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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... fact a man of principle , and overcome by stress of temptation only , would it be proper to confide in him as a legislator ? Would you , had his crime been com- mon murder , an act of robbery or perjury , though you knew he had been ...
... fact a man of principle , and overcome by stress of temptation only , would it be proper to confide in him as a legislator ? Would you , had his crime been com- mon murder , an act of robbery or perjury , though you knew he had been ...
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... fact as it is in theory , tending directly and powerfully to the destruc- tion of civil liberty . These tendencies , in a few particulars , permit me to notice - And , ( 1. ) Equal laws are essential to civil liberty , but equal laws ...
... fact as it is in theory , tending directly and powerfully to the destruc- tion of civil liberty . These tendencies , in a few particulars , permit me to notice - And , ( 1. ) Equal laws are essential to civil liberty , but equal laws ...
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... . But while duellists bear sway , this can never be . It is a fact in this state , at the present moment , that the man who steals a shilling is more liable to detection , and more sure to be punished , and to experience a heavy penalty 13.
... . But while duellists bear sway , this can never be . It is a fact in this state , at the present moment , that the man who steals a shilling is more liable to detection , and more sure to be punished , and to experience a heavy penalty 13.
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... fact that the mass of the people discard those notions of Gothic honour , resting satisfied with that protection and redress which the law can afford . It is but a handful of men only , compared with the whole , that uphold this bloody ...
... fact that the mass of the people discard those notions of Gothic honour , resting satisfied with that protection and redress which the law can afford . It is but a handful of men only , compared with the whole , that uphold this bloody ...
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... fact public opinion , becomes prominent , assumes influence , and overwhelms the absurd opinions of bloody men . Motives of compassion , and of justice , both demand this expression of the public mind . These honourable men ad- mit the ...
... fact public opinion , becomes prominent , assumes influence , and overwhelms the absurd opinions of bloody men . Motives of compassion , and of justice , both demand this expression of the public mind . These honourable men ad- mit the ...
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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?