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CC-H.771.037
4-11 Jun 1771:11,12 (337)
Observator, (No. X.)
This calls the church to depricate our sin,
And hurls the thunder of the law on gin. [signed] Pope.
Ask Lawyer Vulture what crying sin of the day brought in a
venal corrupt ministry, and put it into their heads to tax,
and enslave America, and he will never so much as conceive
any part of the cause is to be attributed to the chicanery
and litigation of the bar. Ask the Rev'd Dr. Categoricus
the same question, his answer is read; the heresy of the
day--Justice Bumkin has settled the matter beyond dispute,
and has fix'd it on the neglecting to prosecute on all the
penal statutes in the colony law book, particular the open
tolerating our youth to play quoits in the street, and
chequers in almost every family; he hesitated indeed a while
whither a considerable proportion of our calamities ought
not to be attributed to fidling and dancing, and occasional
walking or doing errands on Saturday, and Sunday evenings. .
. [114 more lines exemplifying and denouncing vice and
folly.]
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