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1819 May 13 Disfranchising
1819 May 13

Disfranchising

§.5 Evil 4. Multiplying Country Members

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ones. The faculty of thought /thinking/ being in their minds without exercise, the muscles of their minds are in the state which those of their bodies would be in if kept in continual inaction by ligatures.

Being without motives for exertion except that of which stable and kennel are the source, and the ravaged grounds of the tenantry the field, they loath and disdain experiment, and whatsoever experience /information/ observation chance force upon them is lost to them. They use gunpowder, the most powerful product of chemistry without knowing that there is such a science or such an art as chemistry they tread under four feet at a time the as yet ungathered /unkissed[?]/ hopes of the husbandman without knowing that there is any such art or any such science or any such art as husbandry: they run over heaths /plains/ and mountains without knowing that there is any such science or art as botany, they lame their horses by spurring them over bad roads /roads rendered bad by want of apt material/ and they know not that there is /of there being/ any such science or art as Geology by which if they did, they would have known that apt materials in an unexhaustible[?] quantity have since the deluge been lying /lain/ within a stone’s throw /view/

They know that there is such a science as the science of things unknowable, and such an art as that of knowing them: they know them by seeing as they sit drinking or smoking[?] riding those Churches which are the fruit of such art and science and which afford such comfortable repose to tenants and such excellent ones[?] to younger sons and younger brothers of landlords, they would not know that there was any such Ghost as the Holy Ghost and the means of […?]ness he provides for were it not for the good things he or it showers down upon those who in all solemnity declare that they have received him and are duly filled with him, cages to punish for blasphemy /join with the Lord Sidmouth in raining down punishments/ all those who object to the making any such use of any such Holy

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    1.

    Evil 4. Encreasing County Members.

    Tendency

    of this terrorism to substitute to all casts the | | of Country Gentlemen: of all

    casts the most unapt.

    2.

    1. As to appropriate probity.

    To universal interest, interest of this class most uniformly opposite. They are

    constantly on the look out for favours for themselves on families on dependents.

    3.

    Of them is composed the | | Legion Aristocracy: always on its knee to the arch enemy

    of the people Monarchy: prepared to sacrifice to it the blood and treasure of the

    people whom they hate and despise as much as their fear will let them.

    4.

    Secure in their | | so in their seats: those seats in which by terrific influence

    derived from | | they force the people to place them.

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    5.

    2. As to Intellectual aptitude

    Extraordinary if any such is found in a Country Gentleman.

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    Not of “ bullocks” is his talk: but better if it were: then

    would it be not for the race they could run, but the money they could fetch: economy

    on a small scale is transferable to d o. on the largest in finance

    7.

    Where his heart, there his thoughts: in kennel and stables, where dogs and horses

    are.

    By a | | result, by animals more virtuous than ourselves sincere as Whigs and Lawyers

    are insincere, we are corrupted: running upon them and after them, continuing savage

    while making them tame.

    Slaves they produce corresponding Tyranny: producing renewed fatigue and thirst they

    produce renewed demand for liquor, and pretence for intoxicating d o. and indolence, and if reading such reading as does not disturb indolence.

    §.5. Evil 4. Multiplying Country Members.

    8.

    Mind unexercised is as body would be under ligatures. Without motives for exertion,

    save that of which Stable and kennel are the source, and savaged grounds of tenantry

    the field, experiment they | | and whatever information experience and observation

    force upon them is lost.

    9.

    1. Gunpowder they use not knowing there is such an art or science as chemistry.

    2. The ungathered crop they trample on, ignorant of husbandry.

    3. Plains and Mountains they scamper over, ignorant of Botany.

    4. Horses they lame by spurring them over bad roads, ignorant of geology which | | a

    degree has supplied the best road-making material within reach.
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    Of the science of things unknowable, and the art of knowing them they know the

    existence viz by seeing as they sit drinking or ride | | of such art and science,

    affording repose to Tenants, and excellent to sons and young brothers of Landlord’s

    Holy Ghost they knew; but would not but for the good things he showers down on

    himself stiled Receivers who so eagerly join with Lord Sidmouth and the Suppression

    Society in punishing as for blasphemous all those who object to the profaning the

    name.

    11.

    They have heard of natural philosophy: but hate it because Philosophy is Atheism,

    Reform and Jacobitism; and deny it is natural nothing being less natural than to them

    to think of it.

    12.

    Mathematics they have no objection to, as long as neither they nor their eldest sons

    are plagued with it, nor the art and science of put to any use. For it keeps young

    men out of politics other than those learnt by sitting in House one night, to | | at

    White’s or Brooke’s.

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    Greek, on the same conditions they have no objection to: having heard that New

    testament by means of which Holy Ghost is received and | | bought and sold, was

    written in it.

    14.

    So Aristotle: having heard he wrote about Logic Ethics Politics Metaphysics and Plays

    all being useless and serving to keep youths from looking into those politics which

    swine learn while reading Weekly Newspapers.

    15.

    Observed that they have that to Lord or Ler | | a Squire: seat to Wife or daughter

    higher.

    16.

    These | | by whom under Scots and Windham’s Romilly’s few good things so consistently

    opposed.

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    3. Behold now a third argument. A man’s body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. But being the temple of the Holy Ghost it belongs to the Holy Ghost and so to God, with whom the Holy Ghost is sometimes the same thing sometimes a different thing. But / Moreover / belonging as it does to the Holy Ghost and to God or to one or the other or to both it belongs not to the man himself: therefore he ought not to do with it the thing in question. So says Paul: nor as some one else might add, any thing else: but, not being of any great use to the purpose of the arguments this more extensive conclusion may be suffered to drop without further notice.

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