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-Binary laws , and to let the oppressed Ffcf £ x . * :. - <*/¦ ss- ' t - «¦¦ •¦ ¦¦ \ AQ&JHpm # n t " 31 st Q * - Au ,-gy $ t > she remarks , . « Ia / n not very fond of defining the rights okthe people , because eyery ^ definition is apt to limit . We were ex - pelted to confine ourselves , in a late afi ^ i-, to the example set us at the Revolotion , which certainly -was not a
similarca * e ; and if it , fcad bee ^ fq , our ancestors had no right jto fetter their posterity . Surely we ' nad as much right to chuse and restrain a regent , as they had tochuseand restrain : a king . In vain do we boast of the Revolution , if the
authors of Jt forged chains to shackle titeir posterity for ever ; this idea would ody make us- bondmdn to the dead ; whereas we have enough to do to struggle against the fetters we are daily threatened with by tie living . ~ Th « re seem to be some men in the National Assembly who are too aristocratic ; yet I trust the majority will be able to
complete the glorious work in the manner we could wish * You see the fire is spreading every where , f tell you the world & a good world , as the Doctor weft to Bay , and the people Who find iaolt with it , should mend themselves . " Mrs . Jebb , having deprecated ih& attempt of the allied
sovereigns to restore the degrading ycp £ qfthe Bourbons , with every friend to freedom and humanity , rejoiced in their defeat . She la . mewed still more the rash determination of her own country to take a part in their iniquitous design ; and saw no glory . or
advantage in the most successful fffarfj > hUjh could in ^ h # re . S 8 ^/^!« R ^» ate for the itii f iery and desolation to which it must inevitably l ^ a d . And , therefore , tUeanosfacyvPl Mr , Pitt fromtne
caofcerdf ? i % fonw , and to invoke Op&F'ftf'We ' 'jottitf tf * VePtfae Continpli ^' fi ^ j ^ fte ' ii ' A ^* ^ rS' ^ ft ¦ P ^^ tJ ^ D jDiUiHi c ¦ mfatuation * fiBmk to
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induce a more calm and dispassionate consideration of the real dangers to be apprehended from the delusions of the day . In t % vo spirited and judicious Letters ^ addressed , ^ under popular titles , to John Bt # r * from one of his brethren , she exposed the absurd reasoning of the alarmists , with equal vivacity and shrewdness : and , vindicating the great cause
of public freedom , she deprecated the idea of interfering in the concerns of the French Republic , and pointed out the calamities which must result from a war so unnecessary and unjust .
r < I suppose , " sher , observes , ' « you know they talk of k War ; and , what is more surprising , of a war without fresh faxes ; but you and Ijare toa old to be i 8 o caught : we should as soon expedt a war without men * Now , my dear bro ther , although you know I lave peace , quiet , and good order , and would do
tnuch to prevent ^ bloodshed , yet I honestly confess , that whenever there is a con * test , I always wish - the oppressed may triumph , and rejoice to see liberty lay despotism at her feet .- —However , I assure you I grieve much for Louis : you know kings seldom hear the truth , have bad advisers , and may be deceived as easily as you or I can be . He was at first of some service to the cause : so I
would preserve his life , though ! would take care to put it out of his pbvyer to destroy others . —The swinish multitude are not destitute of humanity : do not make diem matf , and they can Feel , as
sensibly , at least , as Mr . Burke himself does , wha seems so much concern-« 4 for the £ eu » . w Mgh . stations , that he hat n *> t , & sigh to spare , for the nuuftiuae . rmourn siticcrely for all the blood that has been shed on either side ; bot I Must
be just ^ I « M * st lay , most blame * mte 8 ^ K ^> i : * L * w * *?*> no violent party to oppose necessary changes m $ m * * ™ ihoimM * haveca ^ sc td ta ^ em » uch dmUlful effuiioas of human blood . ; Yqr &em& \ p ever hcxajd ¦ ot . a nation risinff . against their chief magistrates till restttarfce was become sen ^ a ndr common hamesty w < 5 nld mak c ' .- -- ' ' . " < 3 » , i s " a ' ^ ¦ j u . ' ¦ . . % .
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Memoirs of Mrs . Jc 66 . 663
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1812, page 663, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1754/page/3/
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