19 Dec r 1809

Parl y Reform

Ch. Mischief of Dependence

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What then is the necessary consequence - what the mischief of a state of such dependence on the part of such a trustee dependence on the will of a corruptor-general actuated by an interest /acting under the impulse/ opposite in every point to the interest of the people subject to his trust? What, but every mischief {of which the nature of the case is susceptible?} of which abuse of power can be productive?

Such being the mischief, where and what shall be /wherein shall consist/ the remedy? Remedy there can be but one: which is the transference of the trust into some other, in hope of their proving less {unfit /inept/ and} unfaithful hands.