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<head>Peines</head> | <head>Peines</head> | ||
Not disention but this is the law of tyrants<lb/> | Not disention but this is the law of tyrants<lb/> | ||
<p>< | <p><del>3</del> <add>7</add> Feb. 1809. On<gap/> this, or alter it. Juryman's perjury is<lb/> | ||
unnecessary: since the same thing | unnecessary: since the same thing if thought fit might be done by<lb/> | ||
recommending for pardon which is the lesser <gap/> <unclear>univerally</unclear></p> | recommending for pardon which is the lesser <gap/> <unclear>univerally</unclear></p> | ||
<p>But, says somebody, why thus <unclear>indescriminably</unclear>, and<lb/> | <p>But, says somebody, why thus <unclear>indescriminably</unclear>, and<lb/> | ||
<unclear>vilumently</unclear> and < | <unclear>vilumently</unclear> and <unclear>implacably</unclear> censorial: the alternative has<lb/> | ||
but two branches: <add><unclear>destroy</unclear> in obedience or | but two branches: <add><unclear>destroy</unclear> in obedience or save in disobedience to the law</add> one or other can not but be embraced:<lb/> | ||
and let a man embrace which he will, <add>your censure is prepared for him</add> he stakes himself upon<lb/> | and let a man embrace which he will, <add>your censure is prepared for him</add> he stakes himself upon<lb/> | ||
your censure. Here according to you are two great evils:<lb/> | your censure. Here according to you are two great evils:<lb/> | ||
one or other of which can not but be produced: till <unclear>as</unclear> then<lb/> | |||
if you mean well. if you mean <add><unclear>aim</unclear> at</add> any thing better than the<lb/> | if you mean well. if you mean <add><unclear>aim</unclear> at</add> any thing better than the<lb/> | ||
wretched pleasure of giving vent to ill will, till in which<lb/> | wretched pleasure of giving vent to ill will, till in which<lb/> | ||
<del>in<gap/></del> your estimate is the least. of the <del><gap/></del><add>two</add> opposite courses<lb/> | <del>in<gap/></del> your estimate is the least. of the <del><gap/></del><add>two</add> opposite courses<lb/> | ||
which - if you yourself being in one of these | which - if you yourself being in one of these <unclear>statutes</unclear> were obliged<lb/> | ||
to act in it, -which is the course you would pursue.</p> | to act in it, -which is the course you would pursue.</p> | ||
<p>My answer is - <add>in respect of | <p>My answer is - <add>in respect of what is thus done</add>so far from <del><gap/></del> being <unclear>bodled</unclear><add>pointed</add><lb/> | ||
at every one<add>man</add>, my reason is not pointed at any one<add>man</add>.<lb/> | at every one<add>man</add>, my reason is not pointed at any one<add>man</add>.<lb/> | ||
So <add> | So <add>Against</add> the system it is that my censure is pointed, not to<add>against</add> any <lb/> | ||
one <add>[+]</add> who <add>involuntarily</add> acts under it. What I should do were it my <note><add>[+]</add> but in so far as he contentedly acts under it</note><lb/> | one <add>[+]</add> who <add>involuntarily</add> acts under it. What I should do were it my <note><add>[+]</add> but in so far as he <unclear>contentedly</unclear> acts under it</note><lb/> | ||
misfortune to find myself in either station - that of Judge<lb/> | misfortune to find myself in either station - that of Judge<lb/> | ||
or that of Jury man, it is | or that of Jury man, it is needless to enquire - <del>It is</del> Among<lb/> | ||
my comforts is the reflection that I am out of the <lb/> | my comforts is the reflection that I am out of the <lb/> | ||
<unclear>mask</unclear> of both. Among my comforts is the reflection<lb/> | <unclear>mask</unclear> of both. Among my comforts is the reflection<lb/> | ||
that <add>to</add> no such melancholy option <unclear>am</unclear> I expend as that<lb/> | that <add>to</add> no such melancholy option <unclear>am</unclear> I expend as that<lb/> | ||
between perjury or <unclear>subernation</unclear> if perjury<lb/> | between perjury or <unclear>subernation</unclear> if perjury<lb/> | ||
or <unclear> | or <unclear>subservience</unclear> to <add>compleatly in an act of<add>cooperation in the work of</add></add> useless and pernicious barbarity on the<lb/> | ||
other.</p> | other.</p> | ||
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2 Jan 1809
Peines
Not disention but this is the law of tyrants
3 7 Feb. 1809. On this, or alter it. Juryman's perjury is
unnecessary: since the same thing if thought fit might be done by
recommending for pardon which is the lesser univerally
But, says somebody, why thus indescriminably, and
vilumently and implacably censorial: the alternative has
but two branches: destroy in obedience or save in disobedience to the law one or other can not but be embraced:
and let a man embrace which he will, your censure is prepared for him he stakes himself upon
your censure. Here according to you are two great evils:
one or other of which can not but be produced: till as then
if you mean well. if you mean aim at any thing better than the
wretched pleasure of giving vent to ill will, till in which
in your estimate is the least. of the two opposite courses
which - if you yourself being in one of these statutes were obliged
to act in it, -which is the course you would pursue.
My answer is - in respect of what is thus doneso far from being bodledpointed
at every oneman, my reason is not pointed at any oneman.
So Against the system it is that my censure is pointed, not toagainst any
one [+] who involuntarily acts under it. What I should do were it my [+] but in so far as he contentedly acts under it
misfortune to find myself in either station - that of Judge
or that of Jury man, it is needless to enquire - It is Among
my comforts is the reflection that I am out of the
mask of both. Among my comforts is the reflection
that to no such melancholy option am I expend as that
between perjury or subernation if perjury
or subservience to compleatly in an act of<add>cooperation in the work of</add> useless and pernicious barbarity on the
other.
Against the system it is that censure is pointed -
not against any one who, either in one way or the other [+] acts under it: against a system [+] voluntarily and contentedly acts under it.
of constant and universal remediless atrocity, a system under which it
is impossible to do right.
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