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those confiscations took their rise is altogether<lb/> | those confiscations took their rise is altogether<lb/> | ||
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 and a number of generations<lb/> | ||
have elapsed since those confiscations took place:<lb/> | |||
and long, very long, ago must all hope of restitution<lb/> | and long, very long, ago must all hope of restitution<lb/> | ||
of been extinct in the breasts of the <sic>decendents</sic><lb/> | |||
of the <unclear>original</unclear> suspices | of the <unclear>original</unclear> 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 at present, <del><gap/></del> nor<lb/> | No reason subsists at present, <del><gap/></del> nor<lb/> | ||
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other individuals.<lb/></p><pb/> | other individuals.<lb/></p><pb/> | ||
<p><del>Consistency has been</del> Nor has | <p><del>Consistency has been</del> Nor has grater regard been<lb/> | ||
paid to consistency in this donation than to<lb/> | paid to consistency in this donation than to<lb/> | ||
the true principles of justice. <add> | the true principles of justice. <add><unclear>Immoveabler</unclear></add> Lands have<lb/> | ||
been given, | been given, <unclear>moveables</unclear> have been retained — <lb/> | ||
Which is worth most, a thousand pounds worth<lb/> | Which is worth most, a thousand pounds worth<lb/> | ||
of land or a thousand pounds worth of money?<lb/> | of land or a thousand pounds worth of money?<lb/> | ||
Why <del>is the | Why <del>is the <unclear>represen</unclear></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 | of the money'd man is utterly exchided?<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 shut against | purse which is so perfectly shut <unclear>against</unclear> the money'st<lb/> | ||
? | men? <unclear>Pecuniary</unclear> hopes may be difficult to<lb/> | ||
liquidate | liquidate: yes in many <add>most</add> instances: perhaps impossible:<lb/> | ||
but what shall we say of these in<lb/> | but what shall we say of these in<lb/> | ||
which the claim may happen to be clear? And<lb/> | which the claim may happen to be clear? And<lb/> | ||
<add>will</add> <del><unclear>as</unclear></del> the filiation of the <add> | <add>will</add> <del><unclear>as</unclear></del> the filiation of the <add><sic>indigant</sic></add> descendents of <del><unclear>land then</unclear></del><lb/> | ||
the once proprietors of land be always clear<lb/> | the once proprietors of land be always clear<lb/> | ||
from difficulty?<lb/> | from difficulty?<lb/> | ||
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 and a number of generations
have elapsed since those confiscations took place:
and long, very long, ago must all hope of restitution
of been extinct in the breasts of the decendents
of the original 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 grater regard been
paid to consistency in this donation than to
the true principles of justice. Immoveabler Lands have
been given, moveables have been retained —
Which is worth most, a thousand pounds worth
of land or a thousand pounds worth of money?
Why is the represen be bestow on thus generous to the
representative descendant of the landownder a bounty from when the representative Why open
of the money'd man is utterly exchided?
Why open to the representative of the landowner a
purse which is so perfectly shut against the money'st
men? Pecuniary hopes 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 indigant descendents of land then
the once proprietors of land be always clear
from difficulty?
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