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A 4 Political Prospects

It was but t'other day that the antecedent was
thought to be proved - at least at the point of being
so. The Bank of England, the great support of
national credit the credit of government [stopped payment] committed Bankruptcy.
This was supposed to be almost the same
event as that of the Governments being Bankrupt having
committed Bankruptcy — and at any rate as being it was supposed
on the point of that the first event was on the point
of bringing about the second. The political logic then
stood thus - Whenever the Bank is Bankrupt, there
must be a new Ministry: or if the at any rate at the
of the transition from the new antecedent to the desired
consequent were to be deemed too abrupt, it was
but puttin adding one a proposition more to the argument
and putting the new antecedent before the old one —
Whenever the Bank is Bankrupt, the Government
must be Bankrupt: and whenever Government is Bankrupt,
there must be a new Ministry.

To be able not only to say the Bank is Bankrupt -
and not only to say it in a loose way of
speaking - but to be able to defend it was looked
upon as a great as small point gained. Accordingly
a pamphlet was written published as it should
for the purpose of saying it, and another declaredly
for the purpose of defending it, by a great human
of high commission in the measurable as well as politically,
and who here illustriously soever elevated above
that deprecated condition could not be supposed to
be otherwise than well acquainted with the nature
of it. Grammatically In words and in itself the proposition
was a true one: but was it true to the purpose of any the moral practical <add>inferences</add>

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	107	Main Headings
Folio number	164	Info in main headings field	political prospects
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	g&ep 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	35155
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