[clxiv. 153]

1820 June 2

Emancipation Spanish?

Contributive to Corruption

King hostile to justice

It is to the heart of a King of England that you must look and to those of the advisers by whom he is surrounded, and all his vices cherished /encouraged/ and excited, it is to such hearts that you must look if your wish is to see examples [...? ...?] of a hatred /an hatred/ an abhorrence a rooted and irremovable abhorrence for /of/ the idea and the very name of justice

How should it be otherwise? It is in this word that his will finds the only obstacle that it ever has to encounter. To him it is a perfect bugbear, by which he is haunted and plagued /which haunts him/ at every step: to the Emperor it is a mere shadow: a harmless an unoffending shadow.

In the heart of no Monarch who has the impudence to grant what he calls a Charter can there be any place for any regard for justice

The King the fountain of justice? is he so indeed? Why then, justice depends upon his will for its very existence. That is conformable to justice that is unconformable which he at any time is pleased to call so.

The very signature of such an instrument the very act of conferring such a favour is an insult - a disavowal of all real regard for justice. But if such be the very grant of a Charter, what shall we say of /is/ the violation of it?

Yet where was ever the /that/ Charter /granted/ that was not violated repeatedly and continually violated? Where was ever that Charter granted, the intention the first determination of the violation of which was not entertained - entertained at the time of granting it?