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Writers Spc . on Punishment of Death . ¦ 6 & 1
tfhere not also wanting in those , who should be joined in one bond of Christian union and love , afi interest i « , and a concern for , each other ' s welfare ? It is true , it often happens that people in business are so connected and
involved , that they cannot encourage whom they will , but support may be given by recommendation to those who &t % not so jconnected and involved ..
The current of popular opinion being so strong against Unitarians , often operating to their prejudice with respect to their worldly concerns , their mutual interest and exertions are the
more required in the circle of their own societies . And ^ surely they will not endure the reproach of permitting honest industry to sink through neglect . Let it not be thought that this appeal countenances an illiberal and
narrow spirit ; it only recommends that co-operation and union of heart , which will tend to increase the respectability of each member , and the respectability of the society , both in a
civil and religions point of view , and may induce even our opponents to say of us , as it was said of the first disciples , " See how these Christians love one another ! " And with deference
may it be added , that perhaps this object will be farther effectually promoted , if Unitarian ministers , especially those of leisure among * them , ^ v ould unite with their public services ,
a more friendly and condescending intercourse with their people in the bumble walks of life : at least , they and their circumstances ought not to be unknown to them . The want of
such attention is frequently a just ground of complaint , and may sometimes occasion defection ; they stand more in need of comfort and advice than the rich and the opulent , because
they have to encounter with more perplexities and difficulties , especially in the present state of trade . The sympathy and encouragement of a minister would be of more avail in uniting the people and increasing their zeal , than perhaps may be imagined . A CONSTANT READER .
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has clone its part in this work of benevolence . The ends of philanthropy are , however , not yet accomplished ; and no one can innocently rest from labour in this good cause , until England takes the first rank amongst the states that have cultivated the science of punitive justice .
¥ ou have , from time to time , given the names of the great men that fot centuries have pleaded against the frequency of capital punishments . A complete list of them is a desideratum 5 the formation of it is a debt of gratitude to them , and may have considerable
influence upon that numerous class of people that are swayed solely by authority . Mr . Montagu , in his pamphlet , entitled " Some Inquiries respecting the Punishment of Death for Crimes without Violence , " recently
published , has begun such a catalogue , and I now copy it for your pages , that your Correspondents may make additions to it , ( for it is very imperfect , ) and illustrate it by their remarks on the names already given , and their references to the works
from which the names have been gleaned . " Sir Thomas More - 1520 Erasmus - - 1520 Sir Walter Raleigh - - - 1611 Sir Edward Coke - - - 1620
Lord Bacon - - 1620 Chillingworth - 1640 Samuel Chndleigh - 1651 Baron Montesquieu - - - 1750 Dr . Johnson - - 1751 Sir W . Blackstone - 1758 Oliver Goldsmith - - - 1760 Beccaria - - 1767 Voltaire - - - 1770
Eden - - ~ 1775 Mercier - - Piiiel 1780 Sir S . Romilly - - - 1784 Gilbert Wakefield - Howard 1785
William Cowper Turner 17 ft 5 Lord Ashburton - 1785 Charles James Fox - - 1785 William Pift - ¦ - - - 1786 Franklin - - - 1787
Pastoret - - 1790 Bradford - - T 795 Bentharn - - 1799 Thomas Ctarkson - - - 1809 Dr . Samuel Parr - - - 1809 William Roscoe . . ¦ - - ^ Sir James Mack ] ntosh - - 1811 . " There is another list , not quite so
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¦ Si * - .: ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ THWERY man of Christian feelings jEj inu&t rejoice in the progress of Kbefsjl sentiments with regard to dtir penal « ode . The Monthly Repository
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 621, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/21/
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