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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... fighting a duel . And , 1. The elevation of duellists to power , is an act directly opposed to the precepts of religion . Civil government is a divine ordinance . The particular form is left to the discretion of men , but the character ...
... fighting a duel . And , 1. The elevation of duellists to power , is an act directly opposed to the precepts of religion . Civil government is a divine ordinance . The particular form is left to the discretion of men , but the character ...
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... fight " the quarrelsome - the rich man , the bankrupt - the father " of a family , the libertine - the son of many hopes , the " worthless prodigal . " It is a law which inculcates no vir- tue , and which prohibits no crime , if it be ...
... fight " the quarrelsome - the rich man , the bankrupt - the father " of a family , the libertine - the son of many hopes , the " worthless prodigal . " It is a law which inculcates no vir- tue , and which prohibits no crime , if it be ...
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... fighting . The death of the victim is , I know , necessary to justify the infliction of the penalty in its full extent . But is a crime never committed until it becomes so palpable that the law can take hold of it ? I hesitate not to ...
... fighting . The death of the victim is , I know , necessary to justify the infliction of the penalty in its full extent . But is a crime never committed until it becomes so palpable that the law can take hold of it ? I hesitate not to ...
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... 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 sin ? Were the officers of government , from the governor to the justice and grand ...
... 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 sin ? Were the officers of government , from the governor to the justice and grand ...
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... fighting of a duel is at this moment a passport to honour . 6. The contempt with which duellists treat the opinions and feelings of the community , is a reason why we should cease to confide in them . The people , whatever men of honour ...
... fighting of a duel is at this moment a passport to honour . 6. The contempt with which duellists treat the opinions and feelings of the community , is a reason why we should cease to confide in them . The people , whatever men of honour ...
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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?