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    In onkr to refH _^ any suspicion _oT an intention w the i > srt toff ttkm _Biscenters t © propose aa improper * l * er ?* tfcm of * the , law , it ? may be _of ( _r & _omt utility toquote the following _passage from _* n article by the _aaiae gentleman * which appeared in " The * New Times , " _~ an 4 also an extract from _antitber work attached tQ similar _political and religious principles . ¦ - . . »

    _/* _WevfuUy a _^ mit tl _^ _e existence and the magnitude the evil which _Mn Smith proposes to remedy ; perhaps we regard it as more obnoxious t _& _m he himself does : but oup doubt , _is _^ whether the proposed mode of c _^ _ng _& J _* ing * the evil be not worse than the evil itsel f * _. _/^ Marriage is a _contract natural , civil , _^ nd religious * Jt is _quil _£ clear _^ iat _^ e . ci _^ il law . ( _that is tp _sayy in England , tbe common _aiid statute la \ y ) n _^ ty put _sucji restraints and limitations upon the lave of nature * as may be _required for the _general good of tbe community . The general good of tb _£

    _coipnaunlty requires- that the _marriagea of minors should _sot be cl _$ n _£$ 3 jiii & . _yhe statute called the _Marriage Act * ( 26 Geo » II . c . 33 , ) was passed to preyent _suchclandestinity _f aad the preamble of Mj \ _Soutb _' _s . _IJUl _declares that the _general policy of the Marriage Act was wholesome , an <} ougbfc n _^; to be _jbfringed _* . . __ , . . __ . ;

    < So far there can be no dispute $ but among the meaas adopted , by _, t _^ _Marriage Act to prevent clandestine _marriarges , the _principal , is to _compel all persons in England , except Jews and Quakers , to be married _according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England . Now , this was a provision _^ a x _^ o d _agr _^ e _necessary to _prevent m _^ pris from _hjeing tn _^ _rrifd _Ct _& ndev _^ e

    de 3 tinely _^ _miffbt ten < l produce t _^ at effect _; _bvfa so might five _thousand ot _^ er mea _^ i _^ res . _^ _if > b it is _eppy to On the _otbarlmu _^ the preami > l _^ to Mr , _^ mitU _' sf _BilL t _? uly asserts , _that i » _£ ny persons _enteirtliin _cotiscieiitious _tt _^

    _objeqtiow _^ _ft _^ e _^^ e of _oectjup _parfe _& i p of _n _^ atrixuony _\? l the Boob _pf _Coinijion _Praye _^ . Tbe genuine and unaffected _sqruplea of _nwmoieme _* _wd tru _^ t , hq _one will ever be found more re _^ dy tp respect _th _« n _Qurselv _^ _, We perfectly agree , therefore , that it is expedient to _grant _en _^ e ; to _scrapuloua

    consciences in that respect / V The _^ _rjfetp ,- _tlfcQn _jMTpc _^^ ds _% o _# xg £ _olye < jtiQ || 8 . lio _tfce _wode of relief by _changing / tbe _service Qf * _be _jQhwqii _, and to _PppO _/ _aitioa . to tbat plan t _, k © _mthQr _Qvmtix _& ly _propowd _tfre JWU bow in _question _. _. _. _>;» : _> . . ;

    Vi . _U » i < " _Li . _^ y , . . _;>) i i .. _J Wh _^ _;^ _W _» _plm _M _^ s i _^ 9 r _^ _pppinq _>^ n _^ 4 J > y , _^ _pj _^ _win _^ lijt _artic _^ m _itim _Cfeljs _^ in _ft _^ _m _^^ _brancw _^ _^ _9- _£ . _41 «) ft p _§ _riff _4 i _^ l _rWpi _4 : _^^ wll y c _^ _nsia _^ ed _^ _teller 44 _RM _^ 6 « g _Ihq _, prin _^ _iplps and in _^ r _«^ of the E _^ taW _^ U _^ l < _% _WjQb 4 T * _m _wntttK _ftfyp _ofcyift ? ti _^ g . _# _farp _9 g _| y -tp the _proposed _wo _* linc _& tia & of _^ be service adds— _., _. i ! \~

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• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 12, 1823, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_12061823/page/5/