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<head>1819. May 19.</head> | |||
<p><!-- In pencil -->Part <gap/> a Disfranchising</p> | |||
<note>Ed<gap/><hi rend="superscript">gh</hi> Preceeded<lb/> | |||
B<gap/>let</note><lb/> | |||
<note>1<lb/> | |||
Ballot. On this <lb/> | |||
universal suffrage<lb/> | |||
men rely for their<lb/> | |||
usefullness and unr<gap/>ness<lb/> | |||
of their<lb/> | |||
plan. This the point<lb/> | |||
<del>an</del> which the whole<lb/> | |||
dispute depends.</note><lb/> | |||
<p>The question of ballot remains. On Ballot the advocates<lb/> | |||
of universal suffrage seem exclusively to rely for the defence of<lb/> | |||
their scheme. Without ballot, they appear tacitly to admit that<lb/> | |||
Universal suffrage would be an impracticable and pernicious<lb/> | |||
proposal. But all males in the kingdom, it is said, may annually<lb/> | |||
vote at Elections with quiet secretly. Whether this expectation<lb/> | |||
be reasonable, is the question on which the decision of the dispute<lb/> | |||
seems now to depend.</p> | |||
<note>2<lb/> | |||
<gap/> & Secrecy<lb/> | |||
impossible<lb/> | |||
Proof 1 Exempt of Club<gap/><lb/> | |||
Quarrels excluded ;Secrecy<lb/> | |||
none</note><lb/> | |||
The first objection to this proposal is, that ballot<lb/> | |||
would not produce secrecy. Even in those classes of men<lb/> | |||
who are most accustomed to keep their own secret, the effect of<lb/> | |||
ballot is very unequal and uncertain. The common case<lb/> | |||
of clubs, in which a small minority is generally sufficient<lb/> | |||
to exclude a Candidate, may serve as an example. Where the<lb/> | |||
club is numerous, the secret may be kept, as it is difficult<lb/> | |||
to distinguish the few who reject; but in small clubs, where<lb/> | |||
the dissentients may amount to a considerable proportion<lb/> | |||
of the whole, they are almost always ascertained. The practice<lb/> | |||
it is true is, in these cases, still useful; it is only because it<lb/> | |||
is agree by a sort of tacit convention, that an exclusion by ballot<lb/> | |||
is not a just cause of offence. It prevents quarrel, not disclosure.<lb/> | |||
In the House of Commons. M<hi rend="superscript"><hi rend="underline">r</hi></hi> B. allows that ballot does not secure<lb/> | |||
secrecy or independent choice. The example of the Elections<lb/> | |||
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1819. May 19.
Part a Disfranchising
Edgh Preceeded
Blet
1
Ballot. On this
universal suffrage
men rely for their
usefullness and unrness
of their
plan. This the point
an which the whole
dispute depends.
The question of ballot remains. On Ballot the advocates
of universal suffrage seem exclusively to rely for the defence of
their scheme. Without ballot, they appear tacitly to admit that
Universal suffrage would be an impracticable and pernicious
proposal. But all males in the kingdom, it is said, may annually
vote at Elections with quiet secretly. Whether this expectation
be reasonable, is the question on which the decision of the dispute
seems now to depend.
2
& Secrecy
impossible
Proof 1 Exempt of Club
Quarrels excluded ;Secrecy
none
The first objection to this proposal is, that ballot
would not produce secrecy. Even in those classes of men
who are most accustomed to keep their own secret, the effect of
ballot is very unequal and uncertain. The common case
of clubs, in which a small minority is generally sufficient
to exclude a Candidate, may serve as an example. Where the
club is numerous, the secret may be kept, as it is difficult
to distinguish the few who reject; but in small clubs, where
the dissentients may amount to a considerable proportion
of the whole, they are almost always ascertained. The practice
it is true is, in these cases, still useful; it is only because it
is agree by a sort of tacit convention, that an exclusion by ballot
is not a just cause of offence. It prevents quarrel, not disclosure.
In the House of Commons. M<hi rend="underline">r</hi> B. allows that ballot does not secure
secrecy or independent choice. The example of the Elections
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