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thoughtful perusal of my countrymen. It is based on plain, dis- 

 tinct, uncontradictory principles, which are applicable to the 

 punishment of all criminals, and to the construction of all crimi- 

 nal laws. It is the plan of no closet philosopher, but of a cool- 

 headed, warm-hearted sailor, who was chosen by his government, 

 for his manifest natural qualifications for undertaking the super- 

 intendence of criminals, to take charge of one of its most difficult 

 penal establishments. It is a plan that has been well considered, 

 and is ably defended to the minutest details, as the reader, who 

 is willing to study it further, will find, on referring to the pamph- 

 lets I have mentioned in the note on a previous page.* 



* For a refutation of objections, see, particularly, the Report of the Committee on 

 Criminal Law of the " Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law." 



