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1831 May 30 | <p>1831 May 30</p> | ||
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J. B. to England | <head>J. B. to England on Parl<hi rend="superscript">y</hi> Candidites</head> | ||
1 | <p>1</p> | ||
Yes, my Children let me shew in a line though it were but a single line of | <p>Yes, my Children let me <sic>shew</sic> in a line though it were but a single line of<lb/> | ||
this, in Common Law — invested with the name of Law more by a | this, in Common Law — invested with the name of Law more by a<lb/> | ||
man is now having authority to make law, and then I will <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> | man is now having authority to make law, and then I will <gap/> <gap/> <gap/><lb/> | ||
than I am in <gap/> and that they are not among the most <gap/> | than I am in <gap/> and that they are not among the most <gap/><lb/> | ||
of all impostors actual or possible. | of all impostors actual or possible.</p> | ||
[+] lawyers of all denominations | <note>[+] lawyers of all denominations<lb/> | ||
and in all | and in all situations<lb/> | ||
— at dykes, at | — at dykes, at<lb/> | ||
Bars, on Benches | Bars, on Benches<lb/> | ||
<unclear>are feasting</unclear> upon law<lb/> | |||
together and doing <gap/> | together and doing <gap/></note> | ||
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Jeremy Bentham to the Electors of Englan | <p>Jeremy Bentham to the Electors of Englan</p> | ||
My Children | <p>My Children<lb/> | ||
How beautiful! how bright, the day that dawns | How beautiful! how bright, the day that dawns<lb/> | ||
upon us! | upon us! <add>Justice is distant and sold:</add> Representatives whose will <add>shall</add> be the will of the people are<lb/> | ||
about to be <gap/> are for the first time! W<gap/> state they be <gap/><gap/><gap/> Read what follows you look | <add>about to be <gap/></add> are for the <unclear>first time!</unclear> W<gap/> state they be <gap/><gap/><gap/> <add>Read what follows you look</add><lb/> | ||
why, and for what purpose? I call upon you for your im<gap/> | why, and for what purpose? I call upon you for your im<gap/><lb/> | ||
I am <gap/><gap/><gap/> will you do ill by yourselves in giving it in? Read did Judges | I am <gap/><gap/><gap/> will you do ill by yourselves in giving it <note>in? Read did Judges</note></p> | ||
Justice is | <p>Justice is denied and sold, denied to <del>the</del><lb/> | ||
all to whom it is not sold: denied to the <gap/><gap/><gap/> — one | all to whom it is not sold: denied to the <gap/><gap/><gap/> — <note>one out of how shall we | ||
say? in one out of 50 | say? in one out of 50<lb/> | ||
or one out of a hundred? | or one out of a hundred?</note><lb/> | ||
vast money: sold <gap/> at <gap/> <gap/> to the f<gap/> | vast money: sold <del><gap/></del> at <gap/> <gap/> to the f<gap/><lb/> | ||
Which of them of you [all] who of you is there who of <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> | Which <unclear>of them</unclear> of you [all] who of you is there who of <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/><lb/> | ||
f<gap/> who can come up to the p<gap/>desired to all | f<gap/> who can come up to the p<gap/>desired to all<lb/> | ||
in one <gap/> if he has done, does not b<gap/> to men, who | in one <gap/> if he has done, does not b<gap/> to men, who<lb/> | ||
who can not come up to it. A dispute at < | who can not come up to it. A dispute at law which might<lb/> | ||
to it to a certain degree rich and riches | to it to a certain degree <unclear>rich and riches</unclear> then he has it can<lb/> | ||
in few numbers might be heard and d<gap/> according | in few numbers might be heard and d<gap/> according<lb/> | ||
pleading in his power to consign him to either | <unclear>pleading</unclear> in his power to consign him to either ruin sending him to<lb/> | ||
to justice open out for <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/>, | to justice open out for <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/>,<lb/> | ||
jail, and stripping him of every thing that he has. [+]<lb/> | |||
and then determining contrary to justice: a dispute at law | and then determining contrary to justice: a dispute at law<lb/> | ||
which might be heard and determined in five minutes at less expense than four shillings, | which might be heard and determined in five minutes <add>at less expense than four shillings</add>,<lb/> | ||
accordingly justice made to cost as many a <gap/> as many | accordingly justice made to cost as many a <gap/> as many<lb/> | ||
thousand pounds, and then determined contrary otherwise than according to justice. | thousand pounds, and then determined contrary <add>otherwise than according</add> to justice.<lb/> | ||
To Not <gap/> of <gap/> <gap/> in the which <gap/><gap/><gap/> f<gap/> of | <unclear><unclear>To</unclear></unclear> Not <gap/> of <gap/> <gap/> in the which <gap/><gap/><gap/> f<gap/> of<lb/> | ||
land is there the title to which is secure By lawyers | land is there the title to which is secure By lawyers<lb/> | ||
themselves, lawyers in high <gap/> | themselves, lawyers in high public trust, lawyers <gap/><gap/><gap/><lb/> | ||
trust their b<gap/> public body afforded <gap/> affected in print, <gap/> | trust <gap/> their b<gap/> public body afforded <add><gap/></add> affected in print, <gap/><lb/> | ||
still <gap/>, | still <gap/>, and still <gap/><gap/><gap/> <add>in no shape by any means</add></p> | ||
Think, see, and | <note>Think, see, and<lb/> | ||
feel (for you all | <hi rend="underline">feel</hi> (for you all<lb/> | ||
feel is but <gap/> sensibly) | feel is but <gap/> sensibly)<lb/> | ||
what at | what at<lb/> | ||
this moment is the | this moment is <del>the <lb/> | ||
that of in this country <gap/> | that of</del> <add>in this country <del><gap/></del></add><lb/> | ||
the so-called Matchless | the so-called Matchless<lb/> | ||
Constitution, the | Constitution, the<lb/> | ||
state and condition | state and condition<lb/> | ||
of law and Government: | of law and Government:<lb/> | ||
Behold Me | Behold <unclear>Me</unclear><lb/> | ||
for I will shew you | for I will <sic>shew</sic> you<lb/> | ||
what it might and | what it might and<lb/> | ||
ought to be, not what | ought to be, not what<lb/> | ||
it by choosing for your | <del>it</del> by choosing for your<lb/> | ||
Agents the men I | Agents the men I<lb/> | ||
shall have to speak | shall have to speak<lb/> | ||
to you of, it depends | to you of, it depends<lb/> | ||
upon you to make it | upon you to make it<lb/> | ||
to be. | to be.</note> | ||
First then .. how | <note>First then .. how<lb/> | ||
stands the number at | stands the number at<lb/> | ||
present? | present?</note> | ||
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the dirty work for any | <note>the dirty work for any<lb/> | ||
and every one that will | and every one that will <lb/> | ||
pay for it? | pay for it?</note> | ||
<p>Every day are men punished — punished for not doing this<lb/> | |||
which is impossible — punished for not doing <del><hi rend="underline">that</hi> <gap/> <gap/> has<lb/> | |||
been made impossible for</del> those things the doing of which by<lb/> | |||
them is impossible, being <add>p<gap/></add> made is kept so by those <add><unclear>in</unclear></add> who the<lb/> | |||
very men who thus punish them, punishable for disobedience to laws<lb/> | |||
never made known to them — punished for disobedience to<lb/> | |||
laws that have not been so much as <gap/></p> | |||
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<p>Rights are given [to men] in p<gap/>: not for want of<lb/> | |||
[their] being known to those to whom they are thus given, ill<lb/> | |||
bought from them is denial</p> | |||
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<p>From one single fast (for it is just <unclear>sufficient</unclear>) been what<lb/> | |||
english Judges <gap/>, been about Lords and Commons are! For<lb/> | |||
setting his hand to a single paper without the thought of so much<lb/> | |||
as a moment bestowed upon it — without <add><gap/></add> <gap/> in use on any such<lb/> | |||
thought. <del>£570 <gap/></del> by a man in the situation of Judge. £570<lb/> | |||
<add>exacted</add><lb/> | |||
<note>exacted at <gap/> <gap/><lb/> | |||
exacted <gap/> the name of<lb/> | |||
a fine! By <del><gap/> <gap/><lb/> | |||
<add><gap/></add></del> of a set of men constituting<lb/> | |||
a lot is called a Committee<lb/> | |||
of what is called a House.<lb/> | |||
and <hi rend="underline">that</hi> an Honourable House, <gap/> <gap/>, <gap/> the fast declared, and no <del><gap/></del> <gap/> <gap/> <add><gap/></add> as ref<gap/> sp<gap/>, <del><gap/></del><lb/> | |||
not to speak of punishment.</note></p> | |||
1831 May 30
ult
J. B. to England on Parly Candidites
1
Yes, my Children let me shew in a line though it were but a single line of
this, in Common Law — invested with the name of Law more by a
man is now having authority to make law, and then I will
than I am in and that they are not among the most
of all impostors actual or possible.
[+] lawyers of all denominations
and in all situations
— at dykes, at
Bars, on Benches
are feasting upon law
together and doing
Jeremy Bentham to the Electors of Englan
My Children
How beautiful! how bright, the day that dawns
upon us! Justice is distant and sold: Representatives whose will shall be the will of the people are
about to be are for the first time! W state they be Read what follows you look
why, and for what purpose? I call upon you for your im
I am will you do ill by yourselves in giving it in? Read did Judges
Justice is denied and sold, denied to the
all to whom it is not sold: denied to the — one out of how shall we
say? in one out of 50
or one out of a hundred?
vast money: sold at to the f
Which of them of you [all] who of you is there who of
f who can come up to the pdesired to all
in one if he has done, does not b to men, who
who can not come up to it. A dispute at law which might
to it to a certain degree rich and riches then he has it can
in few numbers might be heard and d according
pleading in his power to consign him to either ruin sending him to
to justice open out for ,
jail, and stripping him of every thing that he has. [+]
and then determining contrary to justice: a dispute at law
which might be heard and determined in five minutes at less expense than four shillings,
accordingly justice made to cost as many a as many
thousand pounds, and then determined contrary otherwise than according to justice.
<unclear>To</unclear> Not of in the which f of
land is there the title to which is secure By lawyers
themselves, lawyers in high public trust, lawyers
trust their b public body afforded affected in print,
still , and still in no shape by any means
Think, see, and
feel (for you all
feel is but sensibly)
what at
this moment is the
that of in this country
the so-called Matchless
Constitution, the
state and condition
of law and Government:
Behold Me
for I will shew you
what it might and
ought to be, not what
it by choosing for your
Agents the men I
shall have to speak
to you of, it depends
upon you to make it
to be.
First then .. how
stands the number at
present?
the dirty work for any
and every one that will
pay for it?
Every day are men punished — punished for not doing this
which is impossible — punished for not doing that has
been made impossible for those things the doing of which by
them is impossible, being p made is kept so by those in who the
very men who thus punish them, punishable for disobedience to laws
never made known to them — punished for disobedience to
laws that have not been so much as
Rights are given [to men] in p: not for want of
[their] being known to those to whom they are thus given, ill
bought from them is denial
From one single fast (for it is just sufficient) been what
english Judges , been about Lords and Commons are! For
setting his hand to a single paper without the thought of so much
as a moment bestowed upon it — without in use on any such
thought. £570 by a man in the situation of Judge. £570
exacted
exacted at
exacted the name of
a fine! By
of a set of men constituting
a lot is called a Committee
of what is called a House.
and that an Honourable House, , the fast declared, and no as ref sp,
not to speak of punishment.
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