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<p>1830 Sept 27<lb/> | |||
<head>J.B. to France against Peers</head><lb/> | |||
<note>Letter II. against Peers.</note></p> | |||
<p><head>§.6. Locator. King</head></p> | |||
<p>37<lb/> | |||
Continue the House of Peers,<lb/> | |||
Peers and King will corrupt<lb/> | |||
each other, in employing<lb/> | |||
the matter of corruption<lb/> | |||
int he production of<lb/> | |||
the maleficent sacrifice –<lb/> | |||
the sacrifice of the happiness<lb/> | |||
of 32 millions to the minute<lb/> | |||
addition, if any, capable of<lb/> | |||
being made to the value of<lb/> | |||
those few hundreds.</p> | |||
<p>38<lb/> | |||
In every Peer you would have<lb/> | |||
an enemy: <hi rend="underline">implacable</hi>,<lb/> | |||
because while the sinister interest<lb/> | |||
remains, so must the<lb/> | |||
enmity – enmity by reason<lb/> | |||
of supposed injury may<lb/> | |||
be done away by atonement<lb/> | |||
– by compensation – not<lb/> | |||
alone by means of unchanged<lb/> | |||
opposition of interests.</p> | |||
<p>39<lb/> | |||
To the information thus<lb/> | |||
afforded no answer will<lb/> | |||
or can be given them by the<lb/> | |||
cry of theoretical, speculative<lb/> | |||
&c. or calling it <hi rend="underline">invidious</hi><lb/> | |||
or a mark of <hi rend="underline">ill-breeding</hi><lb/> | |||
or <hi rend="underline">vulgarity</hi>.</p> | |||
<p>40<lb/> | |||
Now is the time for improving<lb/> | |||
the Constitution to the<lb/> | |||
utmost in this & all other<lb/> | |||
ways.</p> | |||
<p>41.<lb/> | |||
Upon the King you have you<lb/> | |||
may depend for willing concurrence<lb/> | |||
– not upon any<lb/> | |||
future one.</p> | |||
<p>42.<lb/> | |||
Yours it is to consider who<lb/> | |||
they are whose happiness has<lb/> | |||
the best title to regard: the<lb/> | |||
32 millions or the few hundreds</p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<p><head>§.6. Locator. King</head></p> | |||
<p>43<lb/> | |||
If the few hundreds, you<lb/> | |||
will have a Second Chamber,<lb/> | |||
and that a House of Peers.</p> | |||
<p>44.<lb/> | |||
The Constitution thus established<lb/> | |||
in France by the<lb/> | |||
Revolution of 1830 no<lb/> | |||
better than the Whig<lb/> | |||
Monarchico-Aristocratical<lb/> | |||
form of government<lb/> | |||
established in England<lb/> | |||
by the Revolution of 1688.</p> | |||
<p>45<lb/> | |||
Present number of Electors<lb/> | |||
88.000. If in your opinion<lb/> | |||
to them is confined all<lb/> | |||
aptitude in conjunction<lb/> | |||
with the desire to maximize<lb/> | |||
the happiness of<lb/> | |||
the 32,000,000, you will be<lb/> | |||
content that they alone<lb/> | |||
shall possess a part in<lb/> | |||
the choice of rulers: if not,<lb/> | |||
you will think that<lb/> | |||
that power may as well<lb/> | |||
be intrusted to the millions<lb/> | |||
as the right and<lb/> | |||
pretence of bearing arms.</p> | |||
<p>46.<lb/> | |||
A government that establishes<lb/> | |||
such evils should it<lb/> | |||
not if not yet established<lb/> | |||
be forborne to be established?<lb/> | |||
if already established<lb/> | |||
put down, subverted, over-turned<lb/> | |||
&c and a better<lb/> | |||
one established in lieu<lb/> | |||
of it?</p> | |||
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1830 Sept 27
J.B. to France against Peers
Letter II. against Peers.
§.6. Locator. King
37
Continue the House of Peers,
Peers and King will corrupt
each other, in employing
the matter of corruption
int he production of
the maleficent sacrifice –
the sacrifice of the happiness
of 32 millions to the minute
addition, if any, capable of
being made to the value of
those few hundreds.
38
In every Peer you would have
an enemy: implacable,
because while the sinister interest
remains, so must the
enmity – enmity by reason
of supposed injury may
be done away by atonement
– by compensation – not
alone by means of unchanged
opposition of interests.
39
To the information thus
afforded no answer will
or can be given them by the
cry of theoretical, speculative
&c. or calling it invidious
or a mark of ill-breeding
or vulgarity.
40
Now is the time for improving
the Constitution to the
utmost in this & all other
ways.
41.
Upon the King you have you
may depend for willing concurrence
– not upon any
future one.
42.
Yours it is to consider who
they are whose happiness has
the best title to regard: the
32 millions or the few hundreds
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§.6. Locator. King
43
If the few hundreds, you
will have a Second Chamber,
and that a House of Peers.
44.
The Constitution thus established
in France by the
Revolution of 1830 no
better than the Whig
Monarchico-Aristocratical
form of government
established in England
by the Revolution of 1688.
45
Present number of Electors
88.000. If in your opinion
to them is confined all
aptitude in conjunction
with the desire to maximize
the happiness of
the 32,000,000, you will be
content that they alone
shall possess a part in
the choice of rulers: if not,
you will think that
that power may as well
be intrusted to the millions
as the right and
pretence of bearing arms.
46.
A government that establishes
such evils should it
not if not yet established
be forborne to be established?
if already established
put down, subverted, over-turned
&c and a better
one established in lieu
of it?
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