1820. Octr 19 Spanish liberticide measures 13 Letter 2. Public Discussion 13

 These pages 13. 14, 15. 16. 17. were not employed in terminis in the Letter

(2) sent. In the letter were contained Substituted paragraphs written from the

marginals. Of the original brouillon one sheet is a sheet of marginals by J.C

with amendments by J.B.

The distinction between the principles of an undespotic and a despotic government

is simply this: – that according to the principles of an undespotic government

some eventual faculty of resistance and consequent change in government should

purposely be left to the body of the people. Nor is this faculty by any means

inconsistent with the existence of a government: on the contrary it is

indispensably necessary to good government. For, by the force of habit

commencing with birth and strengthened by continual observation of the direction

taken by all rewards and punishments, the natural disposition of the people

every where is to contiune at all times in a state of obsequiousness to the will

of all persons sharing in the exercise of the powers of government. In every

country but that of the United States misrule in all shapes has at all times had

place to an enormous extent and in every country it has never the less with

extremely few exceptions continued its course without resistance.

In this state of things, nothing less than the extremity of misrule can ever

excite as towards the government any such degree of disaffection as shall be

productive either of the subversion of it, or of any such endeavours at

subversion or effectual resistance to particular measures, as can be followed by

any considerable mischief to the person or property of individuals.