[131a-040]

1819 May 20

Defence of the Ballot

Ballot

Objection I

In ballot no secrecy

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9 continued. Ah poor silly creatures! they have a sad /sad is/ propensity to betray themselves. Give them freedom in any shape they are sure to be the worse for it: freedom of conscience, freedom of suffrage freedom of choice in every shape. Every thing should be chosen for their betters: religion, by the Bishops: votes by Tories, and Whigs: not forgetting the Reviewer who seeing what bad use they would make of freedom is at all this pains in the hope of keeping it for ever out of their hands.