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1819 Dec. 26
Radicalism not dangerous

10
III Experience in U.S.
1. United States
1 §.3. Conclusive Offer to
receive U.S. via Universality

or 1
Objective — State this is
not universality, nor
yet what you mean by
virtually do

§.3.

Well but (it may be said) still there is not indication,
for it is not universality of suffrage: it is not what you yourself call
regard as virtually universal suffrage.

Will this be said. A short question with an answer is here as ready to in readiness
meet it.

2
Answer. I will accept
this instead of virtual
universality if you
will adopt it.

Will you then You by whom this observation is made
will you accede to radicality in all these particulars, on
which, in that happy country, with its happy constitution,
and that a really-existing one - a real not a fictitious
entity — it has so for so great a length of time, and
with such undisputable good effect, been established? If yes
I for my part and you will on your part supposing the power to be in your hand, you are ready to
force your exertions to those of the radicalist. I on
my part, in that same supposition am ready to accept
your offer: and to accept it even with gratitude and gladness

making this one exception,
by which
one exclusion will be put
upon all those housholders
who have not their a certain
primary qualification
and housholder suffrage
adopted instead of
virtually universal
suffrage.

But to with such acceptance I must subjoin except his observations

1. One is that it is only for the sake of union that I can
accept it
1. One is that in this way one exclusion is put perhaps
upon a vast multitude of men, perhaps not less than
that of those admitted, and of such exclusion I do not
perceive any the smallest use. Ask me what the advantage
is from the exclusion, I for my part know of none. From
This being the votes of these Housholders even with nothing
but the wages of labour for subsistence, I for my part am
unable to find any cause of fear, any more than from
Housholders.

2. The exclusion being in my own conception unattended
with advantage in any shape, I see not on the part of the class of persons excluded any great probability
of their being satisfied content to give up these claims and then to make the
self-sacrifice when others make none, and thus give up their claims.

Identifier: | JB/137/262/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1819-12-26	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-3
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	262	Info in main headings field	radicalism not dangerous
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Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1818
Notes public		ID Number	46979
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