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<head>12 July 1810<lb/> | |||
Fallacies</head> | |||
<note>I Generalia<lb/> | |||
Ch. Ins employ most</note> | |||
<p>11</p> | |||
<note>19<lb/> | |||
He will contend<lb/> | |||
that every thing<lb/> | |||
that can be done<lb/> | |||
for the security of<lb/> | |||
the press against<lb/> | |||
arbitrary power has<lb/> | |||
been done when<lb/> | |||
the fate of an<lb/> | |||
author is made<lb/> | |||
to depend on the<lb/> | |||
hardest stomach<lb/> | |||
of twelve Jurymen<lb/> | |||
whom the Judge<lb/> | |||
may have packed<lb/> | |||
for him if he pleases</note> | |||
<p>He will make the people believe if possible that<lb/> | |||
<del>every thing has</del> for the liberty of the press and the<lb/> | |||
preservation of the constitution which depends upon<lb/> | |||
that liberty every thing has been done which ought<lb/> | |||
or with beneficial results <add>consequences</add> can be done, when the fate<lb/> | |||
of every man who writes is thus left to depend on<lb/> | |||
the inscrutable will of twelve men, packed if it<lb/> | |||
be the pleasure of the Judge by the Judge under<lb/> | |||
whose direction they are to speak, or subdued by<lb/> | |||
any one of them whose stomach <del>armed</del> <add><unclear>excited</unclear></add> by a<lb/> | |||
sufficient stimulus in the shape of sinister interest<lb/> | |||
prejudice or passion has strength enough for the<lb/> | |||
task:</p> | |||
<p><del>and seems</del></p> | |||
<note>20<lb/> | |||
He will certify<lb/> | |||
that in that state<lb/> | |||
of things liberty<lb/> | |||
of the press is at<lb/> | |||
its perfection:<lb/> | |||
that every thing<lb/> | |||
beyond is Utopianism,<lb/> | |||
Jacobinism &c:<lb/> | |||
and to repel all<lb/> | |||
endeavours to meliorate<lb/> | |||
it he will<lb/> | |||
exhaust the whole<lb/> | |||
quiver of fallacies.</note> | |||
<p>He will give his certificate to the public<lb/> | |||
that when libel law is brought to this pass it has<lb/> | |||
been raised to the pinnacle of perfection: and that<lb/> | |||
any thing better <del>than</del> than the most <sic>compleat</sic> <add>finished</add> uncertainty<lb/> | |||
or between safety and punishment <add>rai<gap/></add> is<lb/> | |||
theory, speculation, romance, utopianism and<lb/> | |||
jacobinism and so forth: and sooner than that<lb/> | |||
<del>any</del> <add>any</add> real <del>security</del> <add>and legal</add> liberty should for the first time<lb/> | |||
be given to the press he would as freely as any<lb/> | |||
<del>man</del> <add>learned</add> <add>London</add> <add>gentleman</add> <unclear>upon</unclear> the other side taken up <add>in hand</add> the whole quiver<lb/> | |||
of fallacies and exhaust it upon the alarming<lb/> | |||
and fatal measure <add><sic>draught</sic> Bill</add> by which real <add>the state of things properly called</add> liberty should<lb/> | |||
be substituted to the empty name of it.</p> | |||
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12 July 1810
Fallacies
I Generalia
Ch. Ins employ most
11
19
He will contend
that every thing
that can be done
for the security of
the press against
arbitrary power has
been done when
the fate of an
author is made
to depend on the
hardest stomach
of twelve Jurymen
whom the Judge
may have packed
for him if he pleases
He will make the people believe if possible that
every thing has for the liberty of the press and the
preservation of the constitution which depends upon
that liberty every thing has been done which ought
or with beneficial results consequences can be done, when the fate
of every man who writes is thus left to depend on
the inscrutable will of twelve men, packed if it
be the pleasure of the Judge by the Judge under
whose direction they are to speak, or subdued by
any one of them whose stomach armed excited by a
sufficient stimulus in the shape of sinister interest
prejudice or passion has strength enough for the
task:
and seems
20
He will certify
that in that state
of things liberty
of the press is at
its perfection:
that every thing
beyond is Utopianism,
Jacobinism &c:
and to repel all
endeavours to meliorate
it he will
exhaust the whole
quiver of fallacies.
He will give his certificate to the public
that when libel law is brought to this pass it has
been raised to the pinnacle of perfection: and that
any thing better than than the most compleat finished uncertainty
or between safety and punishment rai is
theory, speculation, romance, utopianism and
jacobinism and so forth: and sooner than that
any any real security and legal liberty should for the first time
be given to the press he would as freely as any
man learned London gentleman upon the other side taken up in hand the whole quiver
of fallacies and exhaust it upon the alarming
and fatal measure draught Bill by which real the state of things properly called liberty should
be substituted to the empty name of it.
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