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13 August 1810
Press
On this occasion, as on every other, whoever has
a mischief to cope with the fuller more correct and compleat the
view he has of it the better.
Be the person who they may, the people themselves,
or public functionaries of any description, exercising
to the effect in question the power of the people,
the efficient causes of misguidance error by which the
exercise misconduct error of power in question will be produced may
be referred either to the head of false facts or fallacious
arguments: fallacious arguments, consisting
of fallacious observations grounded on fal such and such facts whether
false or true.
In case of false facts the falsity is not in its
nature incapable of being encountered by punishment,
therefore in this case and this far to this extent misrepresentation
is not incapable of being encountered, and as far as
depends upon punishment prevented, by the power of the
law. To this then should the endeavours of the legislator
be directed. In the
Under the apprehension of rod of justly denounced condign punishment,
writers, it may not altogether without reason be hoped and
expected, will not venture upon false facts, in any such
number of instances, as will render recourse but that rec but that would the number of the fact of mens having instances in which men
will have recourse to law power of law, as also and thence the number of
instances in which in the manner proposed they will give
notice of their intention so to do, will come within compass
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draft; not included in letter 2190, vol. 8 |
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