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1822 Feby. 23.

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3. The two main instruments by which in a mixt government, this sinister interest operates towards the accomplishment of its end: namely, the matter of corruptive influence,¼(¼b¼) and the aggregate fund, composed of the instruments of delusive influence; corruptive influence exercised on the delegated representatives of the people;¼(¼c¼) delusive influence exercised on all the members of the community without exception: representatives, constituents, people at large: corruptive influence operating on the will, delusive on the intellectual faculty.

4. The main pipes through which the matter of corruptive influence is drawn up;¼(¼d¼)¼ and the smaller pipes through which it is conveyed down into the corrupted hands:¼(¼e¼)

5. The course taken by sinister interest in high places in its progress towards the consummation of the sinister sacrifice © the ”devices•, or say the ”expedients•, which, during such its progress, it may be seen every where employing.