1820. Sept.

Emancipation Spanish

'. 9 Creole Deputation none

1. Prescribed representation impracticable

2. Past and present representation spurious

 Insert from Represent a no security N o 5.

Commentary Proclamation not [...?]

'. Under the Constitution as it stands, no such plan of representation as it

professes to give, /establish/ can have place.

If in every account the endeavour to maintain the dominion, even though success were

sure, is so far from advisable, the impracticability of it, obtaining any such

representation as it professes to give - the impracticablity of effecting any such

/that/ purpose without a violation of the Constitution, while no violation would

render success probable, /the maintenance probable/ will the less be regretted.

Now so it is, that under the Constitution as it stands this part of the proposed

deputation can not in future have place /never have place at all./ Of this

impracticability the cause is altogether a simple one. Per Art \ZS\ the Election

process Members From /In/ no Ultramarian Province can any Election of Members for the

Cortes have place till a Census - an authorative account of

the population of the province - has been made. /formed/ And in a province in which

there exists not any such Census by no hands can it be made but by those of a local

body the Provincial deputation the Members of which are not to be elected till after

the election of deputies to the Cortes /from that Cortes/ has taken place. A. can not

come into existence till B. has come into existence: and B. can not come into

existence till A. has come into existence

 Give the proof from the Articles.