2 Oct r 1809

Parl y Reform

B. I. Necessity

Ch.19. War prevented by Reform

§.1. Popular pacific. 1. Theory

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When the people have been instigated to war it has been by the King’s corrupt tools.

At present and at all times as we have seen it is the interest of the King to keep

the people in a state of war, necessary or unnecessary. War encreases his patronage,

itself an object of value[?] to encrease his patronage is to encrease his power: his

power of doing every thing: of corrupting the authority which ought to check

/superintend[?]/ his: of converting those, who ought to be his supervisors into his

instruments instruments by the use of which he scrapes into his coffers more money

and more power: power and money befit one another and so taking money out of the

pocket and liberty out of the breast of the subject so long as either of the one or

the other any thing is left.

But it is not the interest of the people to be kept /continue/ in a state of war at

/in/ any other time /occasion/ nor for any longer time than it is necessary. To p.4

From p.4

By their passions the people are liable to be plunged into a war. But the King is

prompted to keep the people plunged in war not only by his passions passions – by

casually arising /rising/ and temporally acting but by his interests: by his by his

constantly acting and most coolly considered interests. In this shape, as in every

other shape, what is the King’s interest. These same interests so long as he has

power, the King ought in reason to be supposed and expected to pursue. Take away this

part of his power, his interest will to the purpose of mischief in this shape be

without effect.

To p.5.