1819 July 6

Defence of | | ag st Edinb gh Review

Horne Tookes Plan

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But the all of a non proprietor says Horne Tooke is not so dear even to him as the all of a proprietor is to him. Here is /we have/ my[?] obscurity, ask him for the application and thence for the explanation of it, it /what he means/ is that the non-proprietor can not be so much to be depended upon for his staying upon occasion in the country, and thus contributing to its defence.

But neither {is} /has/ this position confirmed by /the support /correct in point/ of/ fact. “The lowest order of men consume” (says he) thus all daily, as fast as they acquire it.

Widely distant from the truth is this: especially as applied to the purpose of the argument. The subsistence of the few is derived from one sort of source; the subsistence of the many from another sort of source. The subsistence of the few is derived from /composed of/ the rent of land from the interest or profit of capital, or from a deduction made from both and existing in the form of pay attached to political office, with or without service or pretence of service. The subsistence of the many is derived /composed/ from the wages of labour

But the proper object of the question need it be said is not the source from whence a mans being or well-being such as it is is /as[?]/ derived but the being and well-being itself. Well then the being and well-being of the man whose subsistence is derived from the wages of labour is it less dear to him than the being and well being of him whose subsistence is derived from rent of land movable capital or official pay? […?] could not seriously have answered in the affirmative.