1820 Oct. 12 liberticide measures 11 §. 2. Press violation Reasons against

libel law

3. From the evil, be it what it may, supposing the assistance and support

furnished to him by his situation more or less inadequate /insufficient/, the

public functionary as such possesses to a certainty possesses before hand a

compensation which is not possessed by the individual at large.

So as /Let but/ his being in the situation in question be but the result of his

own free choice, its being so is of itself a conclusive proof of his possessing

this additional /peculiar[?]/ compensation, and the magnitude of the

compensation will be as the value of the situation taken in all its elements

/component parts/ money, power, factitious dignity natural reputation, and every

thing else if there be any thing else that has its /a/ value, being taken into

the account.

To the case where his being in the situation in question is matter /the result/

of compulsion and not of his own free choice, in such sort that there is

sufficient reason for regarding the value of it as being nothing /0/ or below 0

in his eyes – In /in/ this case it is manifest no such compensation it is

evident as is supposed can it is evident have place. But even in this case /from

the imputation/ though /howsoever injurious/ productive of injury to the

individual/ so great is the good /benefit/ to the public, compared with the

injury /evil/ to the individual, that so long /far/ as the good to the public

requires the publicity of the imputation, the evil to the individual can not be

great enough to require the suppression of it.