1820. Dec r. 31. Revised March 20

Rid Yourselves of Ultramaria

Note

Introduction

'. 6. Tables - grounds of opinion

Note (a) to Table III.

(a) From the distribution thus made, inferences of no small

importance can scarcely fail to present themselves to the most incurious eye. In

class 1, the titles of the articles will serve as an object of comparison for the use

of the present day:- at present, are there any of these that can be struck off? any

others that requre to be added? Then, as to the sums

belonging to each, allowance made for the difference in the value of money, those of

the present day, what are they? will they bear subtraction?

will they require addition? and for what reasons? and so on, in regard to the several

articles belonging to the three other classes.

By the amount of the articles in Class 2, will be seen the amount of the expenditure

of the Monarchical form in Government, as contrasted with a Republican form; for

example, that exemplified in the Anglo-American United

States: with the 128,000,000 of reals vellon will be compared the 25,000 United

States Dollars 500,000 reals vellon of thereabouts (Translator correct this) which

form the official emolument of the Chief fuctionary in those republican states: and

hereupon, by a review of the several articles, the question is suggested, on the one

hand, by how much the condition of the people in Spain would be deteriorated, if

those same articles were respectively struck out of the list: and, on the other hand,

by how much the condition of the people of those United States would be improved, if,

for the purpose of additional expenditure, under those several heads, the sums stated

in a line with them, or some greater sums, were added to the official emolument, of

the not very scantily provided chief functionary just mentioned. With correspondent

instruction and advantage, the like questions might be applied to the several other

European Monarchies: not forgetting France, England: not forgetting the several

Monarchies of inferior rank which for the more effectual swelling of the amount of

this branch of the public expenditure, have so lately been promoted into Kingdoms. How can it be otherwise? In all these, as well as

all other Monarchies, the principle, acted upon, on this and all other occasions, is

it not this? namely that (to use as far as it will go the wording of the Spanish

Constitutional Code, Art. 13) "the proper end of all political society is nothing but

the welfare of" then comes the separation - and instead of " the

individuals who compose it, we must say - the one ruling

individual. As to principle, a better than this

Spanish one can not be desired. As to practice, whether its

destiny be to be consistently acted upon, the event will, ere long, shew.