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1818 July 23 + '.2
Parl. Ref. Bill
Reasons
II. Electors Who
Universality
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Prediction the second. In a sufficiently large majority of the whole number of the Election Districts, the people, in their character of constituents would choose such Representatives as they foreknew to be determined to concurr in this operation, and to persevere in carrying it into effect.
At every succeeding Step, the absurdity of the supposition becomes more and more palpable. The body of the Representatives and in that body a constant majority being now the Instrument by which the mischief is to be effected, some one plan, well or ill adopted, there must be, in the support of which the whole of the majority have been prepared to agree. But ere it can have this received Support, this plan must have come into existence: and to have come into existence in writing and even in print. Being thus in print, it must ere it can have passed thro' the thus singularly disposed House of Commons have surmounted all objections. But by what means? By what sort of Instrument is it that the preponderance thus supposed is to have been gained? Is it not by reason and argument? By reason bringing to view the State of Interest and shewing in how many various[?] aways[?] they will be effected by the change.
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Title: [[Mainly in copyist's hand] 1818 July]Description: [Mainly in copyist's hand] 1818 July 23 B Parl. Ref. Bill Reasons II. Electors Who Universality 4 1 20 3. Prediction the third. The Representatives thus chosen would enter upon the operation, and persevere in it, in such sort as to carry it into effect. If no such plan sanctioned by the concurrence of any number approaching to a Majority of the whole number of the people in the character of Constituents will be put into the hands of their respective Representatives, no persons will there be who in the character of Representatives can in any sufficient number find, in the desires and affections of their Constituents any adequate Motive for the entering upon such a task. In their own particular situation will they then find any such Motive? Already has this question received its answer: for if by the proposed arrangement no men whatever will be gainers so neither will these. But, it may be said, that howsoever the plan of equality may have been talked of and the view in which they have been chosen they have been that of their carrying this plan into effect yet, when once seated their designs may take any turn whatever: and will accordingly take some turn, which, however mischievous it may be with relation to the interests of their Constituents will have for its object at the expense of the interest of the old proprietors to create a dominion to /by/ themselves.
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Title: [[Copyist's hand] 1818 April 13 +]Description: [Copyist's hand] 1818 April 13 + Parl Reform Bill Reasons[?] 2. Electors Who 6 5 {Art. 7. No person who, during the whole or any part of the time of his residence, in any such dwelling house as aforesaid, shall have been either Officer or Private, a in any branch of his Majesty's Military service ( ) whether by land or water shall in respect of such residence be entitled to a Vote, unless during the whole of such time he shall have ben the Householder thereof: (c) nor accordingly shall any Vote-making Certificate in his favour be received at the Posting Office, unless in the blank left for the insertion of the word Householder or the word Inmate as the case may be, the word Householder be inserted.} (a) Question. Why on the part of a man engaged in the King's military service require householdership, rejecting Inmateship as insufficient. Answer. Lest by stationing, in this or that Election District troops in sufficient numbers to constitute a majority of the whole number of electors in that district, the servants of the Crown in the military department should have the power of filling according to their own pleasure the respective seats: and by possibility even, by the same body of troops, seats more than one, by marching the same body in one and the same day, from one polling district to another polling district in a different Election District. N.B. Supposing that Inmates are admitted to vote, Inmateship in the instance of the individual in question is the efficient cause of his title to vote, and that this clause stands part of the Act, a correspondent clause will require to be inserted in the blank Certificate. He has not during any part of this time been a Soldier in the regulars, a Sailor, a Marine or an Artillery man in his Majesty' service, either Officer or Private.
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Title: [[Copyist's hand] 1818 July 23]Description: [Copyist's hand] 1818 July 23 Parl Ref Bill Reasons II. Electors Who Universality 5 2 21 But now then at any rate comes the question who - what sort of men these Representatives are to be. That they should have been chosen with a view to any such plan as that of possible equalization as above has not been found in any degree probable. but if not for the sake of mischief in that shape, in what other shape it is, that under the system of Universal Suffrage it should be the wish of the people or any thing approaching to the Majority of the people to entertain any such desire as that of seeing mischief produced seems not very easy to imagine. Not having then, any determinate and assignable desire to see mischief produced - produced by the Instrumentality of their Representatives what are the qualities which in this new state of things the people may with most reason be expected to wish to find in the breasts of these same Representatives? Answer - Those qualities by the manifestation of which taken altogether the aggregate interest of these same Constituents affords the fairest promise of being advanced. But of these qualities, a description sufficiently clear, correct, and compleat with a view to the present purpose has it is hoped been already given: there, the three[?] several qualities constituted of appropriate aptitude.
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