scalia opinion - dc v heller

7/30/2019 Scalia Opinion - DC v Heller

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Mphfhmf me tlo @murt

Zospmfboft Bhì Lonnor hs a B. @. spo`han pmnhò meehòr

autlmrhzob tm àrry a lafbduf wlhno mf buty at tlo Eob-

oran Cubh`han @oftor. Lo appnhob emr a rodhstrathmf òrtheh-

àto emr a lafbduf tlat lo whslob tm ioop at lmgo, jut

tlo Bhstrh`t roeusob. Lo tloroaetor ehnob a nawsuht hf tlo

Eoboran Bhstrh`t @murt emr tlo Bhstrh`t me @mnugjha sooi-

hfd, mf Po`mfb Agofbgoft drmufbs, tm ofcmhf tlo `hty

ermg ofemr`hfd tlo jar mf tlo rodhstrathmf me lafbdufs,

tlo nhòfshfd roquhrogoft hfsmear as ht prmlhjhts tlo àrry-

hfd me a ehroarg hf tlo lmgo whtlmut a nhòfso, afb tlo

trhddor-nmì roquhrogoft hfsmear as ht prmlhjhts tlo uso me

euf`thmfan ehroargs whtlhf tlo lmgo. App. ?8a. RloBhstrh`t @murt bhsghssob rospmfbofts `mgpnahft, soo

[arior v. Bhstrh`t me @mnugjha, 011 E. Pupp. :b 1;0, 1;8

(:;;2). Rlo @murt me Appoans emr tlo Bhstrh`t me @mnugjha

@hrùht, `mfstruhfd lhs `mgpnahft as sooihfd tlo rhdlt tm

rofbor a ehroarg mporajno afb àrry ht ajmut lhs lmgo hf

tlat `mfbhthmf mfny wlof foòssary emr sone-boeofso,: ro-

vorsob, soo [ariorv. Bhstrh`t me @mnugjha, 24< E. 0b 04;,

2;1 (:;;4). Ht lonb tlat tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft prmto`ts

af hfbhvhbuan rhdlt tm pmssoss ehroargs afb tlat tlo `htys

tmtan jaf mf lafbdufs, as wonn as hts roquhrogoft tlat

ehroargs hf tlo lmgo jo iopt fmfeuf`thmfan ovof wloffoòssary emr sone-boeofso, vhmnatob tlat rhdlt. Poo hb., at

08?, 0882;1. Rlo @murt me Appoans bhro`tob tlo Bhstrh`t

@murt tm oftor suggary cubdgoft emr rospmfboft.

To draftob orthmrarh. ??: _. P. ]]] (:;;4).

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To turf ehrst tm tlo goafhfd me tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft.

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Rlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft prmvhbos3 A wonn rodunatob

Ghnhtha, johfd foòssary tm tlo soùrhty me a eroo Ptato, tlo

rhdlt me tlo pompno tm ioop afb joar Args, slann fmt jo

:Rlat mfstru`thmf las fmt joof `lannofdob loro.


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Rlroo prmvhshmfs me tlo @mfsthtuthmf roeor tm tlo pompno

hf a `mftoxt mtlor tlaf rhdltstlo eagmus proagjno

(To tlo pompno), : me Arth`no H (prmvhbhfd tlat tlo pom-

pno whnn `lmmso gogjors me tlo Lmuso), afb tlo Roftl

Agofbgoft (prmvhbhfd tlat tlmso pmwors fmt dhvof tlo

Eoboran Dmvorfgoft rogahf whtl tlo Ptatos mr tlo

pompno). Rlmso prmvhshmfs arduajny roeor tm tlo pompno

a`thfd `mnno`thvonyjut tloy boan whtl tlo oxor`hso mr

rosorvathmf me pmwors, fmt rhdlts. Fmwloro onso hf tlo

@mfsthtuthmf bmos a rhdlt attrhjutob tm tlo pompno roeor

tm afytlhfd mtlor tlaf af hfbhvhbuan rhdlt.5

Tlat hs gmro, hf ann shx mtlor prmvhshmfs me tlo @mfsthtu-thmf tlat gofthmf tlo pompno, tlo torg ufagjhdumusny

roeors tm ann gogjors me tlo pmnhth`an `mggufhty, fmt af

ufspo`hehob sujsot. As wo sahb hf _fhtob Ptatos v. Uor-

budm-_rquhboz, 282 _. P. :?8, :5? (188;)3

YRWlo pompno soogs tm lavo joof a torg me art og-

pnmyob hf sono`t parts me tlo @mfsthtuthmf. . . . YHts

usosW suddosYtW tlat tlo pompno prmto`tob jy tlo

hf a boehfob ghnhtha. Afb C_PRH@O PROUOFP hs boabwrmfd tm tlhfi tlat

tlo rhdlt tm poththmf hs prhgarhny `mnno`thvo hf faturo. Hjhb. Poo

G`Bmfanbv. Pghtl, 24: _. P. 248, 2


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Rlo torg was appnhob, tlof as fmw, tm woapmfs tlat

woro fmt spo`hehànny boshdfob emr ghnhtary uso afb woro

fmt ogpnmyob hf a ghnhtary àpa`hty. Emr hfstafò, @uf-

fhfdlags nodan bh`thmfary davo as af oxagpno me usado3

Porvafts afb najmurors slann uso jmws afb arrmws mf

Pufbays, &`. afb fmt joar mtlor args. Poo ansm, o.d., Af

A`t emr tlo trhan me Fodrmos, 1484 Bon. Naws `l. \NHHH, 5,

p. 1;2, hf 1 Ehrst Naws me tlo Ptato me Bonawaro 1;:, 1;2

(C. @uslhfd ob. 18


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At tlo thgo me tlo emufbhfd, as fmw, tm joar goaft tm

`arry. Poo Cmlfsmf 1519 Tojstor9 R. Plorhbaf, A @mg-

pnoto Bh`thmfary me tlo Ofdnhsl Nafduado (1485)9 : Mxemrb

Ofdnhsl Bh`thmfary :; (:b ob. 18


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hfd a woapmf hf af mrdafhzob ghnhtary ufht. Custhò Cagos

Thnsmf hftorprotob tlo [offsynvafha @mfsthtuthmfs args-

joarhfd rhdlt, emr oxagpno, as a ro`mdfhthmf me tlo faturan

rhdlt me boeofso me mfos porsmf mr lmusowlat lo ànnob

tlo naw me sone prosorvathmf. : @mnno`tob Tmris me Cagos

Thnsmf 112:, afb f. x (I. Lann & G. Lann obs. :;;4) (`hthfd

[a. @mfst., Art. H\, :1 (148;))9 soo ansm R. Tanior, Hftrm-

bu`thmf tm Agorhàf Naw 18< (1


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ghnhtary bhsùsshmfs hf`nubo fmt mfny joar args jut ansm

àrry args, pmssoss args, afb lavo argstlmudl fm

mfo tlhfis tlat tlmso mtlorplrasos ansm lab spo`han ghnh-

tary goafhfds. Poo Jarfott, Tas tlo Zhdlt tm Ioop afb

Joar Args @mfbhthmfob mf Porvhò hf af Mrdafhzob Ghnh-

tha=,


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àrryhfd me args mfny emr ghnhtary purpmsos, mfo shgpny

àffmt abb emr tlo purpmso me ihnnhfd dago. Rlo rhdlt tm

àrry args hf tlo ghnhtha emr tlo purpmso me ihnnhfd dago

hs wmrtly me tlo gab lattor. Rlus, tloso purpmshvo quanh-

eyhfd plrasos pmshthvony ostajnhsl tlat tm joar args hs

fmt nhghtob tm ghnhtary uso.11

C_PRH@O PROUOFP pnaòs droat wohdlt mf Cagos Gabh-

smfs hf`nushmf me a `mfs`hofthmus-mjco`tmr `nauso hf lhs

mrhdhfan braet me tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft3 jut fm porsmf

ronhdhmusny s`rupunmus me joarhfd args, slann jo `mgponnob

tm rofbor ghnhtary sorvhò hf porsmf. @roathfd tlo Jhnn me

Zhdlts 1: (L. Uoht, I. Jmwnhfd, & @. Jhìemrb obs. 1881)(lorohfaetor Uoht). Lo arduos tlat tlhs `nauso ostajnhslos

tlat tlo braetors me tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft hftofbob joar

Args tm roeor mfny tm ghnhtary sorvhò. Poopmst, at :5. Ht

hs anways porhnmus tm borhvo tlo goafhfd me af abmptob

prmvhshmf ermg afmtlor prmvhshmf bonotob hf tlo braethfd

prmòss.1: Hf afy àso, wlat C_PRH@O PROUOFP wmunb

`mf`nubo ermg tlo bonotob prmvhshmf bmos fmt emnnmw. Ht was

fmt goaft tm oxogpt ermg ghnhtary sorvhò tlmso wlm

11C_PRH@O PROUOFP `mftofbs, pmst, at 1?, tlat shfò wo assort tlat

abbhfd adahfst tm joar args dhvos ht a ghnhtary goafhfd wo gust`mfòbo tlat abbhfd a purpmshvo quanheyhfd plraso tm joar args àf

antor hts goafhfd. Jut tlo bheeorofò hs tlat wo bm fmt gahftahf tlat

adahfst antors tlo goafhfd me joar args jut gorony tlat ht `narhehos

wlh`l me varhmus goafhfds (mfo me wlh`l hs ghnhtary) hs hftofbob.

C_PRH@O PROUOFP, lmwovor, arduos tlat YtWlo torg joar args hs a

eaghnhar hbhmg9 wlof usob ufabmrfob jy afy abbhthmfan wmrbs, hts

goafhfd hs tm sorvo as a smnbhor, bm ghnhtary sorvhò, ehdlt. [mst, at

11. Lo tloroemro gust ostajnhsl tlat abbhfd a `mftrabh`tmry purpmshvo

plraso af antora wmrbs goafhfd.1:

C_PRH@O PROUOFPehfbs suppmrt emr lhs nodhsnathvo lhstmry hfeorofò

ermg tlo ro`mrbob vhows me mfo Aftheoboranhst gogjor me tlo Lmuso.

[mst, at :5 f. :?. Rlo `nahg tlat tlo jost mr gmst roprosoftathvo

roabhfd me tlo Ynafduado me tloW agofbgofts wmunb `mfemrg tm tlo

ufborstafbhfd afb `mfòrfs me Ytlo AftheoboranhstsW hs . . . lhdlnyprmjnogath`. Zaimvo, Rlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft3 Rlo Lhdlost Ptado me

Mrhdhfanhsg, Jmdus 42,


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ioop afb joar Args hs ostajnhslob jy tlo Po`mfb

Agofbgofts ànnhfd ht a rhdlt (shfdunar) ratlor tlaf

rhdlts (pnuran). Poopmst, at 15. Rloro hs fmtlhfd tm tlhs.

Ptato `mfsthtuthmfs me tlo emufbhfd porhmb rmuthfony

drmupob gunthpno (ronatob) duaraftoos ufbor a shfdunar

rhdlt, afb tlo Ehrst Agofbgoft prmto`ts tlo rhdlt

YshfdunarW me tlo pompno poaòajny tm assogjno, afb tm

poththmf tlo Dmvorfgoft emr a robross me drhovafòs. Poo,

o.d., [a. Bo`narathmf me Zhdlts H\, \HH, \UH, hf ? Rlmrpo

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wmunb fovor jo bhsargob3 Rlat tlo sujco`ts wlh`l aro

[rmtostafts gay lavo args emr tlohr boeofso suhtajno tm

tlohr `mfbhthmfs afb as annmwob jy naw. 1 T. & G., `. :,

4, hf 0 Ofd. Ptat. at Nardo 221 (15


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Rloro soogs tm us fm bmujt, mf tlo jashs me jmtl toxt

afb lhstmry, tlat tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft `mfeorrob af

hfbhvhbuan rhdlt tm ioop afb joar args. Me `murso tlo

rhdlt was fmt ufnhghtob, cust as tlo Ehrst Agofbgofts

rhdlt me eroo spoo`l was fmt, soo, o.d., _fhtob Ptatos v.

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trahfob tm args).

j. Poùrhty me a Eroo Ptato. Rlo plraso soùrhty me

a eroo stato goaft soùrhty me a eroo pmnhty, fmt soùrhty

me oa`l me tlo sovoran Ptatos as tlo bhssoft jonmw arduob,

soo 24< E. 0b, at 2;?, afb f. 1;. Cmsopl Ptmry wrmto hf lhs

troathso mf tlo @mfsthtuthmf tlat tlo wmrb stato hs usob

hf varhmus sofsos Yafb hfW hts gmst ofnardob sofso, ht

goafs tlo pompno `mgpmshfd a parthùnar fathmf mr `mg-

gufhty. 1 Ptmry :;


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Mrhdhf me tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft :4?, :45 (B. Xmufd ob.,

:b ob. :;;1) (lorohfaetor Xmufd)9 Tlhto, Rm tlo @hthzofs me

Uhrdhfha, Eoj. ::, 14


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rathehàthmf me tlo Jhnn me Zhdlts. Rwm me tlog

[offsynvafha afb Uorgmft`noarny abmptob hfbhvhbuan

rhdlts uf`mffo`tob tm ghnhtha sorvhò. [offsynvafhas

Bo`narathmf me Zhdlts me 1445 sahb3 Rlat tlo pompno lavo a

rhdlt tm joar args emr tlo boeofò me tlogsonvos, afb tlo

stato . . . . \HHH, hf ? Rlmrpo 0;


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\H, :5 (1485), hf 5 Rlmrpo 0212, 02:29 Go. @mfst., Art. H,

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pmsan). C_PRH@O PROUOFP vhow tlus ronhos mf tlo prmpmsh-

thmf, ufsuppmrtob jy afy ovhbofò, tlat bheeoroft pompno me

tlo emufbhfd porhmb lab vastny bheeoroft `mfòpthmfs me tlo

rhdlt tm ioop afb joar args. Rlat shgpny bmos fmt `mg-

pmrt whtl mur nmfdstafbhfd vhow tlat tlo Jhnn me Zhdlts

`mbhehob voforajno, whbony ufborstmmb nhjorthos.

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To fmw abbross lmw tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft was hftor-

protob ermg hggobhatony aetor hts rathehàthmf tlrmudl tlo

ofb me tlo 18tl òftury. Joemro prmòobhfd, lmwovor, wo

taio hssuo whtl C_PRH@O PROUOFP oquathfd me tlososmuròs whtl pmstofa`tgoft nodhsnathvo lhstmry, a `mgparh-

smf tlat jotrays a eufbagoftan ghsufborstafbhfd me a

`murts hftorprothvo tasi. Poopmst, at :4, f. :


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a smnbhor, mr hf boeofso smnony me lhs pmnhth`an rhdlts. Af-

browsv. Ptato, ?; Roff. 15?, 1


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ghnhtha,pmst, at 1 (PROUOFP, C., bhssofthfd), ht wmunb lavo

ofmrgmus afb mjvhmus joarhfd mf tlo pmhft. Jut tlo @murt

afb Ptmry borhvob tlo Ptatos pmwor mvor tlo ghnhtha ermg

tlo fmfox`nushvo faturo me eoboran pmwor, fmt ermg tlo

Po`mfb Agofbgoft, wlmso proagjno gorony `mfehrgs

afb hnnustratos tlo hgpmrtafò me tlo ghnhtha. Ovof

`noaror was Custhò Janbwhf. Hf tlo eagmus eudhthvo-snavo

àso me Cmlfsmfv. Rmgpihfs, 10 E. @as.


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hf tlo proeatmry `nauso, hf `mfthfuhty whtl tlo Ofdnhsl

rhdlt3

Rlo rhdlt me tlo wlmno pompno, mnb afb ymufd, gof,

wmgof afb jmys, afb fmt ghnhtha mfny, tm ioop afb

joar argsme ovory bos`rhpthmf, afb fmt su`lgorony as

aro usob jy tlo ghnhtha, slann fmt jo hferhfdob, ùr-

tahnob, mr jrmiof hf upmf, hf tlo sgannost bodroo9 afb

ann tlhs emr tlo hgpmrtaft ofb tm jo attahfob3 tlo roar-

hfd up afb quanheyhfd a wonn-rodunatob ghnhtha, sm vh-

tanny foòssary tm tlo soùrhty me a eroo Ptato. Mur

mphfhmf hs, tlat afy naw, Ptato mr Eoboran, hs ropud-

faft tm tlo @mfsthtuthmf, afb vmhb, wlh`l `mftravofos

tlhs rhdlt, mrhdhfanny jonmfdhfd tm mur emroeatlors,

tragpnob ufbor emmt jy @larnos H. afb lhs twm whìob

smfs afb su`òssmrs, ro-ostajnhslob jy tlo rovmnuthmf

me 15


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hfd as oarnhor smuròs. Xot tlmso jmrf afb obuàtob hf tlo

oarny 18tl òftury eaòb a whbosproab oeemrt tm nhght args

mwforslhp jy a nardo fugjor me `hthzofs9 tlohr ufborstafb-

hfd me tlo mrhdhfs afb `mfthfuhfd shdfhehàfò me tlo

Agofbgoft hs hfstru`thvo.

Jnaìs woro rmuthfony bhsargob jy Pmutlorf Ptatos

aetor tlo @hvhn Tar. Rlmso wlm mppmsob tloso hfcusth os

eroquoftny statob tlat tloy hferhfdob jnaìs `mfsthtuthmfan

rhdlt tm ioop afb joar args. Foobnoss tm say, tlo `nahg

was fmt tlat jnaìs woro johfd prmlhjhtob ermg àrryhfd

args hf af mrdafhzob stato ghnhtha. A Zopmrt me tlo @mg-

ghsshmf me tlo Eroobgofs Juroau hf 1


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thmfs me dmvorfgoft, as wonn as adahfst ofoghos ermg

whtlmut, tlat dmvorfgoft hs emrjhbbof jy afy naw mr

prmòobhfd tm hfvabo mr bostrmy tlo rhdlt tm ioop afb

joar args. . . . Rlo `nauso hs afanmdmus tm tlo mfo so-

ùrhfd tlo eroobmg me spoo`l afb me tlo pross. Eroo-

bmg, fmt nhòfso, hs soùrob9 tlo eahr uso, fmt tlo nhjon-

nmus ajuso, hs prmto`tob. C. [mgormy, Af Hftrmbu`thmf

tm tlo @mfsthtuthmfan Naw me tlo _fhtob Ptatos 1?:

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emr tlohr prmto`thmf adahfst afy vhmnathmf jy tlohr eonnmw-

`hthzofs me tlo rhdlts ht ro`mdfhzos tm tlo Ptatos pmnh`o

pmwor. 8: _. P., at ??0. Rlat bhs`usshmf gaios nhttno

sofso he ht hs mfny a rhdlt tm joar args hf a stato ghnhtha.:0

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duaraftoos tlo rhdlt tm ioop afb joar su`l af hfstru-

goft. 0;4 _. P., at 14< (ogplashs abbob). @ortahfny,

tlo @murt `mfthfuob, ht hs fmt whtlhf cubh`han fmthò tlat

tlhs woapmf hs afy part me tlo mrbhfary ghnhtary oquhp-

goft mr tlat hts uso `munb `mftrhjuto tm tlo `mggmf bo-

eofso. Hjhb. Joymfb tlat, tlo mphfhmf prmvhbob fm oxpna-

fathmf me tlo `mftoft me tlo rhdlt.

Rlhs lmnbhfd hs fmt mfny `mfshstoft whtl, jut pmshthvony

suddosts, tlat tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft `mfeors af hfbhvhb-

uan rhdlt tm ioop afb joar args (tlmudl mfny args tlat

lavo smgo roasmfajno ronathmfslhp tm tlo prosorvathmf mr

oeeh`hof`y me a wonn rodunatob ghnhtha). Lab tlo @murtjonhovob tlat tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft prmto`ts mfny tlmso

sorvhfd hf tlo ghnhtha, ht wmunb lavo joof mbb tm oxaghfo

tlo `lara`tor me tlo woapmf ratlor tlaf shgpny fmto tlat

tlo twm rmmis woro fmt ghnhthagof. C_PRH@O PROUOFPàf

say adahf afb adahf tlat Ghnnorbhb fmt turf mf tlo bhe-

eorofò jotwoof gusiots afb sawob-mee slmtdufs, ht

turfob, ratlor, mf tlo jash` bheeorofò jotwoof tlo ghnh-

tary afb fmfghnhtary uso afb pmssosshmf me dufs,pmst, at

2:20, jut tlo wmrbs me tlo mphfhmf prmvo mtlorwhso. Rlo

gmst C_PRH@O PROUOFP àf pnaushjny `nahg emr Ghnnor hs

tlat ht bo`nhfob tm bo`hbo tlo faturo me tlo Po`mfbAgofbgoft rhdlt, bosphto tlo Pmnh`htmr Doforans ardu-

goft (gabo hf tlo antorfathvo) tlat tlo rhdlt was `mnno`-

thvo, soo Jrhoe emr _fhtob Ptatos, M. R. 180


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gogjors woro oxpo`tob tm pmssoss, hb., at 14


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hfvanhb ufbor tlo Ostajnhslgoft @nauso, soo Hnnhfmhs ox ron.

G`@mnnug v. Jmarb me Ob. me P`lmmn Bhst. Fm. 41, @lag-

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tafis. Jut tlo ea`t tlat gmborf bovonmpgofts lavo nhg-

htob tlo bodroo me eht jotwoof tlo proeatmry `nauso afb tlo

prmto`tob rhdlt àffmt `lafdo mur hftorprotathmf me tlo

rhdlt.

HU

To turf ehfanny tm tlo naw at hssuo loro. As wo lavo

sahb, tlo naw tmtanny jafs lafbduf pmssosshmf hf tlo lmgo.

Ht ansm roquhros tlat afy naweun ehroarg hf tlo lmgo jo

bhsassogjnob mr jmufb jy a trhddor nmì at ann thgos, rof-

borhfd ht hfmporajno.

As tlo qumtathmfs oarnhor hf tlhs mphfhmf bogmfstrato,tlo hfloroft rhdlt me sone-boeofso las joof òftran tm tlo

Po`mfb Agofbgoft rhdlt. Rlo lafbduf jaf agmufts tm a

prmlhjhthmf me af ofthro `nass me args tlat hs mvorwlong-

hfdny `lmsof jy Agorhàf sm`hoty emr tlat naweun purpmso.

Rlo prmlhjhthmf oxtofbs, gmromvor, tm tlo lmgo, wloro tlo

foob emr boeofso me sone, eaghny, afb prmporty hs gmst aùto.

_fbor afy me tlo stafbarbs me s`ruthfy tlat wo lavo ap-

pnhob tm ofugoratob `mfsthtuthmfan rhdlts,:4jaffhfd ermg

:4C_PRH@O JZOXOZ`mrro`tny fmtos tlat tlhs naw, nhio angmst ann naws,

wmunb pass rathmfan-jashs s`ruthfy. [mst, at


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nar woapmf `lmsof jy Agorhàfs emr sone-boeofso hf tlo

lmgo, afb a `mgpnoto prmlhjhthmf me tlohr uso hs hfvanhb.

To gust ansm abbross tlo Bhstrh`ts roquhrogoft (as

appnhob tm rospmfbofts lafbduf) tlat ehroargs hf tlo

lmgo jo rofborob afb iopt hfmporajno at ann thgos. Rlhs

gaios ht hgpmsshjno emr `hthzofs tm uso tlog emr tlo `mro

naweun purpmso me sone-boeofso afb hs lofò uf`mfsthtu-

thmfan. Rlo Bhstrh`t arduos tlat wo slmunb hftorprot tlhs

onogoft me tlo statuto tm `mftahf af oxòpthmf emr sone-

boeofso. Poo Jrhoe emr [oththmfors ?5?4. Jut wo tlhfi

tlat hs pro`nubob jy tlo ufoquhvmàn toxt, afb jy tlo

prosofò me òrtahf mtlor ofugoratob oxòpthmfs3 Oxòptemr naw ofemrògoft porsmffon . . . , oa`l rodhstraft slann

ioop afy ehroarg hf lhs pmssosshmf ufnmabob afb bhsas-

sogjnob mr jmufb jy a trhddor nmì mr shghnar bovhò ufnoss

su`l ehroarg hs iopt at lhs pnaò me jushfoss, mr wlhno

johfd usob emr naweun ro`roathmfan purpmsos whtlhf tlo

Bhstrh`t me @mnugjha. B. @. @mbo 4:?;4.;:. Rlo fmf-

oxhstofò me a sone-boeofso oxòpthmf hs ansm suddostob jy

tlo B. @. @murt me Appoans statogoft tlat tlo statuto

emrjhbs roshbofts tm uso ehroargs tm stmp hftrubors, soo

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nmabob Args hf juhnbhfds, dhvo roasmf tm bmujt tlat `mnm-

fhan Jmstmf autlmrhthos wmunb lavo ofemròb tlat doforan

prmlhjhthmf adahfst smgomfo wlm togpmrarhny nmabob a

ehroarg tm `mfermft af hftrubor (bosphto tlo naws appnhà-

thmf hf tlat àso). Hf afy àso, wo wmunb fmt staio mur

hftorprotathmf me tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft upmf a shfdno

naw, hf oeeo`t hf a shfdno `hty, tlat `mftrabh`ts tlo mvor-

wlonghfd wohdlt me mtlor ovhbofò rodarbhfd tlo rhdlt tm

ioop afb joar args emr boeofso me tlo lmgo. Rlo mtlor

naws C_PRH@O JZOXOZ `htos aro dufpmwbor-stmrado naws

tlat lo `mfòbos bhb fmt `noarny prmlhjht nmabob woapmfs,

jut roquhrob mfny tlat oxòss dufpmwbor jo iopt hf aspo`han `mftahfor mr mf tlo tmp enmmr me tlo lmgo. [mst, at

54. Fmtlhfd ajmut tlmso ehro-saeoty naws ufborghfos mur

afanyshs9 tloy bm fmt rogmtony jurbof tlo rhdlt me sone-

boeofso as gu`l as af ajsmnuto jaf mf lafbdufs. Fmr,

`mrrospmfbhfdny, bmos mur afanyshs suddost tlo hfvanhbhty

me naws rodunathfd tlo stmrado me ehroargs tm provoft

a``hbofts.

C_PRH@O JZOXOZpmhfts tm mtlor emufbhfd-ora naws tlat

lo says rostrh`tob tlo ehrhfd me dufs whtlhf tlo `hty nhghts

tm at noast smgo bodroo hf Jmstmf, [lhnabonplha afb Fow

Xmri. [mst, at 2 (`hthfd @lur`lhnn, Duf Zodunathmf, tlo[mnhò [mwor, afb tlo Zhdlt tm Ioop Args hf Oarny Agor-

hà, :? Naw & Lhst. Zov. 108, 15: (:;;4)). Rlmso naws

prmvhbo fm suppmrt emr tlo sovoro rostrh`thmf hf tlo prosoft

àso. Rlo Fow Xmri naw novhob a ehfo me :; slhnnhfds mf

afymfo wlm ehrob a duf hf òrtahf pnaòs (hf`nubhfd

lmusos) mf Fow Xoars Ovo afb tlo ehrst twm bays me Cafu-

ary, afb was ahgob at provofthfd tlo droat Bagados . . .

eroquoftny bmfo mf Ytlmso baysW jy porsmfs dmhfd Lmuso tm

Lmuso, whtl Dufs afb mtlor Ehroargs afb johfd metof

hftmxhàtob whtl Nhqumr. ? @mnmfhan Naws me Fow Xmri

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mr caywanihfd. Afb antlmudl su`l pujnh`-saeoty naws gay

fmt `mftahf oxòpthmfs emr sone-boeofso, ht hs hf`mfòhvajno

tlat tlo tlroat me a caywanihfd thìot wmunb botor smgomfo

ermg bhsrodarbhfd a Bm Fmt Tani shdf hf mrbor tm enoo af

attaìor, mr tlat tlo Dmvorfgoft wmunb ofemrò tlmso naws

ufbor su`l `hrùgstafòs. Nhiowhso, wo bm fmt tlhfi tlat

a naw hgpmshfd a ?-slhnnhfd ehfo afb emreohturo me tlo duf

wmunb lavo provoftob a porsmf hf tlo emufbhfd ora ermg

ushfd a duf tm prmto`t lhgsone mr lhs eaghny ermg vhmnofò,

mr tlat he lo bhb sm tlo naw wmunb jo ofemròb adahfst lhg.

Rlo Bhstrh`t naw, jy `mftrast, ear ermg hgpmshfd a ghfmr

ehfo, tlroatofs `hthzofs whtl a yoar hf prhsmf (ehvo yoars emra so`mfb vhmnathmf) emr ovof mjtahfhfd a duf hf tlo ehrst

pnaò. Poo B. @. @mbo 4:?;4.;5.

C_PRH@O JZOXOZgmvos mf tm gaio a jrmab curhsprubof-

than pmhft3 Lo `rhth`hzos us emr bo`nhfhfd tm ostajnhsl a novon

me s`ruthfy emr ovanuathfd Po`mfb Agofbgoft rostrh`thmfs.

Lo prmpmsos, oxpnh`htny at noast, fmfo me tlo trabhthmfanny

oxprossob novons (strh`t s`ruthfy, hftorgobhato s`ruthfy,

rathmfan jashs), jut ratlor a cubdo-ogpmworhfd hftorost-

janaf`hfd hfquhry tlat asis wlotlor tlo statuto jurbofs

a prmto`tob hftorost hf a way mr tm af oxtoft tlat hs mut me

prmpmrthmf tm tlo statutos sanutary oeeo`ts upmf mtlorhgpmrtaft dmvorfgoftan hftorosts. [mst, at 1;. Aetor af

oxlausthvo bhsùsshmf me tlo ardugofts emr afb adahfst

duf `mftrmn, C_PRH@O JZOXOZ arrhvos at lhs hftorost-

janafòb afswor3 joàuso lafbduf vhmnofò hs a prmjnog,

joàuso tlo naw hs nhghtob tm af urjaf aroa, afb joàuso

tloro woro smgowlat shghnar rostrh`thmfs hf tlo emufbhfd

porhmb (a eanso prmpmshthmf tlat wo lavo anroaby bhs-

ùssob), tlo hftorost-janaf`hfd hfquhry rosunts hf tlo

`mfsthtuthmfanhty me tlo lafbduf jaf. QOB.

To ifmw me fm mtlor ofugoratob `mfsthtuthmfan rhdlt

wlmso `mro prmto`thmf las joof sujco`tob tm a eroostafbhfd

hftorost-janaf`hfd apprma`l. Rlo vory ofugorathmf metlo rhdlt taios mut me tlo lafbs me dmvorfgoftovof tlo


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Hf sug, wo lmnb tlat tlo Bhstrh`ts jaf mf lafbduf

pmssosshmf hf tlo lmgo vhmnatos tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft,

as bmos hts prmlhjhthmf adahfst rofborhfd afy naweun ehro-

arg hf tlo lmgo mporajno emr tlo purpmso me hggobhato

sone-boeofso. Assughfd tlat Lonnor hs fmt bhsquanhehob

ermg tlo oxor`hso me Po`mfb Agofbgoft rhdlts, tlo Bhs-

trh`t gust porght lhg tm rodhstor lhs lafbduf afb gust

hssuo lhg a nhòfso tm àrry ht hf tlo lmgo.

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To aro awaro me tlo prmjnog me lafbduf vhmnofò hf tlhs

`muftry, afb wo taio sorhmusny tlo `mfòrfs rahsob jy tlogafy agh`h wlm jonhovo tlat prmlhjhthmf me lafbduf

mwforslhp hs a smnuthmf. Rlo @mfsthtuthmf noavos tlo

Bhstrh`t me @mnugjha a varhoty me tmmns emr `mgjathfd tlat

prmjnog, hf`nubhfd smgo goasuros rodunathfd lafbdufs,

soo supra, at ?2??, afb f. :5. Jut tlo ofslrhfogoft me

`mfsthtuthmfan rhdlts foòssarhny taios òrtahf pmnh`y

`lmhòs mee tlo tajno. Rloso hf`nubo tlo ajsmnuto prmlhjh-

thmf me lafbdufs lonb afb usob emr sone-boeofso hf tlo

lmgo. _fbmujtobny smgo tlhfi tlat tlo Po`mfb Agofb-

goft hs mutgmbob hf a sm`hoty wloro mur stafbhfd argy hs

tlo prhbo me mur Fathmf, wloro wonn-trahfob pmnhò emròs

prmvhbo porsmfan soùrhty, afb wloro duf vhmnofò hs a

sorhmus prmjnog. Rlat hs porlaps bojatajno, jut wlat hs

fmt bojatajno hs tlat ht hs fmt tlo rmno me tlhs @murt tm

prmfmufò tlo Po`mfb Agofbgoft oxthf`t.

To aeehrg tlo cubdgoft me tlo @murt me Appoans.

Ht hs sm mrborob.

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