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<p><!-- indented -->The French tyrants if they had no justification had at least | |||
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self preservation for an excuse . The Englishman , who I suppose | |||
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is not to be called a tyrant — the Englishman , then , and | |||
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his accomplices , in what subterfuge will they find so much | |||
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as the shadow of an excuse ? | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->The French nation , and the whole civilized world in | |||
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sympathy with it , cried shame upon the monster with five | |||
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heads ! What will it now say of the single head , that organized | |||
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this tenfold tyranny ? . — | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->Such is the crime a sample at least of the crimes — | |||
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of William Pitt . His successors , not daring to be innocent | |||
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where he is guilty , choose rather to be accomplices than | |||
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avengers , or so much as disapprovers of his misdeeds . And | |||
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this conspiracy of present power with ill-earned influence for | |||
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the <sic>distruction</sic> <add>of</add> law and justice — this audacity — the offspring | |||
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of <unclear>pusillammity</unclear><!-- check spelling: 'pusillanimity' ? --> covers itself with the mask of respect and | |||
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gratitude . — | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->But would you then have had these living nuisances | |||
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turned loose again to prey upon the community — upon a | |||
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community from which they had so justly and so necessarily | |||
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been expelled ? — Corrupted , as you yourself alledge — corrupted | |||
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as they have been by the very discipline which should | |||
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have reformed them — would you have the Country receive | |||
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a second time all poison into her bosom ? — After all | |||
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this outcry about illegality , and perfidy and oppression - is | |||
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th<del>en</del>is then after all the real aim and practical conclusion | |||
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at the bottom of it ? — | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->My Lord | |||
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09-Jun-2012: under construction by Diane Folan. Please do not amend.
The French tyrants if they had no justification had at least
self preservation for an excuse . The Englishman , who I suppose
is not to be called a tyrant — the Englishman , then , and
his accomplices , in what subterfuge will they find so much
as the shadow of an excuse ?
The French nation , and the whole civilized world in
sympathy with it , cried shame upon the monster with five
heads ! What will it now say of the single head , that organized
this tenfold tyranny ? . —
Such is the crime a sample at least of the crimes —
of William Pitt . His successors , not daring to be innocent
where he is guilty , choose rather to be accomplices than
avengers , or so much as disapprovers of his misdeeds . And
this conspiracy of present power with ill-earned influence for
the distruction of law and justice — this audacity — the offspring
of pusillammity covers itself with the mask of respect and
gratitude . —
But would you then have had these living nuisances
turned loose again to prey upon the community — upon a
community from which they had so justly and so necessarily
been expelled ? — Corrupted , as you yourself alledge — corrupted
as they have been by the very discipline which should
have reformed them — would you have the Country receive
a second time all poison into her bosom ? — After all
this outcry about illegality , and perfidy and oppression - is
thenis then after all the real aim and practical conclusion
at the bottom of it ? —
My Lord
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116 |
panopticon versus new south wales |
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300 |
n. s. wales |
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002 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
2 |
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recto |
d29 f85 / d30 f86 |
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john herbert koe |
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37833 |
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