In 1811, Leigh Hunt repub lished from The Stamford News an article denun ciatory of flogging, in which the writer admits that punishments are requisite under military law for the preservation of discipline; but argues, that an army might be kept
without the use of whip cord ; and, in proof of this position, refers to the French
of Bonaparte, where the lash was unknown.
of Bonaparte, where the lash was unknown.
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