1818 Sept. 26

Parl. Reform Bill

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Reasons 3 o

'.2. Electors Who

Universality

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Suppose for the whole kingdom two different sets of proposed Electors: the one {the more numerous} {such to [...?]} /that {for example,} which would be the result of the principle of universal suffrage, the other a set less numerous. {Compared with the more numerous} the less numerous set would as such be inferior in point of appropriate probity. But, though less numerous, it might to such a degree be numerous, and at the same time in such a degree superior in point of appropriate intellectual aptitude that by no sacrifice which the Representatives chosen by it would make of the universal interest would so much evil be produced, or by that deficiency in point of appropriate intellectual aptitude and active talent taken together which would have place in a body of Representatives chosen by Electors voting on /taken on/ the principle of virtually universal suffrage.

But in the present instance it will be seen that neither of these two suppositions would be /are/ verified.