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ihe ^ r ; being freed Jront civil disqualifications on account of relU gion , would be a breacli of moral duty . V ^ , , 3 . It will Tender the liberty of ProtestuiUs the > more ^ secure * Liberty never can be so secure as when it is extended equally to all denominations and classes of men in socieiy : then , and not till then , every party will feel interested in
its preservation . If we countenance the proscription or disfranchisement of one denomination to * day , we may ourselvt ^ , with as much justice , be proscribed or disfranchised to-morrow ; and
what right sliail we have to compiain if the . same measure be meied to us as- we have meted to others I The extension , of catholic .-liberty will not diminish the liberty of procestauts , but further establish the foundation and
cherish the spirit of all true liberty * < ^ 4 . The : promotion of truth requires it . Error and super , stition cannot be : eradicated , by persecution in any form , not even the miost terrific . Ip its softer form of deprivation of civil fights and privileges it > has done nothing ,
and can ' do nothing , , to diminish thidr knfl ^ enc ^ . I f ifjerty ,- the parent : of . free inquiry , is the har ^ - bin $ <* r of truth '} liberty , prepares the ( way foi , ana free inquiry itvtroduces ^ the kju > w ^ ledge of truth . If the religious vri ^ wb and practices of the , catholics be errofiieous and
^ superstitioii&vtllieTelst / Jctions unddr wibixrh . thdy afe ., plaetid : will -only render , th ^ ni more tejtiafcioUs of the jeritor which they think truth , and
oLthesupeisiiition which they , itpagine // t 6 ' ; bje > true ! religion * j How caiicthey . bring tlaiemselves to , think itrufthJsioofithe side ^ of tb ^ se «< vho twauld fasten their chains , oc de-
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prive th « m of any of ! their civil rights I You must gpant th « m tbeir , full Aiherty before - ' you' can convince them your . religious vfews and practices are better than theii "
own . > * X 5 s It is sound policy . It will be the most effectual way to put an } end to catholic disaffection to a Protestant government ^ to terminate unchristian feuds and animosities between Catholics and Protestants , to bind the Catholics by interest and affection to the British constitution and govern--ment * and to unite both Catholics and Hrotestants in the common interest . A PROTESTANT .
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( Jese of Last lei / and Stevens , exe ^ cuted < ai York , 179 Q > Jbr Hig h ^ , voqjf . Robbery , . . ¦ u Saturday lasij were , executed at York , pursuant , to their respective sentences , Thomas
Lastl ^ y » John Stevens ,, and Edward WiJliams , for high-way . robberies ; Jaxnes Hartley , fgr fypuse-breaking ; John Gills , alias Giles , alias Bestr for horse-stealing ; and George AJoore for burglary * The / behaviour of these unhappy me / i since their condemnation , manifested . a
hearty contrition for , their crimes , apd a , becoming resignation to their ignominious fate /'—Sheffield jRcgi&ier of Friday ^ April , \ 23 If 9 O . i jTiius w « r ^ jsixi persons , / mos , t < lf whq ' m , jit is pgofrablc , were young hj ^ A , . hqrried j ^ ul the . world at
the : jcoQQliipioifcP ^ : pqe , ^ o . ijint |! y as ,-^ ze . The . par ^ cuil ^ r features , of rtetf ^ ase , of most of them are perhaps now forgotten ; their , offences 491 UQt , \ how ^ yer ^ , appear ;; to . have been p ^ i . tb © Ji ighiebt enormity . But > the c ^ se j > f Lastly r fitnd 3 te-
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Case of Lasiley and Stevens , execttied at Y&rk . 831
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/23/
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