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    fation to generation , and always transmitted it not only unimpaired , but improved to their posterity . 43 . Liberty . ( On a Motion for the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . ) Was every man who had liberty in his mouth to be considered as a

    traitor , merely because liberty had been abused in France , and had been carried to the most shocking licentiousness ? lie would venture to say , that if this was to be the consequence , fatal , indeed , would it be for England . If the love ofliberty was not to be

    maintained i n England } if the warm admiration of it was not to be enerished in the hearts of the people ; if it was not to be reverenced as our chief good , as our boast arid pride and richest inheritance : what else had we worthy of our care ? Liberty was the essence of the British

    Constitution . King , Lords , Commons , and courts of judicature were hut th * forms ; the basis of the constitution was liberty , that grand and beautiful fabric , the first princijjle of which was government by law , and which this day they were going to suspend . 44 . Christian Religion .

    Mr . Fox declared , that with regard to what he had said on the subject of the Christian religion , the right honourable gentleman had entirely misunderstood and mis-stated him —— - «¦ *~ m m . jk . ^* w . a % ~ r % ; "K * ^—* \ ^ m . « - »¦ » ¦ ^» kaji m + j k * «** - * « - ^~/> ¦ w * < iiiii m

    _ which he did not conceive possible , as he had taken particular pains to make his meaning clear and obvious . What he had said was , that the Christian religion owed much of its

    success to persecution ; » not insinuating from that , that it was deficient in point of divinity -y it was a reliyion of which he always had been accustomed to speak with reverence , and which In had ever professed ; and further to elucidate that point , he had observed , that not only the Christian religion , but other sects , which had

    no just claim to divine institution , had flourished under persecution .

    45 . Peace . ( Dec . 8 , L 795 . ) There was a maxim from a celebrated character of antiquity , of which he was fonder at this time than when the ardour of youth had greater influence on his passion * . The more

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    he thought , the more he was convinced of the philosophy of the maxim , Iniquissimam jpacem justissimo hello antefero . " I prefer peace , though ever so unfair , to war , though ever so just . ' *

    46 . Sympathy of Rulers with the People . ( Dec . 14 , 1797 . )

    You cannot pretend to call yourselves the actual representatives of the people , but you say you are the virtual . Prove yourselves so , then , by obeying their united voice . 1 hope

    and trust that you will shew yourselves , in some degree , entitled to the name of virtual representatives . 1 will fairly tell you that even if you were to do so , I should not consider it as

    a sufficient proof that you are the virtual representatives of the people , unless I see you also sympathizing with the people . You must make common cause with them . You must invite them to sacrifices by your own

    example . You must lead the way , Mr . Burke once illustrate ^ , this principle by a story very much in point . A French regiment , in speaking of an old colonel whom they had lost , and * of a new one that had succeeded him , extolled the first to the skies . " What

    particular reason have you for your ardent affection for the old colonel , rather than the new ? " said a person to them . " We have no other reason , " said they , "than this—the old colonel always said Allans , mes enfans ! ( Letusonmy boys I ) The new colonel savs , Allez , mes enfans ! ( On

    ye , my boys !) This was , indeed , a striking contrast ; and just in this meaner we ought to net towards the people . We ought not to say to them , Go , wall a sacrifices ! but , Let us make sacrific . es - To vouze the energy of the people , Jet us hear of the sacrifices of the crown . It is

    from the highest place that the example ought to be given . It will animate and cheer the heart of th # kingdom : Solamen niiseris socios habuisse doloris . \ 47 . War for Religion . ( Feb . S , 1800 . )

    Sir , if I understand the true pre * cepts of the Christian religion , as set forth in the New Testament , I must be permitted to say , that there is no such thing as a rule or doctrine by

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 733, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/5/