The Remedy for Duelling: A Sermon, Delivered Before the Presbytery of Long-Island, at the Opening of Their Session, at Aquebogue, April 16, 1806 |
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... criminal appeal to God , as the Sove- " reign Judge ; as utterly inconsistent with every just principle of " moral conduct ; as a direct violation of the sixth commandment , " and destructive of the peace and happiness of families . And ...
... criminal appeal to God , as the Sove- " reign Judge ; as utterly inconsistent with every just principle of " moral conduct ; as a direct violation of the sixth commandment , " and destructive of the peace and happiness of families . And ...
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... criminal whom , in your law , you have doomed to die . With one hand you erect the gallows , and with the other rescue the victim . At one breath de- clare him unfit to live , and the next constitute him the guardian of your rights ...
... criminal whom , in your law , you have doomed to die . With one hand you erect the gallows , and with the other rescue the victim . At one breath de- clare him unfit to live , and the next constitute him the guardian of your rights ...
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... criminal creeps from his hiding place , triumphs in his guilt , and if insulted , fights again . We blame our rulers , but by whom are such men made rulers , and by whose negligence are they embol- dened to wink at this most accursed ...
... criminal creeps from his hiding place , triumphs in his guilt , and if insulted , fights again . We blame our rulers , but by whom are such men made rulers , and by whose negligence are they embol- dened to wink at this most accursed ...
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... criminals of this description with confidence and respect , be preserved in full strength in re- ference to other crimes . Duelling , therefore , while it de- stroys directly its thousands , destroys by its depraving in- fluence its ...
... criminals of this description with confidence and respect , be preserved in full strength in re- ference to other crimes . Duelling , therefore , while it de- stroys directly its thousands , destroys by its depraving in- fluence its ...
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... criminal would be lost to himself and to his country . He could neither be Governor , nor Senator , nor Judge . He would be exiled from public favour , immured in a dungeon , transported to the gallows , and launched into eternity . If ...
... criminal would be lost to himself and to his country . He could neither be Governor , nor Senator , nor Judge . He would be exiled from public favour , immured in a dungeon , transported to the gallows , and launched into eternity . If ...
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abhorrence alarming ANTI-DUELLING ASSOCIATION appointed arrest assassination ASSOCIATION OF NEW-YORK avenger avenger of blood awake become blessing blood candidates cause challenge christian churches civil liberty committee common conduct confidence conscience crime of duelling criminal despise despotic destroy disgrace dreaded duellist effect efficacy election Elevate ellists equal laws evil example exertion favour fear feelings fluence gallows guilt guilty men hands are stained hath heaven impunity individual infamy influence insulted intrust JOHN BROOME judgments justice land LEBBEUS LOOMIS legislate maxims ment moral character moral principle murder nation neighbour officers of government party patriotism penalty perjury phalanx pledge political practice of duelling PRESBYTERY prevalence of duelling profess protection public mind public opinion punish reason rectitude religion remedy rence restrain revenge reward rulers savage spirit stand temptation things tion turned away backward University of California unprincipled vate victim voice vote widow withhold our suffrage
Popular passages
Page 26 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 32 - Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Page 40 - Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; Cease to do evil; learn to do well; Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Page 4 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Page 2 - And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off ; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Page 5 - And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Page 6 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.
Page 37 - Every year the duellist is cutting down the neighbor of somebody. Every year, and many times in the year, a father is brought dead or dying to his family, or a son laid breathless at the feet of his parents ; and every year you are patronizing by your votes...
Page 37 - ... would you then think the crime a small one ? Would you honor with your confidence, and elevate to power by your vote, the guilty monster ? And what would you think of your...
Page 36 - And now let me ask you solemnly ; with these considerations in view, will you persist in your attachment to these guilty men ? Will you any longer, either deliberately or thoughtlessly, vote for them ? Will you renounce allegiance to your maker, and cast the bible behind your back? Will you confide in men void of the fear of God and destitute of moral principle? Will you intrust life to MURDERERS — liberty to DESPOTS?