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1819 July 2

Commons debate 1 July 1919 Morn Chron 2d do Per Bardett – "Judge
"Blackstone says explicitly that the true reason wh of requiring any
"qualification with regard to property in voters is to exclude such
"persons as are in so mean a situation as to that they
"are esteemed to have no will of their own."
Per Burdett the majority of this house are returned by such persons.

As to Blackstone neither does his authority weigh with
me the value of a straw, nor am I weak enough to suppose
entertain any such supposition as that of Blackstone were
to rise from the dead, and cry aloud Honourable House
give up to the people all your seats, the would get
so much as a single seat by it. But thus much I will
venture to say that if a man has any such sense about
him as a sense of shame an authority such as
Blackstone's should stop his mouth and prevent his
joining in setting up any such cry as that of wild,
visionary and senseless against a scheme which has for
its object the giving to the people the choice of those who are said
to be chosen by them their representatives are or any such cray as that of Jacobin,
Levith or Atheist against the proposer of it.

No man ought to have a vote who on account of the
meanness of his situation ought to be esteemed in the case in question to have no will
of his own: true, and therefore moreover such is the case with a
man who how high so ever be his situation ought to be esteemed
to have no will of his own. So , every man who
in respect of the nature of his situation ought to be esteemed
to have a will of his own ought to have a vote. Therefore
in every man's case balloting ought to be the mode of voting.
and: and where if balloting is the mode of voting, and not otherwise,
every man ought to have a vote: For it is only in so
far as the mode of voting is by ballot that you can be quite sure of any man
that he will have a
will of his own. The
Prince Regent the Monarch
would not have
a will of his own, if
at the moment he happened
to want another
toy, and it depended
upon the Minister of the moment whether he should have it. No tyrant to dispute but that at one time or other he may be dependent for what he has most at
heart heart upon the momentary humour of this or that slave.

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Date_1	1819-07-02	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings	Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	105	Info in main headings field	Defence of Ballot against Ed. Review B?
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