1822 March 24

Rid Yourselves

Part 1

Letter 2 Interests

Corruptionists' Arguments

When the waste, depredation and oppression of which England Scotland and Ireland are

the theatres is complained of eyes and ears are shut and /to overpower the cry of

particular complaint a cry of general a cry of eulogy is set up. Matchless

Constitution! Envy and Admiration of its world! Matchless indeed in waste and

corruption, and in that almost hopeless /[...?] is [...?] [...?] which without the

aid of corruption and delusion it could never have been in the power of force and

intimidation to produce.

While this is writing, the employment of corruption are a means of government and

the determination to continue the employment of it has just been avowedly a function

/[...?] functionary/ by government writing and speaking by authority is the name and

by the authority of the highest department of governments only instead of corruptive

influence is the word employed meaning avowedly the influence of many in possession

or expectancy is the representatives of the people looking for it to the removable

[...?] of the Monarch.

Antecedently to the establishment of the Government of the Anglo- American United

States the English was indeed the best or to speak more properly the least bad of all

known goverments. Thus much therefore there it always has been and continues to be in

the eloquence[?] that have been bestowed upon it. But the bad the least good or is

but too incontrovertible.

[...?] what is bad and what is good in it nothing can be pleasure than the

destruction. That whatever bad in it is that which it has in common with all other

Monarchies. That which it has good in it is this /the like/ which it has now in

common with the Anglo American United States.