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<p>1830 Aug. 5<lb/> | |||
<head>J.B. to France</head></p> | |||
<p>Why should I not write thus? The Charter <gap/><lb/> | |||
truth criers are not all Paris: and Paris itself is<lb/> | |||
not all France.</p> | |||
<p>But of the <del>majority</del> <add>major part</add> of France – is <del>so <gap/></del><lb/> | |||
even a large minority of it are so fond of the<lb/> | |||
Yoke as to offer their necks to it, so let it be.<lb/> | |||
<del>I do not preach civil war. I act</del><lb/> | |||
Preach civil war who will, that will not I.<lb/> | |||
Between a <del><gap/></del> pure Commonwealth <gap/> the<lb/> | |||
organized corruption of a mixt Monarchy, will<lb/> | |||
such an antiseptic as the spirit of the people will<lb/> | |||
<del>ready to <gap/></del> keep injecting into it, <del>I do not</del><lb/> | |||
the difference <del>does not appear to me</del> <add>I should not expect to find</add> so great as to<lb/> | |||
pay for the boundless horrors promoted to view by<lb/> | |||
that name.</p> | |||
<p>All that I say peremptorily is this</p> | |||
<p>1. Look <add>well</add> to the mode of Election. <hi rend="underline">Liberty</hi> of suffrage, through<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">secrecy</hi> of suffrage – this it is that saved your <gap/><lb/> | |||
this be taken from you, a civil war, <gap/> the horrors of<lb/> | |||
it equal to those of the Revolutionary <del>war</del> would not<lb/> | |||
be too <del><gap/></del> <add>high</add> a price to <del>take it back upon</del> pay for getting<lb/> | |||
it back again.</p> | |||
<p><del>2. The less the pecuniary qualifications of the Elector the<lb/> | |||
better</del></p> | |||
<p><del>3. The shorter the duration of the Assemblies, the better</del></p> | |||
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1830 Aug. 5
J.B. to France
Why should I not write thus? The Charter
truth criers are not all Paris: and Paris itself is
not all France.
But of the majority major part of France – is so
even a large minority of it are so fond of the
Yoke as to offer their necks to it, so let it be.
I do not preach civil war. I act
Preach civil war who will, that will not I.
Between a pure Commonwealth the
organized corruption of a mixt Monarchy, will
such an antiseptic as the spirit of the people will
ready to keep injecting into it, I do not
the difference does not appear to me I should not expect to find so great as to
pay for the boundless horrors promoted to view by
that name.
All that I say peremptorily is this
1. Look well to the mode of Election. Liberty of suffrage, through
secrecy of suffrage – this it is that saved your
this be taken from you, a civil war, the horrors of
it equal to those of the Revolutionary war would not
be too high a price to take it back upon pay for getting
it back again.
2. The less the pecuniary qualifications of the Elector the
better
3. The shorter the duration of the Assemblies, the better
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