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29 Jany 1809. Peines

With him every thing is as it should be

Another supposition still in the same indirect way
made by him the Reverend Doctor is - that of a state of things in which
the execution of the laws would become more sanguinary
than the public compassion would endure — which state
of things is no other than the present, with only this
difference viz. that the laws as enacted by the
legislature should, would in the state supposed, instead of being be defeated were dispensed with
disobeyed in more instances out of ten, be obeyed and executed in every
instance.

To me In my view I must confess that on the part of the
public compassion there can be exists no great danger, nor
any great hope, of any such want of endurance.
Capital punishments denounced in such abundance denunciation of capital punishment to so vast an extent is
the in this belief the state of things they the people at large,
including the very few who ever care or think about the
matter, were born under and are used to. With them
as with the reverend Doctor, [+] [+] the blast of some momentary and casual interest or passion or , practice is the only proper or standard of
right and wrong: with them as with him , and Blackstone,
so long as every thing is as it is wont to be, every
thing is as it should be. In their eyes as in his eyes,
supposing that to the one out of ten who according to
law ought to be put to death the other nine were habitually added,
every thing would still be as it should be. By order <add>appointment of the powers that be ,</add> The one out
of ten were made to suffer death, therefore they merited it, they
deserved it. By the order appointment of the powers that be, the nine others
not made to suffer death now, therefore they "merit", they
"deserve" it. If In that, , if (it would be said) — on so melancholy an occasion it be proper
that somebody should be lamented, be it so: but in every instance let that somebody be - not
not the criminal by
whose wickedness this the
obligation of executing
upon him this so well
merited and well deserved
punishment was imposed,
but the most gracious
and religious king, by whose on whom by his justice an obligation so painful to his mercy was has been imposed.

Identifier: | JB/107/211/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107.
Date_1	1809-01-29	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	107	Main Headings	law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net)
Folio number	211	Info in main headings field	peines
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e11
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	th 1806
Marginals		Paper Producer	andre morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public		ID Number	35202
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