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1819 Dec.20

Radicalism not

1. Accusation &c.
Frequency
§.3. Plan of their defence

3. Plan of this defence

or 4 1
discretion
acknowledged Of
the affirmative should
proof be given

To him who the affirmative belongs in the first place to
bring

Here, no such proof
attempted. Consequence
on the negative side
either silence or
proof of negative.

On every other occasion, with few exceptions of any
and then not afford to be found in the present
case such not only field of to who but in the field of
caing it is not only of but of
all law and all knowledge is
universal and universally acknowledged reasoning that
it is by from time to who maintains the of proportion quantity
that the proof of it of what he advance in to be found looked for

On the present occasion, on that side all endeavours to
find so much as an attempt at proof have been fruitless.
Since Under those circumstances, if in the other side
an who ever it be to whom that affirmative presents itself
as erroneous and untenable, either he must remain silent,
suffering to go abroad as if it were salutary, true and unanswerable un
an opinion — which to him appears in the highest degree
pernicious, as well as erroneous, and untenable, or
he must engage in a task so difficultpregnant with difficulty and embarassing resment
as the proving in the negative. This course, then
being no other, must here be mean:

The affirmative, not the negative, is the side in which
proof in the should in the first place be adduced. ToOn him
who maintains the affirmative it is incumbent to bring
proof. Such is the acknowledged rule not only in the
field of local law but in the field of universal law is
a word over the whole field of reason. If to this maxim
there be any exceptions, small indeed is their extent, nor
will the present case be found to be in the number of them.

We are accused of guilt. Guilt is imparted to us: guilt
of the deepest due. Where is the proof? Not any. But the proof
where is it? No alone: non adduced. Non so much as attempted
to be likened. Yet condemnation follows: has followed. here follows
just as if there had been proof and that proof compleat and conclusive.

Identifier: | JB/137/099/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1819-12-20	Marginal Summary Numbering	1
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	099	Info in main headings field	radicalism not
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c3 / d3 / e1
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	46816
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