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1821 Decr. 7

Codification Proposal

penult¼o

Appendix

?.5. Draughtsman single

Monarchy and Representative Aristocracy

Relation

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Relation between the Monarch's interest and that of the legislative branch of the Aristocracy.

Note that upon the legislative branch of the Aristocracy, depends immediately or unimmediately the whole stock of the objects of general desire that shall have place at the expence of the whole community shall have place.

I. It is the interest of the Monarch that for the preservation and augmentation of his own share /portion/ of money, power and factitious dignity enjoyed at the expence of and by the correspondent sacrifice of the universal interest after deduction of what is consumed by himself /his individual self/ for his personal enjoyment it be made to operate upon the possessors of the supreme legislative power in the way of corruptive influence.

It is the interest of this branch of the Aristocracy that this matter of corruptive influence be received by him in the greatest quantity possible: received by him whatsoever in that way may be the operation of it. /whatsoever in that sinister direction and to that sinister effect may be the operation of it./

In so far as this effect is produced, the /every/ act by means of which it /a sacrifice of the interest of the greatest number is made to the particular and sinister interest of the ruling few/ is produced is an act of hostility to the people: an act of hostility on the parts of both corrupter and corrupted: on the part of the corrupted an act of perfidy and treachery to their Constituents: by whom in proportion as they see the effect produced resentment and ill will as towards the agents can not but be entertained.

To obviate and prevent as far as may be such resentment it is the interest of both the contracting parties to join in whatever measures convey the appearance of a desire to render such hostility and perfidy impracticable and this interest will be strong in proportion to the real inefficacy and apparent efficacy of such pretended preventives