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FRANCE. LETTERS FROM A FRENCH CORRESPONDENT.—No , 3.
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policy since the white man landed on his shores ?—Would that , fro m au ght I have heard or read * I could answer yes- —that the contrary was not the case , that he was not becoming more miserable and degraded than ever . What has been even attempted to amelioratehis 1 ot- ? ^ eUheXLompAay answer before the renewal of their charter or charters—a charter to
debase their species !—it is already virtually void ; indelibly stained with blood and tears , it has become ille ^ g ible ; it is obliterated , cance l led , surrendered , forfeited !—may it never be r enewe d !
1 turn with pleasure from the Lon- ^ d o n merc h ants , w h o h ave not eve n p rocure d gold , accursed as it would haye been , obtained by suc h means , ( for we should not forget that wars , those spl endid cr im es , have loaded them with debt , ) to the Indian prince , who has found in the Gospel a golden
mine— -pure , indestructible , inexhaustible ; to Rammohun Roy , a chief among- his people , * - a man imbued . with all the learning of the East ; and who will take back to India , I trust , a knowledge derived from experience , of the improved institutions of the West , that may yet have a mighty effect on the destinies of the oriental
world . I am not prepared , sir , I confess , with a list of dusky proselytes ; I fear that hitherto they have been " few and far between . " But with such a one to commence with
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why should we- despair ? We havg before us to-day the example of a man whom I might almost call the creator of Unitarianism in Scotland , whose powers of oratory even Trim * tarians must admire , whose zeal and sincerity have been best proved by bis M ®^ of our cause ; and when we see whaFKe has done , may we not turn in hope to the Indian rajah ? We may yet behold a star again arising in the East , and with mild radiance pointing out the birth-place of our blessed Saviour , and illuminating the sacred pages of his Gospel . 4 The lateness of the hour forbids me to enter into any d eta i l on sub j ects not connected with religion , and t h e y would scarcely be in unison with the character of this meeting ; but there is one thing so necessary to the diffusion of truth , the correction of error ; it is such a sword over the neck of the o pp ressor , such a shield for the op ¦» pressed , such" a _ talisman , in sjiorjr , against tyranny of every kind , that I cannot conclude without wishing it may be speedily established in India , for I am convinced that reforms innumerable would follow it—I mean the freedom of the press !' A resolution approving City Missions was not moved , on account of the lateness of the hour . The members parted highly gratified by this interesting meeting .
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Paris , May 22 d . In the course of this month our Protestant religious administration has undergone a change . We are now under the administration of the new minister des cultes et de I * instruction publique , M . Girod de l'Ain , a man with good intentions , but a violent jusfamilieu , belonging to that class of politician © whom Lafayette sp well
efcigmatised as being of & . furious modem * tion . Our new minister , I can affirm , bas not the slightest acquaintance with Protestant affairs in general , and with ours in particular . This renders . it the move necessary that I should state what we understand in this country !> y administrer une religion , a term which means little in England , and nothing at all in America , What ; we
France. Letters From A French Correspondent.—No , 3.
FRANCE . LETTERS FROM A FRENCH CORRESPONDENT . —No , 3 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1832, page 90, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1717/page/10/
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