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1820 Apr. 23

Radicalism not dangerous — Despotism dangerous
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I feel myself living in a country by the government of which
it is treated on the footing of a conquered country or rather were
Between Course imposed upon it such as was not imposed upon
the French when under the dominion of the blind Monarch

It would not in my eyes excite the smallest degree of
suspense, if supposing my life spared a few years longer
it I were by accident to learn that in the Penitentiary
at Milbank his Majesty that now is had amused
himself with seeing a Radical put to the torture, the torture
administered to a Radical, with Lord Sidmouth
and another Lord directing the application of the torture

To begin with his Majesty If I am asked why, I answer without difficulty.
His Majesty is King of the United Kingdom of which England
and Scotland were two out of the three parts. In the Year
1684 James the second became King of England and Scotland.
A little before that time his said Majesty while as
yet but their pre possession of the Kingdom of England
but under the title of governing the Kingdom
of Scotland land in this northern Kingdom been known
to gratif administer to himself this same gratification

If I am asked whether I can take upon me to say
that his Majesty the King Monarch of a limited Monarchy,
and whose virtues share with such transcendent
lustre can seriously be regarded as likely to tread on this
part of the footstep of that Popish King where who by
his disposition to despotic tyranny, tyrannical disposition was actually drawn
from the throne, I answer that my means of as
informing myself of the disposition of the individual are inadequate evil
to the purpose, and that in an event to the prejudice of on one
side it happened to my information or my judgment to
be on the unfavourable side, and I were to give either make public the one or
the other in its real and undisguised state, then are Lord
Liverpool, Lord Sidmouth Lord Castlereagh, Mr Canning
with their et ceteras ready to order a prosecution the
result
result of which would
be the destruction of my
life, and there are
Sir Copley
and Sir Giffard
in the character of Attorney and Sollicitor General
not less ready to carry
out execution any such
order than to receive it.

and there is moreover
Mr
the Master of the Crown
Office, who in regard to on whose instance
the naming of a Special
Jury disposed to exercise
and give all due effect
to their loyal affection
the person and Government
of his Majesty that
is of his Majesty, were
to do their part towards
the doing pardon upon all
offenders against his Crown and dignity, appropriate/adequate power is altogether passed and appropriate correspondent disposition as little to be doubted of:

Identifier: | JB/137/256/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1820-04-23	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	256	Info in main headings field	radicalism not dangerous - despotism dangerous
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1818
Notes public		ID Number	46973
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