1822 Decr. 13 Tripoli. Securities against Misrule 7o Preliminary Explanations

?.2. Remedy Publicity Publ. Opin. Tribunal ?.3. Functions compared

5. and 6. On receipt /Having received/ from his correspondent the

above-mentioned letter and thereupon the several other masses of evidence and

argument above-mentioned, the Editor in the course of the controversy forms and

declares some opinion or say judgment of his own, provisional or definitive, in

favour of the accusing or the defending side. Here the functions of forming and

that of giving expression to such opinion and judgment stand exemplified.

The judgment suppose is a judgment declaring conviction, and passing sentence of

condemnation on the party so accused. But in such judgment and sentence of

condemnation is included an opinion that the by the party thus condemned a

disreputable act has been committed an act whereby he will be lowered

/depressed/ in the estimation of other members of this same unofficial

judicatory in an indeterminable and incalculable number: in consequence of which

depression he will naturally in the natural course of things be deprived in some

sort and proportion or other of their good offices, and upon occasion even be

exposed in some sort or proportion to positive ill offices at their hands: and

in such judgment is naturally at least if not necessarily and virtually included

the declaration of a will or say a desire that such shall /should/ be the

result.

By this President and leading member of this Sub Committee of the Public Opinion

Tribunal by which cognizance is taken of this affair - by him, not to speak of

others who agree with him expression is given to the judgment so formed. But by

others in an incalculable number by whom no judgment is expressed, a judgment on

the subject - the like judgment suppose is [...? ...? ...?] formed. But the

judgment being formed, though no expression is ever given to it, a correspondent

will, as above is naturally formed, a correspondent will, from whence result

substraction of good offices, and performance of ill offices, as above.