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and not to the public good . To expect a different result is to reason against nature . The House of Commons -will always speak the sense of the people by whom it is constituted . If it is constitut-? 4 rby private individuals * , it will speak the sense of those individuals : if by the
nation at large , it Will speak th-e sense of * rhe nation .: if it is constituted partly by private individuals and partly by large masses of people , its sentiments will be of a more mixed nature , and the preponderance will alv / ays be in the favour of those by a majority of whom it is aponhited .
But let not people deceive themselves with the , idea of a pure representation correcting the evils of a bad ^ rovernment . Ff no improper bias acts on the electors , th ^ y can onlyj * hoose those men who appear to them the best suited for the purposes of legislation , and hi carrying- with them the whole sense of the countrv ,
they will probably carry with them also no inconsiderable part of it ' ^ nonsense . Hence very bad laws have b
to be exceedingly burdensome . " This yoke is at present refused by the nations of Europe , and they are consequently the prey of all the malignant passions . They profess Christianity , but one proof is wanting which our Saviour requires :
** By this shall it be known , that ye are my disciple-, if ye love one another . " JLove is the essence of Christianity , and where a community gives up this principle , and intrenches itself within barriers to exclude all its neighbours who do not maintain the same sentiments , with
what justice does it claim the name of Christian ? ' hi our last it was mentioned , that a noble adulterer had refused to add-rrmrder to his other crimes , and due credit was given to him for his conduct . But this it seems did noc satisfy the brother of the adulteress— -he thirsted for blood .
and hiY soul panted for revenge . Full of the baseness of malignant passion , he persisted in the demand , that h ^ should have a shot at his brother-in-law , and this wretched and contemptible passion was gratified . The adulterer gave hitji the desired meeting , and according to the : laws of the spurious honour which actuated the challenger * he had the first
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fire . He aimed a ball at the adulteres ** * heart , but did not succeed in his wiclnsA attempt . The adulterer returned "tl&e fire , but in a direction which could -cesft commit murder , nor hurt the challenger . It was evident that he \ vo-uid ' rather 'kmt his life'than take xvvay that of the -diiV leng& ; whose second no"w stepped * sa arid would not permit his principal " £ <** take a second aim . He wa > rcluctaxa £ 3 "g -compelled to quit the field . This aurafortunatc mail ' s passion hud taken s"udb .
possession of him , that he declared tSaafc he came prepared that one -or < rtjbar should fall . Happily for hl ' m he Gii $ s&i his aim ; for however g-reat the crime « jjf the adulterer , still it was not his tesastkes * to he the executioner . Tfie hangnaaaa is held to be not a very honourable dhaiacter , yet it is necessary , and the ciiallei ^ gsar in this case' has put himself on a iewel
with one whorii he probably aSects ito despise . Yet duelling may be neces ^ ffy to keep the adulterers in high life £ a < otr—-der ; and if they cannot be restrafflGKqd within dae bbirnds by the taws oJ" Go £ or of the Land , their ovvn follies «* ay leadL them to chastise each other , and to 8 sjc m punishment to theniselves .
But what interest can sti d * a cambESt excite when tjie murders of thousands taif our fellow-creatures , the burning of cities , the devastation o £ count lies , caliJ our attention to another quarter , Tbc destroying angel still holds out Sa » scourge over Europe . The sanguinary battles which preceded the entry of tt&e
great couqueror into Vienna seemeJ to have put ah end to the cartlpaigra , tat new exploits were in reserve , and a © cw sce ! je was opened to wondering JEiU 3 tB | i ) ew The great conqueror has ? received as . check . The fugitive Archduke h , xm&jg ; rallied liis troops that followed him m . confusion into Bohemia , marched dis \ ecjrly towards Vienna . He did not dowiErt that lUionaparte would take the jearfax opportunity of crossing the Danube , ansd he was not disappointed in his
expectations . I he French army was coxrv £ f < txL in part over the Danube ^ . an < d effected a landing without the appearance of as * enzihy on hs northern ba £ k , b « t it wds soon after attacked by the Arch ^ lttkc wiih an immense train of the artilkrf , and at the same time boats were sewt down the Danube filled with cxjrnb-uraa ; - bles , which destroyed the bridge and boats of the French , and prevented tfec passage of the remainder of the 2 ltv \ j 9 as well a $ of supplies . About two-third
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Utah of Public Affairs . 347
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1809, page 347, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1737/page/45/
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