9 Jan y 1810

Parl y. Reform

Ch.17.

'.4. Disreputableness

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Of our five species of parliamentary corruption there remains but one more, and that is, delivery of a vote for a corrupt consideration, in which though corrupt be composed of a benefit to be received by the Member in some shape or other for himself or some other person or persons connected with him by some such "virtuous" tie as that of "friendship or affection" is not in such sort determinate and liquidated and determinate, as to present to view any of that dry and sordid matter towards which the aversion of our Right Honourable Censor is so unconquerable, nor therefore to come in one short word under the denomination of a bribe. Of the genus parliamentary corruption or [...?] the essential character /characteristic/ is the dry and sordid matter so often spoken of, and in the one species of parliamentary corruption none of this dry and sordid matter being according to the description here given of it to be found the consequence is that in the thought the[?] system of the /our/ Right Honourable Censor /Naturalist/, no the genus parliamentary corruption nor consequently in his black book, alias otherwise present his seat of disreputableness no place for it is to be found.