1820. Octr. 19 Spanish liberticide measures 16 Letter 2. Public discussion 16

Confined to a single spot or to a small number spots in the whole territory of

the state – confined to a single portion of time – to a single day in the year

or to a small number of days – confined to days of casually occurrence and not

capable of being fixt to the purpose of ensuring preparation and attendance such

meetings would be contributory in no better than but a precarious and inadequate

degree to the conjunct purpose of instruction and excitation. For the same cause

/reason that/ this state of preparation for eventual resistance is necessary in

/on the part of/ any one /place/ portion of the population it is necessary in

/on the part of/ every other, for the same cause /reason/ that it is necessary

at any one portion of time it is necessary at every other.

To the exclusion of despotism a perpetual state of preparation for eventual

resistance is therefore necessary; and to this perpetual state of preparation

for eventual resistance not only a state of general appropriate instruction and

excitation, but a universal and perpetual faculty of concert on the part of the

people is necessary.

{In a word To this state of preparation jealousy – perpetual and unrelenting

jealousy – is necessary: a jealousy by the absence of which one of two things –

either an absolute ignorance of the nature of man, or a desire that the

government should be despotic, and the real happiness of the subject many made a

compleat sacrifice of to the real or imaginary happiness of the ruling few is

conclusively evidenced.