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The second is pursued where? I am sure I<lb/>know not. What not in England? I wish<lb/> | <p>The second is pursued where? I am sure I<lb/>know not. What not in England? I wish I<lb/> could say it were. <del>The</del> If the law is to decide<lb/>there is no more freedom for the press than there<lb/>is toleration for religion. The liberty of the press<lb/>such as we enjoy it now is one of the lay catalogue<lb/>of blessings which we owe <add>for which we stand indebted</add> not to the wisdom<lb/>the consistency, the power of the law, but to its<lb/>folly, <del>its</del> inconsistency or impotence. De facto we<lb/>have enough of it and more than enough: but de<lb/>jure we have no such thing: <!-- The following sentence is crossed out in pencil --> [It was a maxim <add>an aphorism</add><lb/>of Lord Coke [who would never have let it escape<del>d</del><lb/>him had he understood the <del>su</del> stuff which the common <lb/>law is made of] <del>maxat</del> <foreign>misera est servitus<lb/>ubi jus est vagum aut incognitum</foreign>] If any point can<lb/>be said to be settled which has no clearer foundation<lb/>than the common law for its basis, <add>can be settled</add> it is this, that<lb/>individuals have no right to <del>express</del> pass censure<lb/><add>in print</add> upon the proceedings of the government. The most<lb/>popular judges have held no <del>author</del> other doctrine<lb/><note>What is curious, <add>it is to</add> the<lb/>most popular judges were<lb/>the establishers of this<lb/>doctrine.<lb/></note>The perjury of jurors & the anarchy that ensued <add>was the</add><lb/><add>consequence</add> have turned <add>this branch of</add> the law into a dead letter. Detesting<lb/>the cause let us find consolation <add>comfort rejoice <gap/> by</add> in the effects.<lb/></p> | ||
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Indirect
Misrule
The second is pursued where? I am sure I
know not. What not in England? I wish I
could say it were. The If the law is to decide
there is no more freedom for the press than there
is toleration for religion. The liberty of the press
such as we enjoy it now is one of the lay catalogue
of blessings which we owe for which we stand indebted not to the wisdom
the consistency, the power of the law, but to its
folly, its inconsistency or impotence. De facto we
have enough of it and more than enough: but de
jure we have no such thing: [It was a maxim an aphorism
of Lord Coke [who would never have let it escaped
him had he understood the su stuff which the common
law is made of] maxat misera est servitus
ubi jus est vagum aut incognitum] If any point can
be said to be settled which has no clearer foundation
than the common law for its basis, can be settled it is this, that
individuals have no right to express pass censure
in print upon the proceedings of the government. The most
popular judges have held no author other doctrine
What is curious, it is to the
most popular judges were
the establishers of this
doctrine.
The perjury of jurors & the anarchy that ensued was the
consequence have turned this branch of the law into a dead letter. Detesting
the cause let us find consolation comfort rejoice by in the effects.
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