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44 the offender, that such punishment may be pre- 
44 ferred as is most likely to deter him from offend- 
44 ing again. It is fortunate when from that 
44 knowledge, you may venture to dispense with 
44 that revolting ceremony, flogging. The hand of 
44 the person inflicting it, is also a matter worthy 
44 of observation ; twenty lashes from one may be 
more severe than double that number from ano- 
44 ther. 
44 Lastly, never threaten a Negro with punish- 
44 ment at a future period ; and never chastise in 
44 anger, where you run the risque of exceeding 
44 proper bounds. The coolness and temper with 
44 which punishment is directed increases the moral 
44 effect of the chastisement. A Negro, menaced, 
44 may abscond or run away ; so that punishment 
44 for two faults will be to be inflicted instead of 
44 one. 
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46 I am confident that a code of regulations of 
144 the above tendency is not calculated to draw 
44 upon Planters the slanders with which they have 
44 been loaded by those pretended philanthropists, 
4 4 who have usurped the name of Friends to Negroes , 
44 which, in reality, more truly belongs to us.” 
Respecting the sick, and of those complaining, 
but of whose sincerity a doubt may arise, his ob¬ 
servations are admirable — 44 I come now,” says he, 
44 to the state of sickness, and here the Father steps 
44 into the Master’s place. 
44 Never 
