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Thoughts on Due Hi ng. r—Love of Mi [chief early imbibedi L£be cffeed by argument'. Laws, and not pcrfuafion, arc equal to reft rain the paUions of men, more particularly in an a6t which long, and almofl general, ul'agc has eftablifticd the apparent nc. ceifirv of, under tlie prefent fvftem of manners.Instead of rcprchenfton or declamation, ler rhc above wrirer, or anv other, who nv anilities or influence is equal to the talk, piopolc. and procure to be eflaLditiicd, llt;nc mode of juftice, whereby fiirficieiit tedrels mav be obtained for fuc.; injuries or inlults as every man is lubjcfl to receive, and for which an a-.p-:a to the iword, however painful and dilagncable even to the appel-iam, is thought the only praicanle re-fourcc. ili.it our prefent laws, however adtmiahle and complete in other relpefls, arc dcfcive here, no one, 1 prtfuinc, will ^ticrnp*. rlt;» den- ; and I do furher prefMine iothink : though no one reflects with gfcater horroi 0:1 deciding a private qua:;el in this manner than mylclf), that it will ue a very difficult potiu indeed to adopt anv remedy that will hot be productive of greater mconvcnicnccs to fociety than the dileale For, let me alk, whar (a-tistaCtion do our laws aflrd lor the numerous inlults and indignities which every man is liable to receive, particularly hi public places j and which brutality, aided by pcribnlt;ti ftrength, w^fd, 1 fear, he too ready to ofl'«.r, were it not refnamed and kept in awe by the fear of being brought to chaltifcment in this perional manner ? what defence have the ran and moie helphls tcx to'trult to, for pio:c£tion again ft the inlults which cow.mlite would offer to them, but the courage of their prottors ;1 leave to thole whole more immediate duty it is, to pouu out tile immoral tendency ot the prablice cnmpl.lined of; and conclude with exprvlling my hearty wifbes, that luch icgulaiiuiis may be eftablifhed as will produce an tllcual relief on all piobable ial«*of complaint, and render every appeal for injuries, to any tribunal except the laws of our country, unr.e cellar/. R. R. R.Mr. Urban, Jar., ti.DURINO the prefent convuiicd (idle of our national jfluirs, my time is too much occupied, s.ith other matters, to admit of my writing further concerning the office of Juftice of the Peace, with the accuracy 1 with; and, iftcrcforc, 1 rcqucft the indulgence ofLenis et Acer, and of your other reader., on that head, till I am rather more at leifurc, when I will take the earlieft opportunity of renewing the fubjefl. I am, Mr. Urban, your obliged corre-(pondcnt, See. Bradwardin. •Mr. Urban, Jan. t.IT is very little to the credit of mankind, and i$ a fubjefk that will afford (cope for a much- deeper difcuffioa than it will at prefent receive, to find, that the amufements mod congenial to human taftc terminate in a£ls of bar* baiity. -The love of mifchief may be traced from the cradle to the grave without intermilfion. The infant is no fooner able to ufc its little limbs, than they are cxercilcd in procuring diverfion by torturing tvery animal that coipcs within its reach, and which it is able to mailer : and the plcafure it manifefls in thefe malevolent employments is fuch, that the tender parents generally provide the pretty innocent with a conftant fuppljr of inleCls, birds, kittens, a^d puppies, to keep it in good humour. As years and ftrength inti cafe, tearing flies piecemeal, (licking crooked pins through the tails of cockchafers to make them fpia to death; miluling, laming, and killing, all the aninjals they are fupplied with for that cxprefs purpofe; give place to more extenfive plans of mifchicf. Children then quarrel ^nd right with each other, and thofe who gain the fuperio-rity, cheat-, plunder, and abufc, all their inferiors in ftrength and courage, in virtue of the rights of heroifm. They then prowl about to rob innocent birds of their nefts, for the pleafure of de-ftroving their eggs, and killing the unfledged brood ! Let ,no man tell me theic are filly charges; they are evidences.^ our natural propenfltiesi and evtr animal tharenjoys life feels pain; the poor beetle that we trend upon,In corp'ral (ufFranftJ feels a pang as gieat As when a giant dies.Lei no man plead that ail things were made for his ufe, until he (hews that he undei Hands the true limits between ufe and abule; for a right founded on pow, cr proves too much. But to proceed ; they catch dogs, tie old lanterns or fag. got-ilicks to their tails, and then drive them away with (bouts, to be hunted to injdncfs and death by^ll who meet them. They fet dogs upon (Irav cat* w ith the utmoft glee, and enjoy their ftlugglos while they are worried todeath j
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Gentlemans Magazine and Historical Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Jan 01, 1789
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