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Sole resource
Publicity
Maximized
by
1 Judicators
free
2. Reporting
free
3. Publication
in print
free.

of men I fear in all countries must be governed by these and nothing
else so effectually. None are so powerfully & beneficially acted on
by "Publicity" & its consequences as Judges — to none is it more happily
applicable — it is not the meer opening the doors of a Court —
at which few attend — & fewer still can interpose on the spot to
Resist abuse — It is the reporting of those present, to those absent —
by those who have quick ears, & ready memories or glib pens — to
those at a distance who are capable of appreciating, & judging, & acting
if need be — The Press alone can do this — & terrify evil-doers —
the free & anonymous comments of the Press — let its abuse be subject
to all the severity of your libel laws. Superadd thereon the six-act
penalty of deportation, if you will; but let the penalties be inflicted
after trial — with or even without a Jury, — so it be done, judicially
done, after hearing and determining in public — & not vindictively,
privately — summarily, & by the executive power, by the fellow servants
of the offended functionary.

The Press, to do any good in a country like India, must be
Anonymous
necessary. anonymous — 1th. because who will dare openly to "lick the cat" in a
country where the fortunes of every man depend on the nostril
breath of the despots, & their Servants, to whom England has delivered
over India lease-bound hand & foot. — 2nd because there
would be a violation of a decorum in a servant criticising his
master, an inferior his superiors misdeeds, which is entirely saved
by the anonymousness of the criticism, separating effectually the
question of "who writes" from that of "what is written?" Now at this

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	161	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c5 / c6 / c7 / c8
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1824
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1824
Notes public		ID Number	3597
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