An Address to the People of Great Britain On the Propriety of Abstaining From W
An Address to the People of Great Britain On the Propriety of Abstaining From W
William Fox
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Are then the offices of humanity and lun(5lions of juftice to be circumfcribed by geographi- cal boundaries? Can reafon, can confcience juftiFy this coniraft in our conduct, between our pronpti- tude, in the one cafe, and our torpor in the other? Mr. Addifon juftly obferves, that *' hum. Anity to be- come eftimable mulf be combined with juftice!" But we feem to adt as if we tliought that the relief of our fellow-creatures ; protedlion from injuries, commu- Dication of benefits, were works of fu...pererogation, to be granted or with-held, as caprice, or cuftom, or incliiiation may fuggefi:. After the important confiderations adduced, it might be reckoned a degradation of the fubjecl to ( II ) mention the national dignity, or even that might in- duce us to counteract a powerful body of men, who are trampling under foot the dictates of humanity, and the intereft of the nation: men, \vhohavein50 years received ftn- fugar alone, above 70 millions more than it would have coft at any other market.
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