The Political Writings Of Joel Barlow A New Edition Corrected

Author : Joel Barlow
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483076853
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book The Political Writings of Joel Barlow written by Joel Barlow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Political Writings of Joel Barlow: Containing, Advice to the Privileged Orders; Letter to the National Convention; Letter to the People of Piedmont; The Conspiracy of Kings The truth is, thofe collections were compofed of honeft and indu'firious people, who had nothing in View but the publicg food. They believed that the cauie of their country 6)required an execution ofjul tice more prompt than could be exp efted from eltablifhed tribunal. Befides, thepy were in Ciifis of a revolution, when they wene fenfible, that the crimes of their enemies would remain unpuniih ed, for want of a knovvn rule by which they could be Judged. Though a violation of right, is not always a violation of law; yet, in their opinion, occaiions might exiit, whei1 it Would be dangerous to let it pais with impunity. 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.