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Communications of this sort intended for secresy against riots, might 12 Security how far material
be cut off by rioters. As far as the use of the security was confined
to its relation to a foreign enemy, nothing could be apprehended
for it in this way, but on the supposition of treason acting
at home in favour of the enemy.

If secresy were material with regard to any of those purposes
it could only be with regard to the details. As a security against
riots; it were would be even be even be of use that the existence of the instrument<add>of the provision made</add> should be known, inasmuch
as prevention is better than cure. Total and perpetual
secresy would it is obvious, would be highly precarious, not to say hopeless.
A temporary secresy with regard to the purpose, and that
sufficient to the purpose, and even a lasting secresy with regard to the
details do not strike me as very difficult to accomplishensure. WhileSo long
as the purpose the object in view remained undivulged, the contrivance itself never
betray it. The pipes in question are no others than what are advertised
for water-pipes. An contrivance apparatus without an known apparent object
excites attention: a contrivance an apparatus apparently
directed to a familiar object excites none.

To increase the difficulty of discovery and attack, one expedient Communication how securable against attack
is to sink the pipes a considerable way undeground:
another but still more expensive one would be to inclose them in
the strong iron pipes used for water pipes. In that case the
object of cutting off the communication mischief could not be effected, without
being in made known at least, if not prevented, by the inundation.


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Identifier: | JB/106/006/003
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.

Date_1

1793-11-08

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

106

Main Headings

Folio number

006

Info in main headings field

jeremy bentham esqr to evan nepean esqr under secretary of state

Image

003

Titles

Category

correspondence

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

sir samuel bentham

Watermarks

Marginals

sir samuel bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

34594

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