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moodv move for the reduflion of the army,as-tine man, infprred by the boxing fpirit, v!l do the *uik of four or five in the field of b.tflePiuVfince'the Bdxi'g Spuit h-s forest a -tendency to ini|-r cmtr.ige ;n v.-.ir, 1 hope (' the. Officers jvill be dtiiy tram-d in^ the ?[rm!nz m ( hoed, and'h«t inficud lt;f (pider-ire.- .10lI fpirrdic-lh snkr*J In-a.is at 'he head n' o-ir :»r:r.• • iiJ navy, « injv f c Generals. Captains, • Lieutenants* a d l'.r.fig s. with flits 1 I'.; Ih •nldcr of n.irt n, br. wlt; y backs, and nofe- and yea beaten like a nor (hoc onthe bh*. Hoifh’s .ill'!.Example b nj i'.« ,-e infirudfi-e than precept, I v.'dh von 0 uiliit on yuiir betters ex hibiting the beneficial eiF As of the blt;un«y fpirit in their osvn perf ms before you venture your precious tyca.md limbs in making therxperiTftcr t.'But after ail, I am not without ihy doubts concerning the bo.ilte- benefits of bnxmg to tb’.- nation at large. As to courage in war, I b.-lieve it to V- vV»y different from that fort of animal infenfdnhty which enables a fellow *o give and take black and bloody ncfec, and in cool blood, and for the lucre of gain I donor find that any lt;-f the heroes, truly lb caBed, recorded in hiftory ancient or modern, were famous for fi'ry-coffs, or willing either to do or jeceive an iojrry where there was no offence. A '■‘in ot genuine magnanimity would fcorn the meannefs of fpirit which can engage in fingle coinbat (or the diverfion of oth.rs, or for hire. A practice fo bafe, ar.d fo dilhonourable to human nature, can be followed and en ourayed by ndtie but tvriiclies of a fervile and brutalr.ature.I wifh yon t-i form a true idea of the rmt-t-r. Tl.e ipiT• t of b. xing is encouraged f Iclybccsuj •; gives annd'ea.-ent to thofe in high lift who h ve cxhauftcd all other pl.-a-fuies, and in tiie (icklmeis oi a i-tiaf*d ap petite ar- glad to letze die moll unnuural and un'.vlu leibme food if it is but highly feafmed.I think the tulle fi r boxing in the higher ranks is a fyrnptcm of rery b.ui umes — There is a’ fcal'on of wanton wicke inefi. among the gr.at, when men in the -nlerior cl.tffes lole thtir value lt;:s n-rnt and are corfi-derrd in no other light than '.fiat •fammds. born toe.-ntrhute to the amufement ot eh- ir ruler?. Man, in tics if ate, is ranked with the h i'fe, die dog, the bull, the gime-cock, and the monkey t- as a crca ure who is. to phafe his fuperiors, by any feats or tricks, however definitive t his own welfare, cha-rafler, innocence, health, fjrtune, limb’-and life.Beware then, my brother plebeians,, and, though ffme among the grc-.it Ihew nil the fpirit and dilpotilion of a Nero, refclve not to lubmit to the condition of an at jeff giudia tor.When the fpirit of the nation fhail he f fur.k, it is not the hardine/s of an unreeling brm/er which can throlt;v off the fhact.ei of flavery. If your leaders become Roman Emperors, as they appeared in the decline of the empire, you may indeed fight with llcdl, and they may reward you with penfi ns and plaudits, but remember that the liberty lt;f your country is in d nger, and the dignity of your na'ure degraded.I am, my Lads,Your heartv Friend,Ami No DUNGIIILL.For I.'.:' Public Ad vertrc r.
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London, Middlesex, GB
Tue, Jan 15, 1788
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