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<head>1819 July 1</head> <!-- in pencil --> <p>To Erskine<lb/> (4)</p> <p>But the Monarchy, Sir, the Monarchy! the Aristocracy, Sir,<lb/>the Aristocracy! would you have wished, <add> would you now wish</add> to see the satisfied?</p> <p>My Lord, <del>as to what I could have wished, or do wish</del> <add>with submission, as to what any such person as myself could or might wish</add><lb/><del><sic>permit</sic> me to afford what I shall do boldly and say what</del> <add><del>more is it I then this leave to say it ?</del></add><lb/><del>You will <gap/> your <gap/> <gap/></del> it matters not a straw. Upon<lb/>no it <add>this lot <gap/></add> would no depend lest upon that of others by whom, unless<lb/> possibly in case of civil war, it would not be <unclear>satisfied.</unclear></p> <p>But as to my own notion of these matters, so far as can<lb/>be done in a few lines Your Lordship shall have them <foreign>gratis</foreign>.</p> <p>Were <del>the</del> a plan <add>form</add> of government to be settled <foreign> de nove</foreign>, I should <add>as soon should</add> <lb/>as soon think of sitting a royal tiger at the head of the government, as<lb/>I should a King, <add>Monarch</add> as soon a herd of wolves as a House of Lords<lb/>not for any good that was so much as looked for with reference to<lb/>the people was the Monarch planned where he is; <del>not</del> as little for any<lb/>such <del>clause</del> <add>cause</add> were the Lords planned where they are. At the <del>conquest</del> <lb/>beginning that is at the Conquest the King was where he was, because<lb/>the Lords and the people could not help him being there: the Lords<lb/> were where they were because the King and the People could not<lb/>help their being there. Whatever government exists <del>the <gap/> of</del><lb/>be it ever so <add>justly</add> <sic>excrable</sic> are one, the business of all who <add>having <del>have</del> begun in <gap/> <unclear>from</unclear> it <del>being under</del><lb/> | |||
1819 July 1
To Erskine
(4)
But the Monarchy, Sir, the Monarchy! the Aristocracy, Sir,
the Aristocracy! would you have wished, would you now wish to see the satisfied?
My Lord, as to what I could have wished, or do wish with submission, as to what any such person as myself could or might wish
permit me to afford what I shall do boldly and say what more is it I then this leave to say it ?
You will your it matters not a straw. Upon
no it this lot would no depend lest upon that of others by whom, unless
possibly in case of civil war, it would not be satisfied.
But as to my own notion of these matters, so far as can
be done in a few lines Your Lordship shall have them gratis.
Were the a plan form of government to be settled de nove, I should as soon should
as soon think of sitting a royal tiger at the head of the government, as
I should a King, Monarch as soon a herd of wolves as a House of Lords
not for any good that was so much as looked for with reference to
the people was the Monarch planned where he is; not as little for any
such clause cause were the Lords planned where they are. At the conquest
beginning that is at the Conquest the King was where he was, because
the Lords and the people could not help him being there: the Lords
were where they were because the King and the People could not
help their being there. Whatever government exists the of
be it ever so justly excrable are one, the business of all who <add>having have begun in from it being under
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