★ Find a new page to transcribe in our list of Untranscribed Manuscripts
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
<head>1819 <sic>Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></sic> 21<lb/>Radicalism not dangerous</head> <!-- additions and marginal notes in pencil. Marginal notes reordered to match appropriate paragraphs --> <p>XXXV A. 1<lb/><note>Conclusion</note><lb/>1</p> <p><note>1<lb/>This providing J.B.<lb/>not the better but the<lb/>worse. The stronger<lb/>the proof the more<lb/>intolerable the provocation:<lb/>the greater<lb/>his danger of being<lb/>dragged by the legal<lb/>mastiff to prison<lb/>there to die</note></p> <p>§. Conclusion<lb/>A charge <add>has been made a charge</add> than which a more perfectly groundless, a more<lb/>palpably absurd one ever was or could be made — <del><gap/></del> myriads are the direct objects, and with them<lb/>millions have been the<lb/>victims of it.</p> <p>All this I <del>shall prove: and when I have proved it,</del> <add>have proved: and now that</add><lb/>what <del>shall</del> <add>am/shall I or is any one</add> I be the better? <del>for it? Instead of being the better</del> <add><del>More</del> Too probably but so much</add><lb/><add>the worse.</add> <del>I still shall be <gap/> so much the <gap/> <gap/></del> The stronger the<lb/>proof, the more intolerable the provocation: <add>the provocation</add> afforded to those <del>w</del><lb/>against whom there is no security — whose will is their <add>the</add> only<lb/>law, and who, <del>will</del> <add> the more highly they are provoked, will</add> be but the more likely to set upon me<lb/>their legal <add>black mastiff at me</add> <del>instrument, the <gap/> upon m</del>, and <del>send</del> <add>drag</add> me<lb/>into a prison there to finish what remains of life.</p> <p><note>2<lb/>By subversion of the<lb/>Constitution nothing<lb/><del><gap/></del> is expressed but<lb/>the temper and design<lb/>of the speaker. <add>What is</add> Almost<lb/>treason today may<lb/>be quite treason tomorrow.<lb/>Judges to<lb/>decide, Crown Lawyers<lb/>to move, are secured<lb/>by the Constitution as<lb/>it stands.</note></p> <p><!-- number in pencil --> (1)<lb/>Subversion of the Constitution security to English institution<lb/>almost treason <add>treason</add> — what made this more than a fear that<lb/>phrases — phrases <sic>compleatly</sic> void of all meaning other than<lb/>that by which the temper <add> | <head>1819 <sic>Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></sic> 21<lb/>Radicalism not dangerous</head> <!-- additions and marginal notes in pencil. Marginal notes reordered to match appropriate paragraphs --> <p>XXXV A. 1<lb/><note>Conclusion</note><lb/>1</p> <p><note>1<lb/>This providing J.B.<lb/>not the better but the<lb/>worse. The stronger<lb/>the proof the more<lb/>intolerable the provocation:<lb/>the greater<lb/>his danger of being<lb/>dragged by the legal<lb/>mastiff to prison<lb/>there to die</note></p> <p>§. Conclusion<lb/>A charge <add>has been made a charge</add> than which a more perfectly groundless, a more<lb/>palpably absurd one ever was or could be made — <del><gap/></del> myriads are the direct objects, and with them<lb/>millions have been the<lb/>victims of it.</p> <p>All this I <del>shall prove: and when I have proved it,</del> <add>have proved: and now that</add><lb/>what <del>shall</del> <add>am/shall I or is any one</add> I be the better? <del>for it? Instead of being the better</del> <add><del>More</del> Too probably but so much</add><lb/><add>the worse.</add> <del>I still shall be <gap/> so much the <gap/> <gap/></del> The stronger the<lb/>proof, the more intolerable the provocation: <add>the provocation</add> afforded to those <del>w</del><lb/>against whom there is no security — whose will is their <add>the</add> only<lb/>law, and who, <del>will</del> <add> the more highly they are provoked, will</add> be but the more likely to set upon me<lb/>their legal <add>black mastiff at me</add> <del>instrument, the <gap/> upon m</del>, and <del>send</del> <add>drag</add> me<lb/>into a prison there to finish what remains of life.</p> <p><note>2<lb/>By subversion of the<lb/>Constitution nothing<lb/><del><gap/></del> is expressed but<lb/>the temper and design<lb/>of the speaker. <add>What is</add> Almost<lb/>treason today may<lb/>be quite treason tomorrow.<lb/>Judges to<lb/>decide, Crown Lawyers<lb/>to move, are secured<lb/>by the Constitution as<lb/>it stands.</note></p> <p><!-- number in pencil --> (1)<lb/>Subversion of the Constitution security to English institution<lb/>almost treason <add>treason</add> — what made this more than a fear that<lb/>phrases — phrases <sic>compleatly</sic> void of all meaning other than<lb/>that by which the temper <add>the disposition and designs</add> of those by whom they are employed<lb/>is manifested. Almost treason today, it may be<lb/>quite treason tomorrow. Judges ready to decide this, Crown Lawyers<lb/>ready to call for this, all this is secured, and abundantly secured, <!-- continues into margin -->by the Constitution<lb/>as it stands.</p> <p><note>22 or 5<lb/>A government by which<lb/><!-- continues along edge of page --> such things may be, and are done, how can I love it without hating or being indifferent to those ruled by it?</note></p> <p><!-- number in pencil --> (4)<lb/><del>If I</del> Not to speak of Constitution for there is no<lb/>such thing — if I love a government under which such<lb/>things not only may <add>can</add> be done but are done <del>I must not the</del> <add>how can I do so</add><lb/><del>same time but</del> <add>without hating or at least regarding with indifference</add> the 16 or 17 million of human beings whose<lb/>misfortune it is to live under it. Can I do this? No.<lb/>but I can say I do so: and after the declaration, if<lb/>this will satisfy them I can <gap/> to do so at my<lb/>time, and at all times. ][</p> <p><note><del>21</del> or 4<lb/> Jury trial no security<lb/>persons being chosen not by<lb/>lot but by instruments<lb/>in the hands of prosecutors</note></p> <p><!-- number in pencil --> (3)<lb/><del>have and at all times I</del> <add>Jury-trial? Yes. By Jury trial strict security, how imperfect so</add> ever might be afforded to me, if Juries<lb/>were appointed by <hi rend="underline">lot</hi>. But instead of being so, they are appointed by<lb/><!-- underline in pencil --><hi rend="underline">this or that individual, who at all times may be an instrument in</hi><lb/>the hands of the very persons against whose oppression the supposed security is provided.<!-- paragraph mark --> |</p> <p><note>3<lb/>For killing me by<lb/>Soldiers or Yeoman<lb/>secured by pardon or<lb/><foreign><hi rend="underline">Noli prosequi</hi></foreign>, power<lb/>so provided by the Constitution<lb/>&c</note></p> <p><!-- number in pencil --> (2)<lb/>If to do this by the form of law would be too much<lb/>trouble, what should hinder men in power, <del>from</del> with or without<lb/>the pretence of searching for treasonable or seditious matters, from<lb/>sending a soldier or an armed yeoman to put me to death?<lb/>The deed done, a pardon <del>is granted</del> or a <foreign>Noli prosequi</foreign><lb/>follows. <del>All</del> This law is secured by the Constitution as it stands.</p> | ||
<!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
{{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}}{{ | {{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}}{{Completed}} | ||
1819 Decr 21
Radicalism not dangerous
XXXV A. 1
Conclusion
1
1
This providing J.B.
not the better but the
worse. The stronger
the proof the more
intolerable the provocation:
the greater
his danger of being
dragged by the legal
mastiff to prison
there to die
§. Conclusion
A charge has been made a charge than which a more perfectly groundless, a more
palpably absurd one ever was or could be made — myriads are the direct objects, and with them
millions have been the
victims of it.
All this I shall prove: and when I have proved it, have proved: and now that
what shall am/shall I or is any one I be the better? for it? Instead of being the better More Too probably but so much
the worse. I still shall be so much the The stronger the
proof, the more intolerable the provocation: the provocation afforded to those w
against whom there is no security — whose will is their the only
law, and who, will the more highly they are provoked, will be but the more likely to set upon me
their legal black mastiff at me instrument, the upon m, and send drag me
into a prison there to finish what remains of life.
2
By subversion of the
Constitution nothing
is expressed but
the temper and design
of the speaker. What is Almost
treason today may
be quite treason tomorrow.
Judges to
decide, Crown Lawyers
to move, are secured
by the Constitution as
it stands.
(1)
Subversion of the Constitution security to English institution
almost treason treason — what made this more than a fear that
phrases — phrases compleatly void of all meaning other than
that by which the temper the disposition and designs of those by whom they are employed
is manifested. Almost treason today, it may be
quite treason tomorrow. Judges ready to decide this, Crown Lawyers
ready to call for this, all this is secured, and abundantly secured, by the Constitution
as it stands.
22 or 5
A government by which
such things may be, and are done, how can I love it without hating or being indifferent to those ruled by it?
(4)
If I Not to speak of Constitution for there is no
such thing — if I love a government under which such
things not only may can be done but are done I must not the how can I do so
same time but without hating or at least regarding with indifference the 16 or 17 million of human beings whose
misfortune it is to live under it. Can I do this? No.
but I can say I do so: and after the declaration, if
this will satisfy them I can to do so at my
time, and at all times. ][
21 or 4
Jury trial no security
persons being chosen not by
lot but by instruments
in the hands of prosecutors
(3)
have and at all times I Jury-trial? Yes. By Jury trial strict security, how imperfect so ever might be afforded to me, if Juries
were appointed by lot. But instead of being so, they are appointed by
this or that individual, who at all times may be an instrument in
the hands of the very persons against whose oppression the supposed security is provided. |
3
For killing me by
Soldiers or Yeoman
secured by pardon or
Noli prosequi, power
so provided by the Constitution
&c
(2)
If to do this by the form of law would be too much
trouble, what should hinder men in power, from with or without
the pretence of searching for treasonable or seditious matters, from
sending a soldier or an armed yeoman to put me to death?
The deed done, a pardon is granted or a Noli prosequi
follows. All This law is secured by the Constitution as it stands.
|
Identifier: | JB/137/208/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
1819-12-21 |
1-4 |
||
|
137 |
radicalism not dangerous |
||
|
208 |
radicalism not dangerous |
||
|
001 |
|||
|
text sheet |
1 |
||
|
recto |
d1 / e1 |
||
|
jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1818]] |
||
|
arthur wellesley, duke of wellington |
|||
|
1818 |
|||
|
46925 |
|||
