1818 Dec. 24

Parl. Reform Bill.

Dialogue

Preliminary View

Evils & Remedies

1 Evils

34

15

Inserendum

Anti-Reformist. Proceed.

Reformist. I obey. Among Election evils such as are appropriate I divide in the

first place into those which regard /apply to/ the situation of Representatives in

the immediate way, to wit through the medium of that of Electors.

Anti-Reformist. Perfectly logical, for aught I know: plainly exhaustive I must

confess. But still I am /find myself/ in the clouds. I hope it will not be long ere

we land in /on/ terra firma.

Reformist. At the very next step /One step more and/ we are there. The evils which

apply to situation of Representative in an immediate way are these three: to wit. 1.

Miselection; 2. Non-Election; 3. Null-Election.