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1822 June 16 Economy etc 
1822 June 16

Economy etc

.4 Parties concerned in the corruptive process

In the idea of corruption political corruption is necessarily included the idea of two parties as being concerned in the corruptive process - a party considered as /capable of/ corrupting, and a party capable of being corrupted /whose situation disposes him to be a corrupter, say a corrupter and a party whose situation exposes him to be corrupted say a party corrupted or a corruptee; an agent in the process of corruption, and a patient. The corrupter is the party who being intent on the maintaining /keeping up/ for his own benefit the sinister sacrifice applies himself /his endeavours/ to the party corruptible for the purpose of obtaining /securing/ his cooperation

[Marginal note]

where the disposition and tendency is fostered by the correspondent act, a corrupter and a corruptee.

Functionaries considered as exposed to the corruption to corruption require /may be/ in the first place to be distinguished into functionaries of /whose place is in/ the highest rank in the scale of subordination and functionaries whose place is in any inferior rank. In respect of the importance of its effects, in comparison of corruption on the part of functionaries of the highest rank the utmost evil producible by functionaries in any inferior rank /subordinate rank/ is so inconsiderable that for the present it may be discarded /put out of consideration and put aside/

Two parties being supposed necessary Corruption in the highest rank supposes and requires for its existence a division of the powers /power/ of government in that rank: in one place a corrupter, in another place a corruptee.

In an absolute monarchy called also a pure one in the highest rank either corruption has no place, or the same individual the Monarch is corrupter and corruptee. No person besides himself being in that same highest rank, he performs the sinister sacrifice with his own hands and without need of cooperators, in any other capacity than that of blind instruments the sinister sacrifice.
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