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ever yet employed in the capacity in which they serve , they have been far more odious to the people than even the old police force , whose character , as a body , was utterly disgraceful . Under these circumstances , it would have been the part of a wise Government to soothe , by every means in their power , the angry feelings of
the more ignorant amongst the populace , and even to pass unheeded a few puppet-show exhibition meetings , got up by the pom * pous ignorance of vain men , who were anxious to make speeches , rather than to excite a collision between the people and the police . But the Whigs , with their usual blundering imbecility and cowardice , scared out of their small wits at the pompous sound of
' National Convention / have caused their agents to set law , justice , and humanity alike at defiance . They have converted the servants of the law into licensed ruffians , and they have thus infused into the bosoms of the injured , a ferocious spirit which will seek the opportunity of future revenge . The Whigs have themselves alone to thank , that ever a National Convention was
thought of , or talked of . They have paltered with the people , they have shown themselves forth as promise-breakers ; they have mocked at the wants of the people , and done all in their power to irritate them . It is no marvel , that under such circumstances , designing or inflated men should take advantage of their more ignorant neighbours * to incite them to a breach of the law . Had
the Whigs been men of even moderate intelligence , they would have seen , that under the circumstances , even their temporary interest was concerned in preserving quietude by conciliation . But they have only understood the argument of the bully—brute force ; and as it is another evidence of their incapacity for thinking , so will it be another argument for removing them as quickly as possible from situations for which they are unfitted . The time is
passed for them to hope for the love and affection of the people ; they have no power wherewith to operate upon the fears of the people ; and all they can expect to reap , is contempt . They exist as a Government , only till men ' s minds shall be made up as to what will be the best change to propose . In the mean time , the best thing they could do to regain any credit even for good intentions , would be to dismiss Colonel Rowan from the situation
he unworthily holds , and replace him by some popular man , who , possessing a character for benevolence and justice , might impress upon the people the necessity of submission to the laws , as much by friendly remonstrance as by the display of power . Such a man would make it his business to watch the characters of all the
individuals belonging to the police force , and to weed it of the ruffians whose ferocious habits tend to bring it into disrepute . It is not to be supposed , that men of exactly philosophical habits , are to be procured for twenty shillings per week , but out of our abundant population sufficient men may be found , uniting humanity with courage , and none other ought to be employed . What
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On the Conduct of Vie Police . 43 S
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1833, page 435, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2616/page/75/
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