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1820 Decr 15 Postponed perhaps suppressed 6
J. B. to S.B.
Postponed 6

Now as to what shall be done in counteraction of the
espionage. My first thought was to make a bellowing about
it in the Newspapers: and this I made a paragraph in a
letter I have been writing to Colonel who is in the country.
My second thought was to turn it against the intriguers.
and I therefore have suppressed that piece the talk that
had that paragraph, and our a letter without it is now
copying.

Between two marks which I will inform you of every
thing you read will be a quantity of untruth calculated to
mislead the spies and cause them to to an opinion
and designs opposite to my real ones. I can tell you
for example in regard to Spain that I have given up or
have thoughts of giving up every thing that regards that
country: that I feel myself superannuated and am about
withdrawing myself from further affairs: that I am regarding
radical democracy with disgust and taking refuge
in Monarchy and Aristocracy that I recommend it to
you to do the same. Moreover whatever happens to be
my design at the time I may mentor it as being
falsely calumniously or at least falsely imparted to me.

You on your part may employ the same or some
corresponding sign: and you may take reason to be laud
the state of your government, arguing the truth with me
and telling me that I have taken up too unfavourable a
conception of it: and a you may these in prayer
of any persons whom you may not suspect to be agents
in or privy to the espionage practice.

It will not be necessary this should be down to every
letter: only when the now and then: unless when there is
some particular reason for it.
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Identifier: | JB/010/034/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1	1820-12-15	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	034	Info in main headings field	jb to sb
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d6 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	[[notes_public::see note to letter 2728, vol. 10; "postponed perhaps suppressed" [note in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	3470
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