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<p>two objects at first so carefully distinguished,<lb/> | |||
become confounded; the quality<lb/> | |||
of lenity which if ascribable to either part<lb/> | |||
of the System will be ascribable to the administration,<lb/> | |||
i.e. to the non execution of these<lb/> | |||
"sanguinary" laws, is ascribed by him<lb/> | |||
to these sanguinary laws themselves, and<lb/> | |||
lenity being in his conception or at least<lb/> | |||
in his expression a quality indisputably<lb/> | |||
inherent in these sanguinary laws viz<lb/> | |||
in virtue of their <sic>sanguinariness</sic> all that<lb/> | |||
remains for him to do with it is to "<hi rend='underline'>Vindicate</hi>"<lb/> | |||
it, i.e. to vindicate it from the<lb/> | |||
charge of being excessive.</p> | |||
<p>But <del>i</del> in fact (what by this time<lb/> | |||
he had forgotten) the Charge which by what<lb/> | |||
he said at the outset he stood engaged to<lb/> | |||
prove in relation to the <hi rend='underline'>laws</hi> in question<lb/> | |||
is the Charge of "<hi rend='underline'>cruelty</hi>": and this Charge<lb/> | |||
after a momentary nod during which<lb/> | |||
he was dreaming that "<hi rend='underline'>lenity</hi>" not "cruelty"<lb/> | |||
was the Charge he had to vindicate <add>them</add></p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
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two objects at first so carefully distinguished,
become confounded; the quality
of lenity which if ascribable to either part
of the System will be ascribable to the administration,
i.e. to the non execution of these
"sanguinary" laws, is ascribed by him
to these sanguinary laws themselves, and
lenity being in his conception or at least
in his expression a quality indisputably
inherent in these sanguinary laws viz
in virtue of their sanguinariness all that
remains for him to do with it is to "Vindicate"
it, i.e. to vindicate it from the
charge of being excessive.
But i in fact (what by this time
he had forgotten) the Charge which by what
he said at the outset he stood engaged to
prove in relation to the laws in question
is the Charge of "cruelty": and this Charge
after a momentary nod during which
he was dreaming that "lenity" not "cruelty"
was the Charge he had to vindicate them
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law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net) |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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[[watermarks::[simplified hanoverian royal arms] 1821]] |
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1821 |
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