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<!-- heading and marginal summaries in pencil --> <head>19 <sic>Mar</sic> 1802<lb/>§ Dispensing Despotism<lb/> Official Anarchy 2</head> <p><note>4<lb/>The effect of a<lb/>long course of despotism<lb/>is to obliterate<lb/>the distinction between<lb/>the ideas of right<lb/>and wrong in the<lb/>despotic mind —<lb/>his will being itself<lb/>regarded as the <del>measure</del> rule<lb/>of right</note></p><p>When a man <add>in office</add>, especially a man of a narrow mind<lb/>has been engaged by habit in a long course of <add>depraved</add> despotism<lb/>and depravity, the idea of what ought to be<lb/>his official will becomes at last so intimately associated<lb/>with the actual personal will produced by the<lb/>fancied interest or convenience of the moment became<lb/>so intricately associated that the difference between the<lb/>two objects is at length almost wholly obliterated in<lb/>his own mind.</p> <p><note>5<lb/><unclear>Intrinsic</unclear> in the<lb/>case of Long.<lb/>The acts of treachery<lb/>suppression of documents<lb/>secret tampering<lb/>with subordinates<lb/>and connivance<lb/>at their disobedience<lb/>— being done in<lb/>execution of the<lb/>will of the Confederacy<lb/>composed of men<lb/>in power — seemed<lb/>not <hi rend="underline">wrong</hi> to him<lb/>——because not <hi rend="underline">punishable</hi>.</note></p><p>Hence it is that <sic>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></sic> Long after having given<lb/>or been privy to the giving <del><gap/></del> secret counter directions<lb/>contrary to the public official directions<lb/>given in form under the authority and with the privity<lb/>of the Board — had <add>seems</add> at length to have arrived at such<lb/>a pitch of insensibility as scarce to be conscious of<lb/>any impropriety in the course of treachery, corruption<lb/>and anarchy thus pursued. What he did <unclear>was</unclear>, as the<lb/> instrument and with the consent — tacit and general<lb/> at least if not particular and expressed — of the prime<lb/> | |||
Minister — the chief <add>principal</add> member of the Board. What<lb/>was the public official will of the Board, but the virtual<lb/>Will of <add>its chief</add> the Minister <add>Chief Lord</add>? What was the secret unofficially declared<lb/>will, but the will the equally genuine will of the<lb/>same person? Where was the repugnancy between the two<lb/>wills? Is there any thing of repugnancy inconsistency or impropriety<lb/>in a mans changing his mind <del>under</del> when<lb/>circumstances change.</p> | |||
Official Anarchy</head></p> | |||
<p>When a man <add>in office</add>, especially a man of a narrow mind<lb/> | |||
has been engaged by habit in a long course of <add>depraved</add> despotism<lb/> | |||
and depravity, the idea of what ought to be<lb/> | |||
his official will becomes at last so intimately associated<lb/> | |||
with the actual personal will produced by the<lb/> | |||
fancied interest or convenience of the moment became<lb/> | |||
so intricately associated that the difference between the<lb/> | |||
two objects is at length almost wholly obliterated in<lb/> | |||
his own mind.</p> | |||
<p>Hence it is that M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long after having given<lb/> | |||
or been privy to the giving <del><gap/></del> secret | |||
contrary to the public official directions<lb/> | |||
given in form under the authority and with the | |||
of the Board | |||
a pitch of insensibility as scarce to be conscious of<lb/> | |||
any impropriety in the course of treachery corruption<lb/> | |||
and anarchy thus pursued. What he did < | |||
instrument and with the consent | |||
at least if not particular and expressed of the | |||
Minister | |||
was the public official will of the Board, but the virtual<lb/> | |||
Will of the Minister <add> | |||
will, but the will the equally genuine will of the<lb/> | |||
same person? Where was the repugnancy between the two<lb/> | |||
wills? Is there any thing of repugnancy inconsistency or impropriety<lb/> | |||
in a mans changing his mind <del>under</del> when<lb/> | |||
circumstances change.</p> | |||
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19 Mar 1802
§ Dispensing Despotism
Official Anarchy 2
4
The effect of a
long course of despotism
is to obliterate
the distinction between
the ideas of right
and wrong in the
despotic mind —
his will being itself
regarded as the measure rule
of right
When a man in office, especially a man of a narrow mind
has been engaged by habit in a long course of depraved despotism
and depravity, the idea of what ought to be
his official will becomes at last so intimately associated
with the actual personal will produced by the
fancied interest or convenience of the moment became
so intricately associated that the difference between the
two objects is at length almost wholly obliterated in
his own mind.
5
Intrinsic in the
case of Long.
The acts of treachery
suppression of documents
secret tampering
with subordinates
and connivance
at their disobedience
— being done in
execution of the
will of the Confederacy
composed of men
in power — seemed
not wrong to him
——because not punishable.
Hence it is that Mr Long after having given
or been privy to the giving secret counter directions
contrary to the public official directions
given in form under the authority and with the privity
of the Board — had seems at length to have arrived at such
a pitch of insensibility as scarce to be conscious of
any impropriety in the course of treachery, corruption
and anarchy thus pursued. What he did was, as the
instrument and with the consent — tacit and general
at least if not particular and expressed — of the prime
Minister — the chief principal member of the Board. What
was the public official will of the Board, but the virtual
Will of its chief the Minister Chief Lord? What was the secret unofficially declared
will, but the will the equally genuine will of the
same person? Where was the repugnancy between the two
wills? Is there any thing of repugnancy inconsistency or impropriety
in a mans changing his mind under when
circumstances change.
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