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But were the fact otherwise. – America contains few
large, and no very great towns; – the people are dispersed, and agricultural;
– and perhaps a majority of the Inhabitants are either
land owners, or have that immediate expectation of becoming proprietors,
which produces nearly the same effect on character with
the possession of property. Adventurers who, in other Countries, disturb
Society, are there naturally attracted towards the frontier, where
they pave the way for industry and become the pioneers of civilization.
There is no part of their people in the situation where democracy
is dangerous, or even usually powerful. The dispersion of the
Inhabitants, their distance from the scene of great affairs, are perhaps
likely rather to make the spirit of liberty among them languish,
than to so use it to excess. The majority are in the condition
which is elsewhere considered as a pledge of independence, and
a qualification for suffrage. They have no populace; and the
greater part of them are either landholders, or just about to be
so. No part then, of the preceding argument is inconsistent with
the example of America, even were Universal Suffrage established
there.

The disorder here is it studied or natural? J.B.

Identifier: | JB/109/075/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 109.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	42-44
Box	109	Main Headings	Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	075	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	E10
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::I&M [Prince of Wales feathers] 1818]]
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer	Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1818
Notes public		ID Number	35730
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