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better than a mixture of Aristocratical with Monarchical<lb/> | better than a mixture of Aristocratical with Monarchical<lb/> | ||
tyranny. Aristocracy for its own security finds itself under the<lb/> | tyranny. Aristocracy for its own security finds itself under the<lb/> | ||
necessity of | necessity of <unclear>alliviating</unclear> in some degree the yoke imposed by<lb/> | ||
Monarchy: but while this yoke is thus rendered in some degree<lb/> | Monarchy: but while this yoke is thus rendered in some degree<lb/> | ||
less galling, the hopelessness of any thing like a complete<lb/> | less galling, the hopelessness of any thing like a complete<lb/> | ||
liberation from it, is | liberation from it, is unmeasurably <gap/>. In the confederacy<lb/> | ||
of the several branches of the Aristocratical interest of<lb/> | of the several branches of the Aristocratical interest of<lb/> | ||
which in my Codification Proposal <del>you will see</del> a list will<lb/> | which in my Codification Proposal <del>you will see</del> a list will<lb/> | ||
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interest, the great body of the people have a confederacy of<lb/> | interest, the great body of the people have a confederacy of<lb/> | ||
enemies: enemies as irresistible as by the nature of man<lb/> | enemies: enemies as irresistible as by the nature of man<lb/> | ||
they are rendered implacable, | they are rendered implacable, &same enemies their rulers.<lb/> | ||
To tyranny in government no <gap/>, <gap/> impotence <gap/> the nature<lb/> | To tyranny in government no <gap/>, <gap/> impotence <gap/> the nature<lb/> | ||
of man admit of: <gap/> <gap/>, nothing but the principle above-<lb/> | of man admit of: <gap/> <gap/>, nothing but the principle above-<lb/> | ||
According to the intelligence that arrived here yesterday
morning, you are at the eve of the great crisis: an option to
be made between the best of all governments & the worst. This
crisis is in my view of the matter a blessing. The government
which your predecessors have been preparing for you is no
better than a mixture of Aristocratical with Monarchical
tyranny. Aristocracy for its own security finds itself under the
necessity of alliviating in some degree the yoke imposed by
Monarchy: but while this yoke is thus rendered in some degree
less galling, the hopelessness of any thing like a complete
liberation from it, is unmeasurably . In the confederacy
of the several branches of the Aristocratical interest of
which in my Codification Proposal you will see a list will
soon be under your eye, all clusteringaround the Monarchy
& united to it & to one another by one common bond of sinister
interest, the great body of the people have a confederacy of
enemies: enemies as irresistible as by the nature of man
they are rendered implacable, &same enemies their rulers.
To tyranny in government no , impotence the nature
of man admit of: , nothing but the principle above-
mentioned - the principle by which all rulers are rendered
displaceable & at short periods, by those over whom they rule: a
state of things which in the expression wears a of impossibility,
but of which the actuality is in the Anglo-American
United States so happily & so completely demonstrated
by experience!
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