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Editorial
April 8, 1836
Carroll Free Press
Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Editorial quotes Rev. L. N. Frothingham's Boston sermon urging reverence for laws as barriers against crime, criticizing efforts to undermine them through objections, pity, or misguided philanthropy, emphasizing judicial oaths and divine equity.
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The following passage is from an eloquent sermon recently preached in Boston, by the Rev. L. N. Frothingham,—
"Take the laws as they are;—they are the only barrier between you and the robber's knife and the assassin's knife; — and I would say revere them. Treat them not. Stand by their decision. Come to their help, all good men and true. Let them not be made ineffectual by our weak reluctances. Let them not be brought into mistrust by your objections and commutations and outcry, till they have no majesty left. Let them not be undermined by the wasteful and washy wellfor mistaken philanthropy. In the name of the divine equity, for the sake of common protection, stay them not in the righteous though terrible gaings. Every attempt to invalidate their spoken decree is public wrong. Every voice that has sworn to judge only according to the law and evidence, and then refuses to speak but according to private pity, is false to its oaths."
The following passage is from an eloquent sermon recently preached in Boston, by the Rev. L. N. Frothingham,—
"Take the laws as they are;—they are the only barrier between you and the robber's knife and the assassin's knife; — and I would say revere them. Treat them not. Stand by their decision. Come to their help, all good men and true. Let them not be made ineffectual by our weak reluctances. Let them not be brought into mistrust by your objections and commutations and outcry, till they have no majesty left. Let them not be undermined by the wasteful and washy wellfor mistaken philanthropy. In the name of the divine equity, for the sake of common protection, stay them not in the righteous though terrible gaings. Every attempt to invalidate their spoken decree is public wrong. Every voice that has sworn to judge only according to the law and evidence, and then refuses to speak but according to private pity, is false to its oaths."
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Legal Reform
Crime Or Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Rule Of Law
Legal Reverence
Judicial Oaths
Philanthropy Critique
Divine Equity
Crime Protection
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. L. N. Frothingham
Boston
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Reverence For The Law Against Crime
Stance / Tone
Strongly Advocating Strict Adherence To Laws And Criticizing Undermining Influences
Key Figures
Rev. L. N. Frothingham
Boston
Key Arguments
Laws Are The Only Barrier Against Robbers And Assassins
Revere And Stand By Laws Without Weak Reluctances
Do Not Undermine Laws With Objections Or Outcry
Misguided Philanthropy Weakens Legal Majesty
Judges Must Follow Law And Evidence, Not Private Pity
Violating Judicial Oaths Is False And A Public Wrong