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same paragraph , at the very time of giving this assurance, the | same paragraph , at the very time of giving this assurance, the | ||
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dilemma for every one: — <add><hi rend='underline'>are</hi></add> <hi rend='underline'>you a bad man</hi> ? — <hi rend='underline'>you would do mischief | dilemma for every one: — <add><hi rend='underline'>are</hi></add> <hi rend='underline'>you a bad man</hi> ? — <hi rend='underline'>you would do mischief | ||
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elsewhe</hi>re : <hi rend='underline'>are you a good man? — | elsewhe</hi>re : <hi rend='underline'>are you a good man? </hi>— <hi rend='underline'>we can't spare you</hi> . It | ||
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was by this last horn of the syllogism , that <hi rend='underline'>Bloodsworth</hi> was | was by this last horn of the syllogism , that <hi rend='underline'>Bloodsworth</hi> was | ||
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<del>hi</del> "its infancy" therefore it was that he received what is | <del>hi</del> "its infancy" therefore it was that he received what is | ||
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called his freedom — viz: an obligation to work for two years, | called his <hi rend='underline'>freedom</hi> — viz: an obligation to work for two years, | ||
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having for his recompence the not being starved . — | having for his recompence the not being starved . — | ||
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is most perfectly inexplicable . If guided by his own untutored & | is most perfectly inexplicable . If guided by his own untutored & | ||
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uncorrupted sense of justice , the Governor had set out with this <add>exhilerating</add> | uncorrupted sense of justice , the Governor had set out with this <add><sic>exhilerating</sic></add> | ||
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N. S. Wales
VII Escapes According to the account given by Captain Collins in the
same paragraph , at the very time of giving this assurance, the
intention was that it should not be fulfilled . For now it was
that "it was understood" (now for the first time , as already observed)
"that a clause was to be inserted in all future contracts for
"shipping for this country , subjecting the masters to certain
"penalties , on certificates being received of their having brought
"away any Convicts or other persons from the settlement without
"the Governor's permission : and as it was not probable that many
"of them would , on their return , refrain from the vices , or avoid
"the society , of those companions who had been the causes of their
"transportation to this country , not many could hope to obtain the
"sanction of the governor for their return". — A promise was thus
given to all - and this at the very time when it was understood—
understood , not by those who received it , but only by those who
gave it , that "not many" would ever receive the benefit of it . —
No wonder : since in the bosom of the Governor there was this
dilemma for every one: — are you a bad man ? — you would do mischief
elsewhere : are you a good man? — we can't spare you . It
was by this last horn of the syllogism , that Bloodsworth was
hung up — the good Convict mentioned in No..3 . "As his loss
"would be severely felt should he quit it" (the Colony)" while in
hi "its infancy" therefore it was that he received what is
called his freedom — viz: an obligation to work for two years,
having for his recompence the not being starved . —
To say nothing of the perfidy — the wanton useless perfidy —
there is in this business a sort of inconsistency which to me
is most perfectly inexplicable . If guided by his own untutored &
uncorrupted sense of justice , the Governor had set out with this exhilerating
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