Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... favour- ite of ours , God wot ; but if we come to balance accounts with him on this particular head , let us see how matters will stand . He recruits his ranks by force , - -so do we . We flog those whom we have forced , he does not ...
... favour- ite of ours , God wot ; but if we come to balance accounts with him on this particular head , let us see how matters will stand . He recruits his ranks by force , - -so do we . We flog those whom we have forced , he does not ...
Page 9
... favour of the prosecution , and declared his opinion without any doubt to be , that the publication was made with the intentions imputed to it in the Information , of exciting disaffection in the army , and deterring persons from ...
... favour of the prosecution , and declared his opinion without any doubt to be , that the publication was made with the intentions imputed to it in the Information , of exciting disaffection in the army , and deterring persons from ...
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... favour ; but the hardship of their case originates in the nature of the charge on which they are brought before you , a charge of libel , at a time when the licentiousness of the press has reached to a height which it certainly never ...
... favour ; but the hardship of their case originates in the nature of the charge on which they are brought before you , a charge of libel , at a time when the licentiousness of the press has reached to a height which it certainly never ...
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... favour of the enemy's , might be supposed too generally fond of the latter . Apprehensive of a mistake so injurious to him , and feeling that it was necessary to qualify his obser- vations , in order to protect himself from such a ...
... favour of the enemy's , might be supposed too generally fond of the latter . Apprehensive of a mistake so injurious to him , and feeling that it was necessary to qualify his obser- vations , in order to protect himself from such a ...
Page 54
... favour of our system . " This is the sum and substance of his argument ; and this it is both loyal and laudable in him to maintain . Had he been the evil - minded , seditious , libellous person he is described to be , would he have ...
... favour of our system . " This is the sum and substance of his argument ; and this it is both loyal and laudable in him to maintain . Had he been the evil - minded , seditious , libellous person he is described to be , would he have ...
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