104	Main Headings	fallacies
Folio number	311	Info in main headings field	fallacies
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c7
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::i&m [with prince of wales feathers above] 1818]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1818
Notes public		ID Number	34282
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