[clxii. 235]

1821 Jany. 6

Rid Yourselves

'. Preliminary distinctions

So much for the distinctions themselves: now as to the application I have to make of them: the importance of it you can not but in some degree have already anticipated.

1. Distinction between the interest of Spain and the interest of Ultramaria. Of the two interests that of Spain alone is on the present occasion the direct and ultimate object of my regard. Yes People of Spain on the present occasion it is for your sake alone that I write. Not that in equal numbers, the people of the one hemisphere either have or ought a higher place than those of the other. But in place /in the first place/ is the interest that the Ultramarians have in the business that there is scarce any risk /danger/ of its being misconceived: in the next place it is not possible for me to bring to view /shew you/ your interest in the matter, without bringing to your view their interest in it at the same time. Why not possible? For this plain reason. The more strongly and manifestly repugnant to their interest the case in question would be, the stronger will be their aversion to it: and the stronger their aversion to it, the greater will be the difficulty you would find in any endeavour of yours to surmount it, and the greater the sufferings to which you would by all such endeavours be subjected /affected/.