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The right of sitting in judgment on the<lb/> conduct of public men is a right without <lb/>which nothing that can be called constitutional<lb/> liberty can any where have existence <add>any where</add>. Take<lb/> it away and by this single act you establish<lb/> a perfect despotism. Election of legislators, election<lb/> of judges, election of any <add> sorts of</add> officers whatsoever, or<lb/> of all sorts of officers, elections of what <unclear>kind</unclear><lb/> so far and to what degree soever popular, are<lb/> without this but a mere mockery: they are precisely<lb/> what judicature would be under a Judge<lb/> who should forbid the production of all argument<lb/> and all evidence. To say that the conduct<lb/> of men who are to be candidates for public<lb/> trusts shall be at the nomination of the people<lb/> or dependent for their continuance in office on<lb/> those who are at the <unclear>nomination</unclear> of the people, and<lb/> yet shall not be subject to the examination and<lb/> censure of the people, of any one and every one <lb/> of the people who shall <add>deem</add> it worth his while to <add>enter upon</add> <unclear>initiate</unclear> such examination and pass such censure, is<lb/> to compel men in their electoral capacity to give<lb/> themselves up solely to the guidance of caprice,<lb/> to forbid <add>prohibit</add> them from having any intercourse with reason.< | The right of sitting in judgment on the<lb/> conduct of public men is a right without <lb/>which nothing that can be called constitutional<lb/> liberty can any where have existence <add>any where</add>. Take<lb/> it away and by this single act you establish<lb/> a perfect despotism. Election of legislators, election<lb/> of judges, election of any <add> sorts of</add> officers whatsoever, or<lb/> of all sorts of officers, elections of what <unclear>kind</unclear><lb/> so far and to what degree soever popular, are<lb/> without this but a mere mockery: they are precisely<lb/> what judicature would be under a Judge<lb/> who should forbid the production of all argument<lb/> and all evidence. To say that the conduct<lb/> of men who are to be candidates for public<lb/> trusts shall be at the nomination of the people<lb/> or dependent for their continuance in office on<lb/> those who are at the <unclear>nomination</unclear> of the people, and<lb/> yet shall not be subject to the examination and<lb/> censure of the people, of any one and every one <lb/> of the people who shall <add>deem</add> it worth his while to <add>enter upon</add> <unclear>initiate</unclear> such examination and pass such censure, is<lb/> to compel men in their electoral capacity to give<lb/> themselves up solely to the guidance of caprice,<lb/> to forbid <add>prohibit</add> them from having any intercourse with reason.<del><unclear><add>requisite</add></unclear></del> | ||
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The right of sitting in judgment on the
conduct of public men is a right without
which nothing that can be called constitutional
liberty can any where have existence any where. Take
it away and by this single act you establish
a perfect despotism. Election of legislators, election
of judges, election of any sorts of officers whatsoever, or
of all sorts of officers, elections of what kind
so far and to what degree soever popular, are
without this but a mere mockery: they are precisely
what judicature would be under a Judge
who should forbid the production of all argument
and all evidence. To say that the conduct
of men who are to be candidates for public
trusts shall be at the nomination of the people
or dependent for their continuance in office on
those who are at the nomination of the people, and
yet shall not be subject to the examination and
censure of the people, of any one and every one
of the people who shall deem it worth his while to enter upon initiate such examination and pass such censure, is
to compel men in their electoral capacity to give
themselves up solely to the guidance of caprice,
to forbid prohibit them from having any intercourse with reason.requisite
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jeremy bentham |
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