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MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS;. ¦ •; . - ' OR, . '-' The Christian's Survey of. the Political JVorld. ~ • - . r- '— : p- ¦ • ¦• . ' . ¦ ¦ • ¦ '
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avarice , the commercial avarice of * Eixgland has h&en a scotxrge to the Human race in the other three quarters of the Globe . Thus the . ambition of France > send the avarice of England disturb the world , and interrupt the peace and happiness of mankind . They are now at a dreadful issue , and fast approaches the awful moment of decision .
But together with the calamitous occurrences of war , history will cdoily and impartially recognize the political regulations of these troublous times ; some indeed highly honourable to both parties . The abolition of the African Slave Trade ,
on the paro of England , holds up a bright example to other nations , and will ' shed lustre on the page of history . To Buonaparte , with all his demerits , great as they are , let justice also be done . Both hemispheres have for ages been d arkened by- the ignorance , superstitioxi and intolerance of popery . Buonaparte has not immediately and directly
abolished popery , but he has expressly laid © pen a free access to that light , which must , sooner or later , have the effect of dissipating the clouds of popish darkness ; he has granted Universal 'Toleration ; and in so doing , he has perhaps achieved an act of more political importance to the world , than any man of his age has done . In answer " £ o the Address of the
Protestant Consistory at Paris , in August 1807 , he says , " Conscience is not within the jurisdiction of human laws \ 1 guarantee ¦ to you for myself and '* my successors , * not only the imiepe ? idetice i but also the pet " feet freedom and im > iolabi . ity of your
ivor-Mhip * " This is Universal Toleration . In May , 1809 , he divests the head of the polish religion of all temporal poweir and jurisdiction—A stupendous act of reform in the' Christian world ! Having previously told the bigots of Spain at Madrid , in December 1808 , that
Monthly Retrospect Of Public Affairs;. ¦ •; . - ' Or, . '-' The Christian's Survey Of. The Political Jvorld. ~ • - . R- '— : P- ¦ • ¦• . ' . ¦ ¦ • ¦ '
MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ; . ¦ •; . - ' OR , . ' - ' The Christian ' s Survey of . the Political JVorld . ~ - . r- ' — p- ¦ ¦• . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ '
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but must exercise no- tetnporal op corp oral jorfsdictioiT over-tfep Citizens •" which amounts , to an absolute suppression ' of the Inquisition . , ¦ . •»¦;« , >
The friend of mankind cannot be justlf denounced as an enemy to his country ¦ whether that country be England ^ or any other portion of the globe , Who dares to assign due nnsrit to s « ch se&ti * ments and decrees , though com ing-from the mouth cf a Buonaparte ; sentiments which will doubtless be influential in
proportion to the power and authority with which they are accompanied . This influence has already had an operationirt Germany , as may be exemplified by the speech of Jerome Buonaparte , the new king of Westphalia , in answer to an Address from a Deputation of the Jews of that country in February 1808 , 'in
which he expresses himself thus ,- * - That article of the Constitution of rny kingdom , which establishes the equality of all religions , is in perfect unison with the feelings of my heart . The law ottghtto interrupt no man in the exercise of bis
worship . Each subject is as much at liberty to observe the ruWof his faith , as the king is to follow his religion * The duties of the citizen are the oal y ^ bjecte , which the laws of the government can regulate . '' Here again is Universal ¥ * leration , than , which there cannot be an
act of higher political importance , or d closer conformity to the genuine principles of Christianity ; a religion , which , in its gospel purity , totally rejects aJJ coercion by penalties or punishments , and refers to the prerogative of neavep the sovereignty of faith and * opinion ^ , whilst it leaves' to the magistrate " the controul and regulation' of the civil diities of life . tb " Sept . 1809 . , ¦ v - s . . '> v . ,
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ever at variance > vith each pther ^ KtrJe can Wexpectid frpm" their Advice W ^ actions : ' % 'He " cabinet of Gtcat -Briwm ix ' z § presented a melancholy scene to to
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v « vKC In the ? multitude of counsellors , it is % j | p » id , there is safety : but fry a fqw , ^ itn Wisdom an & discretion , " great aflSlrs n 1 a"y be ably conducted . If the few are how-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 522, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/48/
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