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1820 Jan. 24
Radicalism not dangerous

III. Experience
II. Ireland
(4) 4 § The case stated

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13. Composition of the
associated bodies
and their Convention
same as of that
of those by whom
under universal suffrage,
Elective bodies
and Commons House
would be formed:
no exclusion now:
Catholics admitted
with Protestants.

13. The bodies by whose suffrage the Convention was formed
and democratic ascendency thus exemplified, were in their
composition the same as "as by whom the Representatives
of the people would be appointed, and the Commons House
formed, upon the principle of virtually universal suffrage
no principle exclusion of the ground of want of property,
or any other ground, as far as appears, having been laid
down or acted upon: and Catholics being admitted as
well as Protestants.

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14. When Convention
proceeding to give
universality in extent
as well as principle
to suffrage, and permanency
to the ascendency,
union of interests
ceased.
For their power Aristocrats
instead of indefensible
titles, would
have depended on good
behaviour in the judgment
of the people.
They accordingly deserted
the people,
effected the virtual
dissolution of the Convention:
at first no
commotion thus produced,
but at length
rebellion with the
succeeding subsequent miseries.

14. When the Convention proceeded in their endeavours to
give permanency to this undisputedly beneficial ascendency, by giving universality
in fact and extent as well as principle to the right of suffrage, the
such was the mode of parliamentary representation, that
the democratical and aristocratical interests ceased to be
conjoined. the aristocracy had democratic ascendency confirmed instead of possessing their power
in property by indefensible titles would have been dependant for it in the good opinion in
pleasure and then on the good opinion of the people:
their property alone would have remained assured; their power
would have depended on their good goodness of their behaviour in the judgment
of the people. They accordingly deserted the cause of the
people, contrived without and at first without commotion,
to put on effect a virtual dissolution of the convention
and thereby give birth to the Hou what was called the a
rebellion, and to all the confusion, guilt and misery with
which that country has since been afflicted.

Identifier: | JB/137/442/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1820-01-24	Marginal Summary Numbering	13-14
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	442	Info in main headings field	radicalism not dangerous
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c4 / e4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1816]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1816
Notes public		ID Number	47159
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