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That legislation is iniquitous which sets law in conflict with the common / and unsophisticated feelings of our nature. If I were a clergyman in a / smuggling town, I would _not_ preach against smuggling. I would not be made / a sort of clerical revenue officer. Let the government, which by absurd / duties fosters smuggling, prevent it itself, if it can. How could I show my / hearers the immorality of going twenty miles in a boat, and honestly buying / with their money a keg of brandy, except by a long deduction which they / could not understand? But were I in a place where wrecking went on, see if / I would preach on any thing else!