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^ iteCsocvcfrto ^ e unlawful , if formed to fttfitre iriy person , or the property of any |> £ fson ; of" to compel any person to do , or oWtft , pr refuse to do any act whatsoever That statute has also declared any oath
or engagement to be illegal , which imports to bind a » y person to < bey the rules , or orders , or commands of any committee or body of men not lawfully constituted , or of any captain , leader , or commander not appointed by the
King ; or binding any persons to assemble at the comrrand of any captain , leader , commander or committee , or of any person not having lawful authority ; or . binding any person not to inform or give evidence , or not to reveal or discover having taken any illegal oath , or having done any illegal act ; or to
conceal anv illegal oath thereafter to be ta & en . Per inducing or procuring , by any means , the taking of any such oath or engagement , the punishment is transportation for life ; he who fakes any
su ~ c 1 i bath , is liable to transportation for seven years ; and it will not be received aV an ekcuse , that the party has been cbrhpeljed by force or menace to take siicji bath , unless he makes full discovery tb a magistrate , within seven days .
By aripther act of parliament , called tfie i 5 tn and l' 6 th of the King , chapter ijt ^ it is made a high misdemeanoar , ptfnishiWe by pillory or whipping , to ytfitt ' lslhf particujar badge or dress , or iS ' psiimte any particular name or denomination of parry . ftecollett too , we entreat of you , that not only is it unlawful and punishable to $ & ume the name , or wear the colours or
badg ' e of any such association , or to take 6 r fritlace any person to enter into any engagement or oath to belong thereto , Kit that almost every act , in pursuance of such oath or engagement , is made , by Vkrious statutes ,, " felony o ( death . Even tdi assault a dwelling-house ( strangely
& 9 the ' phrase may sound ) is a capital ifcJony Sii ^ reland . And to raise the" arrrt , ev « ri without a blow or further violence , is an ass & olt in law . So that he who , in pursuance pf the plans of any such
association , raise s his unarmed hapd against A dWeU ^ g-bo ^ se , may , for that offenc ^ , Ifrc capitall y convicted a « 4 suffer death . Wescject tn \ s instance tp show you theekt ^ nt to ^ nich capital punis ^ m ^ n ^ are applicaWe 'tif laW t to the < Qp | i 8 C ^[ uchc SidF illegal associations .
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Transportation tor irvetr years-wth ©^ doom of h im wh o enters i nff <* $$ i ^ >\ Hcf ^ at i association . Traiisporrtaticir * - for iiffc 1 *^ visited upon him who induced another to enter into an illegal asspciatioft ; -aiid ^
finally , deatk is the p * ini $ famenf ; of fhtori who does any one act in pursiranc ^' off / the design of an illegal associaiioft ,- \ or ^ Such , fellow countrymen r are th ^ -pe- ^ nishments which the law denounces
against illegal associations ^ whether tl ^ ey be called Wh te-Boys or Rigii t ^ oys ^ Thrashers or Carders , Ribbun-Men or Orange-Men , they are nil liable to pu * nishment , and all deserve condemnation .
It is quite true , that some delinquents may escape - , but do not flatter youtv selves that you can be of the fortunate ? number : if you transgress trie law , yoa ; will meet , as you will d ^ serve ^ afcl th ^ zeal and activity of prosectttion .
Reflect upon those serious eubjecC ^ foiF your consideration . If you offend against ihe laws , what favour can you expect ? r what favour have you any grounds ibt expecting ? ~ l 7 lS Reflect also upon the inutility & £ thted associations . What utility , what advailtaee , has ever been derived from thertx ?^
None whatsoever . No redress has evil ?* been obtained by their meati ^ . Tshef have been quite useless , nay , worse * tot they have always produced crimes , rotn * bery , outrage , and niurder ; and thty have uniformly been followed by nucffeV rous executions , in which the ^ cocent have been often taken for , and co--founded with , the guilty . r - ^
Do you require any other argurnetttf to induce you to refrain froni those a ^ sociations ? Perhaps you are cai clegs of ybur owtk > 1 i ^ es : you cannot be insert ^ eible to the blood of the innocerit . r ^ There is , hawever , another indGC ^*»
ment to refrain ; your enemies , the * n eii who would deny you the poor privilege af worshipping your God as your foE & fathers have worshipped ; these men , « 4 these men , anxiously desire that ydfc should form criminal combinations & n &
confederation's ; they want but a prete & t for framing laws still strofiger and rndffe sanguinary ; they want but a prete > ct to lay the heavy hand af power upon your country , and your religion . Your « h £ - mieB seek to seduce or to drive you iaoco illegal associations . * Your friand « , ^ ttab Catholic Board , ardently desire « o * p «« Pveot ypur farming my ^ satfiawpn ^ Tlwljr conjure you , if you < onfi < te in them , w
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 379, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/59/
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