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    denominations being publicly declarecl ^ in consequence of the assertion of their opponents in Parliament , that the application for the repeal of the -Corporation &nd Test Act ? , \ v $ s only Solicited by

    the London dissenters , and not by the great body of separatists ?—— . Calumny was employed—hireling writers engaged , and the newspapers filled with the cry , the church was in danger ! It is true

    the cause of dissent suffered no injury from the unjust , illiberal attacks which were heaped upon its defenders . Their principles were fnore known , their truth better understood , and their adoption more ardent . But upon whom were these effects produced ? Not

    upon the rulers and elders . Not upon those who could soothe the interested , and who supposed their fights would be endangered , if the dissenters were freed from one restraint to which they are now exposed . Not upon the alarrhist

    who believes that if one s tcwcplfe ^ removed , which may be fy ^^^ an old building , the wh 6 B ^» will be dissolved . The .. MW innovation is , not * «¦ & among th 6 se who supe ^^ fc

    ther our civil or- ecc ^ esieSI |^ p ^| L lairs - It ife among' the ^ iipiplig and lower orders of societ ^ i || a ^ ( the principles of dissenters _ jb ^ Pt > een spread—have been sprei |! S # Jt : h a rapidity and efficacy tfell | l ^ vince

    their real worth , by takingdeep root in minds not pollu ^||" by a conformity to the fashib ^ flf this world . That a just sens # ^ liberality is not entertained fe ^ iibpse ip power , the treatment c ^ fl ^||| iGatholics , is alone sufficiejitfp | ide « termine . If the dis *> enfei'S ;| p ^ uld

    now resume their ap ^ licatip ^^ tt additional argument wiU w ^ inf ; ployed against granting the Claims

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    of their Catholic brethren . Jf we cannot promote , let us licit tel tard the interest of others . I have no doubt that G . sincerely desires to benefit the cause for which he ple&ds ; but the circumstance ap strongly resembles the situation of dissenters , when the conducting of the application was taken from Mr . Beaufoy and put into the hands of Mr . Fox , that the writer

    of this paper feels himself authorised to extract a passage from a letter received at that time from Mr . Beaufoy .- — " Re not surprised at the issue , nor reckon on opposition to our application being diminished , it will be very , very much strengthened . This I know

    from good authority . Though Mr . Pitt has not said so to me , yet one of his confidential friends tolcf me , the question is not now respecting the repeal or non-repeat of the Corporation and Test Acts , but between the leader of opposition and the minister . The latter will therefore exert his force

    kto shew your real situation . 4 How fully this was confirmed by the speech of Mr . Pitt , as well as by the vote of the House of Commons , is unnecessary now to explain . Many recent facts might

    be adduced to prove , that the spirit of the times is not encouraging to those who have only the argu * ments of reasow , justice , and benevolence for their support . These are not sufficiently cogent to in * duce those who have the sanction

    of authority , the dread pf change , the pride of office , to-relinquish the power they possess . Let < lis * senters then recollect what they owe to theinselves , tvnd wot cast pearls before those who would only trample them under feet , or turn again 4 * ud rend $ hw * -

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    S 34 Mr . Wyvitt ' s Petition .,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1809, page 334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1737/page/32/