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INDIRECT LEGISLATION
a Truth
of which no person who is ever so little acquainted with their
History will have a doubt.
It may be still practised with the support of the people
powerful combinations, the leaders of which if few, there is a chance may continue blinded
for a time — But it is a dangerous experiment, (to consider
utterly for a moment but the prudence of the conductor, to practise it against
the body of the people) — However refined their judgment of the commending his the Genius of
Projector it is many to one but that some one person at least
who having strength of mind sufficient to penetrate into the design has the ability
in the nation who either hating him or loving the public finds either his love of the public or hatred of the projector has
therefore the a motive to expose him blow up the mice.
Examples Instances of it's having been employ'd for the second purpose are
not unfrequent in our Statute Laws - particularly in their latin in the statute book book — affixing extending
the Punishment for Corilary to the having Tools useful for that high
purpose in one's possession - Wild's Act There are so many instances In that the of Accessory offences are operations which come under this the extending of the punishment
of acting criminals to those who help them; from them to those who
made them This indeed I know them again to those who help them off
with the fruits of their crimes + + minor: tho' these are not permitted in equal degree - except the particular case in — The fold of this but formidable
Invention of the Riot Act, may be deemed instances examples
of this sort.
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jeremy bentham |
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