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happiness of the greatest number — recognized by the Spanish Constitutional Code (Art 13) as the only proper end of government
happiness of the greatest number — proportioned to the strength of their assurance
will, I trust, be the force of the inducements by which you will be
moved to give to the work your acceptance and support: proportioned to its actual conduciveness
to that same great end, will be the facility attendant on such
endeavours as shall be employed in obtaining for it at the hands of the people a general and ultimate
acceptance.
Of this proposed Code a distinctive character would be — No arrangement
without its reasons: no arrangement to which were not subjoined an
accompaniment, indicative of the considerations which in the character of
reasons, had had the effect of recommending it to the choice of the Draughtsman,
and which in so far as it were adopted, would afford to all persons
concerned in giving adoption to it their justification; to all persons, whose
obedience it called for, a source of satisfaction; , for the exclusion of doubt,
in the first place to the Citizen subject as such, in the next place to the Judge
as such, a source of interpretation; and, for giving consistency to these reasons,
all along will indication be afforded of their connection with each other, and
of their subserviency to the abovementioned great common end. Permit me,
Sir, on this occasion, to present to your notice a simple truth. An all-comprehensive
Code of law, with Rationale of it for a continual accompaniment
to it — never, since law has been in existence, never till now has a work
of this description been any where presented to the world.
As to the Testimonials in question —
1. In the first place, you will find some from the Government of
Spain. See A1. A2. A3. A4.
2. In the next place, comes on from the Government of Portugal: incompleat
indeed, but as near in its advance towards completion as the state of that Government,
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codification proposal (codification offer) |
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1821 proposed letter from jb to o'higgins supreme director of chili not sent - being superseded may 1822 by the printed codification proposal |
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john flowerdew colls |
c wilmott 1819 |
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andreas louriottis |
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