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1829. Nov. 14.
Constitut. Code. U.S.Two-House System

or 1. Convention useless
2. Double-legislation
system viz for ordinary
& extraordinary matters.
Mischievousness and
absurdity not so great.

2. Convention useless
See here a good governmt
not satisfied with
its own goodness.

3. Convention useless

Here, satisfaction excepted,
sole produce,
harm, though not
great, so good the government.

4. Convention useless
U.S. being the state in
which the system originated
higher generalization
needless.

5. Convention useless
Such the state of society,
no success could be expected
from any motion
not likely to be thought
by greatest number to
have for its object their
greatest happiness.

6. Convention useless
Thus for ordinary business
what was thought
the best legislative as
well as Executive,
chosen for extraordinary
business must
have been not better
or worse.

7. I Delay Convention mischievous. Evil. Evil certainly produced
c by this duplicity.
1. Delay: the body of law
remaining for so long
loaded with all the
evil that might
have been cleared
away.

8. Convention Mischievous. Evil. Complication
2. Complication. For the
details of this evil see
this head in another
chapter.

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Convention mischievous 9. Evil Complicatn
To warrant the production
of this evil,
some specific evil produced
for want of the
institution – should be
assigned.

Convention 10. Evils Cause of
Cause of this over-precaution,
persuasion
of the universality
of self-preference.
1. Delay. 2. Complication.

Convention 11. Evils Cause of
Delay in itself pure
evil, sole possible good
keeping the people's
attention alive – this
in U.S. constantly done.

12. Evils Cause of
Here no danger of precipitation.

Convention mischievous 13. Judge made Legislator
By this restriction
a line drawn through
the field of legislation
on one part legislatn
allowed to operate on
the other not.

Convention mischievous 14. Evil Judges made Legislators
One consequence giving
Judges legislative authority.

15. Convention needless
Under greatest happiness
principle better
the government the
less intense all indefinite
fears.

16. Convention useless
The closer the views taken
by the public – the
more useless and pernicious
matter will
be abrogated.

17. Convention useless
The more reasonable
the minds the greater
the confidence.

18. Convention useless
If rulers object the
greatest happiness of
greatest number the precautionary
measure
useless – If their own sinister
interest happiness it is unavailing.

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19. Convention mischievous. Demarcation difficulty
In this dark view of
the field the demarcation
always performed.

20. Convention mischievous. Demarcation difficulty
Examples
1. Laws impairing
the obligation of cont
contracts prohibited.
2. Ex post facto laws
prohibited.

21. Convention mischievous. Demarcation difficulty.
Heterogeneous subject-matters
of these two laws.

22. Convention mischievous. Demarcation difficulty.
In this case the line
of demarcation not a
case of supererogation
but of necessity.

Identifier: | JB/023/001/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 23.
Date_1	1829-11-14	Marginal Summary Numbering	or 1, 2-22
Box	023	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	001a"a" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.	Info in main headings field	constitut. code us
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Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / f6
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	b&m 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	7872
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