[clx. 384]

1822 Oct. 17

Constitut. Code

Securities

Public Opin Trib

Sections

1 Interests

Such being the nature and composition of the Aristocratical Section if such it must be called of the tribunal in question, the propriety of admitting it /its force/ in the character of a security against misrule lies open to /calls forth/ an obvious objection The sort of security which it is capable of affording against the evil here in question in what does it differ from the sort of security that in the case of a foreign war would be afforded by an army of the enemy /hostile power/ in the heart of the kingdom, and in possession of the chief fortresses? The persons for whom /whose happiness/ by the social principle the security is in demand, are by the supposition the greatest number. By the same supposition the persons composing this same Aristocratical Section of the tribunal of public opinion - the aristocratical section of this same tribunal if, of the tribunal /body/ in question they can with any propriety be considered as constituting a part are by the same supposition the /a/ minority, a minority of the whole number of the members of whom the community in question is composed. But according to that same principle if received good government requires that as against the majority, the power the influence of the minority should not on any occasion be ever productive of any effect.