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1819 May 30
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To prevent misconception, an exception must here be noticed. For without
exception upon corruption producing misconception, under the existing chaos scarcely ever in any part
of the field can any general rule, unless restricted by exception upon exception
be laid down.

By the power means of the power of pardon,⊞ ⊞ the convenience of ridding themselves of troublesome men in the shapes of petitioners for reform, or in any other shape, might be in any numbers, might be be obtained and engaged by the ruling person the baseness might indeed
be effected any person might be that be upon occasion to rid of with much less complication: and if by the late abolition
of this the mode of proceeding, in case of murder by appeal, the facility
of supplying troublesome opponents their riddance has received a very commodious
encrease. Inadequate as it was, the security afforded by that
antique and ill contrived remedy was much better than one of
the obscenities and mischievous points with which it was clogged,
advantage was taken for the abolition of it: the pain and simple abolition of it. for For the security of
which it took away, compensation free from all absurdity and all
mischief might have been given. But that the object ws the strengthening
of despotism against reform, the renewal silence, on the part
of Whit leaders as well as Tories, as to all such compensations, affords a too conclusive proof.

With much less form, than that without which a great the
principal part of our treason law could not have been hammered
by out of Statute law as it has been, the
conduct of House upon that occasion might
be construed into a conspiracy against the life of the King:
of one thing of the that now is, whatever that now may be. For now if by order given to in case
of tumult – that tumult which we shall see in Edinburgh the
– vicious speaking of damning praise in the character of one essential
ingredient in parliamentary reform – if in case of tumult
orders general or particular should be given to free upon
petitioners for reform, here would it be possible for was that⊞ ⊞ the words of prosecuting by which in cases of conviction the Kings power of pardoning is excluded or abolished. In this state of things for words Is is in human
nature that they should themselves with not, some of these turn their
eyes to Germany and to the case of in affording the
only security, wretched as it is, against those the misdeeds
of those against whom by the situation in which they have
placed themselves, all other securities are denied?

The just horror with which, under the name of murder,
wilful homicide in gratification of resentment is regarded in this
country, has for its foundation ground the supposition, that in case of injury,
have need an adequate remedy is provided by law. But in so
far as it becomes evident that there exists a person or class of persons such
upon that against remedy for injuries at their hands remedy is altogether wanting,
the foundation of that horror failing, the horror itself will sink, and nor will any prepossessions, are or any a declarations grounded in them, suffice to keep it up.

Identifier: | JB/109/079/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 109.
Date_1	1819-05-30	Marginal Summary Numbering	33 or 15a
Box	109	Main Headings	Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	079	Info in main headings field	Disfranchising
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	C3 / E9*
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::I&M [Prince of Wales feathers] 1818]]
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer	Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1818
Notes public		ID Number	35734
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