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<head>Letter IX. Penitentiary - Houses - Economy - Contract - Plan</head> | <head>Letter IX. Penitentiary - Houses - Economy - Contract - Plan</head> | ||
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<p>I <add>am</add> come now to the article of pecuniary economy; and as this<lb/> | <p>I <add>am</add> come now to the article of <hi rend="underline">pecuniary economy</hi>; and as this<lb/> | ||
is the great rock upon which the original Penitentiary-plan, I understand,<lb/> | is the great rock upon which the original Penitentiary-plan, I understand,<lb/> | ||
has split, <del><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/></del><lb/> | has split, <del><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/></del><lb/> | ||
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the tem<add>p</add>tation of throwing out a few hints relative to the mode of man<add>a</add>gement,<lb/>which I look upon as the most ellgible in this view, but <del>you will see</del> which<lb/> | the tem<add>p</add>tation of throwing out a few hints relative to the mode of man<add>a</add>gement,<lb/>which I look upon as the most ellgible in this view, but <del>you will see</del> which<lb/> | ||
could not, as you will see have been established with any thing like the<lb/> | could not, as you will see have been established with any thing like the<lb/> | ||
advantage, upon any other ground than that of my Brother I<add>n</add>spection<lb/> | advantage, upon any other ground than that of my Brother's I<add>n</add>spection<lb/> | ||
principle.</p> To come to the point at once, I would do the whole by <del><gap/></del><hi rend="underline">contract.</hi><lb/> I would farm out the p<add>r</add>ofits, the no profits, or if you please the<lb/>losses, to him who, being in other respects unexceptionable, offered<del>g</del> the<lb/>best terms. Undertaking an <sic>enterprire</sic> new in its extent, in the <sic>discription</sic><lb/>of the persons to be subjected to his management, and in many other<lb/>circumstances, his success in it, if he does succe<add>e</add>d, may be regarded in the<lb/>light of an invention: and rewarded accordingly, just as success in<lb/>other inventions is rewarded, by the profit which a monopoly secured<lb/>by patent enables a man to make; and that, in proportion to the<lb/>success which constitutes their merit. He should have it during <hi rend="underline">good</hi><lb/><hi rend="underline"><sic>behaviour</sic></hi>: which, you know is as much as to say, unless specific instances<lb/>of <sic>misbehaviour</sic> flagrant enough to render his removal <unclear>expedient</unclear><lb/><gap/>proved on him in a legal way, he shall have it for his <hi rend="underline">life</hi>. Besides<lb/>that when thus secured he can afford to give the better price for his bargain, you<lb/> | principle.</p> To come to the point at once, I would do the whole by <del><gap/></del><hi rend="underline">contract.</hi><lb/> I would farm out the p<add>r</add>ofits, the no profits, or if you please the<lb/>losses, to him who, being in other respects unexceptionable, offered<del>g</del> the<lb/>best terms. Undertaking an <sic>enterprire</sic> new in its extent, in the <sic>discription</sic><lb/>of the persons to be subjected to his management, and in many other<lb/>circumstances, his success in it, if he does succe<add>e</add>d, may be regarded in the<lb/>light of an invention: and rewarded accordingly, just as success in<lb/>other inventions is rewarded, by the profit which a monopoly secured<lb/>by patent enables a man to make; and that, in proportion to the<lb/>success which constitutes their merit. He should have it during <hi rend="underline">good</hi><lb/><hi rend="underline"><sic>behaviour</sic></hi>: which, you know is as much as to say, unless specific instances<lb/>of <sic>misbehaviour</sic> flagrant enough to render his removal <unclear>expedient</unclear><lb/><gap/>proved on him in a legal way, he shall have it for his <hi rend="underline">life</hi>. Besides<lb/>that when thus secured he can afford to give the better price for his bargain, you<lb/> | ||
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I am come now to the article of pecuniary economy; and as this
is the great rock upon which the original Penitentiary-plan, I understand,
has split,
I cannot resist
the temptation of throwing out a few hints relative to the mode of management,
which I look upon as the most ellgible in this view, but you will see which
could not, as you will see have been established with any thing like the
advantage, upon any other ground than that of my Brother's Inspection
principle.
To come to the point at once, I would do the whole by contract.
I would farm out the profits, the no profits, or if you please the
losses, to him who, being in other respects unexceptionable, offeredg the
best terms. Undertaking an enterprire new in its extent, in the discription
of the persons to be subjected to his management, and in many other
circumstances, his success in it, if he does succeed, may be regarded in the
light of an invention: and rewarded accordingly, just as success in
other inventions is rewarded, by the profit which a monopoly secured
by patent enables a man to make; and that, in proportion to the
success which constitutes their merit. He should have it during good
behaviour: which, you know is as much as to say, unless specific instances
of misbehaviour flagrant enough to render his removal expedient
proved on him in a legal way, he shall have it for his life. Besides
that when thus secured he can afford to give the better price for his bargain, you
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