An Impartial Examination Of The Case Of Captain Isaac Phillips

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484888226
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book An Impartial Examination of the Case of Captain Isaac Phillips written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Impartial Examination of the Case of Captain Isaac Phillips: Late of the Navy, and Commander of the United States Sloop of War Baltimore, in 1798; Compiled From Original Documents and Records, With the Proceedings Upon His Application to Be Restored to His Rank in the United States Navy There are events in the lives of most men, capable of eliciting public censure or applause; for in all, the public have a common interest. This is true in regard to the or dinary transactions of life; but that interest is increased, when the conduct of an individual, who holds a responsi ble public station, is called in question. Whenever this happens, the public have a right to scrutinize his acts; to examine into the nature of his public duties; the manner in which he has discharged them; to express an opinion of the propriety of his conduct, and to censure or ap prove as he may seem to deserve. What the community do from a spontaneous expression of feeling in one case, they perform of right, and as a matter of duty, in the other. When correctly informed, public opinion is usually just. Unless blinded by passion or prejudice, or deceived by misrepresentations, - it seldom errs, and is, therefore, entitled to a high degree of respect. It is a tribunal to which every one may safely appeal for redress against 0p. Pression and injustice; or for justification under unfound ed censure, or malicious calumny. In this country, from the nature of our civil institutions, the character of our government, and the habits and feel ings of our citizens, public sentiment is omnipotent. The maxim, box populi, box dei, has long been received, and has become universally popular. And as the public main. tain and exercise the right of deciding upon the conduct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.