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constitution has put into our hands to keep<lb/> | constitution has put into our hands to keep<lb/> | ||
it within the line of utility.</p> | it within the line of utility.</p> | ||
<p>Delinquents have been screened Murderers<lb/> | |||
have been pardoned, without any doubt of<lb/> | |||
their <del>guilt</del>, <add><del>having</del> fact</add> or <add>any</add> circumstances of alleviation<lb/> | |||
in their favour. at one time</p> | |||
<p>at another time</p> | |||
<p>at a third</p> | |||
<p>let all this be true: it still affords no<lb/> | |||
reason why an institution which some have<lb/> | |||
<del>admire</del> <add>an attachment</add> to because it is opposed to<lb/> | |||
a Prerogative, <add>confessedly an useful one</add> should be retained, if the<lb/> | |||
<del>effect be</del> <add>nature of it</add> be either to have no effect [upon<lb/> | |||
<del>it for</del> <add>that prerogative</add> to overthrow it.</p> | |||
<p>This appears to me to be the case with<lb/> | |||
the prosecution for Appeal; which makes<lb/> | |||
the fate of a person convicted of murder<lb/> | |||
(whom in the present imperfect state of our<lb/> | |||
laws on that head, a thousand <add>adequate</add> reasons might<lb/> | |||
induce a <del><gap/></del> <add>wise</add> and humane man to wish<lb/> | |||
to save), depend, not upon the advisers<lb/> | |||
Our provisions on this behalf are to be modelled<lb/> | |||
upon the character not of the present<lb/> | |||
King, <add>and his advisers</add> but of Kings in general, that is<lb/> | |||
of human nature in the state of Royalty.</p> | |||
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I see not why a man's sentiments on this
subject need at all be influenced by his
being a favourer or an opposer of the
ministry, an applauder or a disapprover
of the measures of the present reign.
[If] the prerogative of pardon It has never
been abused] since it came into the hands
it is in at present], if all] the complaints
we have heard upon this topic are ill-founded],
Be it so, this is no reason why we should
part with any of the checks which the
constitution has put into our hands to keep
it within the line of utility.
Delinquents have been screened Murderers
have been pardoned, without any doubt of
their guilt, having fact or any circumstances of alleviation
in their favour. at one time
at another time
at a third
let all this be true: it still affords no
reason why an institution which some have
admire an attachment to because it is opposed to
a Prerogative, confessedly an useful one should be retained, if the
effect be nature of it be either to have no effect [upon
it for that prerogative to overthrow it.
This appears to me to be the case with
the prosecution for Appeal; which makes
the fate of a person convicted of murder
(whom in the present imperfect state of our
laws on that head, a thousand adequate reasons might
induce a wise and humane man to wish
to save), depend, not upon the advisers
Our provisions on this behalf are to be modelled
upon the character not of the present
King, and his advisers but of Kings in general, that is
of human nature in the state of Royalty.
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