10^ ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



cal sense of duty, cultivated by the 

 soundest and finest speculations 

 of moral philosophers on the con- 

 stitution of the human mind : 

 stronger, for the most part, than 

 the faith of professors of religion. 

 How many professed Christians 

 are there, who for the sake of 

 the gain to be obtained by an act 

 of perjury, would brave all the 



denounced torments of hell, and 

 yet tremble at the apprehension of 

 the pillory, or even of being thrust 

 out of creditable society ? It is, 

 therefore, a duty which all writers, 

 especially periodical writers, owe 

 to the public, to brand, by publish- 

 ing and recording public crimes 

 and delinquencies. 



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