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out of the question. <add><del>It is a</del></add> <del>The confiscations</del> A hundred<lb/> | out of the question. <add><del>It is a</del></add> <del>The confiscations</del> A hundred<lb/> | ||
years have elapsed since those confiscations took place:<lb/> | years have elapsed since those confiscations took place:<lb/> | ||
and long, very long, ago must all hope of the <sic>decendents</sic><lb/> of the ??? suspices??, if any such<lb/> | and long, very long, ago must all hope of restitution<lb/> | ||
is??? been extinct in the breasts of the <sic>decendents</sic><lb/> | |||
of the ???inal suspices??, if any such<lb/> | |||
hope <del>to thus effect</del> could ever have been entertained.<lb/> | hope <del>to thus effect</del> could ever have been entertained.<lb/> | ||
No reason subsists | No reason subsists at present, <del><gap/></del> nor<lb/> | ||
for a great many years has subsisted, for<lb/> | for a great many years has subsisted, for<lb/> | ||
giving <add>property to so large an amount</add> <del>property to that amount</del> at the expense | giving <add>property to so large an amount</add> <del>property to that amount</del> at the <unclear>expense</unclear><lb/> | ||
of the state <del>property is that amount</del> to the persons<lb/> | of the state <del>property is that amount</del> to the persons<lb/> | ||
into whose lap this unexpected prize in<lb/> | |||
the revolution lottery has fallen <add>rather</add> than to any<lb/> | the revolution lottery has fallen <add>rather</add> than to any<lb/> | ||
other individuals.<lb/></p><pb/> | other individuals.<lb/></p><pb/> | ||
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Why <del>is the repr???</del> be <add>bestow on</add> thus generous to the<lb/> | Why <del>is the repr???</del> be <add>bestow on</add> thus generous to the<lb/> | ||
representative <add>descendant</add> of the landownder <add>a bounty from</add> when the representative <note><del>Why open</del></note><lb/> | representative <add>descendant</add> of the landownder <add>a bounty from</add> when the representative <note><del>Why open</del></note><lb/> | ||
of the money'd ??? is utterly exchided | of the money'd ??? is utterly <unclear>exchided</unclear>?<lb/> | ||
Why open to the representative of the landowner a<lb/> | Why open to the representative of the landowner a<lb/> | ||
purse which is so perfectly | purse which is so perfectly shut against???? the ey'st?? ?racy'd??<lb/> | ||
??? ? Summary?? | ??? ? Summary?? h/lopes?? may be difficult to<lb/> | ||
liquidate??: yes in many <add>most</add> instances: perhaps impossible:<lb/> | liquidate??: yes in many <add>most</add> instances: perhaps impossible:<lb/> | ||
but what shall | but what shall we say of these in<lb/> | ||
which the | which the claim may happen to be clear? And<lb/> | ||
<add>will</add> <del>as | <add>will</add> <del><unclear>as</unclear></del> the filiation of the <add>indigent</add> <sic>descendents</sic> of <del><unclear>land then</unclear></del><lb/> | ||
the | the once proprietors of land be always clear<lb/> | ||
from difficulty?<lb/> | from difficulty?<lb/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
be restored as it is called, that is property to
that amount made a percent of to the decendants
of those whose lands had been at that remote were at that time
period subjected to confiscation.
Nobody can have a more rooted horror of
the persecutions which
The tyrannycruel tyrannical character of the laws out of which
those confiscations took their rise is altogether
out of the question. It is a The confiscations A hundred
years have elapsed since those confiscations took place:
and long, very long, ago must all hope of restitution
is??? been extinct in the breasts of the decendents
of the ???inal suspices??, if any such
hope to thus effect could ever have been entertained.
No reason subsists at present, nor
for a great many years has subsisted, for
giving property to so large an amount property to that amount at the expense
of the state property is that amount to the persons
into whose lap this unexpected prize in
the revolution lottery has fallen rather than to any
other individuals.
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Consistency has been Nor has greater regard been
paid to consistency in this donation than to
the true principles of justice. Inenqueables???? Lands have
been given, movables??? have been retained —
Which is worth most, a thousand pounds worth
of land or a thousand pounds worth of money?
Why is the repr??? be bestow on thus generous to the
representative descendant of the landownder a bounty from when the representative Why open
of the money'd ??? is utterly exchided?
Why open to the representative of the landowner a
purse which is so perfectly shut against???? the ey'st?? ?racy'd??
??? ? Summary?? h/lopes?? may be difficult to
liquidate??: yes in many most instances: perhaps impossible:
but what shall we say of these in
which the claim may happen to be clear? And
will as the filiation of the indigent descendents of land then
the once proprietors of land be always clear
from difficulty?
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