[xxxvi. 54]

1821 April 3

First Lines

Supreme Operative

Of the Constitution in creation

I The United States American nation have a constitutiion.

Thay have a Constitutional Code: the Constitution is the system of arrangement delivered in their Code.

It has for its object the greatest happiness of the greatest numbers

In pursuit of that object the powers of government are distributed /alloted/ by the greatest number

II The Spanish nation has a Constitution

It has a Constitutional Code: the Constitution is the system of arrangement delivered in this Code

III The French nation has a Constitution It has a Charter granted by the Monarch. The Constitution is the system of arrangement delivered in that [...?] /[...?]/.

IV. The English nation has a Constitution. It has no Constitutional Code.