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1822 Jany 19

Offer

?.5. Admissibility Universal

The general predominance of sinister interest in all breasts and in all [...?] being established and admitted, the argument /reason/ /principle/ by which universal admission is dictated is this /lies in a narrow compass/. conferr the origination of the /original draught/ of the Code to the ruling class © whether of the legislative department or of the Executive, you can have no draught nor consequently any finished Code that is not impregnated with sinister interest and interest©begotten prejudice: have admission to proposed original draughts from all hands without exception, you throw open the door to the greatest possible number of draughts clear of that /uninfected with that/ infection or infected in the slightest degree with that taint. That which in that case the legislative body has it in its /Representatives of the people have in their/ power to prevent is the giving to any such pure draught the character of a law: But that which they have it not in their power to prevent is © its coming into existence and presenting itself to the eyes of the people. Such uninfected draught being by the supposition provided with its rationale, the people at large have thereby a standard /test/ by /to/ which to /of comparison/ to which the impure draught may be and will be sure to be composed and by which as by a test it will be tried. Take away this test take away this security, the original draught there [?], be it ever so unapt /bad/, this or [...?] is will acquire /receive/ the character of law, it being /for it is/ the only one. The greater /wider/ the difference in respect of aptitude between the less apt official and the more apt unofficial draught, the more likely /assured/ will the authors of the official draught be of seeing themselves at the next Election punished: punished by the loss of the confidence of their constituents