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<p>Tuesday night 47</p> | |||
<p>Dear Bentham</p> | |||
<p>You will think our criticisms pretty<lb/> | |||
numerous, severe & perhaps sometimes a little impertinent—<lb/> | |||
But the good parts require no observation &<lb/> | |||
civility is not always compatible with conciseness—<lb/> | |||
There is much excellent matter in these sheets and<lb/> | |||
often great happiness of expression — The separation of<lb/> | |||
the debate from the Vote, and the speaking without<lb/> | |||
<add>order</add> are so important that it seems impossible for a popular<lb/> | |||
assembly to get on at all without them, &<lb/> | |||
the omission of them is alone suff<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> to account for<lb/> | |||
the inutility of all former states in France — Every<lb/> | |||
thing relating to those subjects you have <unclear>stated</unclear> extremely<lb/> | |||
well — We had no idea before how much depended<lb/> | |||
on the mode of proceeding in public Assemblies.<lb/> | |||
It is a part of our Constitution equal in importance to<lb/> | |||
any, & hitherto unobserved — It is a great satisfaction<lb/> | |||
to find that it comes out so well on investigation.</p> | |||
<p>The French seem to be much embarrassed not only<lb/> | |||
by their rage for instructions but also by the mode in<lb/> | |||
Which they are given, for the election is complicated <add>with</add></p> | |||
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Tuesday night 47
Dear Bentham
You will think our criticisms pretty
numerous, severe & perhaps sometimes a little impertinent—
But the good parts require no observation &
civility is not always compatible with conciseness—
There is much excellent matter in these sheets and
often great happiness of expression — The separation of
the debate from the Vote, and the speaking without
order are so important that it seems impossible for a popular
assembly to get on at all without them, &
the omission of them is alone sufft to account for
the inutility of all former states in France — Every
thing relating to those subjects you have stated extremely
well — We had no idea before how much depended
on the mode of proceeding in public Assemblies.
It is a part of our Constitution equal in importance to
any, & hitherto unobserved — It is a great satisfaction
to find that it comes out so well on investigation.
The French seem to be much embarrassed not only
by their rage for instructions but also by the mode in
Which they are given, for the election is complicated with
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correspondence |
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george wilson |
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letter 656, vol. 4; also printed, with a few errors, in bowring, x, 199-200; enclosures are now missing |
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