[xxxvi. 72]

1821 July 26

First Lines

Constitutional

Monarchy

Monarch [...?] and

subjects

No Monarch ever has been or ever will be to whom his subjects taken collectively [...?/...?/] and been objects of hatred and contempt: hatred for the injury he is doing them by his existence, and for the [...?] which in indeterminate /unlimited/ multitudes he feels /is sensible/ that they can not but feel at the contemplation of that injury: contempt for their submission to that course of all comprehensive and never-failing injury. This [...?] affection every word he hears from them with whom he is surrounded and contributes at all times to confirm in him. It is for him they were made: and they have the [...?] to think and act as if they had been made for themselves: every word he hears from them about him encreases in giving strength in for mind at the expence of the results to the self-regarding and antisocial appetites. This [...?] of [...?] in him but the [...?] of wisdom with justice.

The affection has more of contempt anf hatred in it according as the Monarchy /in the former/ is on the one hand absolute and on the other hand is less limited, and according as they are acquiescent /compleatly selfless/ no man is left [...?] under the yoke.

No Monarch ever has been or ever will be, whom when affections towards his subjects taken collectively had /have had/ as much kindness in them as those towards his dogs and horses. From no dog of his nor from any horse of his has to war had any thing to fear: and from his subjects he has at all times had every thing to fear. From his earth he gets at all times as much as he wants: from his subjects he gets at no time as much as he wants.

What? and by his very situation is a Monarch every Monarch effectually benefit of all round sympathy? no not altogether: howsoever the /by/ matchless independence of his /that/ situation the quantity of it can not but be more or less diminished. But this kindly affection whatsoever there is of it, his subjects what are they than [...?] for it? They are all the worse. From /of/ this sympathy comes the final bounty /beneficence/: and it is at the expence /and no pleasure [...?]/ of his subjects that /can/ this virtue be exercised.