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<p><!-- pencil -->17 Apr. 1803 | |||
<!-- pencil --><head>Two Letters</head><note>Preface</note></p> | |||
<p>☞ Insert in the Preface extract from Collins's last letter</p> | |||
<p>Comparing the profession <add><unclear>unexpectedly</unclear></add> here made public with the <add>silence – the</add> safe and <unclear>necessary</unclear> silence<lb/> | |||
which has caused men may estimate <add>a tolerably correct estimate <del>may</del></add> without much difficulty the regard that<lb/> | |||
paid in <add>recently <gap/></add> noble minds for the interests of morality <add>good faith</add> can security and <add>public</add> justice<lb/> | |||
The noble Lord one adept in silence – whose proficiency in the arts of silence is beyond dispute.</p> | |||
<p>A question here presents itself.<lb/> | |||
Letters to Lord Pelham?<lb/> | |||
says somebody. <del><gap/></del> Letters about Convicts and about Penal Laws<lb/> | |||
about Police! Who is this that writes letters to Lord Pelham<lb/> | |||
and upon such subjects? Write upon such subjects and to<lb/> | |||
Lord Pelham? To Lord Pelham and upon such subjects?<lb/> | |||
What did he ever know about them? What did he ever care<lb/> | |||
about them? Who <add>then</add> is Lord Pelham? What does Lord Pelham?<lb/> | |||
Where is Lord Pelham?</p> | |||
<p><add>Unable to find</add> Without a reason without the shadow or so much as the pretence of<lb/> | |||
an excuse Gentleman <del><gap/></del> <unclear>known</unclear> that the inured <add>opposed</add> individual and the<lb/> | |||
still worse injured public is without remedy knowing that they themselves<lb/> | |||
can not be punished. Gentleman wrap themselves up <add>not</add> in their virtue<lb/> | |||
but in their power – and are silent</p> | |||
<p>I answer – <del>the ways</del> <add>Lords like other men must be taken as they are. </add> We must take men as we find<lb/> | |||
them and where we find them. The ways of providence are inscrutable<hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> | |||
<hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> <note><hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> As they in the hands of the Kings <add>justice</add> are.</note> The choice of his Majesty's Secretary of State is vested<lb/> | |||
in his Majesty. Lord Pelham is one of his Majesty's Secretaries<lb/> | |||
of State.</p> | |||
<p>Obsequious towards those whom <add>who can not be afforded <gap/> injured without danger</add> he is obliged to reckon with <lb/> | |||
avenger himself upon him <add>those</add> alone who has none to help him whose fate he<lb/> | |||
beholds lying at his feet.</p> | |||
<p>The privilege of silence is not refused to the lowest <add>class</add> of malefactors:<lb/> | |||
who shall <add>can</add> refuse it to the highest. <add>who shall match it from the strongest</add> and the strongest.<lb/> | |||
<gap/> have no protector <add>advocate guardian</add>: public security public morals have no guardian<lb/> | |||
engagements have no force: Parliament has no authority. Oppression<lb/> | |||
and perfidy are triumphant: oppressed <gap/> finds no support<lb/> | |||
in the administration of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Addington<lb/> | |||
Compliant <gap/> no redress nor so much as a hearing: letters<lb/> | |||
are <gap/> doors shut: persons <add>speechless and</add> inaccessible . The trust<lb/> | |||
of the public has been broken towards an unoffending individual.</p> | |||
<p>The <gap/> <gap/> this: <add>he has need of it: he has <gap/> of it <gap/></add> he is content it should be so: that it should<lb/> | |||
be so — that a wasteful and corruptive system should be perpetuated <gap/><lb/> | |||
<gap/> <gap/> as it suits the <gap/> <gap/> <del><gap/></del> or ingenious interests, or copious<lb/> | |||
and passions of <gap/> <gap/></p> | |||
<note><hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi>As clay in the hands of the<lb/> | |||
<gap/><lb/> | |||
Kings are in<lb/> | |||
the hands of the King of Kings<lb/> | |||
so are subjects in the hands<lb/> | |||
Subjects are in<lb/> | |||
the hands of Kings, Kings<lb/> | |||
take subjects and take men<lb/> | |||
as they find them. The <add>business</add> subject<lb/> | |||
matter was of the number <lb/> | |||
of those which are understood<lb/> | |||
to belong to come under the<lb/> | |||
cognizance of a Secretary <lb/> | |||
of State.</note> | |||
<note>the authority of Parliament<lb/> | |||
has been openly trampled upon<lb/> | |||
and <gap/><lb/> | |||
and the public faith shou'd<lb/> | |||
<gap/> <gap/> <del><gap/> Parliam</del><lb/> | |||
to the <gap/> of a devoted <gap/><lb/> | |||
<gap/> Parliament should <gap/><lb/> | |||
<del><gap/></del> a state of <gap/> <gap/></note> | |||
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17 Apr. 1803 Two LettersPreface
☞ Insert in the Preface extract from Collins's last letter
Comparing the profession unexpectedly here made public with the silence – the safe and necessary silence
which has caused men may estimate a tolerably correct estimate may without much difficulty the regard that
paid in recently noble minds for the interests of morality good faith can security and public justice
The noble Lord one adept in silence – whose proficiency in the arts of silence is beyond dispute.
A question here presents itself.
Letters to Lord Pelham?
says somebody. Letters about Convicts and about Penal Laws
about Police! Who is this that writes letters to Lord Pelham
and upon such subjects? Write upon such subjects and to
Lord Pelham? To Lord Pelham and upon such subjects?
What did he ever know about them? What did he ever care
about them? Who then is Lord Pelham? What does Lord Pelham?
Where is Lord Pelham?
Unable to find Without a reason without the shadow or so much as the pretence of
an excuse Gentleman known that the inured opposed individual and the
still worse injured public is without remedy knowing that they themselves
can not be punished. Gentleman wrap themselves up not in their virtue
but in their power – and are silent
I answer – the ways Lords like other men must be taken as they are. We must take men as we find
them and where we find them. The ways of providence are inscrutable⊞
[+] ⊞ As they in the hands of the Kings justice are. The choice of his Majesty's Secretary of State is vested
in his Majesty. Lord Pelham is one of his Majesty's Secretaries
of State.
Obsequious towards those whom who can not be afforded injured without danger he is obliged to reckon with
avenger himself upon him those alone who has none to help him whose fate he
beholds lying at his feet.
The privilege of silence is not refused to the lowest class of malefactors:
who shall can refuse it to the highest. who shall match it from the strongest and the strongest.
have no protector advocate guardian: public security public morals have no guardian
engagements have no force: Parliament has no authority. Oppression
and perfidy are triumphant: oppressed finds no support
in the administration of Mr Addington
Compliant no redress nor so much as a hearing: letters
are doors shut: persons speechless and inaccessible . The trust
of the public has been broken towards an unoffending individual.
The this: he has need of it: he has of it he is content it should be so: that it should
be so — that a wasteful and corruptive system should be perpetuated
as it suits the or ingenious interests, or copious
and passions of
[+]As clay in the hands of the
Kings are in
the hands of the King of Kings
so are subjects in the hands
Subjects are in
the hands of Kings, Kings
take subjects and take men
as they find them. The business subject
matter was of the number
of those which are understood
to belong to come under the
cognizance of a Secretary
of State.
the authority of Parliament
has been openly trampled upon
and
and the public faith shou'd
Parliam
to the of a devoted
Parliament should
a state of
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