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<p>Too much power for an individual, too much<lb/> | <p>Too much power for an individual, too much<lb/> | ||
power to lodge in an individual hand! In the<lb/> | power to lodge in an individual hand! In the<lb/> | ||
mouth of a man who ever set <del>two</del> feet in parliament<lb/> | |||
who ever set foot in office, who was bestowed upon<lb/> | who ever set foot in office, who was bestowed upon<lb/> | ||
either situation the slightest glance is it possible<lb/> | |||
that <del>it</del> <add>in the present instance</add> in such an objection there should be anything<lb/> | that <del>it</del> <add>in the present instance</add> in such an objection there should be anything<lb/> | ||
of <add>sincere or so much as serious</add> sincerity, or so much as seriousness?</p> | of <add>sincere or so much as serious</add> sincerity, or so much as seriousness?</p> | ||
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for endurance! a man whom for those <del>twenty</del> eighteen<lb/> | for endurance! a man whom for those <del>twenty</del> eighteen<lb/> | ||
years past all his power has never been able to pocket<lb/> | years past all his power has never been able to pocket<lb/> | ||
from <add>one of</add> the most notorious and | from <add>one of</add> the most notorious and flagrant <add>barefaced</add> oppression and<lb/> | ||
breach of faith ever witnessed!</p> | breach of faith ever witnessed!</p> | ||
<p>Yes to be sure of <add><del>of</del> a species of</add> an establishment of which the<lb/> | <p>Yes to be sure of <add><del>of</del> a species of</add> an establishment of which the<lb/> | ||
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man saw above him would be against all manner<lb/> | man saw above him would be against all manner<lb/> | ||
of malpractices of which he might be disposed to make <add>render</add> that<lb/> | of malpractices of which he might be disposed to make <add>render</add> that<lb/> | ||
den | den to some be a check and security <del><add>but</add> was</del> but too<lb/> | ||
manifestly insufficient.</p> | manifestly insufficient.</p> | ||
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10 Sept. 1812
To Ld Sidmouth
Too much power for an individual, too much
power to lodge in an individual hand! In the
mouth of a man who ever set two feet in parliament
who ever set foot in office, who was bestowed upon
either situation the slightest glance is it possible
that it in the present instance in such an objection there should be anything
of sincere or so much as serious sincerity, or so much as seriousness?
In my hand too much power! in the hand of
an obscure individual destitute of all political connection
destitute of all support the mass of power too great
for endurance! a man whom for those twenty eighteen
years past all his power has never been able to pocket
from one of the most notorious and flagrant barefaced oppression and
breach of faith ever witnessed!
Yes to be sure of of a species of an establishment of which the
characteristic is unexampled transparency is the distinguishing
characteristic were a malefactor's den a den of Cacus
into which the light of day were never to penetrate.
In such a case state of things most assuredly all the power that a
man saw above him would be against all manner
of malpractices of which he might be disposed to make render that
den to some be a check and security but was but too
manifestly insufficient.
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draft; not included in letter 2190, vol. 8 |
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