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7 Feb 1810
Parlt Reform SineCures

How then is it that royal profusion numbers corruption
among its fruits. What is The object receiver of the bounty
is either in parliament or not in parliament.
In parliament he will be found most naturally
and most commonly. In this case, take any
such enormous grant has as hath above been brought
to view, it will generally in his quality of favorite,
find him as corrupt as it is in the power of money
to make him: on him therefore in his persons therefore, by the profusion
in question can no additional mischief can be remains to be
produced. But by every such gift thus bestowed
expectations of the like gifts are produced in a number beyond the
power of calculation: thus for every man thus
placed in a state of fruition made happy, men by dozens or by scores placed in a state of expectancy are made
dependent expectant, by expectation and dependence obsequious. Members
of parliament more especially as having
to give in return for such favours that which
no one else can have to give: and obsequious,
and in that place and in every place that leads to it, as towards that place will all
obsequiousness is undue.

But the more profuse and void of effect is to
every good sense purpose – that is the more worthless the person
on whom the gift is bestowed – the more farther from
being having either the power or the will to render any
public service, the more efficient is it to the purpose
of such undue influence. For suppose let any real
public service rendered for it, the greater the return whatever it be for which
thus made for it a is thus made is not bought and paid
for, and not in the gratuitous sense given: and whatever is
thus paid for in real public service is already paid for,
and does not remain
to be paid for in
other cases – paid for
in obsequiousness –
corru undue and
corrupt obsequiousness.

Identifier: | JB/147/181/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 147.
Date_1	1810-02-07	Marginal Summary Numbering	3-4
Box	147	Main Headings	Sinecures
Folio number	181	Info in main headings field	Sine Cures
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	E2
Penner		Watermarks	TH 1806
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer	Andre Morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public		ID Number	49406
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