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<p>calculation 20,000 | <p>calculation 20,000 living from day to day on the <gap/><lb/> | ||
of others. I cannot but think and hope that he is<lb/> | of others. I cannot but think and hope that he is<lb/> | ||
mistaken in his estimate, or at least, that this alarming<lb/> | mistaken in his estimate, or at least, that this alarming<lb/> | ||
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all contingencies include amounts annually to<lb/> | all contingencies include amounts annually to<lb/> | ||
near 40,000£ i.e. 5<hi rend="superscript">s</hi> a head daily) so you see<lb/> | near 40,000£ i.e. 5<hi rend="superscript">s</hi> a head daily) so you see<lb/> | ||
lose is a dead sum of 3.000.000 | lose is a dead sum of 3.000.000 fruitlessly cast<lb/> | ||
away upon the outcasts of society. The numbers<lb/> | away upon the outcasts of society. The numbers<lb/> | ||
detained for trial, and those who reason[?] I cannot<lb/> | detained for trial, and those who reason[?] I cannot<lb/> | ||
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a more wise and discriminatory treatment of offenders<lb/> | a more wise and discriminatory treatment of offenders<lb/> | ||
by action so terrific punishments upon outrageous,<lb/> | by action so terrific punishments upon outrageous,<lb/> | ||
cruel and hopeless offenders; and by a more humane | cruel and hopeless offenders; and by a more humane & <gap/><lb/> | ||
cleanness to all those who shall appeal after<lb/> | cleanness to all those who shall appeal after<lb/> | ||
sober and well directed <gap/> to be unaccounted<lb/> | sober and well directed <gap/> to be unaccounted<lb/> | ||
to violence[?] and plunder: nor do I hesitate to declare<lb/> | to violence[?] and plunder: nor do I hesitate to declare<lb/> | ||
it both hard and impolitic to < | it both hard and impolitic to <unclear>decrie</unclear> such <gap/> society<lb/> | ||
as absurd and unreasonable as the practice of that physician would he who <add>for</add> <del><gap/></del> <gap/> lopped | as absurd and unreasonable as the practice of<lb/> | ||
that physician would he who <add>for</add> <del><gap/></del> <gap/> <unclear>lopped</unclear> <lb/> | |||
a leg or arm: for the major part of culprits at<lb/> | a leg or arm: for the major part of culprits at<lb/> | ||
the time of Committal before baser associates have<lb/> | the time of Committal before baser associates have<lb/> | ||
calculation 20,000 living from day to day on the
of others. I cannot but think and hope that he is
mistaken in his estimate, or at least, that this alarming
number includes all those who sin against justice
in a moral as well as in a legal point of
view. Upon good authority I am enabled to state
that there in the Hulks at Woolwich, Portsmouth
and plan 1500 Convicts, in London 500[?], and in
the respective Country Gaols 700 more, making
in all 3000: and I have been assured by an able
and sagacious Counsel, that each on an average costs
Government 1000£ (which you will the more readily
perceive by considering that the gross charge
of the maintenance & of the ship wear & tear &
all contingencies include amounts annually to
near 40,000£ i.e. 5s a head daily) so you see
lose is a dead sum of 3.000.000 fruitlessly cast
away upon the outcasts of society. The numbers
detained for trial, and those who reason[?] I cannot
so accurately describe, but from all that I can collect
they are exceeding[?] many, bold, daring and outrageous
as injurious to the morals of the lower orders of society
by the wanton and insidious[?] display of oppresive
is the houses they frequent for entertainment, as
they are hostile to the and industrious by fraud
and violence. — With these melancholy truths, I will
suppose Sir that you are well acquainted, not so the
remedy involved is the desiderata of evil polity. To
me it appears very obvious : for the number of delinquents
might be continually and prodigiously decreased by
a more wise and discriminatory treatment of offenders
by action so terrific punishments upon outrageous,
cruel and hopeless offenders; and by a more humane &
cleanness to all those who shall appeal after
sober and well directed to be unaccounted
to violence[?] and plunder: nor do I hesitate to declare
it both hard and impolitic to decrie such society
as absurd and unreasonable as the practice of
that physician would he who for lopped
a leg or arm: for the major part of culprits at
the time of Committal before baser associates have
hardened is used robbed them of every
of share and sensibility however weak
& faulty this may be as by no means lost or hardened.
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