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20 Apr. 1802 36 Dispensing power

What then (says Your Lordship) would you have
me suppose that the Duke is at heart in a state enmity
The
Contempt not
enmity was the
sentiment Italics thus
expressed ?
Parliament with Parliament, the legislators and that he runs his head against
an Act of Parliament for the mere pleasure of beating
it down, as a bull would at a red waistcoat?
Is this credible of any man — not to speak of the Duke
of Portland?

Em Enmity, my Lord? — most certainly not. — Enmity is not

My Lord I impute to him no such
enmity. I impute nothing now to him but contempt.
enmity: contempt is the only sentiment I charge him with,
as towards the authority of Parliament. Contempt not enmity is the what sentiment a man
feels for that a power, which he beholds lying under at
his feet. What I do not say is — that it
is a practice with him upon all occasions he makes it a study <add>a point</add> on this or any other occasion, &
[+] and which every
Secretary of State
will feel for the authority
of Parliament,
if the Duke of Portland
is not punished.running the Duke of Portland has made a study of running
it a matter of sport or study to run at Acts of
to go out of his way to run against acts of
Parliament, for the mere pleasure of beating them
down: what I do say is — that when he has a
a particular point to gain — [such as a job for a Mr Baldwin
or a compliment for a Lord Belgrave —] and
at the same time a licence for being bold — he he does not care cares not how
many acts he beats down moves against in the pursuit of his it,
point: object — and Your Lordship has seen the proofs
of it. — and the proofs of it are, I hope I think plain
enough. What I do not impute to him, is
not the contempt of
hostility — but the contempt
of negligence a causeless and impossible enmity towards Parliament:
what do I impute to him, is — a but too natural —
(and thinking of the results I had almost said but too well warranted) — contempt for
Parliament: — and a contempt manifested by that carelessness which is the natural effect and sign of it.

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Date_1	1802-04-20	Marginal Summary Numbering	Not numbered
Box	121	Main Headings	Panopticon
Folio number	400	Info in main headings field	Dispensing power
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1799
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