27 May 1819

Disfranchising

Disfranchising

§.6.5. Evil. 5 Producing misplaced confidence

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§.6.5. Evil 5. Producing misplaced /groundless/ confidence

or 17.

Example. Care of the currency. Here a Coincidence. Wish and endeavour accordingly

sincere.

or 18.

Here then for people’s confidence a ground

or 19.

But here as elsewhere at every oppositeness of interests, the ground for confidence

fails.

or 20.

Ulterior design – what if any?

By some of the | | in the sinister interest the sort of promise it seems to afford of

ulterior change, is approved as helping to keep up the delusion and groundless

confidence: by others disapproved: because promise keeps up hope; hope, desire; and

desire endeavour.

or 21.

Another point undeterminable – how far if at all by its supporters this particular

sort of change is designed to be applied to other seats.

§.6.5. Evil 5. Producing misplaced confidence

or 22.

By some the wish to see such ulterior application has been declared – and of these by

some has been declared the wish to see all such changes made as shall be necessary to

remedy imperfections in the representation.

or 23.

By these last this particular change is lauded as a proof of sincerity, and an | | of

all such desirable changes: a stay-stomach. But no such design is entertained by any

of them.

or 24.

Anti reformist. How can you think so? when in your opinion by this change, their

sinister interest is served.

or 25.

Reformist: Yes: but so slowly that the service looked for from it as a preventive of

other changes is much greater.

26.

Proofs of the endeavour to give effect to this wish of prevention

1. Lord Erskine

Defence of the Whigs.

§.6.5. Evil 5. Producing misplaced confidence

27.

II Edinburgh Review of Plan Cats in p.199 Reference to an undescribed Parliamentary

Reform to be effected by Whigs when in power

The passage transcribed with Notes.

28.

Per J. B. By whatever has by Whigs been proposed or insinuated in the way of reform

the desire | | is the desire not to promote reform but to prevent it.

29.

Follows sale proof of sincere desire: viz promoting the adoption of the Ballot for

the present without any other change.

30.

The ballot having been combated by a regular argument in the Edinburgh Review follows

an examination of that part of the article on Plan Cat.