[clxvii. 105]

1821 March 24

Rid Yourselves

AntiConstitutional evil

Consumption of Cortes time

But, if this sum be too short /insufficient/ /small/ for the purpose, Ultramaria out of the question, how much more so will /can it fail/ not to be the allowance of time on the supposition of the maintenance of the dominion in this and that portion of the Ultramarian world, concluding with the whole?

Now then supposing /of/ a deficiency of this sort what is the consequence? 1. Suppose for a moment no Ultramarian dominion, and the allotment of time for the business of the Sovereign Assembly sufficient, sufficient whatever be the amount of it: whether the posited three or four months in the Year, or all twelve months. That it was at any time the maximum to deal with, in the twelve months.

Add in the Ultramarian dominion: for simplicity of conception and let the population of Ultramarian be exactly equal to that of Spain - say 12 million

Suppose now that in the Cortes sitting in Spain the affairs of the 12 millions in Ultramaria will require no more /greater portion/ of the time of the Sovereign Assembly than the 12 millions in the peninsular. While there was no Ultramaria the twelve months time was just sufficient: add now to Ultramaria these same twelve months are no longer sufficient: they are but half sufficient.

To the service /business/ of the people in Spain not more time is allotted than half the quantity that was necessary to the due performance of it: In this same case moreover are the people of Ultramaria.