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<unclear>their being</unclear> <gap/> <unclear>in</unclear> nine instances out of ten.</p> | <unclear>their being</unclear> <gap/> <unclear>in</unclear> nine instances out of ten.</p> | ||
<note><!-- note in pencil -->Paley 3 Which is different from the power of pardon. the dispensing power as now exercised being the <unclear>rule</unclear> - <del>power</del> pardon only an exception & that for reasons assigned</note> | <p><note><!-- note in pencil -->Paley 3 Which is different from the power of pardon. the dispensing power as now exercised being the <unclear>rule</unclear> - <del>power</del> pardon only an exception & that for reasons assigned</note> | ||
Not I indeed: <del><gap/></del> <unclear>is my</unclear> conception of the matter<lb/> | Not I indeed: <del><gap/></del> <unclear>is my</unclear> conception of the matter<lb/> | ||
between the possession and exercise of a power of <hi rend="underline">pardoning</hi><lb/> | between the possession and exercise of a power of <hi rend="underline">pardoning</hi><lb/> | ||
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my conception of the matter ought to be given to it, <add>marked out for it</add><lb/> | my conception of the matter ought to be given to it, <add>marked out for it</add><lb/> | ||
as well as by what authority, has already been brought<lb/> | as well as by what authority, has already been brought<lb/> | ||
to view. | to view. Such is not the field actually marked out:<lb/> | ||
for in this as in so many other <add>spots or</add> portions of the field of<lb/> | |||
laws all is yet in the state of primaeval<!-- ligature --> barbarism -<lb/> | |||
all in a state of waste: no <sic>inclosure</sic>. <add>no determinate boundaries,</add> no boundary<lb/> | |||
line any where | |||
<note>[+] In the field of law as in the field of agriculture - every thing kept as much <add>far</add> as possible in a state of wilderness under the influence of the same narrow and sinister interest - and by the same <gap/></note></p> | |||
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29 Jany 1809 Peines
Pardon should be the rare case. disagree inferred from negligence.
if laws were made with the new though intention of
their being in nine instances out of ten.
Paley 3 Which is different from the power of pardon. the dispensing power as now exercised being the rule - power pardon only an exception & that for reasons assigned
Not I indeed: is my conception of the matter
between the possession and exercise of a power of pardoning
on the one hand, and the exercise of what is so well known under the name of a dispensing power
there exists a perfectly very clear and distinguishable difference.
As to the power of pardon, the latitude field of that according to
my conception of the matter ought to be given to it, marked out for it
as well as by what authority, has already been brought
to view. Such is not the field actually marked out:
for in this as in so many other spots or portions of the field of
laws all is yet in the state of primaeval barbarism -
all in a state of waste: no inclosure. no determinate boundaries, no boundary
line any where
[+] In the field of law as in the field of agriculture - every thing kept as much far as possible in a state of wilderness under the influence of the same narrow and sinister interest - and by the same
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