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<head>A View of the Hard-Labour Bill.</head> | <head>A View of the Hard-Labour Bill.</head> | ||
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judgement on a measure of this sort depended altogether<lb/> | judgement on a measure of this sort depended altogether<lb/> | ||
of those accidents, upon which a seat in Parliament <lb/> | of those accidents, upon which a seat in Parliament <lb/> is known <hi rend="superscript">sometimes</hi> to depend: as if the whole stock of understanding <lb/> | ||
(to say nothing of probity) as well as the whole mass of power<lb/> | (to say nothing of probity) as well as the whole mass of power<lb/> | ||
in the nation were doomed forever to be confined within that <lb/> | in the nation were doomed forever to be confined within that <lb/> | ||
narrow circle. | narrow circle.</p> | ||
Such a notion, I must confess, were it even serious —<lb/> | <p>Such a notion, I must confess, were it even serious —<lb/> | ||
- by entertained is but too well warranted (as well as usage <lb/> | - by entertained is but too well warranted (as well as usage <lb/> | ||
can warrant notions so ill-suited to the spirit of the | can warrant notions so ill-suited to the spirit of the constitution)<lb/> | ||
by the privacy <add>in</add> which all parliamentary proceedings<lb/> | |||
have always been endeavored at least to be <lb/> | |||
< | <sic>envelopped</sic>. For my own part however, I must confess, <lb/> | ||
that, without any disparagement to its representatives, I can <lb/> | |||
not bring myself to think quite so unfavorably of the <lb/> | |||
great body of the nation. Those judges, one would <lb/> | |||
imagine, did not think so, who in their circuits have recommended<lb/> | |||
the Bill, while thus in embryo, to the general attention <lb/> | |||
of the country gentlemen. It is some consolation to me to have <lb/> | |||
the authority and example of those respectable magistrates <lb/> | |||
on my side. If the <hi rend="underline">few</hi> indeed are to <hi rend="underline">decide</hi> (as in the truth <lb/> | |||
it seems best they should) on the interests of the <hi rend="underline">many</hi>, it <lb/> | |||
can scarcely, one should think, be improper that the many <lb/> should at least be permitted to debate</p> | |||
<p>An example may perhaps on this occasion <lb/> | |||
be of use. <hi rend="underline">Mr. Howard</hi>. whom every county and<lb/> <add>every</add></p> | |||
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A View of the Hard-Labour Bill.
judgement on a measure of this sort depended altogether
of those accidents, upon which a seat in Parliament
is known sometimes to depend: as if the whole stock of understanding
(to say nothing of probity) as well as the whole mass of power
in the nation were doomed forever to be confined within that
narrow circle.
Such a notion, I must confess, were it even serious —
- by entertained is but too well warranted (as well as usage
can warrant notions so ill-suited to the spirit of the constitution)
by the privacy in which all parliamentary proceedings
have always been endeavored at least to be
envelopped. For my own part however, I must confess,
that, without any disparagement to its representatives, I can
not bring myself to think quite so unfavorably of the
great body of the nation. Those judges, one would
imagine, did not think so, who in their circuits have recommended
the Bill, while thus in embryo, to the general attention
of the country gentlemen. It is some consolation to me to have
the authority and example of those respectable magistrates
on my side. If the few indeed are to decide (as in the truth
it seems best they should) on the interests of the many, it
can scarcely, one should think, be improper that the many
should at least be permitted to debate
An example may perhaps on this occasion
be of use. Mr. Howard. whom every county and
every
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