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A Serious Address (First Edition) - 4

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Isralites plighted to them, tho’ the same was obtained by Fraud and Falsehood. And we find the good old Patriarch Jacob, by divine Inspiration, on his Death-Bed; bitterly cursing two of his Sons; because of the Murder of Schechem and his Family, in cool Blood, after Peace had been concluded; tho’ before he had committed a Crime worthy of Death.

IT is a fundamental Law of all Civil Government, that no Person shall put another to death by his own Authority, let him have committed what Crime he may, if he can, with Safety be appre­hended, so as to be brought to Tryal by the Laws of the Com­munity.

To Make War on one Nation for the Offences of another Nation; or to slay one Man for the Crime of another, seems contrary to natural Justice. But to butcher Infants at the Breast, in-capable [sic] of distinguishing between Right and Wrong, for the Crimes of their Parents, or of the Nation to which they belong, or perhaps only for the Crimes of other Nations of the same Colour, is shocking to every Person who has the common Feelings of Humanity. The

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  1. A Serious Address (First Edition) - 4