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<p><add><hi rend="underline">ne</hi></add> <hi rend="underline">plus ultra</hi> of legislative policy: and if in<lb/>any nation it should ever have been attained <add>accomplished</add>,<lb/>that nation [in as far as depends upon its internal <lb/>polity] may be pronounced <add>said to be</add> truly happy.<lb/></p> | |||
<note>The indemnification<lb/> fund <lb/>might be <del>with</del> <add>raised</add><lb/> in part measure<lb/>from the estates <lb/>of delinquents <lb/>v. [Mischief.]<lb/></note><p>In many nations, in short in most of<lb/>the modern nations of Europe, time has been,<lb/>when the spoils of delinquents have found no<lb/>inconsiderable service of clear revenue. Such<lb/>an arrangement is perhaps <del>in the present</del> <add>an improved</add><lb/>state of government neither <del>feasible</del> <add>practicable</add> nor desirable. <lb/> But perhaps it might be neither impracticable <lb/>nor undesirable that [matters should<lb/>be so <sic>order'd</sic> that] a considerable part, if not the<lb/>whole might <add>should</add> be <del>d</del> extracted from the estates<lb/>of delinquents <add>[of all classes]</add> of what was necessary to repair<lb/>the damages occasioned by delinquencies [of<lb/>all classes]. <note>the estates of delinquents <lb/>and none but delinquents<lb/> would upon this plan be<lb/>[being] thrown together <add>as it were</add> into<lb/>a [sort of] <add>joint</add> fund for<lb/>the reparation of the <add>one another's<lb/>indemnifications.</add> [mischiefs produced <add>occasioned</add> by<lb/>delinquency:] a measure <lb/>which were it <lb/>carried to its utmost<lb/> rigour would be less<lb/>rigorous than those which<lb/>are now so commonly<lb/>pursued where a thousand<lb/> who are innocent<lb/>are made to<lb/><gap/> with perhaps a <lb/>dozen who are guilty<lb/></note> In such a state of things, after<lb/>deduction made of the few cases, few indeed as<lb/>they might be made of irreparable mischief<lb/>the fate of all men <add>of both descriptions</add> would be <unclear>assorted</unclear> to their<lb/>conduct <add>behaviour</add>: security would be the companion of<lb/>innocence: affliction would dwell only with guilt: and there would be no mischief but what fell on <lb/>upon the <lb/>heads [of the contrivers.] that plotted it.<lb/> <note>If <lb/>this</note></p> | |||
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Indirect Legislation § 10
Conclusion
ne plus ultra of legislative policy: and if in
any nation it should ever have been attained accomplished,
that nation [in as far as depends upon its internal
polity] may be pronounced said to be truly happy.
The indemnification
fund
might be with raised
in part measure
from the estates
of delinquents
v. [Mischief.]
In many nations, in short in most of
the modern nations of Europe, time has been,
when the spoils of delinquents have found no
inconsiderable service of clear revenue. Such
an arrangement is perhaps in the present an improved
state of government neither feasible practicable nor desirable.
But perhaps it might be neither impracticable
nor undesirable that [matters should
be so order'd that] a considerable part, if not the
whole might should be d extracted from the estates
of delinquents [of all classes] of what was necessary to repair
the damages occasioned by delinquencies [of
all classes]. the estates of delinquents
and none but delinquents
would upon this plan be
[being] thrown together as it were into
a [sort of] joint fund for
the reparation of the one another's
indemnifications. [mischiefs produced occasioned by
delinquency:] a measure
which were it
carried to its utmost
rigour would be less
rigorous than those which
are now so commonly
pursued where a thousand
who are innocent
are made to
with perhaps a
dozen who are guilty
In such a state of things, after
deduction made of the few cases, few indeed as
they might be made of irreparable mischief
the fate of all men of both descriptions would be assorted to their
conduct behaviour: security would be the companion of
innocence: affliction would dwell only with guilt: and there would be no mischief but what fell on
upon the
heads [of the contrivers.] that plotted it.
If
this
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