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<head>VII Expirees</head> | <head>VII Expirees</head> | ||
<p>confinement any where in England two things require here<lb/> | <p>confinement any where in England two things require here<lb/> | ||
to be observed - 1st That it would be no more than the<lb/> | to be observed - 1st That it would be no more than the<lb/> | ||
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system- no more than would have taken place had<lb/> | system- no more than would have taken place had<lb/> | ||
there never been any such Colony as New South Wales.<lb/> | there never been any such Colony as New South Wales.<lb/> | ||
Notwithstanding this, there is, it must be confessed, in the<lb/> | |||
idea of such influx of something that can scarce fail<lb/> | idea of such influx of something that can scarce fail<lb/> | ||
to strike a sort of <del>horror</del><add>terror</add> into every breast that thinks of it.<lb/></p> | to strike a sort of <del>horror</del> <add>terror</add> into every breast that thinks of it.<lb/></p> | ||
<p>This terror, so far as it is inspired by reason<lb/> | <p>This terror, so far as it is inspired by reason<lb/> | ||
and reflection, has two main grounds, which distinguish<lb/> | and reflection, has two main grounds, which distinguish<lb/> | ||
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corruption of so many years would come pouring into the<lb/> | corruption of so many years would come pouring into the<lb/> | ||
country all at once —<lb/></p> | country all at once —<lb/></p> | ||
<p>Such being the knot, what course can be taken, for<lb/> | <p>Such being the knot, what course can be taken, for<lb/> | ||
the untying, or even the cutting it?—<lb/></p> | the untying, or even the cutting it?—<lb/></p> | ||
<p>Expedients certainly have occurred to me, by which a<lb/> | <p>Expedients certainly have occurred to me, by which a<lb/> | ||
a middle course might be pursued, and the sum total of<lb/> | a middle course might be pursued, and the sum total of<lb/> | ||
evil lessened: but, in the present state of things, the labour<lb/> | evil lessened: but, in the present state of things, the labour<lb/> | ||
of defending, or stating, or even <del> | of defending, or stating, or even a<del>n</del> arguing and maturing them,<lb/> | ||
<add>would</add></p><pb/> | <add>would</add></p><pb/> | ||
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32
VII Expirees
confinement any where in England two things require here
to be observed - 1st That it would be no more than the
fulfillment of promises already made: 2nd That being but
being a compliance with the respective laws it is no more
than what used to take place under the do transportation
system- no more than would have taken place had
there never been any such Colony as New South Wales.
Notwithstanding this, there is, it must be confessed, in the
idea of such influx of something that can scarce fail
to strike a sort of horror terror into every breast that thinks of it.
This terror, so far as it is inspired by reason
and reflection, has two main grounds, which distinguish
the exigency in question from former times. Under the original
transportation system, a great part were reformed (I
have stated elsewhere by what causes) of whom again a
great part, perhaps the greatest part, staid abroad: and,
whether reformed or not, those who did return dropped in
gradually, and in small numbers, as their terms expired.
Under Mr Pitt's system, they have been almost without
exception, worse corrupted than before: and, where the
unbending rules of strict justice to be obeyed, the accumulated
corruption of so many years would come pouring into the
country all at once —
Such being the knot, what course can be taken, for
the untying, or even the cutting it?—
Expedients certainly have occurred to me, by which a
a middle course might be pursued, and the sum total of
evil lessened: but, in the present state of things, the labour
of defending, or stating, or even an arguing and maturing them,
would
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