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1820
Radicalism not dangerous

III Experience
II Ireland

(4) Military

Hardy 257. Ao 1783 after April (before July 24 p 238) Pelham Ld Lieutenants
Secretary "The voice of England in favour of a reform was
"re-elected here, by the not by the people, constitutionally speaking,
"but by the Volunteer army, issuing indeed from the
"people, yet still a military body, numerous and formidable."

Not by the people, constitutionally speaking! In what
way in what other way was it possible for the people to
speak constitutionally? and if in any other way they had
spoken to any such effect, what effect would it have produced,
but that which it produced afterwards causing
them to be shot or hanged?

"Parliament had "continues Mr Hardy) as Mr Grattan justly stated, not
"bullied but backed by them overthrown the jurisdiction of
"another Parliament, and now however well-intentioned the
"Volunteer army in general undoubtedly was, it is but too
"certain that many who belonged to it wished, not to
"modify, not to meliorate, but at once overset the popular
"branch of their own legislature, without whose regular,
"though slow co-operation they could have obtained
"nothing: for all the respectability, rank, property
"and sober intellect of the country would have opposed them,
"and England, though crippled at that time by the was was not
"laid prostrate."

"Not bullied but backed." When those any measures were a
question by which the aristocratical interest would have been
more benefited that the democratical then of course backed would
be the word: when any measure were a question by which
the democratical interest interest of the many would have been served more benefited
than the aristocratical, then bullied is the word: the thing itself
being precisely the same in both cases. This Of this sort is the what stands is put
in
in the place of reason
by men when men
have no reason on
their side.

Identifier: | JB/137/337/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1820	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	337	Info in main headings field	radicalism not dangerous
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c4
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	47054
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