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1820 April 25
Radicalism not dangerous

III Experience II Ireland
9 §.2. Democratic &c

23.
Minor cases no comparison
of the above,
as being but effects.
Yet of themselves great
1. Pension list
Sole revenue originally
provided for
governments expence
squandered in pension,
of which the greatest
part was for English,
i.e. foreigners.

[+] By the words pension
list and jobs the
most prominent of them
are brought to view.
In the case of the pension
list

It is needless here to mention The slightest allusion is sufficient here
to bring to view those evils which though more strong
immediate and sensible than the great constitutional evil
were in a comprehensive point of view of
inferior subordinate importance: of that the Kings hereditary Revenue of the
whole of that that Income which originally was the constituted
the whole of the provision made for the expense of Government
squandered money in pensions granted to among individuals
in the instance of the none of none of whom was
any title to a reward at the expense of the people ever
proved, and by whom none of whom it may be avowed
with certainty was any such reward ever deserved.

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2. Jobs: Grants of
money, pretendedly
for universal interest,
really for some monies
private or even individual
interest.
Lords and other Borough-holders
by
themselves or nominees
granting the
money, to one another
This every Session a
principal part of the
business of Parliament.

In the case of jobs, the in a large proportion, and under the direction, and for the benefit of the Members
of the House of Lords, patrons of Counties or of Boroughs by
which seats were filled in the House of Commons so many
portions of the substance of the people, were absorbed and wasted in each instance
under this or that the pretence that under in this or that shape
the benefit was shared in equal proportions or duly otherwise done by the people
at large. In addition to the making provision for the expense pay
of sinecure Offices, useless Offices, needless Offices and
the p extra pay of overpaid Offices over and above the
provision quantum of pay needful for officers such Officers as even at
the same effective, useful and needful Offices, these jobs
take by a pretence which had become habitual, and
increasing, occupied constituted/had come to constitute no small portion proportion of
the business of Parliament.

Identifier: | JB/137/452/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1820-04-25	Marginal Summary Numbering	23-24
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	452	Info in main headings field	radicalism not dangerous
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Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e9
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	47169
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