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<p><!-- pencil -->9 August 1810<lb/> | |||
<!-- pencil --><head>Press</head></p> | |||
<p>If by any individual or any united party the faculty<lb/> | |||
of making communications to the public is engrossed, the<lb/> | |||
freedom of the press, and with it the freedom of the constitution<lb/> | |||
will be but an empty name.</p> | |||
<p>In so far as they are <add>he is</add> in the wrong, they will possess <add>he who is thus master<lb/> | |||
of the press will</add> with reference to all opponents <del>the same</del> <add>possess an</add> advantage<lb/> | |||
similar and equal to that which in a Court of<lb/> | |||
justice would be possessed by the advocates on the<lb/> | |||
wrong side, if those on the other side <add>advocates as well as witnesses</add> were all gagged<lb/> | |||
and it is easy to see how ineffectual a barrier the<lb/> | |||
<del>If he is not already matter of the government</del><lb/> | |||
momentary <del>power</del> <add>and but occasional operation</add> of oral discourse can oppose<lb/> | |||
to the power of him who is in possession of the<lb/> | |||
only means of affording an adequately extensive<lb/> | |||
communication to the only species of discourse which<lb/> | |||
for two hours together can remain <add>minutes together can be a certainty be kept</add> unchanged<lb/> | |||
as in any tolerable degree is proof degree nearly sufficient for practice is<lb/> | |||
proof against misrepresentation.</p> | |||
<p>If he is not already master of the government, he<lb/> | |||
<del>will</del> <add>may</add> soon render himself so.</p> | |||
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9 August 1810
Press
If by any individual or any united party the faculty
of making communications to the public is engrossed, the
freedom of the press, and with it the freedom of the constitution
will be but an empty name.
In so far as they are he is in the wrong, they will possess he who is thus master
of the press will with reference to all opponents the same possess an advantage
similar and equal to that which in a Court of
justice would be possessed by the advocates on the
wrong side, if those on the other side advocates as well as witnesses were all gagged
and it is easy to see how ineffectual a barrier the
If he is not already matter of the government
momentary power and but occasional operation of oral discourse can oppose
to the power of him who is in possession of the
only means of affording an adequately extensive
communication to the only species of discourse which
for two hours together can remain minutes together can be a certainty be kept unchanged
as in any tolerable degree is proof degree nearly sufficient for practice is
proof against misrepresentation.
If he is not already master of the government, he
will may soon render himself so.
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draft of enclosure to letter 2190, vol. 8 |
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